増ぞう醸じょう酒しゅ

noun

zōjōshu; sake with added alcohol and flavorings

A category of sake produced by adding distilled alcohol, sugars, acidulants, and sometimes flavorings to the fermenting mash, increasing yield and adjusting taste. Often contrasted with pure rice sake (純米酒).

• 増ぞう醸じょう酒しゅは、純じゅん米まい酒しゅに比くらべてすっきりとした味あじわいのものが多おおい。

  Zōjōshu often has a lighter, cleaner taste compared to junmai-shu.

• この増ぞう醸じょう酒しゅには醸じょう造ぞうアルコールと糖とう類るいが添てん加かされている。

  This zōjōshu has brewer's alcohol and sugars added.