With the manufacturing web site in Chungju, South Korea, up and working, Tōkki determined to re-establish its U.S. presence in 2022 by opening up a manufacturing web site in California. By way of each distilleries, Tōkki produces roughly 700,000 liters of soju yearly. At present, Tōkki is out there in eight states within the U.S., together with New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Louisiana, California, and Texas, and throughout a number of Asian-Pacific nations, together with South Korea, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, The Philippines, and Australia.

The manufacturing course of begins with glutinous rice, which is run via a hammer mill after which cooked in a mashtun on the identical day, which helps the substances keep their taste and aroma. The cooked rice is then fermented within the conventional Korean model, utilizing enzymes and yeast cultures, and distilled via a copper nonetheless filter to take away the sulfur compounds. After distillation, the soju is combined with water. Then, it’s bottled and labeled. For the Gold Label, the soju is aged in virgin oak barrels from the U.S. The Garnet Label expands on that course of as it’s completed in Pedro Ximenez sherry casks. To keep up its high quality and authenticity, Tōkki doesn’t add any chemical substances, sugars, or flavoring brokers to its soju.