Shochu | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-10

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Shochu


00:00:41 1 Etymology
00:01:03 2 Culture
00:01:12 2.1 Drinking
00:03:15 2.2 Boom
00:05:49 3 History
00:07:48 4 Definition and classification
00:08:08 4.1 Multiply distilled shōchū
00:10:04 4.2 Singly distilled shōchū
00:11:35 4.2.1 Maturation
00:12:37 4.2.1.1 Locations
00:12:57 4.2.2 Honkaku shōchū
00:14:16 4.3 Shōchū consumption in Japan by categories
00:14:33 5 Moromitori shōchū
00:15:49 5.1 Kōji
00:17:54 5.2 Water
00:18:14 5.3 Varieties
00:18:35 5.3.1 Rice shōchū
00:19:13 5.3.2 Barley shōchū
00:19:48 5.3.3 Sweet potato shōchū
00:20:48 5.3.4 Brown sugar shōchū
00:22:57 5.3.5 Soba shōchū
00:23:31 5.3.6 Awamori
00:24:46 5.3.7 Others
00:25:27 6 Kasutori shōchū
00:27:08 6.1 Slang usage
00:27:57 7 Blended shōchū
00:29:06 8 See also



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Shōchū (焼酎) is a Japanese distilled beverage less than 45% alcohol by volume. It is typically distilled from  rice (kome), barley (mugi), sweet potatoes (satsuma-imo), buckwheat (soba), or brown sugar (kokutō), though it is sometimes produced from other ingredients such as chestnut, sesame seeds, potatoes or even carrots.
Typically shōchū contains 25% alcohol by volume, which is weaker than whisky or standard-strength vodka but stronger than wine and sake. It is not uncommon for multiple-distilled shōchū, which is more likely to be used in mixed drinks, to contain up to 35% alcohol by volume.