This is the very classic sad happy news scenario. True Sake is losing one of its heart and soul team members to the great unknown, and I don’t mean he’s dead. Since 2014, Shinsuke Yamamoto has been an integral and...
Yup! Like many new expressions in sake, the combination of music and nihonshu has taken on a new performance. In the year that the Foo Fighters are being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, they are also...
It’s been a record year for the seasonally released single-pasteurized sakes known as Hiyaoroshi. And since True Sake has been selling these special brews since our first year of operations, and since we were the first retail store to sell...
https://www.truesake.com/blogs/november-2016/top-10-list-ten-killer-turkey-sakes *This original column was first published back on November 17, 2016. Greetings True Sake Fans and Connoisseurs, Chris here, back at it again with another "Mining the Archives." First off, thanks again for all the positive feedback that I've...
Tokugetsu “Harvest Moon” From Niigata Prefecture. Junmai Daiginjo. SMV: +2 Acidity: 1.2 This seasonally released brew is the “step above” sake from the makers of Manju and Hekiju (Kubota). The nose on this sake is a wonderful collection of apricot,...
From Hokkaido Prefecture. Daiginjo. SMV: +1 Acidity: 1.2 When a brewery makes a sake that is specifically celebrating the 150th Anniversary of a prefecture then they better get it right. Right? Now if that prefecture knows its sake like...
