SAKE IPPIN, YOSHI KUBO BREWERY IBARAKI, JAPAN
Spring is in the air and today is the first day of spring in Southern Cali. In California, we don’t have seasons. In the Winter everyone is wearing shorts and flip-flops, whereas in the Spring we are freezing our ass off and in Autumn, the Golden State is sweltering in the heat. Regardless of our […]
Born Gold Limited Edition Junmai Daiginjo
Born “Gold Murako” Junmai Daiginjo Sake By Katoukichibee Shouten “When Your Japanese Lifetime Is Coming Out, Drink All the Sake You Want. Have A Little Bash”, Frederick Lenz. Katoukichibee Shouten is a sake brewer in Fukui prefecture, in the historic city of Sabae near Kyoto. Since its establishment in 1807, the brewery has been producing […]
What is a SAKE BOMB
THE COCKTAIL THAT WILL LEAVE AN IMPACT BUT NOT A MEMORY BIRTH OF THE SAKE BOMB Sushi is a love or hate type of affair for most people. If you hate it, its probably because the idea of eating raw fish can send you swimming away faster than a Sailfish (yes there is such a […]
RAI OZEKI
Rai is a boy’s name that’s pronounced RYE-ee. It is of Japanese origin, and the meaning of Rai is “trust the lightning and thunder”. I keep a lot of things in my life short and sweet and the word “RAI” for this sake works more for me. The producers at the monolith Ozeki headquarters based […]
MADE LIKE BEER DRINKS LIKE WINE POURS LIKE A WHISKY NEAT
I’m not going to claim that I’m an official historian of Nihonshu, but I will attempt to give an honest collective of hard opinions that have been agreed upon. You can already guess that the origins go back to somewhere before Christ but the exact records of how it was developed have been blurred. However, […]
KIKU-MASAMUNE KOUJO JUNMAI
Look up Kiku-Masamune and you may be confused as it will come up as a Sake skincare lotion. I wouldn’t be opposed to that because women love lotions. If I saw Sake and lotion combined together, I’d be hoping to be the poster model for it! Kiku-MasamuneHowever, it’s been the model for genuine dry Sake […]
NIHON SAKARI REISHU
MY CANDY HEART VALENTINE So Lively, fresh and umami-driven sake, balanced with a slight sweetness from green granny smith apples and dried kiwi chips. It has a savory aroma with hints of rice pudding and cured Meyer lemons. It floats on the palate like a cloud of marshmallows. It feels pure and friendly to drink, […]
JUNMAI DAIGINJO SAKE PLATINUM
I really don’t know what’s going on with Sake brewery obsession within the United States, particularly from the “sunshine state” California. Sake is of Japanese origin, but surprisingly, there are now over twenty sake breweries that are slowly invading the California Coastline since the ’70s. Today, They continue to be spreading like wildfires in this […]
G JOY SAKE…. EAST MEETS WEST
From past to present, this brewery has redefined sake beyond its borders. I have been a disciple of sake for years. I attend tasting events, seek out sake at restaurants, buy bottles of sake weekly for my consumption and I’m even a sake certified sommelier. Nothing gives enough great praise to see brewers coming to […]
SAKE
PREFACE I have been a sake lover for over two decades. We all have that one moment when we had our first taste of a wine, beer, bourbon, or any other alcohol style drink we can think of, and have become a fan of it ever since. We had a dear Japanese friend of ours […]