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Fukugao sake aged in whisky barrels
Sakekaeru (a pseudonym), a reporter writing for News47 (Japanese) visited the Niigata Sake Fair and stumbled across Fukugao's sake aged in whisky barrels. The tag on the neck of the bottle advises drinking it on the rocks or diluted with hot water. Fukugao...
Five new Sake Samurai
Sankei Biz reported on the inauguration of five new Sake Samurai in Kyoto on 6 October 2017. The title of "Sake Samurai" is given by the Junior Council of the Japan Sake Brewers Association to individuals who champion sake and Japanese culture both at home and abroad....
Does sake increase collagen?
University Journal Online (Japanese) reports that joint research by the Applied Bioscience Department, College of Bioscience and Chemistry, Kanazawa Institute of Technology (KIT) and a research group at Syata Brewery have shown for the first time that an umami...
The scent of sake
PR photo from atpress/SOCIALWIRE Co., Ltd. As well as being (World?) Sake Day (Tengu Sake has a great explanation), 1 October is apparently Perfume Day. Japanese perfume company J-Scent, already known for its houji-cha roasted green tea and rikishi (sumo wrestler)...
UK Tea Academy Tea Champion Course Review
I have to admit that I love continuous professional development. Learning. Pieces of paper with letters. So I planned two weeks of learning about tea, coffee and chocolate in London in August and September 2017, and even managed to squeeze in some sake! First, tea....
Is it a kir? No, it’s a cassis sake
Image from @S Shizuoka Shinbun In an interesting variation on a kir (crème de cassis blackcurrant liqueur with white wine), freshly produced shinshu junmai sake made by the Shidaizumi brewery with locally grown Yamada-nishiki rice has been infused with blackcurrants...
Which Japanese prefecture has the best local sake?
Welcome to the first post in my new project, reviewing Japanese news about sake! Survey site Sirabee (a loosely romanised version of the word for "research" or "find out") asked 1,151 Japanese men and women aged 20-60 which prefecture they thought produced the best...
Coffee tasting at MAME 24 September 2017
On Sunday 24 September I hurried to MAME for their semi-regular monthly tasting, which may not be happening in October as they're closing briefly for a refit! Emi mentioned that they plan to have more seating, which would be great. The Germans and Swiss are into...
September 2017 round-up
Wow. I can't believe I haven't posted since July. The problem with going away for an extended period of time is that you have to do a lot of catching up afterwards, and I think I never caught up from the July trip before I went away again at the end of August! But it...
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