* In 1996, activity of the Osaka Regional Taxation Bureau's Research Institute of Brewing was suspended due to the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, and was resumed in 1997 but as the last event to be discontinued from the next year, so that the company is regarded as have in fact been awarded the 'gold prize' of the Institute for the sixth time in a row.
※1996年の大阪国税局新酒鑑評会は阪神・淡路大震災のため中止し、1997年を最後に終了したため、実質は6回連続金賞受賞した事になる。