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Had a really good time helping to launch @sakedesu

Had a really good time helping to launch @sakedesupdx last night. We tried this amazing Kijoshu from @bamboo_celebration
Everyone loved it but the TTB will not so if you have any ideas on label designs, let's talk.

If you're ever in Nashville, you must go to @prope

If you're ever in Nashville, you must go to @propersake_ricevice A temple to the divine ferment! Maybe, if you're lucky, @foxdenizakaya shows up too.

Florida is getting the good stuff!

Florida is getting the good stuff!

Hear my out: Sake and Sliders

Hear my out: Sake and Sliders

I never set out to create a portfolio full of heir

I never set out to create a portfolio full of heirloom rice but here we are. If you want umami with your sake, just say Omachi three times and I appear.

It's an honor to pour anywhere that carries my fri

It's an honor to pour anywhere that carries my friends @fossilandfawn

I enjoyed this from @chikumanishiki.official for t

I enjoyed this from @chikumanishiki.official for the flavor and the Shinkansen reference. There are so many breweries in Nagano! I must visit them all! 🍶 🚆

@miyoshi_abunotsuru is making some of the most exc

@miyoshi_abunotsuru is making some of the most exciting sake I've had. Here we see their beautiful label designs on the local Yamaguchi grown Yamada Nishiki Junmai Daiginjo Nama and 90% polish Karakuchi. I love a brewery that does both ends of the polishing spectrum well.

The label on the left pays homage to the many trios in sake brewing such as water, Koji, rice and three stage fermentation.

Read more about how the Toji resurrected the mothballed family brewery in @yamaguchisake book Discovering Yamaguchi Sake.

Hitomebore has taken over as the top table rice in

Hitomebore has taken over as the top table rice in Japan. And now it's being polished to 35% to make Daiginjo!

When I first came to Japan, I would look for a red

When I first came to Japan, I would look for a red lantern to signify an Izakaya, a good place to get drinks and food. Some are great! But many are average too, with typical foods and ho-hum Sake offerings. Instead, I now look for a Sugidama.

Sugidama are made from fresh pine branches in the Fall, coinciding with rice harvest. All breweries have one. As they turn from 🟢 to 🟤, it signifies Sake is ready to drink. So a Soba shop with a Sugidama is telling you they have a great Sake list. Go in!

This shop, @handsome_shibuya has such stellar snacks and sake, we didn't even order the soba!

Just a few steps from Nagano Station, you can try

Just a few steps from Nagano Station, you can try every one of the 77 breweries in Nagano! Amazing! Food was excellent too. Local horse, beef, chicken and konjak with miso.

We traveled down to Shikoku to visit with Miyoshik

We traveled down to Shikoku to visit with Miyoshikiku Brewery and the inimitable Mamiya san. His family has lived in this house for 15 generations!

He's unique in that he does his own label printing so he changes the labels every batch. That's going to be a TTB label headache for me but it's worth it. Might even see some cups in the calendar.

It was so cool to finally meet @kaokao777 in perso

It was so cool to finally meet @kaokao777 in person. We've been following each other since the early days of Instagram. Lots of great food and sake here.

It was so fun to see @yoko_guide_tokyo and @sakeon

It was so fun to see @yoko_guide_tokyo and @sakeonair !

We tried everything at Saka no Shitano Oryzae. @sakanositanooryzae

I have been following Yoko san for 10 years, always bookmarking all the places she goes. So it was great to meet her in person. She actually lived in my hometown but it was before I was born.

A very accessible and fun place to try excellent N

A very accessible and fun place to try excellent Nama. Pick your sake off a printed menu, buy a ¥500 ticket and there you go! Thank you to @yoko_guide_tokyo san for showing me. If you need a tour guide in Tokyo, please let me connect you with her.

When in Tokyo, I highly recommend a stop at @naday

When in Tokyo, I highly recommend a stop at @nadayabrothers

They take the best care of their unpasteurized sake I have ever seen. Everything is stored properly and served in wine glasses. One cool thing they did was to serve a super dry sake in a flute to concentrate what limited aroma it had.

A great visit with @eikun_mochizuki These sake ar

A great visit with @eikun_mochizuki
These sake are electric! Combining the super soft water of Shizuoka with cold temperature ferments and modern, local yeasts, their acidity dances.

A great lineup from Yonetsuru of Yamagata. They ar

A great lineup from Yonetsuru of Yamagata. They are using unique rice like Kamenoo balanced by traditional Yamagata cleanliness.

It was a great year for Namazake Paul Imports. We

It was a great year for Namazake Paul Imports. We brought small, hand crafted sake to the US. We celebrated family owned breweries and ones pushing innovation in flavor experiences. We #supportsake because it represents the maximum potential of rice, the marriage of tradition and craftsmanship with technology and science.

For 2024, we hope you can try some of these amazing breweries. We will be doubling the number we import!!

It's not every day you get to meet your long lost

It's not every day you get to meet your long lost Brazilian brother. @gmac_sake is doing incredible things in Florida. He's educating and lifting up. He is the first and last word on the Florida scene. We will achieve great together!

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