12.14.2011
They say that if you want to have a successful blog, the key thing is timing and to write posts timely and when the subject you’re writing about is current and relevant.
So here is my blog post about Sake Day in Japan which occurred 2 months ago on October 1st!
Sake day is so called as it’s around this time that the new brewing years sake is… Continue reading
12.1.2011
On a recent trip to Awajishima (Awaji island, a tiny island inbetween Honshu and Shikoku, just off the coast of Kobe), we stopped in at the local sake brewery Sennenichi to pick up a bottle of the local brew to take home.
Sennenichi Sake Brewery
We were greeted very warmly… Continue reading
11.14.2011
The Yamazaki
A few days ago Suntory started accepting orders for a very special limited edition bottling of their “Yamazaki Single Malt Whisky“.
This whisky has been aged more than 50 years and is selling for the very reasonable (if you’re idea of reasonable is ridiculously expensive) price of ¥1,000,000 (about US$13,000)!… Continue reading
10.31.2011
My Godzilla Sake bottle from Konishi Brewing Company and Toho Company arrived! Continue reading
10.25.2011
As well as having more than a passing interest in booze, I’m also quite keen on the Godzilla and other Toho Monster movies, and it’s not often these two worlds come together.
So I was very excited to read about Konishi Brewing Company releasing a Special Edition Shirayuki barley Shochu in a Godzilla pottery bottle!