Shochu Pros Shochu’sday #28: Guest Maya Aley & State of the Industry for 2021
Maya and Christopher will reflect on 2020 and discuss the year ahead both domestically and internationally for the shochu industry.
Shochu Pros Shochu’sday #27: Yamatozakura Tour
Yamatozakura Distillery makes only sweet potato shochu and all of it by hand.
SHOCHU PROS SHOCHU’SDAY #26: POTTER MIKE MARTINO
This week we have special guest Mike Martino, a potter in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture.
Shochu Pros Shochu’sday #25: ceramics, glassware, and Blind Sample C
Join Stephen and Christopher as they talk shochu ceramic drinking vessels and taste blind sample C from Kagoshima.
Tasting Notes: Nankai
At first whiff, Nankai smells faintly grassy, which is common in kokuto shochu owing to how kokuto sugar is made from fresh cut cane and that fresh grassiness is a sign of well made kokuto sugar. Sugar cane is, after all, a tall perennial grass. It is still pretty wild that they can capture that after fermentation and distillation.
Shochu Pros Shochu’sday #24: Shochu Day Recap & Blind Sample B
November 4 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Join Christopher and Stephen as they discuss the highly modified Shochu Day events in Japan and taste through Blind Sample B from friend of the show and Kanpai contributor Maya Aley. As always on Christopher’s Instagram!
Kanpai!
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