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2019

  • The “Beau Zone Layer” – Takeno Kamenoo Kurabo
    December 13, 2019 Beau Timken

    The “Beau Zone Layer” – Takeno Kamenoo Kurabo

      From Kyoto Prefecture. Junmai Ginjo. SMV: -6 Acidity: 2.2 What can I say? Some breweries take pride in being different. They extol the virtues of marching to their own drumbeat. They specifically make sake the way that THEY want...

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  • The “Beau Zone Layer” – Manzairaku Hakusan
    November 15, 2019 Beau Timken

    The “Beau Zone Layer” – Manzairaku Hakusan

      From Ishikawa Prefecture. Junmai Daiginjo, SMV: +3 Acidity: 1.3 Are you ready for a stealth sake? Are you ready for liquid complexity? Are you ready for a “like water” drinking experience that gives new meaning to a pristine sake?...

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  • The “Beau Zone Layer” – Fukuiwai 50
    October 19, 2019 Beau Timken

    The “Beau Zone Layer” – Fukuiwai 50

    Fukuiwai 50 Chiba Prefecture. Junmai Daiginjo. SMV: +1  Acidity: 1.4   Okay Folks! It’s time to help a sake brewery out by purchasing their sake today! Several months ago a typhoon literally ripped the roof right off this Chiba prefecture...

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  • August 1, 2019 Beau Timken

    August and Everything After 🍶🐦

    Welcome to the 180th Issue of America’s sake-centric Newsletter. In this special summer edition representing 180 months in a row or 15 years of uninterrupted newsletter awesomeness heed the call of SAKE DAY and get your tickets ASAP, learn three...

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  • The “Beau Zone Layer” – Tsukinoi Nanotsuki 80
    April 25, 2019 Beau Timken

    The “Beau Zone Layer” – Tsukinoi Nanotsuki 80

    The “Beau Zone Layer” – Tsukinoi Nanotsuki 80 From Ibaraki Prefecture. Junmai. SMV: +5 Acidity: 1.9   Keiko Sakamoto, the seventh President of Tsunikoi, became extremely passionate about creating organic sake while her husband Kazuhiko was battling cancer. In the end he lost...

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  • The “Beau-Zone” Layer – Matsuno Kotobuki Ginjo
    March 1, 2019 Beau Timken

    The “Beau-Zone” Layer – Matsuno Kotobuki Ginjo

    The Beau-Zone Layer – Matsuno Kotobuki Ginjo From Tochigi Prefecture. Ginjo SMV: +5.5 Acidity: NA Say hello to a “whisper sake.” What the hell is a whisper sake? Basically there is a style in making sake that results in super soft, super silky,...

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  • The “Beau-Zone” Layer – Tonoike (Bo:) Junmai Ginjo
    February 1, 2019 Beau Timken

    The “Beau-Zone” Layer – Tonoike (Bo:) Junmai Ginjo

    The Beau-Zone Layer – Tonoike (Bo:)” From Tochigi Prefecture. Junmai Ginjo SMV: NA Acidity: NA   Hey wine lovers listen up! There is a new movement within the sake world to make wine-like sakes that have high acidity and bright characteristics that are different and...

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  • The “Beau-Zone” Layer – Harada “Brew Master”
    January 1, 2019 Beau Timken

    The “Beau-Zone” Layer – Harada “Brew Master”

    The Beau-Zone Layer – Harada “Brew Master” From Yamagata Prefecture. Junmai Ginjo Muroka Nama SMV: -2 Acidity: 1.8 Usually I use the Beau-Zone Layer to teach or educate folks about certain sakes that are fascinating or made in a special way or are...

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