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Stephen and Christopher talk about the upcoming International Shochu and Awamori Day and taste Blind Sample A courtesy of Maya Aley. Tune in this week and every week at 9pm EST/6pm PST to geek out with us over shochu and awamori.

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Join Shochu Pros Shochu’sday #22 as Christopher interviews Toshio Ueno, the founder and executive instructor of the Sake School of America, which currently offers the only English-language shochu certification in the world. Toshio is a master of sake and has had a storied career in Japanese alcohols and European wine. He is a frequent competition judge.

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Please join us this week as we dive a little deeper in to Kagoshima. Christopher sent Stephen 3 unlabeled samples of the 3 M's - the 3 most famous sweet potato shochu brands in Japan: Maou, Mori Izo, and Murao.

This week we talk all things shochu from Kagoshima Prefecture. Stephen and Christopher geek out over Amami kokuto shochu and Satsuma sweet potato shochu. Two amazing styles from Kagoshima. Tune in or watch later on Christopher’s InstagramTV.

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