The “Beau Zone Layer” – Shinkame “Holy Turtle” From Saitama Prefecture. Junmai. SMV: +5 Acidity: 1.7 Wait what? Another almost $50 Junmai sake? What the hell is going on? I could get a great Daiginjo for $50! Well, to that I say go...
If you haven’t been to the store recently then you’re probably not aware of the total onslaught of unpasteurized sakes that have filled our fridges all summer long. It’s been crazy! Crazy good. At one point we had over 43...
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 really...
17th anniversary of True Sake, 15th anniversary of the Newsletter, and 14th anniversary of SAKE DAY … are you proud?” A week ago an industry sake person came in the store and tried to determine how “Organic” our sake...
Welcome to the 179th Issue of America’s sake-centric Newsletter. In this special summer edition get ready for a serious True Sake Birthday, jump on the last remaining spaces for the Sake Professional Course in SF before SAKE DAY, take a...
Holy Moly. 17 years! Next Month on August 7 True Sake will turn 17 years old. That's getting up there! And next month’s True Sake Newsletter will be the 180th issue, which translates to a monthly issue consecutively for the...
Great news for all of those folks who have ever wanted to attend one of John Gauntner’s Sake Professional Courses and SAKE DAY in San Francisco at the same time, but never had the chance. This is your chance to...
In this Power 5 Challenge, we look at sakes that are made by terrific breweries for private label endeavors. As you know historically in the Japanese sake scene there were sake brewery brands and sake breweries that make sake for...
The “Beau Zone Layer” – Mizunoshirabe “Sound of Water” From Niigata Prefecture. Junmai Ginjo Nigori. SMV: +4 Acidity: 1.7 No! Don’t tell me that you just blew past this review, because it is an unfiltered or “Nigori” sake? Shame on you! Nigori sake...
