Ontario Spring Water Sake Company (IZUMI Brewery)
Distillery District
Toronto’s first sake brewery uses natural Ontario spring water from Muskoka and traditional Japanese techniques to create its award-winning sake under the name IZUMI Brewery. The company has a small tasting bar and retail shop with products made with the sake kasu (the lees, or yeast, leftover from fermentation), such as soaps, salad dressings, and miso soup, as well as ceramics and sake glassware. You can also take a tour of the brewery on weekends to learn about Junmai (pure rice) and Namazake (unpasteurized sake), to find out how sake is made, and to enjoy a guided tasting of four sakes.
