| Katsuya Gomi | Professor, Agriculture Department, Tohoku University |
|---|---|
| Koichi Hasegawa | President, Hasegawa Saketen, Inc. |
| Hitoshi Utsunomiya | Senior Adviser (Analysis and Brewing Technology), National Tax Agency |
| Katsumi Matsumaru | Director, Safety and Quality Research Division, National Research Institute of Brewing |
| Tomokazu Hashiguchi | Senior Researcher, Safety and Quality Research Division, National Research Institute of Brewing |
| Hayes Swopes | Sake Instructor, SushiSamba |
| Philip Harper | Managing Director/Master Brewer, Kinoshita Shuzo |
| Chris Johnson | Sake Educator |
| lito Pineda | Chief Operating Officer, World Sake Imports |
| Hiroko Smith | Co-owner, Sakaya (Sake retail shop in New York) |
A tally of the number of gold and silver awards won by each brewery has been kept since the first Appraisal in 2001. Every year the brewery with the largest number of cumulative awards, and which has not received the award previously, is presented with the Emerald Award.
| Prize | Brewery | Prefecture |
|---|---|---|
| Emerald Award | Miyasaka Jozo | Nagano |
Entries with the highest score in each category received a Grand Prix award for that category. The two entries with the next highest scores received Second and Third Grand Prix awards in each category.
| Prize | Brewery | Prefecture | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Prix | Kato Kichibee Shoten | Fukui | Born “Yume wa Masayume” (Born: Dreams Come True) |
| Second and Third Grand Prix | Okunomatsu Shuzo | Fukushima | Okunomatsu “Junmai Daiginjo” |
| Shirakabe Gura | Hyogo | Shirakabe Gura “Daiginjo” |
| Prize | Brewery | Prefecture | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Prix | Okunomatsu Shuzo | Fukushima | Okunomatsu “Sakura Daiginjo” |
| Second and Third Grand Prix | Momokawa | Aomori | Momokawa “Daiginjo” |
| Ninki Shuzo | Fukushima | Ninkiichi “Gold Ninki Junmai Daiginjo” |
| Prize | Brewery | Prefecture | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Prix | Dewazakura Shuzo | Yamagata | Dewazakura “Omachi” Junmai Ginjo |
| Second and Third Grand Prix | Momokawa | Aomori | Momokawa “Sugidama” Ginjo Junmai |
| Shimizu Jozo | Mie | Zaku “Megumi no Tomo” |
| Prize | Brewery | Prefecture | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Prix | Saiya Shuzoten | Akita | Yuki no Bosha “Yamahai Junmai” |
| Second and Third Grand Prix | Dewazakura Shuzo | Yamagata | Dewazakura “Dewa no Sato” Junmaishu |
| Shindo Shuzoten | Yamagata | Ura Gasanryu “Fuka” |
| Brewery | Label | Prefecture | Award |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abekan Shuzoten | Abekan "Daiginjo" | Miyagi | Gold |
| Asahi Shuzo | Dassai "Migaki Niwari Sanbu" (Dassai 23) | Yamaguchi | Gold |
| Azuma no Fumoto Shuzo | Azuma no Fumoto "Daiginjo" | Yamagata | Gold |
| Dewazakura Shuzo | Dewazakura "Daiginjo" | Yamagata | Gold |
| Goto Shuzoten | "Shuchurakuko" Tokusen Daiginjo Genshu | Yamagata | Gold |
| Hakutsuru Shuzo | Hakutsuru "Fukurozuri" Daiginjo Genshu | Hyogo | Gold |
| Ippongi Kubo Honten | "Le Premier Rouge" | Fukui | Gold |
| Kato Kichibee Shoten | Born "Nihon no Tsubasa" (Wing of Japan) | Fukui | Gold |
| Kato Kichibee Shoten | Born "Yume wa Masayume" (Born: Dreams Come True) | Fukui | Gold |
| Kikuisami | Kikuisami "Hiden" Daiginjo | Yamagata | Gold |
| Kinshi Masamune | Kinshi Masamune "Daiginjo" | Kyoto | Gold |
| Kodama Jozo | Taiheizan "Tenko" | Akita | Gold |
| Morishima Shuzo | Taikan "Gentei Daiginjo" | Ibaraki | Gold |
| Okuizumo Shuzo | "Nitamai Kairyohattannagare Daiginjo" | Shimane | Gold |
| Okunomatsu Shuzo | Daiginjo Shizukusake "Juhachidai Ihee" | Fukushima | Gold |
| Okunomatsu Shuzo | Okunomatsu "Junmai Daiginjo" | Fukushima | Gold |
| Seitoku Meijo | Seitoku "Daiginjo" | Gunma | Gold |
| Shindo Shuzoten | Gasanryu "Gokugetsu" | Yamagata | Gold |
| Shirakabe Gura | Shirakabe Gura "Daiginjo" | Hyogo | Gold |
| Tanabe Shuzo | Echizen Misaki "Daiginjo Gin no Shizuku" | Fukui | Gold |
| Tenzan Shuzo | "Hitenzan" Daiginjo | Saga | Gold |
| Tonoike Shuzoten | Sanran "Daiginjo Shizukuzake" | Tochigi | Gold |
| Akita Seishu | Kariho "Koun" Daiginjo | Akita | Silver |
| Funaki Shuzo | Funaki "Ginfubukimai Shiyo" Junmai Daiginjo Genshu | Fukui | Silver |
| Gensui Shuzo | Gensui "Daiginjo" | Tottori | Silver |
| Gochoda Shuzo | Azumaichi "Junmai Daiginjo" | Saga | Silver |
| Hamakawa Shoten | Bijobu "Kaoru" Daiginjo | Kochi | Silver |
| Hokusetsu Shuzo | Hokusetsu "Koshitanrei" Junmai Daiginjo | Niigata | Silver |
| Imazato Shuzo | Rokujuyoshu "Daginjo" | Nagasaki | Silver |
| Imazato Shuzo | Rokujuyoshu "Junmai Daginjo" | Nagasaki | Silver |
| Koizumi Shuzo | Tokaizakari "Daiginjo" | Chiba | Silver |
| Kojima Sohonten | Toko "Junmai Daiginjo" | Yamagata | Silver |
| Konishi Shuzo | "Junmai Daiginjo Otokoyama" | Hyogo | Silver |
| Kubota Shuzo | Kinsho Hishimasamune "Daiginjo" | Hiroshima | Silver |
| Matsuse Shuzo | Matsu no Tsukasa "Daiginjo Shizuku" | Shiga | Silver |
| Miyasaka Jozo | Masumi "Yumedono" Daiginjo | Nagano | Silver |
| Nagai Shuzo | Mizubasho "Daiginjoshu" | Gunma | Silver |
| Nagurayama Shuzo | Nagurayama "Kanpyokai Shuppinshu" | Fukushima | Silver |
| Nakano BC | Kinokuniya Bunzaemon "Kuro" Daiginjo | Wakayama | Silver |
| Otokoyama Honten | Sotenden "Daiginjo" | Miyagi | Silver |
| Saito Shuzo | "Izutsuya Ihee Sanwari Gobu Migaki" Junmai Daiginjo | Kyoto | Silver |
| Saiya Shuzoten | "Akita Sake Komachi" Daiginjo | Akita | Silver |
| Sakuramasamune | Sakuramasamune "Oka Ichirin" Daiginjo | Hyogo | Silver |
| Sumikawa Shuzojo | Toyobijin "Ichibanmatoi Junmai Daiginjo" | Yamaguchi | Silver |
| Tatenokawa Shuzo | Tatenokawa 18 | Yamagata | Silver |
| Tentaka Shuzo | Tentaka "Ginsho" Junmai Daiginjo | Tochigi | Silver |
| Tsukasabotan Shuzo | Tsukasabotan "Sakafunashibori" Junmai Daiginjo | Kochi | Silver |
| Uchigasaki Shuzoten | Hoyo "Yamadanishiki Daiginjo" | Miyagi | Silver |
| Yamagata Honten | "Moriko" | Yamaguchi | Silver |
| Brewery | Label | Prefecture | Award |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aoki Shuzo | Kakurei "Daiginjo" | Niigata | Gold |
| Dewazakura Shuzo | Dewazakura "Ichiro" Junmai Daiginjo | Yamagata | Gold |
| Miyasaka Jozo | Masumi "Sanka" Junmai Daiginjo | Nagano | Gold |
| Momokawa | Momokawa "Daiginjo" | Aomori | Gold |
| Ninki Shuzo | Ninkiichi "Gold Ninki Junmai Daiginjo" | Fukushima | Gold |
| Obata Shuzo | Manotsuru "Hyakunijusshiki" Daiginjo Genshu | Niigata | Gold |
| Okunomatsu Shuzo | Okunomatsu "Sakura Daiginjo" | Fukushima | Gold |
| Saito Shuzo | "Koto Sennen" Junmai Daiginjo | Kyoto | Gold |
| Saiya Shuzoten | Yuki no Bosha "Daiginjo" | Akita | Gold |
| Sohomare Shuzo | Sohomare "Kimoto Shikomi Junmai Daiginjo" | Tochigi | Gold |
| Takeda Shuzoten | Katafune "Daiginjo" | Niigata | Gold |
| Tanabe Shuzo | Echizen Misaki "Daiginjo" | Fukui | Gold |
| Tenju Shuzo | Chokaisan "Junmai Daiginjo" | Akita | Gold |
| Yoshida Shuzoten | Tedorigawa "Yamahai Jikomi Junmai Daiginjo" | Ishikawa | Gold |
| Chiyokotobuki Toraya | Chiyokotobuki "Toranoko" | Yamagata | Silver |
| Dewazakura Shuzo | Dewazakura "Aiyama" Junmai Daiginjo | Yamagata | Silver |
| Gassan Shuzo | Gassan "Uedaya" Daiginjo | Yamagata | Silver |
| Hakurei Shuzo | "Fukukaijuzan" | Kyoto | Silver |
| Hamakawa Shoten | Bijobu "Gin no Yume" Junmai Daiginjo | Kochi | Silver |
| Kamenoi Shuzo | Kudoki Jozu "Aiyama" Junmai Daiginjo | Yamagata | Silver |
| Kato Kichibee Shoten | Born "Gold" | Fukui | Silver |
| Kinoshita Shuzo | Tamagawa "Kinsho" Daiginjo (Heart of Gold) | Kyoto | Silver |
| Kojima Sohonten | Toko "Daiginjo Hidarikiki" | Yamagata | Silver |
| Miyasaka Jozo | Masumi "Nanago" Yamahai Junmai Daiginjo | Nagano | Silver |
| Murashige Shuzo | Hinoshitamuso "Junmai Daiginjo" | Yamaguchi | Silver |
| Nakao Jozo | "Maboroshi Kuro" Junmai Daiginjo Genshu | Hiroshima | Silver |
| Shindo Shuzoten | Gasanryu "Kisaragi" | Yamagata | Silver |
| Tajima Shuzo | Fukuchitose "Fuku" | Fukui | Silver |
| Tohoku Meijo | Hatsumago "Shozui" Junmai Daiginjo | Yamagata | Silver |
| Uchigasaki Shuzoten | Hoyo "Kura no Hana" Junmai Daiginjo | Miyagi | Silver |
| Watarai Honten | Dewanoyuki "Daiginjo" | Yamagata | Silver |
| Brewery | Label | Prefecture | Award |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dewazakura Shuzo | Dewazakura "Dewasansan" Junmai Ginjo | Yamagata | Gold |
| Dewazakura Shuzo | Dewazakura "Oka Ginjo Yamadanishiki" | Yamagata | Gold |
| Dewazakura Shuzo | Dewazakura "Oka" Ginjo | Yamagata | Gold |
| Dewazakura Shuzo | Dewazakura "Omachi" Junmai Ginjo | Yamagata | Gold |
| Fukuchiyo Shuzo | Nabeshima "Omachi" Junmai Ginjo | Saga | Gold |
| Gochoda Shuzo | Azumaichi "Yamadanishiki Junmai Ginjo" | Saga | Gold |
| Imanishi Seibei Shoten | Harushika "Junmai Ginjo Sake" | Nara | Gold |
| Imazato Shuzo | Rokujuyoshu "Junmai Ginjo Yamadanishiki" | Nagasaki | Gold |
| Kaba Shuzojo | Shiramayumi "Junmai Ginjo" | Gifu | Gold |
| Machida Shuzoten | Machida Shuzo "Junmai Ginjo 50" | Gunma | Gold |
| Miyasaka Jozo | Masumi "Kaden Tezukuri" Ginjo | Nagano | Gold |
| Momokawa | Momokawa "Sugidama" Ginjo Junmai | Aomori | Gold |
| Nagurayama Shuzo | "Yokikana" | Fukushima | Gold |
| Okunomatsu Shuzo | Okunomatsu "Adatara Ginjo" | Fukushima | Gold |
| Saiya Shuzoten | Yuki no Bosha "Hiden Yamahai" | Akita | Gold |
| Sakai Shuzo | Gokyo "Ginjo Genshu" | Yamaguchi | Gold |
| Seitoku Meijo | Seitoku "Ginjo" | Gunma | Gold |
| Shimizu Jozo | Zaku "Megumi no Tomo" | Mie | Gold |
| Shimizu Jozo | Zaku "Miyabi no Tomo" Nakadori | Mie | Gold |
| Tenzan Shuzo | Shichida "Junmai Ginjo" | Saga | Gold |
| Watanabe Shuzoten | Horai "Dento Karakuchi" Ginjo | Gifu | Gold |
| Yano Shuzo | "Hizen Kuragokoro" Junmai Ginjo | Saga | Gold |
| Akita Seishu | Yamatoshizuku "Junmai Ginjo" | Akita | Silver |
| Aoki Shuzo | Kakurei "Junmai Ginjo" | Niigata | Silver |
| Asahara Shuzo | Musashino "Junmai Ginjo" | Saitama | Silver |
| Daiichi Shuzo | Kaika "Kaze no Ichirin" | Tochigi | Silver |
| Fuchuhomare | Wataribune "Junmai Ginjo 55" | Ibaraki | Silver |
| Fukuchiyo Shuzo | Nabeshima "Aiyama" Junmai Ginjo | Saga | Silver |
| Fukuchiyo Shuzo | Nabeshima "Yamadanishiki" Junmai Ginjo | Saga | Silver |
| Funaki Shuzo | Funaki "Junmai Ginjo Gentei Nihyakkan Shinrikimai Shiyo" | Fukui | Silver |
| Gassan Shuzo | Gassan "Gassan no Yuki" Junmai Ginjo | Yamagata | Silver |
| Hakkai Jozo | Hakkaisan "Junmai Ginjo" | Niigata | Silver |
| Honke Matsuura Shuzojo | Narutotai "Junmai Ginjo Genshu" | Tokushima | Silver |
| Iinuma Honke | Kinoene "Yuga" Junmai Ginjo | Chiba | Silver |
| Imada Shuzo Honten | "Biho" Junmai Ginjo | Hiroshima | Silver |
| Ishimoto Shuzo | Koshi no Kanbai "Kinmuku" | Niigata | Silver |
| Ishimoto Shuzo | Koshi no Kanbai "Tokusen" | Niigata | Silver |
| Kanei Tanaka Shuzo | Kikkougura "Junmai Ginjo Genshu" | Hokkaido | Silver |
| Kojima Sohonten | "Retsu" Junmai Ginjo | Yamagata | Silver |
| Kojima Sohonten | Toko "Dewanosato Junmai Ginjo Genshu" | Yamagata | Silver |
| Makino Shuzo | "Fujisan" Junmai Ginjo | Shizuoka | Silver |
| Matsui Shuzo | "Fujichitose Classic" Junmai Ginjo | Kyoto | Silver |
| Matsui Shuzoten | Matsu no Kotobuki "Junmai Ginjo Omachi" | Tochigi | Silver |
| Miyao Shuzo | Shimeharitsuru "Jun" | Niigata | Silver |
| Nagai Shuzo | Mizubasho "Ginjoshu" | Gunma | Silver |
| Ninki Shuzo | Ninkiichi "Kuroninki Junmai Ginjo" | Fukushima | Silver |
| Okuizumo Shuzo | "Senjunoizumi" Ginjo | Shimane | Silver |
| Rokkasen | Yamahoshi "Junmai Ginjo" | Yamagata | Silver |
| Saiya Shuzoten | Yuki no Bosha "Junmai Ginjo" | Akita | Silver |
| Sato Sajiuemonjo | "Yamatozakura Yamadanishiki" | Yamagata | Silver |
| Tamanohikari Shuzo | Tamanohikari "Yamahai Junmai Ginjo" | Kyoto | Silver |
| Tenju Shuzo | Tenju "Junmai Ginjo" | Akita | Silver |
| Tonoike Shuzoten | Sanran "Junmai Ginjo" | Tochigi | Silver |
| Zao Shuzo | "Hanayamabuki" Junmai Ginjo | Miyagi | Silver |
| Brewery | Label | Prefecture | Award |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dewazakura Shuzo | Dewazakura "Dewa no Sato" Junmaishu | Yamagata | Gold |
| Fukuchiyo Shuzo | Nabeshima "Tokubetsu Junmaishu" | Saga | Gold |
| Hakurei Shuzo | Hakurei "Koden" Tokubetsu Junmaishu | Kyoto | Gold |
| Imazato Shuzo | Rokujuyoshu "Junmaishu Yamadanishiki" | Nagasaki | Gold |
| Kasumitsuru | Kasumitsuru "Kimoto Junmai" | Hyogo | Gold |
| Kato Kichibee Shoten | Born "Tokujo" | Fukui | Gold |
| Kawakei Shoten | Tachibanaya "Hitomebore" | Miyagi | Gold |
| Koimari Shuzo | "Koimarisaki Zenryo Omachi Junmaishu" | Saga | Gold |
| Matsui Shuzo | Kagura "Muroka Karakuchi Junmai" | Kyoto | Gold |
| Miyasaka Jozo | Miyasaka "Yawaraka Junmai" | Nagano | Gold |
| Murashige Shuzo | Hinoshitamuso "Junmaishu" | Yamaguchi | Gold |
| Nanbu Bijin | Nanbu Bijin "Tokubetsu Junmaishu" | Iwate | Gold |
| Okunomatsu Shuzo | Okunomatsu "Tokubetsu Junmai" | Fukushima | Gold |
| Otokoyama Honten | Sotenden "Tokubetsu Junmaishu" | Miyagi | Gold |
| Rokkasen | Rokkasen "Godanshikomi Junmai-12" | Yamagata | Gold |
| Saiya Shuzoten | Yuki no Bosha "Yamahai Junmai" | Akita | Gold |
| Sakai Shuzo | Gokyo "Isehikari Kiokezukuri Kimoto Junmaishu" | Yamaguchi | Gold |
| Shindo Shuzoten | Ura Gasanryu "Fuka" | Yamagata | Gold |
| Sohomare Shuzo | Sohomare "Kimoto Shikomi Tokubetsu Junmai" | Tochigi | Gold |
| Sugii Shuzo | Suginishiki "Kimoto Tokubetsu Junmai Nakadori Genshu" (2011 BY) | Shizuoka | Gold |
| Sumikawa Shuzojo | Toyobijin "Tokubetsu Junmai" | Yamaguchi | Gold |
| Tenzan Shuzo | Shichida "Junmai" | Saga | Gold |
| Tenzan Shuzo | Tenzan "Jizake" | Saga | Gold |
| Yoshida Shuzoten | Tedorigawa "Yamahai Jikomi Junmaishu" | Ishikawa | Gold |
| Yoshinogawa | Yoshinogawa "Echigo Junmai" | Niigata | Gold |
| Yumegokoro Shuzo | "Naraman" Muroka Binhiire Junmaishu | Fukushima | Gold |
| Akita Shuzo | Akitabare "Koshiki Junzukuri" | Akita | Silver |
| Fujii Shuzo | Ryusei "Kimotozukuri" | Hiroshima | Silver |
| Goto Shuzoten | Benten "Tokubetsu Junmaishu Tsuyahime 100%" | Yamagata | Silver |
| Iinuma Honke | Kinoene "Junmai Migaki Hachiwari" | Chiba | Silver |
| Imanishi Seibei Shoten | Harushika "Umakuchi Yodanshikomi Junmaishu" | Nara | Silver |
| Imayotsukasa Shuzo | "Tennensuijikomi Junmaishu" | Niigata | Silver |
| Ishimoto Shuzo | Koshi no Kanbai "Muku" | Niigata | Silver |
| Kano Shuzo | Jokigen "Junmaishu" | Ishikawa | Silver |
| Kasumitsuru | Kasumitsuru "Yamahai Tokubetsu Junmai" | Hyogo | Silver |
| Kato Kahachiro Shuzo | Oyama "Tokubetsu Junmaishu" | Yamagata | Silver |
| Kato Kahachiro Shuzo | Oyama "Tomizu" Tokubetsu Junmaishu | Yamagata | Silver |
| Kayashima Shuzo | Nishinoseki "Tezukuri Junmaishu" | Oita | Silver |
| Kinshihai Shuzo | Yukikage "Tokubetsu Junmai" | Niigata | Silver |
| Kurosawa Shuzo | Kurosawa "Junmai Kimoto" | Nagano | Silver |
| Matsunoi Shuzojo | Matsunoi "Tokubetsu Junmaishu" | Niigata | Silver |
| Momokawa | Momokawa "Nebuta Tanrei Junmaishu" | Aomori | Silver |
| Nakao Jozo | Seikyo "Junmai Takehara" | Hiroshima | Silver |
| Saura | Urakasumi "Junmaishu" | Miyagi | Silver |
| Shimizu Jozo | Zaku "Ho no Tomo" | Mie | Silver |
| Shirakabe Gura | Shirakabe Gura "Kimoto Tokubetsu Junmai" | Hyogo | Silver |
| Shirakabe Gura | Shirakabe Gura "Shochikubai" Kimoto Junmai | Hyogo | Silver |
| Takeda Shuzoten | Katafune "Junmaishu" | Niigata | Silver |
| Tentaka Shuzo | Tentaka "Yuki Junmaishu" | Tochigi | Silver |
| Tohoku Meijo | Hatsumago "Kimoto Junmaishu" | Yamagata | Silver |
| Yaegaki Shuzo | Yaegaki "Kuro-bin" Junmaishu | Hyogo | Silver |
| Yano Shuzo | "Hizen Kuragokoro" Kimoto Junmai | Saga | Silver |
