We all need a slam-dunk in the game of life once in a while. We need that easy 8-letter word for "coastal property depletion." And of course we all could use that newly opened check-out counter when you are sixth...
So you're a sake tough guy? A sake purist! One of those "you must be joking!" kind of guys when somebody offers you a glass of sparkling sake. Me too! But, and this is from the heart, sparkling sake is...
No, we're not mad! We are just freezing! I was going to write this segment for the January or February Newsletter, but this mass of freezing air over San Francisco has made for a change of tact. For the past...
This month there are two quick little hits that I can link to as well as tell you that my book was written up in the NY Times for the Holiday Gift Guide (I couldn't find the link to this...
Yes folks it is that time of year when the "Hiyaoroshi" sakes are starting to run out! Remember Hiyaoroshi means that they made this sake in the Spring this year, using last year's rice, pasteurize it once, and then let...
Man this email hurt in a certain kind of way, but where there is pain, there is truth. And I enjoy both the pain and the truth of this "Ask Beau" question from Brian in Berkeley who wrote: "I was...
Ah, at last we have reached the end of this Newsletter and that of course means that we have come to the now-famous SECRET WORD. To those who are new the SECRET WORD is a chance for you to try...
Welcome to the December Issue of America's sake-centric newsletter. It's that crazy time of year when "cheery" is the norm, and "grumpy" is the exception. Well in theory at least! The good news is that sake is right there for...
In the classic coming of age movie "Risky Business" a young Tom Cruise finds himself hiding behind his front door with a rather large transvestite prostitute on the other side. Young Tom was hoping for a different sort of prostitute...
On October 20th myself and 5 other sake centric folks were awarded an inaugural designation within the sake world during a memorable ceremony in the second oldest Shinto shrine in Kyoto, Japan. The experience itself ranks up there within the...
Ahhh the Internet. We take this beast so much for granted that at times we forget the absolute power that we have at our meaty little finger tips. And I say power in the most instantaneous of ways, as in...
Yes folks it is that time of year when the "Hiyaoroshi" sakes are released by select breweries, and this season we will be featuring two old familiar and yummy faces! Remember Hiyaoroshi means that they made this sake in the...
