Sake Day Preview 2026 - Sake Revolution

Episode 191 Show Notes

Break out your calendars and clear your schedules, because Sake Day 2026 is almost here! October 1st is World Sake Day and this marks the traditional start of the sake brewing season in Japan, and here in the US, the sake celebrations stretch from late September all the way to mid-October. In this episode, John and Timothy run down Sake Day events happening from coast to coast (and even in between), with tastings, festivals, and celebrations in New York, San Francisco, San Diego, Denver, DC, and beyond. Plus, don’t miss our own Sake Revolution Live! recording on Sake Day itself at the Brooklyn Kura Taproom, followed the very next night by Sake Day Brooklyn, the brewery’s biggest tasting event of the year. Along the way, we sip two special potluck picks: Suigei “Drunken Whale” Harmony Junmai Daiginjo and Farthest Star’s The Needs of the Many. Find your event, grab your tickets, and come say hi (free stickers guaranteed). Kanpai! #SakeRevolution

Skip to: 00:19 Show Opening
Welcome to the show from John and Timothy

Skip to: 3:55 Sake Tasting: Suigei Harmony Junmai Daiginjo and Needs of the Many Junmai

Suigei Harmony Junmai Daiginjo

Brewery: Suigei Shuzo
Prefecture: Kochi (Shikoku)
Classification: Junmai Daiginjo
Rice: Yamada Nishiki
Seimaibuai: 50%
ABV: 15%
SMV: +4.5
Acidity: 1.5
Yeast: No. 1801 and KA-1
Importer/Distributor: MTC Sake (Mutual Trading)

Skip to: 13:40 Sake Day Calendar for 2026

Sept 20th, 2026: NYC – Sake Con Sake Day

Sake-Con Sake Day NYC 2026

Event Description: Prepare to immerse yourself in an epic SAKE-CON extravaganza!

📅 Date: Sunday, September 20, 2026
📍 Location: Industry City, 220 36th St, Brooklyn, NY 11232
⏰ Time: 1:00 – 6:00 PM

🎟️ Tickets:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fall-sake-con-nyc-2026-tickets-1990828120500

Sept 26th, 2026: Sake Day San Francisco

Sake Day San Francisco

Event Description: The 21st Annual Sake Celebration is all things sake! No other sake tasting has the passion and professionalism of SAKE DAY. We are the original Nihonshu no Hi celebration outside of Japan. And we are simply the best! It is the longest standing and largest in the world!
📅 Date: Saturday, September 26, 2026
📍 Location: HOTEL KABUKI 1625 Post Street, San Francisco, CA 94115
⏰ Time: 4:00 PM – 8:00 PM
🎟️ Tickets:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sake-day-2026-tickets-1989063923740

Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4Q1gXuXTDo

Sept 27th, 2026: Sake Day San Diego

10th Annual San Diego SAKE Festival

Event Description: 🎉 San Diego’s Ultimate Sake Celebration is Back! 🥂
Get ready to sip, savor, and celebrate at the 10th Annual San Diego Sake Festival, proudly presented by San Diego Sake Club in collaboration with JETRO LA.
🍶 Enjoy an unforgettable afternoon featuring a curated selection of premium sake from Japan and the U.S.
📅 Date: Sunday, September 27, 2026
📍 Location: JULEP Venue – 1735 Hancock St, San Diego, CA 92101
⏰ Time:
• VIP & Nonbei Entry: 2:30 PM
• General Admission: 3:30 PM
🎟️ Tickets:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/10th-annual-san-diego-sake-festival-tickets-1988885394755

Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nA4pNWWV6VI

Sept 27th, 2026: World Sake Day NYC

World Sake Day NYC

Event Description: Celebrate World Sake Day NYC 2026 with the best sake tastings, food pairings, and cultural experiences!
📅 Date: Sunday, September 27, 2026
📍 Location: The W LOFT Rooftop — 240 Kent Avenue, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
⏰ Time: 4:00 PM – 9:00 PM

🎟️ Tickets:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/world-sake-day-nyc-2026-tickets-1990535957633

Oct 1st, 2026: NYC – Sake Revolution LIVE!

Sake Day 2026: Sake Revolution Podcast LIVE!

Event Description: Join us on SAKE DAY, Thursday Oct 1st, 6PM, for a LIVE studio audience recording of America’s first sake podcast: Sake Revolution! Your hosts John and Timothy will be live and in person at the Brooklyn Kura Taproom and invite you to join in the studio audience, laugh and sip along with us and experience Sake Revolution LIVE! On this very special Sake Day episode, we’ll be interviewing Austin Power, owner of Accidental Sake Bar. This will be a fun, interactive and delicious podcast experience! The Brooklyn Kura taproom will be open before and after the recording to hang out, meet our special guest and purchase additional sake and snacks to make your Sake Day complete!
📅 Date: Thursday, Oct 1, 2026
📍 Location: Brooklyn Kura Taproom 34 34th Street Brooklyn NY 112332
⏰ Time:6-9 PM
🎟️ Tickets:
https://www.brooklynkura.com/pages/events#id=sake-revolution-live-featuring-austin-power

Oct 2nd, 2026: NYC – Sake Day Brooklyn

Sake Day Brooklyn

Event Description: Premium Sake Tasting all night: Taste sake from dozens of breweries from all over Japan. The SAKE will be flowing and featured brands and varieties being poured will change at 7pm. Enjoy a wide variety of tastes all night!

Want to see behind the scenes where sake is made? Join a brewery tour on Sake Day! Brewery Tour Tickets are available on a first come, first served basis when you check in for the event. We have limited availability for the brewery tours so come early to secure your tour Ticket!Food will be available for purchase from an array of pop up vendors! we’re planning oysters, ramen, onigiri, dessert and other food!
DJ: Listen in for our DJ to provide hours of entertainment
Raffle: We’re giving away Brooklyn Kura Swag and Sake Tasting Classes at the sake studies center! Win prizes and giveaways throughout the night!

📅 Date: Friday, October 2, 2026
📍 Location: Brooklyn Kura 34 34th street Brooklyn NY 10025
• General Admission: 5-9 pm EDT
🎟️ Tickets:
https://www.brooklynkura.com/pages/events#id=sake-day-brooklyn

Oct 3rd, 2026: Boston – Sake Day East

Sake Day East 2026

Event Description: Are you ready for another amazing celebration?!Sake Day East 2026 Tickets on sale now! Join us at New England’s largest Sake Day celebration!

📅 Date: Saturday, October 3, 2026
📍 Location: Julio’s Liquors — 140 Turnpike Road, Westborough, MA 01581
⏰ Time: 4:30 – 6:30 PM

🎟️ Tickets:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1995327827244

Oct 3rd, 2026: Denver’s Queen City Sake Festival

Denver’s Queen City Sake Festival

Event Description: Join them at Finn’s Manor for a day of over 100 sake, with brewers and experts on hand to talk through the brewing process. They’re hosting 2 Sake Samurai and traveling master brewers again this year. Curated bites from Uchi, Stowaway Kitchen, Takeo San Takeout, Peko Peko and more, plus live music.
📅 Date: Sunday, October 3, 2026
📍 Location: Finn’s Manor. 2927 Larimer Street Denver, CO 80205
⏰ Time:12:00–4:00 PM

🎟️ Tickets:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/denvers-queen-city-sake-festival-tickets-1990734629867

Oct 4th, 2026: DC Sake Co Kanpai to Sake Day in DC

DC Sake Co Kanpai to Sake Day in DC

Event Description:Reiko Hirai’s Kanpai! to Sake Day launched five years ago as the first celebration of its kind in Washington, D.C. Back at Love, Makoto for 2026 with two very strong VIP sessions this year.

📅 Date: Sunday, October 4, 2026
📍 Location: Love, Makoto. 200 Massachusetts Ave NW. Ste. 150. Washington, DC 20001
• General Admission: 12-4 pm EDT
🎟️ Tickets:
https://resy.com/cities/washington-dc/venues/dear-sushi-at-love-makoto/events/dc-sake-co-hosts-kanpai-to-sake-day-in-d-c-2026-10-04?seats=2&query=sake&date=2026-09-02

Oct 17th, 2026: Long Beach – Long Beach Sake Day

Long Beach Sake Day

Event Description: LB Sake Day is a chance for you to connect to Japan and celebrate World Sake Day with your fellow Sake Lovers!
Come try dozens of Craft Sake brewed in Japan AND locally, along with food and Japanese light bites like Drinking Buddy Artisan Snacks.
Celebrate the history of Sake and deepen your understanding of the breadth and depth of flavors Sake can offer.

📅 Date: Saturday, October 17, 2026
📍 Location: Rancho Los Cerritos — 4600 Virginia Rd, Long Beach, CA 90807
• General Admission: 1-5pm
🎟️ Tickets:
https://aftontickets.com/lbsakeday

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Episode 191 Transcript

[00:00:20] John Puma: hello, everybody, and welcome to Sake Revolution. This is America’s first sake podcast.

[00:00:25] John Puma: I’m your host, John Puma, from The Sake Notes, uh, also the administrator over at the Internet Sake Discord and, uh, also the mod over at Reddit’s r/sake community

[00:00:37] Timothy: And I’m your host, Timothy Sullivan. I’m a sake samurai, and I’m the director of education at the Sake Studies Center, well as the founder of Urban Sake. And John and I are so happy to be with you again today, and we’re so excited to chat about all things sake and do our best to make it fun and easy to understand. So

[00:00:56] John Puma: And

[00:00:57] Timothy: got a great topic today. So excited[00:01:00]

[00:01:00] John Puma: yeah, um, a little bit less of the making sake fun and easy to understand today. A little bit more about where can you have a good time with sake, which I think is fun.

[00:01:10] Timothy: How to get your hands on sake.

[00:01:13] John Puma: yes, yes, yes. People may hear that and be like, “Oh, they’re gonna talk about putting sake in their suitcases again.” It’s like, no, no, no, no.

[00:01:19] John Puma: That is not what we’re about today.

[00:01:22] Timothy: closer to home.

[00:01:23] John Puma: We are closer to home.

[00:01:25] Timothy: yeah

[00:01:27] John Puma: and yeah, yeah, so this is, uh, this has become a little bit of a tradition for us. This is not the first time that we’ve done an episode like this. And when I say like this, what I mean is Sake Day is coming, and we need to help you prepare. We think there’s still enough time to make plans, book flights, get hotels.

[00:01:49] John Puma: There is, there really is. And so yeah, that’s what we’re gonna do. We’re gonna talk a bit about, um, about Sake Day, about the various events going on for Sake Day, uh, where they are so you could [00:02:00] find the event near you. Uh, if we’ve been to one before, we’ll give you a little dish on h- our experiences. And, uh, yeah, that’s, that’s the plan.

[00:02:08] John Puma: That is it. That is what we’re gonna do

[00:02:11] Timothy: Yes, this is our Sake Day preview episode. And you know, John, for us sake is like our Christmas, Hanukkah, Thanksgiving, 4th of July all rolled into one. this is a, this is a holiday that you cannot miss if you are a, , dedicated listener of our podcast. Uh, so we’re so excited, and this was one of our most listened to episodes last year, so we really wanted to bring it back and dive into all the sake events dedicated to Sake Day that are happening around the country. And these go from, , end of September to middle of October. All right?

[00:02:50] John Puma: Ah, I like that, uh, Sake Day events don’t necessarily have to happen on Sake Day. They just have to be Sake Day adjacent.

[00:02:59] Timothy: [00:03:00] Yes

[00:03:00] John Puma: Tim, just for our, to remind our friends at home, what day is Sake Day?

[00:03:04] Timothy: Aha, that is a really good point.

[00:03:06] John Puma: Aha!

[00:03:07] Timothy: Sake Day is October 1st, and you can think of it as like a global celebration of sake, but it wound up at that time of year because it’s a s- kind of symbolic start to the sake season.

[00:03:22] John Puma: Yes

[00:03:23] Timothy: traditionally in Japan is, , seasonal, , starting in the fall after the rice harvest, and then ending in, , mid-spring. So, , many breweries, , even the one where I did my internship, they have this seasonal flow still. So, , October 1st really is viewed as a kickoff to brewing season for brewers, so it’s a great time to celebrate sake

[00:03:46] John Puma: Excellent. Excellent. , So what are we gonna do first, Tim? Do we wanna talk about one of our events? Do we wanna start sipping some sake? How are you feeling?

[00:03:57] Timothy: Yeah, let’s introduce the sakes we brought. You [00:04:00] and I have different sakes to sip on today, but we always like to feature something and taste something. So because we got a lot of material to get through, why don’t we introduce our sakes first?

[00:04:10] John Puma: That sounds like a plan for me. I hate to talk about sake events on, on an empty stomach. Wait a minute. That’s not quite right. Yeah. Yeah, I’m excited about this. Uh, okay, Tim, what do you have?

[00:04:22] Timothy: I have a much beloved brand among you and me.

[00:04:28] John Puma: Among you and me. I like that. I think, I hope there are other people who also enjoy this brand. I think, I think there are, I’m not gonna lie

[00:04:40] Timothy: And I might get fancy with the editing and insert some B-roll here of our bottle.

[00:04:46] John Puma: All right

[00:04:46] Timothy: this is, uh, Suigei Harmony. It’s a Junmai Daiginjo, and it’s known lovingly around the world as Drunken Whale.

[00:04:55] John Puma: Yeah

[00:04:56] Timothy: Now, we’ve had, we’ve had other Suigeis on the podcast, but never this [00:05:00] Junmai Daiginjo Harmony.

[00:05:01] John Puma: Right

[00:05:01] Timothy: it’s from Suigei Shuzo from Kochi Prefecture.

[00:05:06] Timothy: Again, it’s a Junmai Daiginjo grade, super premium grade. The rice is Yamadanishiki milled to 50%, uh, 15% alcohol, our SMV is plus 4.5, and, uh, it is an acidity of 1.5. So at those stats, that kind of reads as something very balanced to

[00:05:28] John Puma: Mm-hmm.

[00:05:29] Timothy: N-

[00:05:29] John Puma: Yeah

[00:05:29] Timothy: a lot of extremes when it comes to alcohol level or SMV or acidity or anything like that. so, uh, I learned from some of the notes online about this sake, that this is actually a blend, and that is really unique. this is an exclusive US release, so this is one of those rare sakes that you cannot get in Japan. So very excited about that. And I’ve had this before. I really love it. And, uh, before I, , dive [00:06:00] in, do you want to introduce your sake next?

[00:06:02] John Puma: Sure. Um, f- you, you have this nice bottle, and I’ve got… Well, I’m going a little bit different on the form factor. I’ve got a can. Uh, so since we’re talking about, uh, events taking place in the United States for Sake Week, last year I went to Sake Day East, which is up in, or, uh, which is up in Massachusetts.

[00:06:21] John Puma: Last year was in Boston. And so I decided to represent with Massachusetts’ own, uh, Farther Star Sake. This is, uh, a can that we’ve never had on the show before called The Needs of the Many. Yes, it is a reference to Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. uh, what you may not know, though, uh, is that it is, um… We would classify it as like a Junmai Genshu.

[00:06:49] John Puma: Uh, the rice in this one is gonna be Yamadanishiki and Titan. Uh, seimaibuai is 70%, so that rice polishing ratio. Uh, the, uh, ABV, because this is [00:07:00] genshu, is 16 and a half, so it’s not shy. But what’s interesting is that the sake meter value is minus six. Now, this is also a sake that I’ve had before, and when I see that minus six, I go, “Wow, that sounds interesting,” because that doesn’t sound like what I taste when I have this sake.

[00:07:16] John Puma: So I’m assuming the acidity is pretty high to compensate. But they don’t h- I don’t have the acidity numbers, Tim. So, uh, so that’s where we are. This is, uh, a yeast strain, uh, sourced from Nippon Jozo Kyokai, but they don’t tell us which strain.

[00:07:33] John Puma: So there’s a lot of mystery with this sake. , But, I’m a fan of it, and this was something that originally was their, like, their house warmed sake. And occasionally, I would have a sip of it. Like, uh, Todd would s- would, uh, be nice and, uh, let me have some of it, um, even though they weren’t packaging it yet.

[00:07:51] John Puma: And I was like, “You should put this in a can.” And apparently, a lot of people said, “You should put this in a can,” because they eventually did. And, uh, I’m a, I’m a big [00:08:00] fan of it. I like it a lot.

[00:08:02] Timothy: Now John, we’re in New York and I

[00:08:03] John Puma: Yes

[00:08:04] Timothy: Todd does not distribute here. I think that’s right. Uh, how’d you get your hands on that can?

[00:08:09] John Puma: Aha, but Todd does distribute here, sort of. Uh, no, um, VinoShipper.

[00:08:14] Timothy: Aha,

[00:08:15] John Puma: So like many breweries in North America, um, that don’t have the, the means to really ship all over the country or, or, you know, the means and then like the, the legality to deal with that, uh, there is VinoShipper, which is a, uh, primarily focusing on wine and getting wine from local, uh, vineyards all over the country to different parts of the, to different parts of the country.

[00:08:39] John Puma: Uh, so a lot of sake breweries use VinoShipper to give them a way to ship sake, uh, over state lines. I’ve used it for many different breweries over the years, and, uh, yeah, that is how I got this can of Father Star.

[00:08:54] Timothy: Awesome.

[00:08:54] John Puma: Yeah.

[00:08:55] Timothy: Well, let’s open up both our brews and, uh, [00:09:00] see how these taste

[00:09:01] John Puma: All right

[00:09:05] John Puma: Oh, we didn’t get any pop out of yours that time.

[00:09:15] John Puma: And, uh, my turn.

[00:09:19] Timothy: I heard that loud and

[00:09:20] John Puma: Yeah. And I’ll pour some of that in here

[00:09:28] John Puma: All righty

[00:09:29]

[00:09:36] Timothy: So my sake smells like muscat grape. That was also in the tasting note

[00:09:42] John Puma: Угу

[00:09:43] Timothy: is true. So there’s this kind of, uh, very luscious wild grape notes in there, and a little bit of pear as well. A really lovely, gentle, fruity aroma. Not tropical fruit, but kind of grape, pear, that [00:10:00] type of, uh, fruity aroma

[00:10:01] John Puma: Yeah. I really enjoy that sake, and what’s interesting to me about it is that it’s very, it’s different from the normal Suigei profile. Like, they, they’re known for a certain style, right? They’re known for a nice, dry, you know, elegant, a little, you know, you may, you may think, um, like typical Kochi style. Uh, but this one, they, they just went, you know, and it is something that’s made for the Western market, and they went for like, “Let’s do some fun, interesting fruits with it,” and it’s, it’s a, it’s a winner.

[00:10:33] John Puma: That’s a great sake.

[00:10:35] Timothy: It’s great. And th- they are known for kind of a drier, clean style, which is right up my alley. But this is a Junmai Daiginjo that’s a blend. It has a little more depth of flavor, and it has really spreads across the palate and has kind of this hint of rice along with these subtle fruits. Again, it doesn’t get too fruity or too tropical, but, um, nice green [00:11:00] apple, pear, and the Yamadanishiki rice flavor really comes through.

[00:11:05] Timothy: It finishes kind of clean, , doesn’t linger too long, and this is a fantastic sake. It’s not what I would expect from a Junmai Daiginjo necessarily

[00:11:16] John Puma: It, it, it makes me think Junmai Ginjo when I have it, but it’s, it’s so tasty

[00:11:21] Timothy: It’s so tasty. Yeah, it’s really, really good. , I want to scream con at the top of my lungs, but I’m not going to give people that video clip for, for memes.

[00:11:31] Timothy: No way.

[00:11:32] John Puma: Well, but hey, you know, memes are how you, uh, got out there, Tim.

[00:11:36] Timothy: do, do I see a little color in the glass?

[00:11:39] John Puma: Uh, a touch, yes. There is a bit of color. It is, uh, not completely clear. Hmm. And so one of the things I always like about this is that the aroma’s got some, like, cherry notes to it, which is something that, , that, that the, the Toji at Farthest Star, Todd, had [00:12:00] done at his previous, uh, his previous brewery, um, Dovetail.

[00:12:04] John Puma: They had a, always had a little bit of a cherry note on their stuff, and I always liked that a lot. And so, you know, getting this and getting that cherry note, it’s like, ah, he’s still, he’s still got his old tricks. I love it. You know, that kind of thing. it also, it, you can smell that it is a little bit gonna, it’s gonna be heavy, that it’s going to have that, um, that 16 and a half percent alcohol on it

[00:12:29] John Puma: Mm. And the taste is very much what you’re getting out of that, uh, aroma. You got some cherry on it. You’ve got some, or like a, an herbally, uh, or sorry, herbal, uh, kind of clovey kind of flavor as well. Um, the mouth feel, it’s like, this is thick. It is… There’s a lot going on. It coats the mouth very quickly.

[00:12:52] John Puma: it’s really an enjoyable sake, and I like to have it cold. I like to have it chilled, but as I mentioned at the top, this is something [00:13:00] that was originally their house warmed sake. So it’s completely something you can warm up, uh, and it goes really well. It changes really nicely. The, the herb comes out a little bit more, . It’s a really nice sake. It’s very versatile, and I’m really happy they decided to, to make it something that’s readily available instead of something you had to go to their tap room to get.

[00:13:20] Timothy: Awesome. Well, we’re all set with our glasses at our sides,

[00:13:25] John Puma: We are

[00:13:27] Timothy: into, uh, talking about Sake Day?

[00:13:31] John Puma: Yes. Yes. All right. So I think we’re gonna do this in, in chronological order. Is that right, Tim? All right. So I’m gonna … I’m gonna…

[00:13:41] Timothy: You got it.

[00:13:42] John Puma: Excellent. Uh, we’re gonna start off with the, the first chronological item here, and this is the Fall SakeCon NYC. Uh, and this is actually gonna be on Sunday, September the 20th.

[00:13:56] John Puma: Uh, it’s gonna be from 1:00 to 6:00 PM, so this is a daytime event. [00:14:00] And

[00:14:01] Timothy: Yes.

[00:14:02] John Puma: yeah, yeah, yeah. And it’s not gonna be over…

[00:14:03] Timothy: day drinking.

[00:14:05] John Puma: Well, it’s a Sunday. You gotta do the day drinking on Sunday. If you do night drinking on Sunday, it’s hard to wake up on Monday

[00:14:11] Timothy: Right

[00:14:13] John Puma: Tim, and this one is actually, um, very easy for you to get to, Tim, ’cause it’s really close to your place of work.

[00:14:19] Timothy: Yes

[00:14:19] John Puma: in Industry City. , And it’s the– this is apparently the fifth time they’re doing this.

[00:14:24] John Puma: Is this right?

[00:14:25] Timothy: Yeah

[00:14:26] John Puma: Nice. I have actually never been to this event, um, in the other four times they’ve done it apparently.

[00:14:32] Timothy: Yeah, so SakeCon is a big walk-around tasting. Brooklyn Kura and Hakkaisan are gonna have a table there. I’ll probably be there in person. And it is kind of a kickoff event to the sake season. This is, um, one of the, events in New York, and it’s always a lot of fun. Uh, so if you want the details on this or any of the [00:15:00] sake events we’re talking about, you can get links to buy tickets, and you can get more information at our website, sakerevolution.com.

[00:15:08] Timothy: Just go to the show notes for today’s show, and you will get all the links you need to purchase any tickets that are still available for the events we profile today.

[00:15:20] John Puma: Excellent.

[00:15:21] Timothy: keep that in mind. All right.

[00:15:22] John Puma: Yes, yes. Uh, so they’re promising 150-plus sakes. That’s a good amount. I like that. and they’ve got a, a bit of a tiering system on the tickets I’m seeing here.

[00:15:36] Timothy: Yeah

[00:15:37] John Puma: So general admission is $65, and, uh, it goes up from there. There are a couple of different tiers that you can have. They’ll give you things like additional tastings or early access, things like that. Uh, so yeah, uh, I, I, I’ve not done this before. I, Maybe I’ll make my return to Industry City and, uh, and check this out on the 20th. It’s, uh, it’s, it’s, it’s far enough, farther enough… [00:16:00] Hmm. It is early enough that I think I can pull it off in addition to my, my other plans for the season.

[00:16:07] Timothy: Yeah, and it’s a great way to get the ball rolling

[00:16:10] John Puma: Mm-hmm

[00:16:11] Timothy: New Yorkers or people who are New York adjacent,

[00:16:13] John Puma: Mm-hmm

[00:16:14] Timothy: so that’s worthwhile. The next event that is on the calendar for the Sake Day season is gonna take us to the West Coast, and we are talking, of course, about one of the very first sake events that ever happened in the country, which is Sake Day San Francisco.

[00:16:30] John Puma: Mm-hmm

[00:16:31] Timothy: And that is gonna be on Saturday, September 26th,

[00:16:34] John Puma: Yeah

[00:16:35] Timothy: 8:00 PM at the Hotel Kabuki on Post Street in San Francisco. John, this is a kind of expensive event, $100 early bird, 115, but it doesn’t really matter, right?

[00:16:47] John Puma: No, it doesn’t matter at all because it’s sold out

[00:16:52] Timothy: Urikide. This is sold

[00:16:54] John Puma: Yeah

[00:16:55] Timothy: uh, it’s very popular. You have to jump on tickets

[00:16:58] John Puma: Mm-hmm.

[00:16:59] Timothy: But [00:17:00] in, uh, late-breaking news, yours truly, Timothy Sullivan, will be there in person. So I will be at Sake Day San Francisco, so if you have a ticket already and you will be there, please stop by my table. You will get a free Sake Revolution sticker, maybe against your will, but I will be pressing them on everybody.

[00:17:22] John Puma: Nice

[00:17:22] Timothy: uh, hope to see you at Sake Day San Francisco. Have you been to this event, John?

[00:17:26] John Puma: I have. I went to this event coming out of the pandemic, the first one post-pandemic.

[00:17:30] Timothy: right. That’s

[00:17:31] John Puma: and it was the first time I’d ever been to San Francisco, and it was, , obviously, uh, the first time I’d been to this event, and it was spectacular. It was really a lot of fun. I had a blast. , I did not jump on the tickets right away, so I did not get to go this year.

[00:17:49] John Puma: , But it is a fun time, and, and San Francisco’s a fun town. It’s a really great excuse to go over there. There’s a lot of great stuff to do. And, you know… B-by the way, f- a quick little footnote on the stickers. [00:18:00] There is a standing rule that any time that you see Tim or myself at a sake event and you ask us, we will give you a Sake Revolution sticker.

[00:18:10] Timothy: Yes

[00:18:11] John Puma: At this event, Tim will be pushing them on you. That’s the difference.

[00:18:14] Timothy: Apparently I will.

[00:18:16] John Puma: Yes. Uh, yeah. So yeah, this is, um, this is an exciting event, and if you can f- find a way to get a ticket to it, I would recommend it.

[00:18:25] Timothy: Yeah

[00:18:26] John Puma: for the rest of us, we’ll move on to the next event.

[00:18:29] Timothy: Yeah. It’s always a lot of fun and, uh, very, very popular

[00:18:34] John Puma: Yes. Um, and,

[00:18:37] John Puma: that-

[00:18:37] Timothy: in California

[00:18:38] John Puma: are gonna stay in California. We’re gonna mosey on down to San Diego for the 10th annual San Diego Sake Festival over on Sunday, September the 27th. Uh, this is another day drinking experience from 2:30 to 6:30.

[00:18:54] Timothy: Day drinking.

[00:18:55] John Puma: # daydrinking, yes. Um, and, , this [00:19:00] is, , over at, uh, Julep Venue.

[00:19:03] John Puma: Julep Venue? Over at Julep, um, in, uh, on Hancock Street in, uh, San Diego. M- I do not know anything about San Diego, I’m sorry. I’m gonna, I might be butchering these things. I apologize.

[00:19:14] Timothy: How embarrassing.

[00:19:16] John Puma: know. Um, that’s actually a lie. I was in San Diego once when I was, like, 16. I don’t think that counts though. Uh, couldn’t drink, wasn’t there for sake day.

[00:19:24] John Puma: Not appropriate for this conversation. , Anyway, general admission for that one is $85, and, uh, they’re talking about 100-plus, uh, different premium sake and shochu. So that sounds like a good time

[00:19:37] Timothy: yeah, and this event also has some VIP levels. John, what do you think about that at events where, like, they have regular admission and then they have, like, a VIP level or, you know, for early admission or for special sake? Is that something you like, or is that s- what do you think about that?

[00:19:53] John Puma: Um, I am of two minds on this one, Tim. Part–

[00:19:56] Timothy: Hmm.

[00:19:56] John Puma: Mind number one, I’m like, “Well, [00:20:00] just, you know, make it… Give me, give me one thing that I’m gonna buy and, and, and, and give me ac- give everybody the same access.” But on the other hand, I- I’m a sucker and I always do it. If they give me another tier, I’m like, “Well, obviously.”

[00:20:15] John Puma: And the, as long as it’s not, like, ridiculously expensive, I will… It’s like, “Oh, $10 more? Say less.” Uh, and I will, I will generally go for it.

[00:20:23] Timothy: Yeah, it’s something that a lot of events do, so it

[00:20:27] John Puma: Mm-hmm.

[00:20:27] Timothy: be pretty popular,

[00:20:29] John Puma: Yes, I think so

[00:20:31] Timothy: Yeah, I’ve never been to this Sake Day San Diego event

[00:20:36] John Puma: Have you been to San Diego?

[00:20:38] Timothy: I think I have, yeah. I was, I went on vacation, uh, maybe 10 years ago,

[00:20:43] John Puma: Nice

[00:20:44] Timothy: vacation there. But, uh, I’ve never been for Sake Day, so I think that this is always a great event. It’s been very popular. It’s been running for a long time.

[00:20:54] John Puma: Угу

[00:20:55] Timothy: And, uh, yeah, so if you’re in the San Diego area, it’s really worth checking out

[00:20:59] John Puma: [00:21:00] Yeah. Um, and now don’t get whiplash ’cause we’re coming right back to New York.

[00:21:06] Timothy: Yes, back to New York,

[00:21:07] John Puma: back to New York

[00:21:08] Timothy: Yeah, and this is the same day, uh, September 27th, Sunday from 4:00 to 9:00 PM, so this is a long event into the evening. And this is World Sake Day, New York City 2026. This is the sixth year they’re doing this World Sake Day event. It’s at the W Loft – Rooftop on Kent Avenue in Williamsburg. So this is a Williamsburg, Brooklyn event. And, um, this was founded in 2021, and let’s see if we have the price here. Yes, so the ticket price is $65 with a VIP for 95.

[00:21:45] John Puma: Mm-hmm

[00:21:46] Timothy: yeah, so This is another really exciting event that is taking place in New York a few days before Sake Day

[00:21:54] Timothy: Have you, have you ever been to this one, John? The,

[00:21:57] John Puma: I, I haven’t. I’ve seen… No, no, I’ve [00:22:00] seen, um, photos from it. I remember, uh, the first one at Mi- at Mika. I looked, I saw a lot of, um, video and, and photo. It looked like such a good time, but I had a conflicting event, and I went to the other event, and I was kinda like, “Man, everybody’s having fun on Sake Day.”

[00:22:16] John Puma: I think that was like, there was one year where everybody tried to have their event on October 1st. And so there was a lot of like, a lot of f- um, not FOMO, but there was a lot of missing out.

[00:22:27] Timothy: Yeah

[00:22:28] John Puma: and so I missed out, and, , the event I was at was a lot of fun, but I was a little bit sad that I couldn’t go to all of them.

[00:22:35] John Puma: So I might check into this one because I, uh, I also like rooftops. That sounds like a fun thing.

[00:22:41] Timothy: Yeah, it’s a beautiful space and great views.

[00:22:46] John Puma: Mm-hmm.

[00:22:47] Timothy: um, you know, I think that maybe over the years, different, uh, event have learned to not do everything on the exact same day all the time because that just causes, [00:23:00] um, nobody, nobody wins in that

[00:23:01] John Puma: No, nobody wins

[00:23:03] Timothy: events are, are really spread out, so I think that’s great this year.

[00:23:06] John Puma: Yeah.

[00:23:07] Timothy: All right

[00:23:08] John Puma: Mm-hmm. Uh, a really quick question, are you gonna be at this one?

[00:23:11] Timothy: I will not be at this one.

[00:23:12] John Puma: Hmm.

[00:23:13] Timothy: on that day,

[00:23:14] John Puma: Hmm

[00:23:14] Timothy: I won’t be at World Sake Day. Uh, but I think Brooklyn Kura will definitely have a table at this event, so

[00:23:21] John Puma: Got it

[00:23:22] Timothy: stop by and see a Brooklyn Kura rep and get a Brooklyn Kura sticker.

[00:23:26] John Puma: Oh. Speaking of Brooklyn Kura,

[00:23:29] Timothy: Yes

[00:23:31] John Puma: next event, and speaking of Sake Revolution, our next event, uh, is actually shameless self-promotion. It is, um, on Thursday, October the 1st. Yes, actually on Sake Day, and it is the Sake Revolution event. Um, and it will be a Sake Revolution live stream, Sake Day edition. We’ve done this a couple of times now, and we’re gonna do it again, and we’re gonna be at Brooklyn Kura in the tap room.

[00:23:59] John Puma: We’re gonna be on [00:24:00] stage, and we are going to have the two of us and definitely a guest. We haven’t decided yet who. And, uh, we’re gonna talk about sake. We’re gonna sip sake. Getting into the event means that you’re gonna sip sake with us because the, what we’re gonna be sipping on stage is what you’re gonna be sipping at the tables, and so it’s a little more interactive.

[00:24:17] John Puma: It’s a good time. I enjoy doing this every year, and I’m really excited we get to do it again

[00:24:22] John Puma: this every year, and I’m really excited we get to do it again

[00:24:24] Timothy: is so great to

[00:24:26] Timothy: Have that live interaction with our guests. And I have to be honest, they ask the best questions, like, better than you or I can think of. So the questions are always amazing. We’re gonna have a surprise guest to be announced,

[00:24:41] Timothy: It’s gonna be amazing. Uh, tickets will go on sale soon. They’ll be on the Sake Revolution website, and

[00:24:46] John Puma: Mm-hmm

[00:24:47] Timothy: to see us do our podcast live and be a part of the action and taste what we’re tasting, uh, it’s a lot of fun. And, uh, it’ll be at the Brooklyn Kura Taproom, and tickets will be at SakeRevolution.com

[00:24:59] John Puma: Excellent. [00:25:00] Now, uh, let’s imagine that I’m somebody who doesn’t necessarily live in Brooklyn, uh, and I want to come down for the Sake Revolution live. Is there anything else happening in Brooklyn perhaps that weekend that I can sink my teeth into?

[00:25:17] Timothy: Yeah, John. There is a very special event happening on the very next day in the very same space.

[00:25:27] John Puma: Hey, how about that?

[00:25:28] Timothy: yeah, October 1st is actual Sake Day, which we have for a Sake Revolution live recording. But the very next day, Friday night, the day after Sake Day, is going to be Sake Day Brooklyn, which is Brooklyn Kura’s, uh, big once-a-year blowout sake tasting event. And that will be on October 2nd from 5:00 to 9:00 PM, and this is super exciting. We’ve done this several years in a row, and it is in the Brooklyn Kura taproom. We’re gonna have many different sake [00:26:00] distributors, brands. , We’re gonna have, , many friends in the taproom.

[00:26:04] Timothy: There’s food carts out in the courtyard, and it is a fantastic evening. , We have the doors to the taproom open, , indoor/outdoor event. There’s, , raffles, DJ, swag

[00:26:18] John Puma: The DJ? The last time, the last time I did this event, there was no DJ.

[00:26:24] Timothy: Well, we have, uh, upped our game

[00:26:27] John Puma: apparently you have. Um, I’m excited. I, so, um, what you, one thing I really love what you guys do with this, um, I say you guys ’cause I’m not formally, , part of the team here, is that, uh, in order to accommodate the volume of different brands and, uh, a- and, and distributors that come, is like they swap, they swap it out.

[00:26:50] John Puma: So it’s like, you know, there’s a group, and then at a certain point they change, and then those guys, they kind of become guests essentially. And then there’s a new group that [00:27:00] are, are pouring new sake. And so, like, as you’re there throughout the evening, like, it changes. And so I think that’s a really fun thing.

[00:27:08] John Puma: I think it’s a kind of unique thing, and I, um… something I always, I always get really excited about. So, uh, I will make, I’ll make it my business to be there.

[00:27:16] Timothy: All right. The tickets are priced at $50 right now for early bird tickets,

[00:27:22] John Puma: Угу

[00:27:23] Timothy: September 2nd.

[00:27:24] John Puma: Mm-hmm.

[00:27:25] Timothy: September 2nd, they go up to 65. Uh, that gets you access to the entire evening, and there’s, as you mentioned, there’s two rounds of tasting. So there’s 5:00 to 7:00 and then 7:00 to 9:00.

[00:27:36] Timothy: And there will be, uh, brewery tours available, and it is just a whole lot of fun. It’s my favorite event of the year at Brooklyn Kura, and you can try such a variety of sakes. I think we have over 50 different brands and breweries

[00:27:51] John Puma: Угу

[00:27:52] Timothy: uh, it, it’s just a whole lot of fun. So you can get tickets at, , sakedaybrooklyn.com. So, uh, are we [00:28:00] ever gonna get out of Brooklyn? what’s, what’s next on, what’s next on the agenda?

[00:28:06] John Puma: Well, actually, uh, yes, we are gonna get out of Brooklyn because the next event is the one I went to last year instead of, instead of going to Brooklyn. ‘Cause I did not go to Brooklyn. Instead, I went to Boston. I went up to Massachusetts. , And this year, uh, Sake Day East, which is, uh, the name of the event, uh, which last year was in, in Boston, is actually gonna be in Westborough, Massachusetts this year.

[00:28:26] John Puma: It’s a little bit, uh, outside of town, so just grab a train and, and head on over there. And the, , the idea here, it’s a little bit of a smaller event, but it feels so much more intimate.

[00:28:38] John Puma: Like you are, you’re there with people who are like super into sake, who are like really just like having a blast and just having a good time. Very conversational. Um, you know, people in Massachusetts, very chill it turns out. , You know, you can also have, uh, some, uh, Father Star, you know.

[00:28:55] Timothy: Oh yeah

[00:28:56] John Puma: Yeah, ’cause they are, they’re locals, uh, up there.

[00:28:59] Timothy: [00:29:00] Absolutely

[00:29:00] John Puma: is that, uh, my understanding is that, uh, Brooklyn Kurro will be up there again this year.

[00:29:04] Timothy: Yes, and guess who will be behind the table?

[00:29:08] John Puma: Is it you this time?

[00:29:09] Timothy: It’s me.

[00:29:10] John Puma: Ah. See, it wasn’t you last year.

[00:29:12] Timothy: No, it was not.

[00:29:13] John Puma: It was not.

[00:29:14] Timothy: around this

[00:29:15] John Puma: Oh, you’re getting… You are. You’re gonna put miles on that, uh, on that Delta account, I guess.

[00:29:19] Timothy: I will,

[00:29:20] John Puma: yeah. , They, they always get a, a good, , a good amount of, breweries and importers. So we got Brooklyn Kura, we got Jyoto, Sake One, uh, Dassai Blue, Kome Collective. Wow, this is a really long list. Uh, Takara, Brother Star Mutual Trading, et cetera. The heavy hitters, the guys you expect to be at an event.

[00:29:40] John Puma: It’s a good time.

[00:29:40] John Puma: Tickets are on sale, uh, over at Eventbrite. Uh, there’ll be a link in our show notes of course. and this one is from 4:30 to 6:30, so a little bit more of that day drinking, but it’s on a Saturday, so maybe you find an ijikai afterwards. You got the after party, you find something to do. , Yeah, it’ll be a good [00:30:00] time.

[00:30:00] John Puma: , Like I said, uh, it was, um, a lovely event last year, so I’m hoping that, that they’re able to, to raise the bar and make it even better this year with the new venue

[00:30:10] Timothy: Yeah, it sounds great. It’s a little outside of Boston proper, but we’re gonna make it work, and I can’t wait to meet everyone there. So if you’re in New England and you can make it to Sake Day East, I will see you there. Looking forward to it

[00:30:24] John Puma: He will have stickers.

[00:30:26] Timothy: And I will have stickers.

[00:30:28] John Puma: Yes

[00:30:30] Timothy: uh, I’m sick of the coasts, John.

[00:30:33] John Puma: What?

[00:30:33] Timothy: I live in, what if I live in the middle of the country, not on the East Coast, not on the West Coast?

[00:30:37] John Puma: There’s, there’s a middle of the country?

[00:30:40] Timothy: Yes,

[00:30:41] John Puma: I don’t know, Tim, what do you do?

[00:30:43] Timothy: our next Sake Day event is also on Sunday, October 3rd, and this takes us to Denver, Colorado. So the, uh, you know, we’re getting away from the coasts here, which I love. This is gonna be at Finn’s Manor

[00:30:57] John Puma: Mm-hmm.

[00:30:58] Timothy: Colorado, and this is [00:31:00] Denver’s Queen City Sake Festival. So Queen City is a old way that they, I guess, referred to Denver previously, and they call it the Queen City Sake Festival, but this is a Sake Day celebration for Denver, which is so fantastic. this event has been going on for several years and, um, I will not be going to this

[00:31:21] John Puma: Mm-hmm.

[00:31:23] Timothy: because I will be in Boston on this day. , But, , this is a fantastic event. , You get a handmade sake cup to

[00:31:32] John Puma: Handmade?

[00:31:33] Timothy: Yes.

[00:31:34] John Puma: pretty cool.

[00:31:34] Timothy: Oh, that’s for, sorry, that’s for, that’s for VIP access. So if you have the VIP ticket, uh, you can get, you get to keep a handmade sake cup. Uh, there’s a tote bag full of goodies, and this event goes from 12 to 4 PM, so more

[00:31:49] John Puma: T- 12 to f- that is like the capital D day drinking.

[00:31:54] Timothy: Yes

[00:31:56] John Puma: Wow. All right. That… Is that how they do it in [00:32:00] Colorado?

[00:32:00] Timothy: So I’ve, I’ve never gone to the Denver Sake Day event, but we will have reps there, and it’ll be a great event. Um, and then the next day is going to be Sunday, October 4th, and you know there’s something happening. Uh, that is gonna take us to DC,

[00:32:22] John Puma: Yeah.

[00:32:23] Timothy: the East

[00:32:23] John Puma: We’re back into coast. And I will tell you, Washington, DC always has a big event. There’s always a good time down there for, Reiko, , Hirai’s event, , Kanpai To Sake Day. , , , she launched it five years ago. And, they keep those events going

[00:32:39] .

[00:32:39] John Puma: and they’ve got these… So instead of having like, uh, they have a broader event, but they also really specialize, uh, in having these, like, special sessions with, , interesting individuals. Uh, those are like those VIP sessions that have their own ticketing, One of those, , VIP sessions, if I’m reading this right, is, , Kuji-san from [00:33:00] Nambu Bijin, um, who has been on our show before and, uh, is a character and is, the man is never, never boring.

[00:33:09] John Puma: He is always wildly entertaining. Uh, and so I think that that’s probably a good use of your funds if you wanna get in on the VIP session for, uh, Kuji-san.

[00:33:19] Timothy: Yes. Uh, it says here in our notes that he’s known as Mr. Sunshine of the sake industry,

[00:33:26] John Puma: Sunshine. I like that.

[00:33:27] Timothy: I would say that’s true.

[00:33:28] John Puma: Yeah

[00:33:29] Timothy: if you go to the, um, the VIP session for Sake Day DC, uh, they call this the fifth annual Kanpai to Sake Day in DC, and Reiko’s, um, business is called DC Sake Co., so they’re one of the sponsors. the first VIP session is gonna be with, , Kuji-san from, the president of Nambu Bijin, so you can meet a real live Japanese sake brewer.

[00:33:55] John Puma: Mm-hmm

[00:33:56] Timothy: then there’s gonna be another VIP session with another friend of the [00:34:00] pod, our friend Chris Johnson, the

[00:34:02] John Puma: Mm-hmm.

[00:34:02] Timothy: Ninja.

[00:34:03] John Puma: Yes

[00:34:04] Timothy: been on the show many times. And, uh, so there’ll be these VIP sessions, and there’ll be general admission. So the general admission ticket is early bird $80, regular price $90. And the VIP session is going to be uh, early bird $140 until September 6th.

[00:34:23] John Puma: Mm-hmm

[00:34:24] Timothy: uh, you can learn more about this at dcsake.com. But I’ve been to this event, I

[00:34:31] John Puma: Yes, you have.

[00:34:32] Timothy: it is a fantastic event.

[00:34:34] John Puma: Yeah

[00:34:35] Timothy: DC, it’s not to be missed

[00:34:37] John Puma: Excellent. Excellent. And you know, if you’re on the East Coast, it’s just a train ride away. You can, you can do your… I guess you have a choice. If you, if you do the Brooklyn thing, then you can either go north or south afterward.

[00:34:49] Timothy: Yes. Absolutely. So, uh, now the final event on our list.

[00:34:59] John Puma: The final [00:35:00] event, the grand finale

[00:35:00] Timothy: Yes, so this is an event that we left off our roundup last year, I got a comment from a few people that, “Hey, you missed this event last year,” so I

[00:35:12] John Puma: So, so

[00:35:13] Timothy: sure

[00:35:13] John Puma: I have a question. I have a question. , So Tim, how did you miss this event?

[00:35:18] Timothy: Well, last year I just wasn’t aware that this event was happening, so it didn’t, I didn’t… You know, I

[00:35:24] John Puma: So innocent, innocent miss.

[00:35:26] Timothy: Innocent mistake,

[00:35:27] John Puma: Okay

[00:35:28] Timothy: wanted to make sure that we did not make the same mistake this year. And this is one of the final events of the, uh, sake day season,

[00:35:39] John Puma: Угу

[00:35:41] Timothy: this is happening in Long Beach.

[00:35:44] John Puma: Hmm.

[00:35:44] Timothy: out to Sake Secret in

[00:35:46] John Puma: I was about to say, wait a minute, I know somebody in, has a sake place in Long Beach. Uh, yeah. And, um, yeah, uh, Saturday, uh, October 17th, so that’s Sake Day plus 17. No excuses to [00:36:00] not make it down there if you, uh, if you’re in, gonna be in Los Angeles in mid-October. And yeah. What do we have going on there?

[00:36:10] Timothy: Yeah, so, this event, uh, I’ve not been to this event, but, uh, I think it’s an outdoor event, and I think they have a lot of sake, vendors. And Long Beach is a little bit outside of, like, downtown LA, but there’s a very dedicated core of sake fans who visit Sake Secret, and I think that if you’re in that part of the country, I think that Sake Day Long Beach is not to be missed.

[00:36:39] John Puma: Mhm. Ja

[00:36:40] Timothy: if you want to, , get tickets for Sake Day Long Beach, , I think that, , the best thing to do would be go to Sake Revolution, check our show notes, and we’ll be linking to all the places to buy tickets

[00:36:52] John Puma: This event does look pretty cool though, and, and I know that Sake Secret has, like, a devoted [00:37:00] group that, that are in there, and they love what’s going on there. They’ve created a community around that place. I think that’s incredible, um, and that’s exciting. And I’ve never been to Long Beach, so more excuses for me to try to travel.

[00:37:12] John Puma: We’ll see if anything, if I can make anything like that happen though.

[00:37:15] Timothy: Yeah

[00:37:16] John Puma: yeah, I, I’m seeing this as a, an outdoor garden venue. That sounds incredible. So, you know, fun times

[00:37:22] Timothy: So that c- because it’s on the 17th of October, it gives you lots of time to recover from the, the more chaotic days around the 1st.

[00:37:31] John Puma: I don’t know if I need f- 14 days to recover, Tim, but I am getting older, so maybe there, maybe it’s not a bad thing to have. Ugh

[00:37:42] Timothy: think that, you know, we’ve, we’ve, we’ve run through all the Sake Day events that we know of that are happening. Uh, if you have any other sake events that we missed this year, uh, please send us a message, or, you know, you can, uh, post on our [00:38:00] social media, Instagram, @sakerevolutionpod. And, uh, we’d love to hear from you, and let us know about your Sake Day event if we missed it, so that we can include it next year

[00:38:11] John Puma: Yeah. And, and, and this is proof. This is actual proof. If you let us know, we will include it next year. Uh, somehow we missed this last one, and now we’ve got it. Uh, so, so Tim, how many of these events are you going to? Well, let’s go to the map here. You’re… And this is, you know, just for everybody at home, like, this is, Tim, his job is in, you know, his day job is in the sake world.

[00:38:33] John Puma: It, this is n- a professional endeavor. He’s not just getting on planes and going drinking every day. I mean, he is going on, getting on planes and drinking every day, but he’s getting paid to do it. It’s, it is in a professional capacity as a sake educator

[00:38:50] Timothy: All right. Should, should I run through real quick and let you

[00:38:53] John Puma: I do wanna know. I absolutely wanna know.

[00:38:56] Timothy: SakeCon New York, September 20th,

[00:38:57] John Puma: right.

[00:38:58] Timothy: there.

[00:38:59] John Puma: will be there.

[00:38:59] Timothy: [00:39:00] San Francisco, I’ll be there.

[00:39:01] John Puma: two

[00:39:02] Timothy: Uh, what’s the next one? San Diego, sorry, I

[00:39:05] John Puma: No, no, no, all right

[00:39:06] Timothy: Uh, then we have World Sake Day at the W Loft in New

[00:39:11] John Puma: Three.

[00:39:11] Timothy: won’t be there.

[00:39:12] John Puma: Oh, you won’t be there. Okay. Two.

[00:39:14] Timothy: have Sake Revolution Live.

[00:39:15] John Puma: Definitely gonna be there. You better show up.

[00:39:18] Timothy: Sake Day Brooklyn, I’ll be there. Yeah. Then we have Sake Day East on the 3rd. I’ll be there. Then we have, uh, Denver. I will not be

[00:39:28] John Puma: Right

[00:39:29] Timothy: And then we have, uh,

[00:39:32] John Puma: DC.

[00:39:33] Timothy: I will not be in

[00:39:34] John Puma: Oh, you’re not gonna– You’re not going this year. Okay

[00:39:36] Timothy: and then we have Long Beach, so I won’t be there either.

[00:39:39] John Puma: So five. Five is pretty good. Five is good. Five out of 10 is not bad. That’s a, that’s, uh, that’s a lot of work. And yeah, I, I, I kinda thought you were gonna drop the DC and it was gonna be six, but, uh, but no, not this time. Not this time.

[00:39:54] Timothy: Yeah. John, I’m only human. I can

[00:39:56] John Puma: I know, I know, I know.

[00:39:57] John Puma: It’s rough. It’s rough. Uh, I am, I’m [00:40:00] excited to, uh, to get out to at least a few of these, especially the one I’ll be, uh, you know… If I’m not, if I don’t show up at the Sake Revolution one, something’s seriously wrong. So

[00:40:08] Timothy: gonna make some news.

[00:40:10] John Puma: yeah, yes. It’ll be Tim and a special guest, and that’s it. Maybe, uh, pull somebody from the crowd to fill in for me if I’m not there.

[00:40:20] John Puma: Yeah. Uh, well, that sounds great. I love when we do these episodes. It’s a lot of fun to run through and, and see what’s coming up, and when we did this last year, I had not yet decided where I was gonna go,

[00:40:34] Timothy: Hmm.

[00:40:35] John Puma: and this helped me make my plans, So I do hope to see you at these events, or at least some of them.

[00:40:41] John Puma: Um, and of course, we do have the standing we will give you stickers rule. And, and, and and of course, uh, the exception to this being San Francisco, Tim will push stickers on you

[00:40:56] Timothy: Yes.

[00:40:57] John Puma: Yes

[00:40:57] Timothy: Can’t wait to meet everybody, [00:41:00] and if you see us at any of these events, please say hi. And, uh, it was so great tasting with you today, John.

[00:41:06] John Puma: Always is

[00:41:07] Timothy: , What we call our potluck episodes, where we each bring our own sake to table, and we got to introduce them. , This was absolutely fantastic, and I just wanna thank all of our viewers, all of our listeners.

[00:41:19] Timothy: We hope you’re enjoying these video episodes. And if you’re still listening to us on the treadmill, , just wanna say thank you for, , keeping the faith. And, I also wanna give a special hello and hi to all of our Patreon members. We have our monthly, , Patreon happy hour, and we love to see all our patrons there.

[00:41:40] Timothy: And if you would like to support Sake Revolution, we do have a community on Patreon. Uh, you can visit patreon.com/sakerevolution to learn more

[00:41:49] John Puma: Yes, and one of, uh, one of our favorite things that we do with our patrons is monthly we get together and we hop onto, hop onto a Zoom, uh, the first [00:42:00] Wednesday of every month, and we, we get down, uh, pandemic-era style, and we have a little on nomi where we drink and talk with, uh, with our patrons and have a good time.

[00:42:10] John Puma: It’s a, it’s a blast. I really enjoy doing it. It’s one of my… one of the highlights, uh, of, uh, of this gig, is that I get to have that going on. , Also wanted to just, uh, kind of mention that, uh, you know, I did say that you should reach out to us if, , perhaps we missed your event or, you know, if we misspoke on some other items of an event that, uh, that you’re involved with.

[00:42:32] John Puma: Please reach out to us. Uh, you can get a- at us on social media, where we are either Sake Revolution or

[00:42:41] John Puma: Sake Revolution Pod, depending on the platform. Uh, and also you can reach us at [email protected]. We will respond, and you’re, you know, the, the tell- the stuff you tell us, we’ll, we will fix the problems, uh, if we miss anything. , Mistakes happen. Anyway, Tim, thank you very much for stopping by again.[00:43:00]

[00:43:00] John Puma: And,

[00:43:00] Timothy: you

[00:43:01] John Puma: yeah. Bring up your glass. Please remember to keep drinking sake, and kanpai.

[00:43:09] Timothy: Kanpai!

[00:43:10] John Puma: Hope to see you guys soon.

[00:43:12] Timothy: Cheers

[00:43:13] John Puma: Bye-bye.