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Unrefined Sake
A bottle of cloudy, unrefined sake. Sake is a drink meant for sharing. This cloudy sake is one of Isshin Ashina's favorites. It has a rich, full-bodied flavor. On the other hand, it has a reputation for getting one too drunk, too quickly.

Unrefined Sake is a Key Item in Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. Give this item to the Sculptor, Emma  or Isshin Ashina  for special lore-focused dialogue regarding their personal history or the history of other characters.

 Unrefined Sake Usage

• Used to interact with the Sculptor
• Used to interact with Isshin Ashina
• Used to interact with Emma

How to Find Unrefined Sake

• Hirata Estate - Obtained from killing Juzou the Drunkard
• Ashina Depths - Obtained from killing Tokujiro the Glutton
• Obtained from Isshin Ashina after defeating Genichiro Ashina

 Dialogue

• After giving to Emma:
  • "('Here, for you.') Oh my...if this isn't...Lord Isshin's favorite sake. I'll have some! Ahh, delicious........please. ('Hmm?') Say...something. ('There is something I'd like to ask you.') Of course. ('Who trained you to fight with a blade?') A blade...? I'm a doctor. ('Yes, but who?') ...Lord Isshin. But I only have a passing interest. ('I do not believe your skills count...as a mere passing interest. Why did you learn?') Well, not to kill people. ('What do you mean?') No...I don't have the slightest desire to kill anyone. It's just...I would want to kill a demon if one were to appear. ('A demon?') Don't take me seriously. It was only a joke..."
    
    
• After giving to Isshin Ashina:
  • "Are you... Offering me the sake I gave you? Delightful, I'll take it! (Alternatively with different sake: 'Ah, don't mind if I do!') Ahhh... That's the stuff! By the way... How was Genichiro? You two crossed blades, did you not? I see. That? It's a technique belonging to Genichiro's mentor. I'll wager it was quite the sight. Tomoe... There aren't many masters of the sword like her. To see her fight, it's like she is dancing. When you look into her eyes... You feel as if you're being drawn into the depths of the ocean. I was completely taken by her and it almost killed me... I've lived a long life, but that was the closest I've come to death."
    
    
• After giving to The Sculptor:
  • "Don't mind if I do. Hmm... ......... ... No, it's damn good. Ahhh! But it does make my old wounds ache. Yes. And this sake was a favorite... of the man who cut it off. Lord Isshin. ......... He... did it for my sake. Ahhh. I was on the verge of being consumed... ...Shura. Well, whether you believe me or not, that's for you to decide. But you'd do well to beware... Shura's shadow."

Unrefined Sake Notes & Trivia

• Unrefined Sake, like every other alcoholic beverage found in the game, is used to unearth further lore and background from the characters it is given to; if there are any other uses for it, they have not been discovered.
  
  
• There is enough Unrefined Sake in the game to give each NPC listed above a drink. Once given, you will not be prompted again to give them this particular type of sake, which holds true for every other alcohol you find. There is one exception to this rule however: if you give the unrefined sake offered by Isshin (which has a special description) to one of the npcs, you will be prompted to give said npc unrefined sake again after that. Offering unrefined sake a second time will not change the dialogue, except for the alternative first line described above if given to Isshin.
• Juzou the Drunkard only drops this item in NG, and does NOT drop this item again in subsequent New Game Plus cycles.  This may be a bug or an oversight, which means that in NG+ and beyond you will only obtain a maximum of two Unrefined Sake items per game cycle.