Fruit wine - Kajitsushu

Japanese: 果実酒 - かじつしゅ
Fruit wine - Kajitsushu

Liquor made from fruit juice. It is characterized by a flavor unique to the fruit. There are two types of fruit liquor: traditional fruit liquor and fruit liquor made by steeping fruit in shochu. Fruit liquor is divided into authentic fruit liquor made by fermenting fruit juice and sweet fruit liquor. The former is made by adding sugar to fruit juice and fermenting it under certain restrictions (sugar content 26% or less) in consideration of the quality of the liquor and storage safety, since fruits in Japan generally have a low sugar content. Representative fruit liquors are wine and apple cider. Sweet fruit liquor is made by adding sugar to fruit juice beyond a certain limit or by adding sugar to alcohol, such as sweet wine (sweet wine or honey wine), which was called Japanese port wine. Fruit liquor, also known as fruit liqueur or home liqueur, has been made at home for a long time, as exemplified by plum liquor. Legally, plum liquor was first made in 1962 (Showa 37), and then in 1971 it became possible to make plum liquor at home using all fruits except grapes.

[Yuichi Akiyama]

[Reference item] | Homemade liqueur

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

果汁からつくられる酒。果実特有の風味が特徴。果実酒には本来の果実酒と焼酎(しょうちゅう)に浸してつくる果実の酒がある。果実酒は、果汁を発酵させた本格的なものと甘味果実酒とに分けられる。前者は、わが国の果実が一般に糖分が少ないため、酒質や貯蔵の安全を考慮して、一定制限下(糖分26%以下)で補糖して発酵させてつくる。果実酒の代表はワインとりんご酒(シードル)である。甘味果実酒は、果汁への補糖が一定枠を超えたり、酒に糖分を加えたもので、日本的ポートワインといわれた甘味ワイン(「スイートワイン」または「ハニーワイン」)がこれである。果実リキュール、ホームリキュールなどとよばれる果実の酒は、梅酒に代表されるように、以前から家庭でつくられていたものである。法律的には1962年(昭和37)まず梅酒を、ついで71年からブドウを除くすべての果実を使って家庭で自家用につくることができるようになった。

[秋山裕一]

[参照項目] | ホームリキュール

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