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Today, I have updated 2 new products on Sake Japan.
They are called
HAAMONII SHOCHU & HAAMONII SHOCHU LEMON.
They are both made in California, USA by a Japanese couple who loves Japanese traditional spirit Shochu and decided to produce it in USA !? I don't know the story behind too much but it sounds very interesting to me. They are both made from Wheat & Barley so i could imagine the flavour a bit.
I have tasted USA born SHOCHU for the first time in my life.
It's quite clean & smooth at the first sip. A long lasting sweet & rich taste with a semi dry finish. Its a bit different from Japanese trational style Mugi (barley) Shochu but actually this one could be easier to be drunk by Australian people who hasn't tried Shochu before.
Also, this could be a perfect new ingredients for sake cocktail surely. I will try a few now and i will update some recipe if I come up with good cocktails.
HAAMONII SHOCHU will be displayed and tasted at Melbourne's another great food & wine event called
TASTE OF MELBOURNE 27 - 30 Aug at Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton VIC.
If you are makeing a plan to go there, please try some HAAMONII!
http://blog.haamoniismooth.com/
Today, I have updated a
new 300ml bottle RANMAN TOKUSEN GINJO from one of my favorite sake brewery
RANMAN SHUZO in Akita!
This cute mini bottle is
only $14 and there are all good elements of Ranman infused in this mini bottle. You could instantly see the true flavour & goodness of Ranman.
You can drink it chilled but also warmed one is very good.
Thank you, Ranman! Enjoy Ranman!! 
This week, I have added SUNTORY MIDORI, the world famous melon flavoured green liqour, in Sake Japan. Midori is a very useful liquor for Sake Cocktail. Today, I introduce a few recipes of Sake Cocktail using Midori here.
1: Misty Forest
Sake (Kizakura Yamahai) x 45ml
Midori x 30ml
Calpico Concentrate Liquid (Japanese milky cordial) x 15ml
Lemon Juice x 10ml
Shake all ingredients with crashed ice and pour into a chilled martini glass
Garnish with a wedge of lemon
2: Mellon Sword
Sake (Kizakura Yamahai) x 30ml
Midori x 45ml
Lemon Juice x 10ml
Soda Water x 80ml
Pour all ingredients into a high ball glass filled with crashed ice and stair softly.
Garnish with a wedge of lime
3: Drunken Frog
Sake (Kizakura Yamahai) x 45ml
Midori x 15ml
Pour all ingredients into an old fashioned glass with a few ice cubes and stair.
They are all quite simple but tasty. Please try Sake Cocktail at home with your friends!
SUNTORY has a lot of unique liquors that have been used for a great variety of cocktails all over the world. The most famous one is
MIDORI melon flavoured liquor and I have introduced some recipe of sake cocktail using Midori in a past.
We have just updated a new product from SUNTORY called
GREEN TEA LIQUERE ZEN. It is a green tea essence infused liquor and taste is slightly sweet & bitter. It’s quite nice & relaxing flavour and you could even drink it simply on the rocks with a dash of lime juice.
Today, I would like to introduce some recipe of Sake Cocktail using SUNTORY ZEN.
They are all very simple but quite tasty I think so please try them at home for your friends or yourself.
ZEN & SAKE TONIC
ZEN 30ml
Sake (Kizakura Yamahai) x 30ml
Tonic Water 100ml
Simply mix all ingredients into a tall long glass with ice cubes
ZEN RYKYU
ZEN 45ml
Sake 30ml
Lime Cordial 15ml
Shake all ingredients with ice and pour into ice cold martini glass
ZEN BUDDHA
ZEN 30ml
Sake 30ml
Choya Umeshu Plum Wine 30ml
Shake all ingredients with ice and pour into ice cold martini glass
Garnish with ring cut fresh lime
Go to SUNTORY GREEN TEA LIQUERE ZEN 750ml $49 to find more about it.
Today, I just have finished premium japanese sake tasting event KIKIZAKE Vol.2 @NIHONSHU sake & shochu bar in Lonsdale st , Melbourne.
I am so glad to see over 30 people attending at this event from restaurants & bars in Melbourne and I hope they got much clearer idea about Sake & enjoyed tasting the highest quality sake from Japan.
Here is the list of sake we have tasted today. This time, we forcus on Ginjo / Daiginjo grade sake only.
1:Ugonotsuki Junmai Ginjo (Hiroshima)
2:Asabiraki Junmai Ginjo (Iwate)
3:Ranman Tokusen Ginjo (Akita)
4:Kinsen Sakewa Hyakuyakunocho (Hiroshima)
5:Tateyama Junmai Daiginjo Amaharashi (Toyama)
6:Tatsuriki Daiginjo Komenosasayaki YK45 (Hyogo)
I would like to thank a lot to everone who found time to come along to the event, Fujiko san from Nihonshu for her great hospitality and Keisuke Nakamura from Daiwa Food to provide us a great range of sake for tasting.
At the last, I would like to send a big THANK YOU to Mr.Andre Bishop from Nihonshu for letting us use his bar for KIKIZAKE Vol.2 and his great sake lesson for us to share his fantastic sake knowledge.
Sake Japan will have more event of Sake Tasting & Sake Lesson for both industry & general people. Please keep your eyes on Sake Japan for the next announcement.
This is the announcement of current system error on Sake Japan website.
If you are using INTENET EXPLOLER 8 to browse your window, you might not be able to see the SAKE PARAMETER next to item image at the each sake item page.
At the moment, our web engineer has been working on fixing this problem
In a meantime, you could use INTERNET EXPLORER 6 or 7, FIREFOX 3, GOOGLE CHROME, OPERA and SAFARI to avoid this problem.
We are sorry for the inconvenience and hope we can fix this problem asap for you to enjoy Sake Japan with full information.
Thank you very much for supporting Sake Japan.
SYDNEY THE GOOD FOOD & WINE SHOW was finished yesterday very successful. We gave away
over 130L of Sake & Umeshu for free tasting and we have sold out every single bottle we brought from Melb! (We were sorry for anyone who missed out the bottles. Surprisingly it was a way more popular than we expected.)
I would like to thank you for some
SAKE JAPAN customers who made a way to the show to try some
KIZAKURA & CHOYA at our stand. It was very nice to meet you face to face and I was very happy to talk to you in person.
At the end, I would like to send a very special thank you to Australia’s own seminal Sake Master,
Mr. Paul Taylor for attending the event with us and giving more idea about Sake to the customers.
Next
SAKE JAPAN event will be
BRISBANE THE GOOD FOOD & WINE SHOW from 6 – 8 Nov.
People in Brisbane, prepare yourself for Sake & Umesh wave!
From today Fri 3 July till Sun 5 July, Sake Japan is having a SAKE & UMESHU booth at
THE GOOD FOOD & WINE SHOW IN SYDNEY @ Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre (Booth # E24 near the Door 2)
This is the first ever sake event Sake Japan is having in Sydney (!) and of course there will be a plenty of
FREE SAKE & UMESHU TASTING for anyone over 18 years old.
You can also purchase
KIZAKURA SAKE & CHOYA UMESHU at the event as well as some premium sake bottles such as
HATSUMAGO, RANMAN, TATEYAMA & some
SHUCHO selection from Sake Japan.
I will be attending the event on Sat & Sun from the morning till the end. Now I am so excited to meet Sake Japan members in Sydney! If you see me there, please say hello. If you have any questions about sake, please feel free to talk to me.
Look forward to seeing you at the show!
http://www.goodfoodshow.com.au/
Last Monday, I finally got to visit Australia’s only sake brewery called GO-SHU, located about 50kms west of Sydney, NSW.
It was my friend Andre Bishop san’s idea (from Nihonshu sake bar) and I am very glad that he made an appointment for the KURA (brewery) tour and took me there with him. (Thank you so much, Andre san
)
Since GOSHU was established in 1988, they have been producing quality Australian made Sake to inside and outside of the country. GOSHU’s managing director Allan Noble san & head brewer (Toji) Uchiyama san were both very nice and friendly and they showed us all around the KURA.
I was quite impressed by the set up and of course, the taste of their products, especially GO-SHU JUNMAI DAIGINJO was so fresh & subtle.
Thank you again to Allan san, Uchiyama san & Andre san for this great experience.
http://www.sun-masamune.com.au/home.htm
(L to R) Andre san, Allan san, Uchiyama san & Me
Good Food & Wine Show 2009 Melb was finished last monday very successfully. There were almost twice more people at the show compare to the last years maybe because of Mr.Gordon Ramsay.
At Sake Japan booth, we have served
over 10000 tasting cups (which is worth about 150L of Sake & Umeshu!!) in 4 days! My good surprise was, this year, more people were asking for Sake than Umeshu. Considerring last year was totally opposite, I recognized that more people are stepping into Sake world finally. I am very happy with that fact honestly.
Next Sake Japan Event will be held at
The Good Food & Wine Show Sydney, Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre from 3 July (Fri) to 5 July (Sun)
If you would like to try some quality Sake & Umeshu, purchase some sake bottles or ask me any questions about sake, please come to visit Sake Japan Booth.
Hope to see you there!
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