In "Nihonshoki" (Chronicles of Japan) there is a description that Susanoo no mikoto (a male deity) had Yashio ori no sake, which is liquor brewed eight times, brewed in order to defeat Yamata no Orochi (a big snake with eight heads).
『日本書紀』には、須佐之男命（素佐男尊とも。すさのおのみこと）が八岐大蛇（やまたのおろち）を退治するために八塩折之酒（やしおおりのさけ）という八度にわたって醸す酒というものを造らせる記述がある。