The Sake Social Blog: Sake Guide & Store News

New Year's Traditions

Fireworks. Countdown to the new year. A bowl of black-eyed peas. Just a few of the American traditions that mark the New Year. People living in Jap...

Denshin Duo

Two of my favorite brews to suggest to both novice and expert drinkers are the Denshin Duo - Ine and Yuki. While they come from the same brewery—Ip...

Cup Smarts

Unbeknownst to the beginner and even average sake drinker, there is a customary and established method that Japanese society has been using for gen...

Sake "Holiday" Social

Although only a sliver of the Japanese population celebrates Christmas for religious reasons, it has become incredibly mainstream across Japanese s...

Imayo Black

Since the brewery only produces junmai sake, the leadership team must carefully select the type of rice and water for each sake to create a broad r...

Obata Shuzo

The brewery was founded in 1892 by Yososaku Obata and continues to be run by his family. Their motto is “Making sake by harmonizing 4 treasures: ri...

Ceramics Blog

Adding traditional and unique Japanese ceramics to our collection has long been one of our main objectives, and thanks to Asemi Co. we are now offe...

Six Sake Sisters: Mango & Plum

The ume flavor has become so mainstream in Japanese society, that you can get ume ice cream, ume tea and a plethora of other ume-themed cuisine. Ne...

Shochu....not soju?

The starkest difference between Korean shochu and Japanese soju is that soju is much sweeter due to the sugars that are added during the manufactur...

Denshin "Ine"..."rice plant"

This gentle sake has many hidden layers and consuming it at different temperatures brings out a peek-a-boo crispness that finds comfort in your pal...

High Seas

Every bottle of sake we sell makes the long journey across the Pacific Ocean to a west coast port and on to the wine country. There are truck drive...

Sakamai

In the sake industry, breweries differentiate their products in a variety of ways, but the most important ingredient in any brew is the type of ric...