Articles
Sake
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For the uninitiated, choosing a sake can often feel like taking stabs in the dark. Get up to speed on the five major variants, right here. Honjozo-shu Honjozo is a type of sake where a small amount...
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On 1 October 2015, over 50 local restaurants will be shouting, “Kanpai!” as we welcome the sake season in Japan and Singapore. T his year, we kick off Sake Week with The Day of Sake! On 1 Octob...
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Following the success of Oishii magazine these past two years, it gives me great pleasure to introduce the inaugural issue of Oishii Kanpai, a supplement about Japanese sake and sake culture, that wil...
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Not quite sure what’s the difference between a “ginjo” and a “junmai”? You’ve come to the right place, because your sake education starts right here. Sake is known around the world as the Japa...
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Although Doi Brewery was established about two centuries later than other sake breweries, it soon became well known for producing fine, award-winning sake. Kiyoaki Doi, president of Doi Brewery, expla...
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With its range of sparkling sakes and fruit-infused liquers, in addition to its much-lauded junmai daiginjo, one thing’s for certain: Hamakawa Shoten is not your run-of-the-mill sake brewery. “I f...
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When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade. But for the family of Yataro Saito, they didn’t only make lemonade; they took the lemons and started cultivating their own citrus so they could produce t...
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With over 170 years of history in perfecting the art of sake-making, Kirinzan Shuzo is one of the largest breweries in the Niigata prefecture. President Shuntaro Saito, the seventh-generation owner of...
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With access to quality rice, water and generations of know-how it’s no wonder that Shindo brewery has made a name for itself in Japan and around the world. We speak to master brewer and director Masan...
