Discover the diverse world of alcohol in Japan! Our guide details sake, beer, shochu, whisky & more, with typical izakaya ...

We sip the Born Gold from a gold-coloured ochoko that accentuates the sake’s yellowish colour, while the Hakutsuru Toji-Kan (which means Brewer's Pride) sake is served in a ‘janome’ or a ...

The country’s first and only dedicated sake brewery has taken home a gold award for its handcrafted Drip Pressed Junmai Ginjo as part of the Tokyo Sake Challenge. Zenkuro Sake director Richard ...

Queenstown-based Zenkuro Sake earned the gold award for one of its handcrafted brews, Drip Pressed Junmai Ginjo, a recognition head brewer and director David Joll said was “really satisfying”.

Junmai Dai-ginjo, Ginjo and Dai-ginjo – the perfect accompaniment to Japanese cuisine. It also has a playful side that makes it stand out from other staid sake brands. Take its special edition bottle ...

Its Seafood brew has proven popular. As "toji," or head brewer, Imada took a different approach to creating the junmai sake. Starting with a sake to complement oysters, for which the waters of the ...

When Imada Sake Brewing master brewer Miho Imada presented a sake inspired by local seafood to a sommelier from Hong Kong, she asked for pairing suggestions. The answer was surprising: braised ...

What defines a sake as junmai daiginjo is the milling rate of the rice, meaning the percentage weight of the raw grain that’s removed by processing. The rice used in junmai daiginjo is milled ...

featuring three hours of free-flow sake. Expect over 80 varieties, including rare labels and crowd favourites like Doboroku, Nama, and Junmai Daiginjo. An exclusive Izakaya-style menu will be ...

SOTO means ‘outside’ in Japanese, so this sake is a celebration of nature’s purest elements. SOTO Junmai offers a refreshingly light profile with subtle apple and golden raisin notes, balanced by an ...

Origami Sake is made in Arkansas from locally-grown Yamada Nishiki sake rice — their junmai daiginjo was sweet with a touch of tart: green apples in a glass. And the Yano sake was a chewy ...

Japan's sake, a quintessential rice wine integral to its cultural heritage, has been added to UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list. This recognition celebrates the thousand-year-old brewing ...