Ontario Spring Water Sake Company (IZUMI Brewery)
Toronto’s first sake brewery uses natural Ontario spring water from Muskoka and traditional Japanese techniques to produce its award-winning sake under the name Izumi Brewery. The company has a small tasting bar and retail shop featuring products made with sake kasu—the lees or yeast, left over from fermentation—such as soaps, salad dressings, and miso soup, ceramics—as well as sake glassware. Weekend brewery tours (by reservation only) offer a look at how sake is made, an introduction to Junmai (pure rice) and Namazake (unpasteurized sake), and a guided tasting of four varieties.
