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Sake News – Flooding Damages The Dassai Brewery

Uggghhhhh! I loathe speaking about trouble at sake breweries, but recent flooding in Yamaguchi has really hit home for one of our favorite sake breweries. You know the Brand! Herewith is a quick article hitting home the fact that even the most popular and successful sake breweries in history are subject to mother nature and other uncontrollable events.

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Sake News – Flooding Damages The Dassai Brewery A

We've been told that shortages may occur so we will try our best to secure enough product to ensure that we have at least a minimal amount of this extremely popular sake selection. The killer is the fact that they lost a large portion of their stored rice, which cannot magically be replaced. It may take a full growing season and new rice contracts to get back to normal. That could be more than a year away! Frowny Face.

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