1,636! No that is not a typo! It’s a record. This year breweries have submitted 1,636 sakes to be judged at the International Wine Challenge, which is the largest sake competition featuring sake that are commercially available to the sake...
Are you an “Early Bird”? Do you always get the worm? Then we certainly hope that you have already ordered your early bird tickets for Sake Day 2018. Tickets are on sale now and you already knew that! You also...
Welcome aboard your Top Ten Sake list that are all medal and trophy winners at the IWC competition last year and from many years before. These brews are very noteworthy, in the sense that they excelled at the foremost sake-judging...
Greetings Sake Nerds, The month of May is a special one! Our founder, Beau Timken is out in the far reaches of Yamagata Prefecture playing the role as Co-Chairman and judging sake for the illustrious International Wine Challenge! Here is...
We’ve been ringing the nama bell like crazy this spring at True Sake. Each month, we see more and more raw offerings and nobody is complaining. With this is mind, please say hello to four more unpasteurized brews that are...
Taiheizan Tenko “Heavenly Grace”From Akita Prefecture. Junmai Daiginjo Kimoto. SMV: +2 Acidity: 1.5 Taiheizan remains one the best sake brewery tours that I have ever had the luck to visit. They make great sake, because they are great fermenters. They...
So there have been a lot of requests on how to follow me and my, let’s call it... “unique eye,” for sake-centric photography. There are two ways. First you can follow me directly at @truesake on Instagram, which is a...
I always get asked where and when I write my reviews, but this is the first time for this question. Actually, it caught me off guard, because I usually need it to be quiet when I focus on brews. It’s...
Welcome to the 164th Issue of America’s sake-centric Newsletter. In this very floral issue read about how Masumi Arabashiri became a “generational” sake, learn about the sake scene in Australia and how sake shops are popping up, get in on...
