PURPOSE: To produce SHOCHU (low-class distilled spirits) having good body and fragrance which have not hitherto existed, by adding water hyacinth to a saccharized and fermented raw material for SHOCHU so that the components of it is eluted and distilling the resultant material under reduced pressure.

CONSTITUTION: A raw material for SHOCHU, e.g., grain such as polished rice, wheat, buckwheat, etc., sweet potato, potato, etc., is saccharified and subjected to alcohol fermentation. On the other hand, root, stem and leaf of water hya cinth are dried in the sun or by hot air, cut or ground to give chips or powder of water hyacinth. Then, the fermented solution of alcohol is blended with the chips or powder of the water hyacinth, the components of water hyacinth are oozed and the resulting substance is distilled under reduced pressure.