American Shochu Company

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American Shochu Company COVID-19 Update

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Due to some family health concerns, after long debate, 
we decided it best to practice social distancing and
not be at the Farmer’s Market a this time.

I apologize for any inconvenience.

I am able to deliver directly to you within Maryland, however,
as covered in the March 23 COVID-19 Executive Order.

Please call me at 301-351-3983 to place your order for
UMAI Organic Barley Shochu (24%) and
Roy’s Demon Organic Barley Shochu (40%)
and I will deliver to you personally, with gloves and mask
and practicing social distancing, of course!

I can also bring you mixers for your hgomemade cocktails,
including pink lemonade for Cherry Blossoms, 
Coca-Cola or Coke Zero for *Not* Rum and Colas, 
and of course, George’s Mixes Bloody Mary Mix for Bloody Marikos!

You can still find us in liquor stores, which remain open, and
many restaurants in Maryland and DC are providing
curbside pickup, including cocktails!
Please click here for our liquor stores and restaurants.

Take a look at the new recipe for the Green Throat Sanitizer,
as well as other shochu cocktail recipes!

 

Keep safe, hand-washed, and practice social distancing!

-Taka

Green Throat Sanitizer?!

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Little known fact about me, I graduated high school from the International School of Kuala Lumpur (ISKL) in Malaysia, before going back to Tokyo to get a second diploma from Azabu High School (as in “Azabu Distilling Co., LLC, d/b/a American Shochu Company”).

Anyway, my buddy from ISKL, Liesbet Recter, recently shared with me a fantastic green juice recipe, and Lynn and I were blown away! 

Very yummy (“umai!”), first of all, and the tingling in your throat feels like the ginger and turmeric is cleansing away, all the way down 🙂

Got me thinking…what if you added a shot of UMAI! Shochu…

(I don’t make any medical claims, but,)

Green Throat Sanitizer

In a Mason Jar or Collins glass,

6 oz Liesbet’s Green Easy Juice (recipe below)
2oz UMAI! Organic Barley Shochu

Stir well.
Drink with a straw (anybody still have our retractable stainless steel straw chotcke from last year?)

Liesbet’s Green Easy Juice Full of Phytonutrients!

If you have a juicer: ginger (I use lots), kale, celery, green apple, & turmeric. Once juiced – mix this juice with pineapple in a blender.
If you do not have a juicer, take the stalks off your kale and chop all ingredients up before placing together in the blender. You can basically add anything fresh!