Season 1, Episode 13. Call it Shubo, or Moto, or Seed Mash, or Fermentation Starter or Yeast Starter… it’s all […]
Keepin’ it Caliente: Our Interview with Sake Discoveries’ Chizuko Niikawa-Helton
Season 1, Episode 12. Join us this week as we keep things caliente and chat with our good friend Chizuko […]
Sake Production Series – Koji Making. There is a Fungus Among Us.
Season 1, Episode 11. Our Sake Production Series marches forward with John and Tim exploring Koji – the magical fungus […]
Sake Production Series – Rice Washing, Soaking and Steaming
Season 1, Episode 10. Since we’ve learned about sake ingredients and sake classifications already, we thought it might be fun […]
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Just… Don’t Call It ‘Unfiltered’ – The Story of Nigori
Season 1, Episode 9. What the heck is a nigori sake? Cloudy, Murky, Coarse, Milky… there are lots of ways […]
New York’s Nicest Ninja: Sake Expert Chris Johnson
Season 1, Episode 8. Ninjas are notoriously hard to pin down, but we were very lucky to recruit the nicest […]
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Sake In The Raw: The Bold, Brash World Of Nama
Season 1, Episode 7. An in-depth survey of American sake podcast hosts has concluded that “Nama” sake is awesome. Well, […]
Interview and Potluck Tasting with Sake Pro Ben Bell
Season 1, Episode 6. Who doesn’t love a potluck? Well, I think lots of people don’t if you end up […]
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Alcohol-Added On-Nomi : Sake Always Finds A Way
Season 1, Episode 5. For every yin there is a yang, for every sunrise a sunset and for every Junmai […]
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In Search of Junmai Sake: Drunken Whales and Country Roads
Season 1, Episode 4. For this week “Junmai” is the magic word. It literally means “pure rice” in Japanese and […]