“Baller Sake” – Niizawa Reikyo "Absolute 0" and "Crystal 0" Pre-Orders
“Baller Sake” – Niizawa Reikyo "Absolute 0" and "Crystal 0" Pre-Orders
Absolute 0
***Please note that all pre-orders are final — no refunds or cancellations once placed. ETA Mid Nov 2025***
***Please allow time for delivery***
***Pre-order ends on October 21st 2025. All sales are final***
Prefecture: Miyagi • Brewery: Niizawa Jozoten • Rice: Kura no Hana milled to 0.85% • Water: Soft spring water from Mt. Zao • Sake Meter Value: 0 • Acidity: 1.4 • ABV: 16%
- Made from Kura no Hana rice milled to 0.85%, remaining, the most highly polished sake in the world.
- Smooth, with faint notes of Asian pear and honeydew, and a quiet, whispering finish.
- Packaged in a handmade wooden box made with traditional Japanese wood joinery techniques.
- Just 999 bottles produced annually.
Niizawa Brewery; makers of Zankyo Super 7, milled local Miyagi rice Kura no Hana to an unheard of 0.85 percent. This Junmai Daiginjo is the most highly polished sake in the world. Anything lower than 1 percent is rounded down, hence Absolute 0. The rice takes 7 months to mill down. Smooth, with faint notes of Asian pear and honeydew, and a quiet, whisper finish. Comes in a hand-made "Tosa Kumiko" box custom-built for Absolute 0. Only 999 500ml bottles are produced annually.
Crystal 0
***Please note that all pre-orders are final — no refunds or cancellations once placed. ETA Mid Nov 2025***
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Pre-order ends on October 21st 2025. All sales are final***
Prefecture: Miyagi • Brewery: Niizawa Jozoten • Rice: Yamada Nishiki Rice milled to 0.85% • Water: Soft spring water from Mt. Zao • Sake Meter Value: 0 • Acidity: 1.4 • ABV: 16%
- Made from top grade Yamada Nishiki rice milled to 0.85% remaining, making it the most highly polished sake in the world.
- To polish rice below 1% of original size rice takes 7 months of continuous milling.
- Using the very center of the grain makes sake with a vibrant texture, depth, clarity, and evolving flavors.
- Luscious and enveloping flavor, the full expressive qualities of Yamada Nishiki rice bring out notes of tropical fruit, but with a hauntingly elusive finish.
- Much more expressive and bold than the gentle textures of Absolute 0.
- Packaged in a handmade wooden box made with traditional Japanese wood joinery techniques.
The first ever release of Reikyo "Crystal 0!" In 2023, Niizawa Brewery has outdone their masterpiece Absolute 0, the first sake made from rice polished under 1%. Following the same specifications of careful milling, they were able to polish the delicate “King of Sake Rice” Yamada Nishiki to 0.85%, taking fully seven months of continuous milling to access the core.
Using the very center of the grain makes sake with a vibrant texture, depth, clarity, and evolving flavors. Luscious and enveloping flavor, the full expressive qualities of Yamada Nishiki rice bring out notes of tropical fruit, but with a hauntingly elusive finish. Much more expressive and bold than the gentle textures of the original Absolute 0.