Sake itself was manufactured by sakaya mostly from Sessen-juni-go (the 12 districts in the Settsu Province and Izumi Province) in their own sake-factories, was transported to Edo as kudari-zake (sake transported from the Kyoto/Osaka area), and was sold in Edo.
酒そのものは、主に摂泉十二郷出身の酒屋が自前の蔵で醸造し、下り酒として江戸へ船で輸送し、江戸で売りさばいた。