Yasumoto Shuzo has been brewing in Fukui City since 1853, and in 2001 the seventh-generation owner-brewer Takeshi Yasumoto relaunched the family operation under the Hakugakusen label, overhauling every stage of production. The brand name draws on the Hakusan mountain water vein used in brewing, the mountain ranges surrounding the Echizen plain, and an aspiration to draw people together like a mountain peak. Hakugakusen pursues what the brewery calls a solitary food-pairing sake, built around a vibrant acidity using the brewery's own proprietary yeasts HGS-01 and HGS-02, with all rice sourced from Fukui Prefecture.
