Japanese liquor

Japanese liqueurs are traditional Japanese drinks that combine indigenous citrus and other fruit with traditional spirits, especially shochu and sake nihonshu. The most well-known version is without doubt ‘umeshu’, a Japanese plum liqueur, developed centuries ago to preserve the fruit and for its beneficial and medicinal properties. There is also ‘yuzushu’, made from the yuzu, a citrus fruit half-way between a lemon and a lime, and ‘momoshu’, a Japanese peach liqueur. Since the base spirit usually has quite a low alcohol content, these Japanese liqueurs very rarely contain more than 20% ABV.