MUJEN Ai Lite

Name: MUJEN Ai Lite
Brand: MUJEN

Price

$$$$

Availability

Nationwide

Order size

1+ cases

12 bottles per case

Light and crisp, with fewer calories and less alcohol. Ai is something completely new: a rice shochu at 23% ABV, "Between Wine & Spirit," made in Japan using ancient methods. If your drink is vodka and soda, you'll love Ai. Carb-free, sugar-free, gluten-free and low calorie. Try it shaken ice cold as a martini, in a Bloody Mary, or simply on the rocks.

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About MUJEN

MUJEN

Los Angeles, CA

Est. 2021

MUJEN is a single-distilled premium rice shochu, crafted in Japan and launched from Los Angeles. Shochu has existed for 500 years and is Japan's best-selling spirit category by volume, embraced by a new generation as the go-to drink for celebrating and connecting with friends. MUJEN set out to share that discovery: "a chance to bring something both ancient and celebratory to the world."

The line is built on rice for its light taste, which is delicious on its own and mixes into every popular cocktail: Ai Lite, light and crisp at 23% ABV; Original, "The Perfect Alternative" at 35%; and X, a 10 year aged reserve at 42%. Every expression is sugar-free, carb-free and gluten-free.

MUJEN Original was named one of Wine Enthusiast's Top 100 Spirits of 2022, and MUJEN X won Double Gold at the 2023 San Francisco World Spirits Competition. The signature cocktail program is by mixologists Christiaan Rollich and Ash Miyasaki.

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The Founder's Note

Sondra Baker and Bruce Bozzi met 20 years ago and bonded over their shared ability to connect with people from all walks of life and a lifelong commitment to fitness. A friend introduced them to shochu, "the best spirit you've never tasted." Intrigued by the taste and the stories of meticulous craft and natural ingredients, they traveled to Japan to learn more.

They visited the most highly regarded shochu distilleries in the world, and their journey led them to Sengetsu, the "Thin Crescent Moon," in Kumamoto prefecture. There they met Junko Tsusumi, Sengetsu's fourth-generation CEO and one of the few women in Japan leading a distillery, and learned about a century-old family commitment to craft and the finest ingredients. Together, they created MUJEN.

How It's Made

MUJEN is a single-distilled premium rice shochu made in Hitoyoshi, in southern Japan, at Sengetsu, a family-run distillery in Kumamoto prefecture. It is crafted using methods and ingredients developed over four generations, from rice and natural ingredients, following a time-honored, 500-year-old tradition of shochu craftsmanship.

Rice was chosen over other popular shochu bases like sweet potato and barley for its light taste. MUJEN X is aged for 10 years in white oak before bottling.

Tasting Notes

Lighter and more restrained, with a distinct lemony aroma leading into a nearly neutral palate and faint hints of lemongrass and tarragon on the exhale. (Wine Enthusiast)

Cocktail Applications

MUJEN Ai MartiniRecipe
- 3 oz MUJEN Ai
- Lemon twist or olive
Add MUJEN Ai to a shaker with ice and shake hard for seven seconds. Strain into a martini or coupe glass and garnish with a twist or olive.
Ai Bloody MaryRecipe
- 2 oz MUJEN Ai
- 4 oz Bloody Mary mix
- Celery stalk
Build over ice in a Tom Collins glass and stir. Finish with a celery stalk or garnishes of your choice.
Bella RoseRecipe
- 2 oz MUJEN Ai
- 3/4 oz lemon juice
- 3/4 oz Swoon sugar-free syrup
- 1/4 oz Rasasvada Ruby Artemisia
- 3 dashes rhubarb bitters
- Rose petals
Add all ingredients to a shaker with ice, shake well and serve up in a coupe or martini glass. Delicately float rose petals as garnish.