Sake Revolution
185 episodes - English - Latest episode: 22 days ago -America's First Sake Podcast. Power to the Sake People! Join your hosts sake otaku John Puma and sake samurai Timothy Sullivan as they explore the world of Japanese Sake. This podcast will help you know where to get started with sake. Every week, we'll teach you something new about sake in a fun and easy to understand segment, we call the "Sake Education Corner". It wouldn't be a sake podcast with out some sake tasting! We'll profile and taste some of our favorite sakes. Check out the show notes if you'd like to get the sakes for yourself and taste along with us. We want to make sake accessible, fun and easy to understand. We hope you'll join us! Kanpai
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Deep Faith: Supporting Noto
March 28, 2024 20:00 - 25 minutes - 17.3 MBEpisode 164. On New Year's Day, 2024, the Noto Peninsula of Ishikawa Prefecture was the epicenter of a major earthquake measuring a 7.6 on the Richter scale. The affected areas are especially well known for sake brewing and in Ishikawa in particular, 24 out of 33 Ishikawa Sake Brewery Association member breweries suffered damage, with 8 suffering complete destruction. While the news of the earthquake and the recovery efforts have fallen out of the headlines, we wanted to offer our support a...
Serious Baggage: Bringing Sake Back from Japan
February 10, 2024 19:00 - 34 minutes - 23.9 MBEpisode 163. Word on the street is that travel to Japan is surging! One of the joys of travel to Japan is returning with a suitcase full of sake! But how best to do it?! This week, John and Timothy discuss the ins and outs of bringing back sake from Japan. What's allowed and what's not! Where to buy sake and how to package it. Import duties and duty free shops! If you want the lowdown on our experience bringing sake home from travel to Japan, this episode is for you. Let's UNPACK these t...
Sake Revolution 2023 Recap: Our Year in Sake
January 20, 2024 04:00 - 33 minutes - 22.7 MBEpisode 162. With 2023 drawing to a close, it's time to take a look back at the sake year that was. Join us this week for some casual sipping and some discussion on the highlights, surprises and challenges of this past year's sake adventures. Tim and John both let us know their favorite sake stories and their favorite episodes from the past year. Do you know which episode was our most downloaded from 2023? Let us know in the comments and we look forward to another year of great sake and ma...
Branded: Masumi
December 28, 2023 21:00 - 30 minutes - 20.7 MBEpisode 161. This week, John and Timothy explore another brand profile: Masumi from Miyasaka Jozo in Nagano Prefecture. Most well known as the birthplace of Association Number 7 sake yeast, Masumi has a long history dating back to 1662. Located on beautiful Lake Suwa, Masumi is a brand that is well known outside of Japan. The brand name of "Masumi" means transparency or truth and traces its origin to an ancient bronze mirror, which is a treasure of the local shrine and is the proverbial "m...
Wild Rice: Hattannishiki
December 13, 2023 02:00 - 30 minutes - 21 MBEpisode 160. It's time to get wild again! Wild about sake rice, that is. Wild Rice is our series where we look closer at different strains of sake rice and what makes them unique. This time around, we look to a rice native to Hiroshima Prefecture - Hattannishiki. Known to not grow as tall as other sake rice, but still have a well developed shinpaku (starchy core) Hattannishiki is a fairly modern rice, as it was developed in the 1970's. Let's dive in and see what flavors Hattannishiki has ...
Sake Vessel Series: Guinomi
November 05, 2023 16:00 - 32 minutes - 22.1 MBEpisode 159. Week in and week out, our standard gear for tasting and evaluating sake is a simple wine glass. This works really well and almost everybody has one nearby. But in Japan, there are a wide variety of shapes, materials and sizes used to make cups for drinking sake. That got us wondering if we should take some other cups out for a test drive and compare them to our usual stemware. This week we are exploring Guinomi. This style of sake cup is a larger sibling to the standard ochoko, ...
Extreme Sake: Doburoku
October 27, 2023 23:00 - 29 minutes - 20.2 MBEpisode 158. Enough playing it safe! It's time for another walk on the high wire that is our extreme sake series! This time, the guys skirt the law and explore the rough and ready style of home-brew style sake known as Doburoku. While Home brewing of doburoku has been outlawed in Japan for over a hundred years, Doburoku can be produced legally in specially designated Doburoku zones across Japan and by facilities with an appropriate doburoku production license. Doburoku festivals are also hel...
LIVE! The American Craft Sake Festival 2023: Byron Stithem of Proper Sake Co
October 16, 2023 00:00 - 30 minutes - 20.9 MBEpisode 157. For our final episode recorded live at this year’s American Craft Sake Festival, we are happy to bring you another U.S. sake brewer interview. This time, we visit with our pal Byron Stithem, owner and brewer at Nashville’s Proper Sake Co., and the owner at Rice Vice, the attached sake bar and restaurant. Byron has lots to celebrate… as he sat down with us, he had just stepped off the stage after receiving the Silver Medal Audience Choice Award at the American Craft Sake Festival...
LIVE! The American Craft Sake Festival 2023: Blake Richardson and Nick Lowry of Moto-i
October 04, 2023 14:00 - 30 minutes - 21.2 MBEpisode 156. Again this week, we revisit our field trip to the American Craft Sake Festival held this year in Charlottesville VA and bring you another U.S. sake brewer interview. This time, we get a two-for-one as we interview Blake Richardson and Nick Lowry of Moto-i Sake Brewery, which is based in Minneapolis, MN. Founded by Blake in 2008, Moto-i has been creating delicious sakes that are served locally and super fresh on tap. Blake works as Toji and Nick tells us how he graduated from cus...
LIVE! The American Craft Sake Festival 2023: Whitney Isbell Jones of Isbell Farms
September 11, 2023 21:00 - 33 minutes - 23.2 MBEpisode 155. Our visit to the American Craft Sake Festival was awash with brewers, but one non-sake booth in particular caught our eye. Without rice, there is no sake and we had the chance to sit down with Whitney Isbell Jones of the world famous Isbell Rice Farm in England, Arkansas. Whitney grew up on the farm and tells us the story of how her family discovered Japanese rice varieties and how they eventually became global experts in growing premium sake rice varieties in particular. Whil...
Natsu Sake: Chill Out with Seasonal Sips for Summer
August 28, 2023 03:00 - 27 minutes - 18.6 MBEpisode 154. Taking a quick detour from our American Craft Sake Festival series, we're sneaking in a seasonally appropriate episode before it's too late. "Natsu Sake" or summer sake, is a new-ish genre of brews meant to take the edge off of the sweltering summer heat, all while letting us enjoy the flavors of sake in the summer. Often presented in clear or frosted bottles with cool-toned blue-ish labels, these sakes definitely give off a chill vibe. With lower alcohol as well as clean, cr...
LIVE! The American Craft Sake Festival 2023: Justin LeVaughn of The Void Sake Company
August 19, 2023 18:00 - 28 minutes - 19.6 MBEpisode 153. Listen in as we continue our series of live interviews from the American Craft Sake Festival 2023! This week it's all about SAKE Y'ALL, as the T-shirt of our interviewee says. We welcome Co-founder and Head Brewer of The Void Sake Company, Justin LeVaughn. Justin runs Kentucky's only sake brewery founded in 2020. He talks to us about his road to discovering sake as well as the styles of sake that are popular at his taproom. Orange Creamsicle Nigori anyone? We also discuss how ...
LIVE! The American Craft Sake Festival 2023: Sake Brewers Roundtable
August 02, 2023 23:00 - 25 minutes - 17.9 MBEpisode 152. This week, we take Sake Revolution on the road! John and Timothy recently attended the 3rd annual American Craft Sake Festival in Charlottesville, VA. Sake Revolution hosted a live podcast recording of a "brewers roundtable" on stage in front of an enthusiastic crowd of sake lovers at the Festival. We were lucky enough to interview Blake Richardson from Moto-i in Minneapolis MN and Todd Bellomy from Farthest Star Brewery in Boston, MA. It was our first time recording in fron...
Rice Advice: A Chat with Brooklyn Kura's Brandon Doughan
July 15, 2023 13:00 - 29 minutes - 20.1 MBEpisode 151. Everyone knowns that sake is made from rice, but how much of a role does rice variety really play in a sake's taste? We're lucky enough to have a Toji on speed dial! We phoned up our friend and local sake brewmaster Brandon Doughan, the Toji at New York's first sake brewery, Brooklyn Kura. We tasted two of Brandon's sakes: their well-loved flagship Blue Door Junmai made with California calrose rice and also an experimental bottling, the "Blue Door on Jupiter", which is a versi...
Sake Spotlight: Shiga
June 23, 2023 20:00 - 27 minutes - 19.2 MBEpisode 150. This week we continue our series on prefecture profiles with a special focus on those prefectures that are "landlocked" with no access to the sea or ocean. Despite no ocean view, Shiga is awash in water with 20% of it's area covered by Lake Biwa, Japan's largest lake! This water feeds a robust rice growing industry and there is a healthy sake industry in Shiga as well. When it comes to food, listen in as Timothy recounts a harrowing run-in with Shiga's most famous, and definit...
Sake Spotlight: Gunma
June 16, 2023 17:00 - 33 minutes - 23.2 MBEpisode 149. This week we return to another fun and sake-rich prefecture: Gunma! This area is home to onsens, national parks, record breaking tunnels and some pretty darn good sake. After we first touched on this region in episode 8, we thought it deserved another visit and a bit more exploration of their food, culture and traditions. We'll taste a much loved sake from Ryujin Shuzo, makers of the Oze no Yukidoke brand. This sake features the much beloved Omachi sake rice and snow melt wat...
Behind the Mask: Exploring Sake Skincare and Cosmetics
June 05, 2023 16:00 - 31 minutes - 21.9 MBEpisode 148. Did you know that there is a booming business in skincare products made from sake? In this episode, we dive face first into the world of sake beauty products, from the use of sake in your bath, to sake kasu used to soften skin and finally to the science behind kojic acid and how it's used in a variety of commercially available sake skincare products. We also slap on a Japanese sake face mask to the test out sake skincare for ourselves. Hopefully we'll finish up the episode mois...
Apple of my Eye: Kinoene “Ripe Apple” Sake
May 13, 2023 23:00 - 28 minutes - 19.3 MBEpisode 147. How do you like them apples?! When we discovered the Kinoene "ripe apple" Junmai Ginjo sake from Iinuma Honke Brewery, we knew we need to take a bite and find out what this unique sake is all about. This took us on a journey exploring yeast, acidity and some pretty extreme fruity flavors. It may very well be a case of comparing apples to oranges, but this fruity confection of a sake does share some traits with a typically bright and crisp white wine. The secret here is malic ...
Exploring Sake Labels
May 03, 2023 21:00 - 32 minutes - 22.5 MBEpisode 146. Do you judge a book by it's cover? Or even more likely, perhaps you've purchased a sake based only on the label? Since we've all been there, we thought it might be fun to explore the world of sake labels and share some likes, dislikes and survival tips for navigating your way around a bottle of sake. In particular, learn our technique to read a Japanese sake label "by the numbers". Whether they are all in Japanese, all graphics or including some english, the sake bottle labels...
Tippsy Sake Club with Sachiko Miyagi
April 28, 2023 00:00 - 30 minutes - 20.9 MBEpisode 145. TippsySake.com is a well known online retailer of sake in the U.S. and when they launched their new Tippsy Sake Club in March, John and Timothy knew they had to check it out. To get started, Tippsy designed an interactive online quiz that walks you through a few questions to help identify the sakes that might be the best match for your palate. We decided to take the quiz in real time and then discuss the results with Tippsy Portfolio Manager Sachiko Miyagi. Sachiko walks us thro...
Think Pink! Sake Under the Cherry Blossoms
April 18, 2023 19:00 - 28 minutes - 19.9 MBEpisode 144. This week, we “think pink”! Hanami is the Japanese tradition of picnicking under cherry trees in full bloom. It’s a treasured seasonal pastime in Japan that is carefully tracked and timed for friends and family to enjoy blossom viewing at its peak. The cherry blossoms represent the fleeting nature of beauty and how it is worthwhile to stop and admire these natural displays as they will soon fade and flutter to the ground. Traditionally, sake is enjoyed under the trees as well, w...
Sake in the Movies with Ben Haslar
April 10, 2023 21:00 - 33 minutes - 22.8 MBEpisode 143. Lights, Camera, Action! This week we are joined by fellow podcaster, film buff and sake fanatic Ben Haslar, from the Reels of Justice podcast to talk sakes and film. We focus primarily on the famous Birth of Sake documentary from 2015, a film that explores sake making at Ishikawa prefecture's Yoshida Shuzoten, the makers of the Tedorigawa brand of sake. If you haven't seen the Birth of Sake film yet, please watch it before listening! Seriously... Spoiler Alert! To pair with ou...
Sake In The News 2
March 30, 2023 01:00 - 32 minutes - 22.6 MBEpisode 142. Stop the presses! Sake is back again in the news recently and we wanted to take a look at some of the latest newsworthy sake headlines hitting our shores. This week, we'll discuss the New York Times' declaration that "Sake is Booming in America" and talk about their comprehensive take on sake. We'll also look at a report out of Japan that the 1.8L Issho-bin or magnum bottle size for sake is falling out of favor. Lastly, we'll discuss the BBC's take on the global rise in sake ...
Interview with Reiko Hirai of DC Sake Co
March 22, 2023 19:00 - 29 minutes - 20.5 MBEpisode 141. When you think of Washington DC, What pops to mind? Maybe the White House? or perhaps the picturesque cherry blossoms around the Tidal Basin each spring? If this week's guest has her way, when you think of DC, you'll soon think of "sake"! Reiko Hirai is the founder of DC Sake Co - an online sake retailer serving the Washington DC area. She's also an event planner and a strong voice working to promote sake in our nation's capital. This year marks Reiko's first annual Spring S...
Sake Vessel Series: Edo Kiriko
March 16, 2023 12:00 - 28 minutes - 19.9 MBEpisode 140. Week in and week out, our standard gear for tasting and evaluating sake is a simple wine glass. This works really well and almost everybody has one nearby. But in Japan, there are a wide variety of shapes, materials and sizes used to make cups for drinking sake. That got us wondering if we should take some other cups out for a test drive and compare them to our usual stemware. This week we are exploring Edo-Kiriko. This luxurious and historic hand-cut crystal glassware is most w...
Ice, Ice Baby: Sake on the Rocks
March 06, 2023 16:00 - 30 minutes - 20.9 MBEpisode 139. If you enjoy the sound of ice cubes clinking in a glass, this may be the episode for you! This week, John and Timothy crack open the topic of sake on the rocks! Pouring sake over ice may not be the norm, but it can be a treat with the right kind of sake... and the right kind of ice. We'll experiment with tasting our higher alcohol genshu-style sake both on the rocks and straight up to see what works better along with the pros and cons of sake over ice. But all that is just the...
Umami Mart with Kayoko Akabori and Yoko Kumano
February 23, 2023 14:00 - 31 minutes - 21.7 MBEpisode 138 This week we're proud to introduce you to our friends at Umami Mart: Kayoko Akabori and Yoko Kumano. These sake pioneers took Umami Mart from a food-focused blog back in the aughts to the outstanding sake retailer, cocktail bar, online shop and Oakland CA community hub we know today. At Umami Mart, you can buy all kinds of Japanese goods, dish ware, bar ware, tabletop items, but above all else, Umami Mart is a great place to buy sake. This of course includes their eponymous Um...
Be My Valentine: Pairing Sake and KitKats
February 13, 2023 16:00 - 32 minutes - 22.1 MBEpisode 137. One of the most famous sweet treats to come out of Japan in recent years are the seasonal and sometimes funky-flavored Nestle KitKats. It seems that for every season or any reason there is an exclusive, limited edition KitKat flavor. To celebrate Valentine’s Day, we thought it might be fun to pair some unusually-flavored Japanese KitKats with some absolutely unique sakes. Along the way Timothy and John discuss the different ways that Valentine’s Day is celebrated over in Japan v...
U.S. Sake Brewer Series: Farthest Star Sake with Todd Bellomy
February 04, 2023 22:00 - 31 minutes - 21.8 MBEpisode 136. Sitting down with another U.S. sake brewer, this week John and Timothy interview Todd Bellomy, founder and brewer at Farthest Star Sake in Medfield Massachusetts. As New England's only sake brewery, it has become Todd's mission to introduce his customers to the adventure of discovering freshly brewed, local sake. At his sci-fi themed taproom, guests can explore his classic junmai and nigori as well as an ever changing rotation of infusions and variations of his standard brews...
Branded: Gokyo Five
January 26, 2023 18:00 - 31 minutes - 21.9 MBEpisode 135. Ready, Set, GO! This week, John and Timothy explore another brand profile: Gokyo Five from Sakai Shuzo in Yamaguchi Prefecture. Yes, we are returning not only to Yamaguchi, but also to the town of Iwakuni for this week’s episode. The town is famous for it’s 5 arched Kintai Bridge and Gokyo “GO” FIVE (Go means 5 in Japanese) is a fun brand that explores seasonality and highlights the brewery’s dedication to “kioke” or wooden sake brewing vats. While breweries across Japan abando...
Back To School: Sake Courses & Certifications
January 14, 2023 06:00 - 35 minutes - 24.4 MBEpisode 134. This time of year, many people think about going back to school to advance their careers, but have you considered going back to SAKE school? Let's study up on all the various sake courses and certifications out there to help us learn more about our favorite drink. If you dream of a career in sake, the right class might be just the ticket to get you on the the path to sake expertise in the new year! Check out our show notes for a sake education PDF download that will be your ea...
Wild Rice: Akamai
January 07, 2023 00:00 - 31 minutes - 21.7 MBEpisode 133. It's time to get wild again! Wild about sake rice, that is. Wild Rice is our series where we look closer at different strains of sake rice and what makes them unique. This time around, we take things a bit literally and look at a true heritage wild rice strain that is used to make sake. A "wild rice" episode featuring an actual wild rice? A bit too on the nose perhaps, but we couldn't resist! We are talking about "Akamai" or red rice. This ancient grain has a distinct dark c...
Sake Revolution 2022 Recap: Our Year in Sake
December 30, 2022 21:00 - 32 minutes - 22.4 MBEpisode 132. With 2022 drawing to a close, it's time to take a look back at the sake year that was. Join us this week for some casual sipping and some discussion on the highlights, surprises and challenges of this past year's sake adventures. Tim and John both let us know their favorite sakes and their favorite episodes from the past year. What was your favorite episode? Let us know in the comments and we look forward to another year of great sake and many kanpais. Happy Sake New Year! #Sa...
Holiday Sake: Senkin Snowman Nigori
December 22, 2022 02:00 - 33 minutes - 22.9 MBEpisode 131. The holidays are returning and along with them, the eternal question - what gift is best?! We know the answer! Sake is an amazing gift for friends, family and colleagues. This week Timothy and John have a "wrap" session dedicated to all things sake-gifting. As for tasting, we'll introduce you to a snow globe in a bottle - the Senkin "Snowman" Junmai Daiginjo Nigori. This premium seasonal sake would be a delicious gift in itself, but also represents the best of the spirit of th...
The Kobo Chronicles: Sanuki Olive Yeast
December 14, 2022 16:00 - 30 minutes - 21.3 MBEpisode 130. Join us this week as John and Timothy go down the rabbit hole in search of what could be described as the most unique sake yeast out there! This takes us over 100 years back in time to the establishment of the first olive trees in Japan planted in the rural Sanuki region of Kagawa Prefecture which we learned went on to become the nation's epicenter for olive oil production. To boost slumping sake sales, the Kagawa Sake Brewer's association decided in 2016 to leverage their re...
Sake Spotlight: Yamaguchi
December 09, 2022 20:00 - 35 minutes - 24.1 MBEpisode 129. This week we focus our spotlight on sake and stories from another prefecture: Yamaguchi! Well known in Japan as the home to the poisonous but delicious Fugu (Japanese blowfish aka pufferfish), there are a number of outstanding breweries in the Prefecture. Located on the far western tip of Japan's main Honshu island, Yamaguchi is not close to Tokyo, but does have easy access to Hiroshima. To dip our toe into the wide world of Yamaguchi sake, we taste the stunning Gangi Mizunowa ...
Sake Vessels: Yanagi Glass
November 28, 2022 03:00 - 30 minutes - 20.8 MBEpisode 128. Week in and week out, our standard gear for tasting and evaluating sake is a simple wine glass. This works really well and almost everybody has one nearby. But in Japan, there are a wide variety of shapes, materials and sizes used to make cups for drinking sake. That got us wondering if we should take some other cups out for a test drive and compare them to our usual stemware. This week we are exploring an icon in modern design - the Sori Yanagi Sake Glass. With a solid glass f...
Live From Japan!
November 15, 2022 01:00 - 34 minutes - 23.6 MBEpisode 127. Dreams do come true! Since its inception, the guys at Sake Revolution has been hoping to do an episode where at least one of them is reporting in “live from Japan”. With the covid restrictions finally easing, travel to Japan is allowed again and John jumped at the chance to visit our favorite destination! This week is a casual check in on the progression of his trip to the best sake bars and shops in Hiroshima and Tokyo. They guys also reminisce on their first (sideways) attempt...
Branded: Kamonishiki
November 05, 2022 15:00 - 28 minutes - 19.8 MBEpisode 126. This week, John and Timothy explore another brand profile: Kamonishiki from Niigata Prefecture. This small brewery breaks the mold on what most people expect from a typical Niigata brewery – that is, classic, crisp and dry flavors along with even more classic labels. The packaging for Kamonishiki’s Nifudazake line really steals the show. The focus is squarely on small batch production at Kamonishiki. Each bottle has a hang tag instead of a traditional label and this tag not only...
The Sake Advent Calendar with Namazake Paul
October 27, 2022 17:00 - 31 minutes - 21.8 MBEpisode 125. Believe it or not, the holiday season is sneaking up on us again! And while you may be finalizing your halloween costume, we are thinking ahead to enjoying sake this December. What better way to do this than with the world’s only Sake Advent Calendar! Created for the second year in a row by sake retailer Namazake Paul, the calendar has been upgraded and improved by importing a number of new cup sakes and redesigning the packaging and presentation. Lucky recipients of the Sake Ad...
Sake Vessel Series: Kikichoko
October 20, 2022 13:00 - 32 minutes - 22.2 MBEpisode 124. Week in and week out, our standard gear for tasting and evaluating sake is a simple wine glass. This works really well and almost everybody has one nearby. But in Japan, there are a wide variety of shapes, materials and sizes used to make cups for drinking sake. That got us wondering if we should take some other cups out for a test drive and compare them to our usual stemware. This week we are exploring an industry standard sake cup - the "kikichoko". A larger relative of the s...
Discovering the Sake Secret with Greg Beck
October 10, 2022 16:00 - 30 minutes - 20.8 MBEpisode 123. Can you keep a secret? We usually can... unless it involves sake intel that's hot off the presses. This week, we have a fun interview with California sake expert and sommelier Greg Beck. Greg is the founder and owner of Sake Secret, an L.A. County sake pop up. He studied Japanese in college and found his way to sake through the festivals and matsuri while working in Hiroshima. As his passion for sake grew, he returned to the States to share the secrets of sake with everyone....
Sake Storage
September 29, 2022 11:00 - 30 minutes - 20.8 MBEpisode 122. A long overdue return to the Sake Education Corner lets us explore a common question affecting everyone who brings a bottle of sake home - what's the deal with sake storage?! How long can you keep your sake before opening, after opening, at what temperature, in what location, and what to avoid. While the lawyerly answer to any of these questions is often "it depends", we get into the nitty gritty and provide concrete advice anyone can implement immediately. So crack open your f...
Sake Spotlight: Kagoshima
September 25, 2022 08:00 - 34 minutes - 23.6 MBEpisode 121. This week, we shine the sake spotlight on a region of Japan that is virtually unknown to most sake fans. We’re talking about Kagoshima, the volcanic, sub-tropical home base of “imo” sweet potato shochu on the southern tip of Kyushu island. Despite being a world famous mecca for distilled shochu, two of the over 100 distilleries in Kagoshima have ventured into sake production giving us a sake lifeboat in this vast ocean of shochu. Today we’ll be tasting one of them: Tenbu sake fr...
Sake In The News
September 15, 2022 17:00 - 30 minutes - 20.9 MBEpisode 120. Stop the presses! Sake has been more and more in the news recently and we wanted to take a look at some of the newsworthy headlines hitting our shores. This week, we'll discuss reports of the first ever "carbon neutral" sake coming out of Hyogo from the Kobe Shushinkan Brewery. This involves not only changes to the energy that powers the brewery but also changes to the production process itself to optimize energy expenditures and production time. Is this a sneak peek into sak...
Saga Sake With Jessica Joly
September 08, 2022 00:00 - 36 minutes - 25.1 MBEpisode 119 This week we welcome sake expert Jessica Joly to the podcast to introduce us to this very special trio of sakes all from Saga Prefecture. The breweries are all different and distinct, but they have collaborated to create a set of three bottles with a unique branding and flavor story you won’t see anywhere else. First, from Koimari Brewery, we have the Tropical Junmai Daiginjo which uses the silhouette of a pineapple on the label to communicate it’s fruity aroma and flavor. Next, ...
Extreme Sake: High Acidity
September 01, 2022 17:00 - 29 minutes - 20.3 MBEpisode 118. This week, John and Timothy combat the boredom of late summer by exploring another extreme sake. If you've ever put a squeeze of lemon in your iced tea, you know acidity can transform a beverage. But what role does acidity play in sake? and how do we taste it? By exploring a sake that is much higher in acid, we hope to uncover this and more. Wine is well known to have more overall acidity than sake, so let's see if this high acid brew brings some wine-like qualities to the ...
Ode to Joy: Celebrating the Joy of Sake
August 19, 2022 01:00 - 29 minutes - 20.6 MBEpisode 117. This week John and Timothy give a recap of their recent visit to the Joy of Sake event in New York City. This is one of the "big kahuna" sake events in the U.S. and a great kick off to what we hope will be a return to more in-person sake tasting overall. We explore some of the history and what to expect at this event. John even lets us in on his favorite sips of the night. If you'd like to join next year, we give you all the details on staying connected to get in on their ne...
Sake Vessel Series: Masu
August 11, 2022 16:00 - 30 minutes - 20.7 MBEpisode 116. Week in and week out, our standard gear for tasting and evaluating sake is a simple wine glass. This works really well and almost everybody has one nearby. But in Japan, there are a wide variety of shapes, materials and sizes used to make cups for drinking sake. That got us wondering if we should take some other cups out for a test drive and compare them to our usual stemware. This week we are exploring a real square in the world of sake cups - the masu. Born as a box-shaped me...
Sake Pod Crosstalk: Sake Unplugged
August 02, 2022 15:00 - 34 minutes - 23.9 MBEpisode 115. While Sake Revolution is currently the only U.S. sake podcast, there are several other podcasters around the world working hard to spread the good word of sake. We thought it would be fun to connect with our international colleagues for a little sake pod "crosstalk" to network and share the sake love. This week we connect with Japan-based sake podcasters Giulia Maglio and Cindy Bissig, creators of "Sake Unplugged". This podcast promises to take listeners behind the sake curta...