sake brewing; distilling
Primarily refers to the production of sake (日本酒), but can also apply to other alcoholic beverages like whisky or shochu. Often used in compound terms such as 酒造業 (brewing industry) or 酒造所 (brewery).
この地域は酒造が盛んです。
Sake brewing is thriving in this region.
This brewery has been making sake in this town since the Edo period.
彼は酒造の技術を学ぶために日本に来ました。
He came to Japan to learn the art of sake brewing.
His family has run a sake-brewing business for three generations.
It is extremely difficult to obtain a new sake-brewing license.
蒸留 refers narrowly to the distillation process (used for spirits like whisky or shochu), whereas 酒造 covers the whole production of alcoholic beverages, brewing or distilling alike.
brewery; distillery; winery
brewer; distiller; vintner
brewing industry; distilling industry; wine-making industry
brewery tax
sake-brewing rice; brewers' rice
Compound of 酒 (sake, alcohol) and 造 (make, manufacture). The reading しゅぞう is the on'yomi of both characters.