How to say "brewery" in Japanese

• 蔵元くらもとCommon
  nounThe common word for a sake or soy-sauce brewery; it can mean the brewery itself or, by extension, the brewer — the family or firm behind it — with the flavor of traditional sake brewing.
• ブルワリー
  nounA loanword from English, applied above all to beer breweries; it is the word you meet in the craft-beer world. It is less common than 蔵元 and not used for sake.
• 醸造所じょうぞうしょ
  nounThe general word for a place where alcoholic drinks are brewed; it also translates 'distillery'. Less common than 蔵元, it is the word when you are not talking specifically about sake or beer.
• 酒造場しゅぞうじょう
  nounDespite broad coverage — brewery, distillery, winery — this is a less common word and seldom the one you want; 醸造所 does the same job, and 蔵元 is the usual word for sake.

For sake or soy sauce say 蔵元; for beer, 「ブルワリー」; for brewing in general — including 'distillery' — 醸造所; 酒造場 is a less common synonym that learners will rarely need.

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• 蔵元くらもとbrewery (sake, soy)
• ブルワリーbrewery (esp. of beer)
• 醸造所じょうぞうしょbrewery
• 酒造場しゅぞうじょうbrewery