Episode 52: My Own Shochu Distillery
This week on Japan Eats, host Akiko Katayama is joined in the studio by Jesse Falowitz, whose long travels around Asia finally lead to his opening a sh\u014dch\u016b business in Japan.\n\nFalowitz calls sh\u014dch\u016b the predecessor to whiskey in Japan, and puts its flavor profile "somewhere between a sake, a whiskey, and a vodka." He tells us all about how the drink is made, why single distillation matters, and sh\u014dch\u016b's possible next conquest: the cocktail bar.