View fullsize Spring is in the air! โ˜€๏ธ It’s sunny and warm and flowers are popping up everywhere ๐ŸŒธ. Perfect time to take a blanket and enjoy a bento ๐Ÿฑ outside. Small “one-cup” sake is the perfect size for a sunny midday picnic. It’s only
View fullsize While storms are blowing over most of Europe, we’re cuddled up inside with a special bottle of sake that was generously sent to me by a friend. ‘Like a wind’ is brewed by the small Kitamura brewery in Hiroshima, in the old town of
View fullsize With lunar new year around the corner, this #Akitora ๐Ÿฏseemed a fitting choice of sake for the weekend and the coming year of the tiger. This soft and smooth dry junmai is very food friendly and would also be a good match for many kinds of Chinese d
View fullsize Today’s post isn’t about sake, although the bottle looks similar at a first glance. But this is #shochu, Japan’s other “kokushu” or “national alcoholic beverage”. While most distilleries are traditionally loc
View fullsize ๐ŸŽHappy New Year! ๐ŸŽ Traditional Japanese dishes served for New Years (osechi ryori) are prepared in advance and should last for a few days, so you don’t have to cook during the holidays. Many are preserved with sugar, so it’s best to pi
View fullsize Preparing for a little tasting session next week, before getting ready for Xmas holidays. ๐ŸŽ„ #saketasting #sakelovers #sakeknowledge #zakusake
View fullsize When it’s cold and snowy outside, what could be better to warm you up than a hot cup of sweet amazake? โ„๏ธโ„๏ธโ˜ƒ๏ธโ„๏ธโ„๏ธ #sakelover #amazake #izumibashi #kanagawasake
View fullsize First snow this year!โ„๏ธNo need to keep my sake in the fridge today ๐Ÿ˜† โ˜ƒ๏ธ๐ŸŒจ Having a cloudy sparkling sake from Kidoizumi tonight to match an equally cloudy white day and add a little sparkle โœจto this advent weekend. #nigorizake #cloudysake #sparkli
View fullsize This Friday calls for a strong drink! ๐Ÿ˜… Usually, brewers add a little water to the sake after pressing in order to bring down the alcohol level to around 15%. Genshu ๅŽŸ้…’ is undiluted Sake that has been bottled at whatever alcohol level was reached at
View fullsize If you want to dive deeper into sake, there are several organizations that offer excellent courses. ๐Ÿ“š Most of these programmes are aimed at service or trade professionals ๐Ÿคต but will happily accept enthusiasts as well. Nowadays, many courses are off
View fullsize Autumn is the most delicious season! ๐Ÿ˜‹๐Ÿถ๐Ÿš๐Ÿ #kurigohan #chestnut #akiagari #hiyaoroshi
View fullsize ๐Ÿค”deciding on a cup for tonight’s sake… #toughdecisions Sake cups come in all shapes and sizes. From flat and wide sakazuki in elegant lacquer, over small porcelain ochoko to hand-built guinomi full of character - or you could go more mo
View fullsize โœจMuroka Nama Genshuโœจ [็„กใ‚้Ž็”ŸๅŽŸ้…’] – for some sake lovers, these are magic words! It means that the sake in this bottle has ๐Ÿšซnot been charcoal filtered,๐Ÿšซ not been heat treated and ๐Ÿšซ has not been diluted with water to a lower alcohol level. ๐Ÿ‘ Fan
View fullsize Catching a bit of autumn sunshine ๐ŸŒž Niida Honke from Fukushima Prefecture is one of the few breweries that only use organic, locally-grown rice. Rice farming is always hard work - but even more so when you are growing sake rice and adhering to orga
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