https://www.sakematters.com/home daily 1.0 2023-11-28 https://www.sakematters.com/home/gobbledygook monthly 0.5 2023-11-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/0b4ca701-fa73-4eb7-b57f-fb7e1a7cef1f/Display.jpg Home - GOBBLEDYGOOK - Make it stand out Not really much of a TASTE OF JAPAN (unless you’re into eating house plants) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/cf222d05-aeef-4177-b14e-3bab1d88291d/Screen+Shot+2023-11-28+at+10.54.50.png Home - GOBBLEDYGOOK - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/c7ef4aae-2713-4129-aef6-74a865e23b3f/Screen+Shot+2023-11-28+at+10.44.54.png Home - GOBBLEDYGOOK - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sakematters.com/home/dibmo monthly 0.5 2023-06-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/5ed44e4f-53cd-4a51-9738-919dfd66aa9d/Edited+Dinners.jpg Home - DIBMO - Make it stand out Where to begin? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/9df1f6af-d994-4931-8bf7-7cf2dbda86ef/IMG_9641.JPG Home - DIBMO - Make it stand out Nice rack https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/654627da-7a35-400a-aba5-873b8c149d22/Edited+Chicken+Sashimi.jpg Home - DIBMO - Make it stand out Who’s hungry? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/db15e16e-0443-4662-bf82-cc0622b288df/Edited+Scenes.jpg Home - DIBMO - Make it stand out DIreallyBMO! https://www.sakematters.com/home/the-agony-of-choice monthly 0.5 2023-05-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/35697122-21be-4242-8b09-f9bb9be2c3e0/IMG_9586.jpg Home - THE AGONY OF CHOICE - Make it stand out More planning needed! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/57fa40fb-6852-4545-a581-0b7c3b1cb785/Screen+Shot+2023-05-22+at+11.25.35.png Home - THE AGONY OF CHOICE - Make it stand out Top of the Sake Pops (Source: National Tax Agency, "Overview of the Alcoholic Beverage Manufacturing Industry and the Alcoholic Beverage Wholesale Industry") https://www.sakematters.com/home/could-do-better-part-2-retailers monthly 0.5 2023-04-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1682495139685-HNVSCCHMGZVD9LIZ3DT4/IMG_9135.jpg Home - COULD DO BETTER - Part 2 [Retailers] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1682495137731-R7GWF9T1RHGRUXUDNA4O/IMG_9134.jpg Home - COULD DO BETTER - Part 2 [Retailers] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/d6b55422-1c6b-4160-bbee-9a4cc6fff098/IMG_9063.jpg Home - COULD DO BETTER - Part 2 [Retailers] - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/902947e6-3e0e-49ec-acf7-9b8dedd26519/IMG_9088.jpg Home - COULD DO BETTER - Part 2 [Retailers] - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sakematters.com/home/could-do-better-part-1-restaurants monthly 0.5 2023-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/4680da59-e919-43b7-999a-89900f76aa67/IMG_9108.jpg Home - COULD DO BETTER - Part 1 [Restaurants] - Make it stand out Spring showers at Kanpai London, Peckham Rye https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1dcda7b0-cdec-40f7-affe-89c52dda989a/Cropped+Cornerstone.jpg Home - COULD DO BETTER - Part 1 [Restaurants] - Make it stand out Well done Cornerstone… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/e39f67c5-52e9-46e3-9d58-1cb9da21d00e/IMG_9098.jpg Home - COULD DO BETTER - Part 1 [Restaurants] - Make it stand out Hurrah for Honjozo! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/fe0abe50-631e-4bdc-a608-844a39464f0e/Fat+Duck.png Home - COULD DO BETTER - Part 1 [Restaurants] - Make it stand out Sounds good to me! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/c9f5728c-3dbd-45e5-8d83-ac4a6e70566d/IMG_9090.jpg Home - COULD DO BETTER - Part 1 [Restaurants] - Make it stand out …almost, Bentley’s! https://www.sakematters.com/home/2023-backing-off-the-online monthly 0.5 2023-03-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1678615780195-JSBMSVJTXLO46SEVNX54/Screen+Shot+2023-03-12+at+18.04.31.png Home - 2023: BACKING OFF THE ONLINE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1678615821687-622ZP2X2O9N6U99Z6IGK/IMG_4688.JPG Home - 2023: BACKING OFF THE ONLINE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/9b1957c0-e397-45bf-84a5-0ac39dfa2117/Screen+Shot+2023-03-12+at+18.00.20.png Home - 2023: BACKING OFF THE ONLINE - Make it stand out Lots of brewing kit, although relatively spacious (best pic I have to prove the point) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/5b26db45-028b-4a6b-a449-9076859b6d5d/IMG_0254.JPG Home - 2023: BACKING OFF THE ONLINE - Make it stand out Sake “Professionals” - back in Japan and not a Zoom in sight! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/36aea814-e947-4873-a2c7-95416cc945bc/Screen+Shot+2023-03-12+at+17.58.48.png Home - 2023: BACKING OFF THE ONLINE - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1678616523820-N68V8JBCYTFGIVND6GLZ/IMG_4629.JPG Home - 2023: BACKING OFF THE ONLINE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1678616572193-QLQ5C7NBJ4KSOBZ8IZC2/IMG_4674.JPG Home - 2023: BACKING OFF THE ONLINE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1678616596784-ZLKV2QU4EC8ON0C4SRRO/Screen+Shot+2023-03-12+at+18.02.43.png Home - 2023: BACKING OFF THE ONLINE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1678616614555-PFTMPPI93K9IGCDG8OT1/Screen+Shot+2023-03-12+at+18.03.53.png Home - 2023: BACKING OFF THE ONLINE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/59ba2071-2b24-459b-a33c-be2975614264/7b7983db-6c2b-4d52-bb6a-12eb4b38d78b.JPG Home - 2023: BACKING OFF THE ONLINE - Make it stand out Me, in the stripy hat (Miyasaka Brewery, Nagano) https://www.sakematters.com/home/back-in-action monthly 0.5 2022-12-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/3939d64b-facf-45d1-a2c1-e37a42797f19/Edited+Fish.jpg Home - BACK IN ACTION - Make it stand out Simple garnish but why distract from the fish? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1671081695003-3JZF87DL0XRGEVQIACDI/IMG_5345.jpeg Home - BACK IN ACTION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1671081699668-JHWJU8GFVEAIAE6L0LTU/IMG_5344.jpeg Home - BACK IN ACTION https://www.sakematters.com/home/iwa-5-encore-une-fois monthly 0.5 2021-08-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1629968025811-P2KME705XT5KAN4RG011/Collage+-+Yokai.jpg Home - IWA 5 - ENCORE UNE FOIS - Make it stand out Yokai: Some super supernatural decor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1629967779071-TT3XY832GR2GXUFLTTSC/IMG_1574.jpg Home - IWA 5 - ENCORE UNE FOIS - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1629967714645-Q3BD0H4LCFUFLHD159YF/IMG_1543.jpg Home - IWA 5 - ENCORE UNE FOIS - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1629968235644-63R1OPW9QF21KZ5OFCYT/Collage+-+Food+at+Yokai.jpg Home - IWA 5 - ENCORE UNE FOIS - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sakematters.com/home/hong-kong-how-a-thirst-for-japan-is-changing-drinking-habits monthly 0.5 2021-08-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1626777323478-SRNPPYMTBG4KOUS2FAFB/IMG_9243.jpg Home - HONG KONG: HOW A THIRST FOR JAPAN IS CHANGING DRINKING HABITS - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1626777223254-M3K0SFIW0LI182JFFWSR/IMG_0154.jpg Home - HONG KONG: HOW A THIRST FOR JAPAN IS CHANGING DRINKING HABITS - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sakematters.com/home/age-is-just-a-number monthly 0.5 2021-06-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1624964581919-8WI7F1GF3OAHTYG5KTTI/IMG_0764.jpg Home - AGE IS JUST A NUMBER - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1624965725981-K4OOJN8VKBDESLO17SAM/Comped+Bottle+Pics.jpg Home - AGE IS JUST A NUMBER https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1624965729706-YX2LPCLS137VI5NCS1IB/Sake+Data.jpg Home - AGE IS JUST A NUMBER https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1624964419721-RUZ0PFJOWQRG5OUQGZ9J/Date+-+Edited.jpg Home - AGE IS JUST A NUMBER - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1624964134934-3EY9OKNX7M1FW08DB8GF/Screen+Shot+2021-06-29+at+18.51.32.png Home - AGE IS JUST A NUMBER Instagram: @scmpnews https://www.sakematters.com/home/are-you-not-entertained monthly 0.5 2021-06-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1623036343092-RHCMAZC5UNOMRY5RGBIW/20628f98-5536-4b40-b87b-92309af07bc5.jpg Home - “ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?” - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1623035363130-M90BF95FAYHSDMQ95X16/_DSC9317f.jpg Home - “ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?” - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1623035578005-NGVRYMFM60JNB68ZBRKC/feb4ba89-d0ba-4483-8d83-fd3c9c1d4171.jpg Home - “ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1623035607623-X8SUI65PSBQXINQEA0CM/IMG_0555.jpg Home - “ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1623036177985-2HV7XI2WAVBV3HETBBBC/_DS_8647.jpg Home - “ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?” - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sakematters.com/home/hello-tartness-my-old-friend monthly 0.5 2021-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1618541074912-ADS44RT88AO07G6PWKMW/Screen+Shot+2021-04-14+at+16.03.18.png Home - “HELLO TARTNESS, MY OLD FRIEND” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1618540374909-MVF2Q3NF1SN9FHHOHVK1/Screen+Shot+2021-04-14+at+16.04.31.png Home - “HELLO TARTNESS, MY OLD FRIEND” Great still from a Sohomare YouTube - a break from the stereotypical synchronised pole-ramming image https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1618492444118-T5H2SOS7TVYYDIPS5WVY/Sake+Stats.jpg Home - “HELLO TARTNESS, MY OLD FRIEND” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1618541009398-FR7Q9E2CYC9J5H4FKRL7/lineup03_detail02_bottle.png Home - “HELLO TARTNESS, MY OLD FRIEND” https://www.sakematters.com/home/making-a-song-amp-dance monthly 0.5 2021-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1617349632067-TLN11Q5JV5ZX85BP4AAM/Kuramoto.jpg Home - MAKING A SONG & DANCE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1617348347910-NPLCEAFZW1FS4N1PJEKE/IMG_9714.JPG Home - MAKING A SONG & DANCE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1617348355330-KE534VKZSM9YHC8KBSHD/IMG_9715.JPG Home - MAKING A SONG & DANCE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1617348153176-1HDIXRZCKWCX4ZZ3IVVR/IMG_9695.JPG Home - MAKING A SONG & DANCE Sado Island Sake, meet Hong Kong Island https://www.sakematters.com/home/on-tour-with-zoku monthly 0.5 2021-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1614914027656-0NMX6EV6ZHJUKOOW5CKT/The+Hari+HK+-+Zoku+-+Interior+%288%29.jpg Home - ON TOUR WITH ZOKU https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1614914027457-J8PSB4XE3069QTFN26D7/The+Hari+HK+-+Zoku+-+Interior+%289%29.jpg Home - ON TOUR WITH ZOKU https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1614914644788-XFGYL6KRMY4E69U0O88Z/Screen+Shot+2021-03-05+at+11.23.13.png Home - ON TOUR WITH ZOKU Image courtesy of The Hari https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1614913852959-5CKTXKTMZM7WI7LAC2OD/The+Hari+Hong+Kong+-+Portrait+-+Beverage+Manager+-+Sabrina+Cantini+Budden.jpg Home - ON TOUR WITH ZOKU Image courtesy of The Hari: Sabrina Cantini Budden, Beverage Manager https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1614914314849-ZK2N5IMT7NN7QUVCT0CB/IMG_9088.JPG Home - ON TOUR WITH ZOKU https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1614914344373-0UQJEGQ1T5TPRAG6C1F3/IMG_9104.JPG Home - ON TOUR WITH ZOKU https://www.sakematters.com/home/ima-iwa monthly 0.5 2021-02-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1613649129609-0572W1QNC46C12CQ5SXB/IMG_8994.JPG Home - IMA IWA Fanning the flames https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1613648817130-ZVK9XJW8947C1AOFRBXV/IMG_9061.JPG Home - IMA IWA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1613648702659-HCT050S1PD8RF1UMCZ0F/IMG_8990.JPG Home - IMA IWA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1613648428901-HY57S1BPL89UTKJ81B1S/IMG_9057.JPG Home - IMA IWA Drinkable art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1613649347246-X8J91YVGWEKEK60LGAPH/IMG_8996.JPG Home - IMA IWA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1613649347265-OD80O4TJ82YJ7HA61MFG/IMG_8999.JPG Home - IMA IWA https://www.sakematters.com/home/coming-up-down-under monthly 0.5 2021-01-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1611107374285-ORKW0V4MA9VC4H2JVO5D/701+Yeast.jpg Home - COMING UP DOWN UNDER 701 Yeast - great product, lousy packaging https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1611107106995-XFGH667L9BT3UJKPZ9KV/Melbourne+Sake+and+Dave+Joll+from+Zenkuro.jpg Home - COMING UP DOWN UNDER The Dream Team: Quentin, Dave, Matt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1611106826471-JDVARWMSLWO5Y2H35UH5/Comped+Processes.jpg Home - COMING UP DOWN UNDER Small batch production practice https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1611107661260-CN43C4QLTD5EEMYBNK8W/IMG-20201216-WA0004.jpg Home - COMING UP DOWN UNDER https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1611108420898-K9OA4VZ07MTWYMCBN5AS/Comped+Image+-+Kit.jpg Home - COMING UP DOWN UNDER Homemade kit - Fune press (left), steaming pots (right) https://www.sakematters.com/home/2020-wrapped-up monthly 0.5 2020-12-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1608528197843-PM4J2ORFFQ5XYVGGNR5I/Picture+1.jpg Home - 2020 WRAPPED UP Instantly memorable labels https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1608526584221-W0GG53MIYECMQYBLL2JW/Screen+Shot+2020-12-21+at+12.55.15.png Home - 2020 WRAPPED UP Great viewing - link below https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1608526216181-REUG7188H7C67RY2TZVA/Screen+Shot+2020-12-21+at+12.49.39.png Home - 2020 WRAPPED UP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1608527657256-87N7EGQGV2AKYETTGUFK/Nonta+-+the+cheeky+and+slightly+sozzled+mascot+of+Sake+Town+-+Edited.png Home - 2020 WRAPPED UP Nonta - inseparable from his bottle of Sake! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1608529328419-Z654025VWQCEIS69X704/IMG_8449.jpg Home - 2020 WRAPPED UP Sometimes only Honjozo will do https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1608529786309-Y8MO83LRLVYX6TK15ME6/Picture+1.jpg Home - 2020 WRAPPED UP Excuse the handwriting! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1608528664271-KZ4DUB35SAEV1LE6STTY/IMG_8448.jpg Home - 2020 WRAPPED UP Classy through and through https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1608529097638-L558O0L64U4QKBUN5FFV/Picture+1.jpg Home - 2020 WRAPPED UP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1608525951980-3CNP6A4T0H4MSMM1CVKB/IMG_4491.jpg Home - 2020 WRAPPED UP Thank you Imada-san! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1608527019169-KXDOBPOONB3QUTBZQU50/IMG_8445.jpg Home - 2020 WRAPPED UP Enduringly great Sake, less durable label https://www.sakematters.com/home/newsflash monthly 0.5 2020-12-10 https://www.sakematters.com/home/eventful monthly 0.5 2020-11-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1606734250813-LRH4QCL4PONQ0RK5YBU2/IMG_8108.JPG Home - EVENTFUL Please don’t drool too much https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1606734654781-GZ9AX758QYCQZSP0E8DL/PHOTO-2020-11-06-13-28-27+2.jpg Home - EVENTFUL Beef Tartare – Potato Puff https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1606734720063-HWBI44BGR68KKPP1UOI8/PHOTO-2020-11-06-13-28-27+4.jpg Home - EVENTFUL Ma-dako – Tom Yum Gung https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1606734748939-T5GE08MA4L4FBITRVMET/PHOTO-2020-11-06-13-28-27+5.jpg Home - EVENTFUL Red Prawn – Koji Risotto - Caviar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1606734701618-HH9TKEUBHWMBVNC3ZE9B/PHOTO-2020-11-06-13-28-27+3.jpg Home - EVENTFUL Hamachi – Red Pepper – Yuzu Pickle Daikon – Sake Jelly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1606734590114-401SK9JU3Z4F8UVGWXZ1/PHOTO-2020-11-06-13-28-26+3.jpg Home - EVENTFUL Venison – Satay – Salsify https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1606734517760-TW2CM7HLSK4F4CTR0IWG/PHOTO-2020-11-06-13-28-29+2.jpg Home - EVENTFUL Eric, left, and Jimmy, right (thirsty?) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1606554426823-6TNDXY6K7I1L0S0S8CZT/cTNbDZdlSSy%2BPEDJDgotug_thumb_3807.jpg Home - EVENTFUL https://www.sakematters.com/home/morphing-to-the-masses monthly 0.5 2020-11-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1604459042007-PPP7VTGCT87JJXC87IM8/BRAD_SILGA.jpg Home - MORPHING TO THE MASSES Brad Saliga in his natural environment https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1604458809463-547LUEAZJV1RWMXWPCXO/PRFCKTS-1031_2.png Home - MORPHING TO THE MASSES Wine heritage - 750ml bottles (nice!) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1604459339581-MHP0NU8VNZ1KG6R208KP/PRFCKTS-1029.jpg Home - MORPHING TO THE MASSES Cans of joy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1604459897467-1T0DULGEF8FI803N01UU/Inari+Montage.png Home - MORPHING TO THE MASSES Stomach-lining goodness from Inari https://www.sakematters.com/home/six-months-in monthly 0.5 2020-10-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1604044345640-PB7OLN6599JQOCVMLZAH/Screen+Shot+2020-10-30+at+15.51.01.png Home - SIX MONTHS IN First Instagram post: note how I cleverly crop out the word ‘MATTERS’ (amateur!) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1604045612444-1PI2OHJ0NJJO7UJWDVPZ/IMG_7555.JPG Home - SIX MONTHS IN Familiar paperwork in 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1604044477224-L5CO8TSH1A1CF0OWKVSD/IMG_7553.JPG Home - SIX MONTHS IN Handwriting, not hieroglyphics https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1604044592498-HX99E04UEVJ73SNAJDKG/IMG_7552.JPG Home - SIX MONTHS IN Dear Santa: I need a new notebook for Christmas please https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1604044875864-5W7HAWDJPF4G6LLQQU3B/IMG_7566.PNG Home - SIX MONTHS IN https://www.sakematters.com/home/ratfaced monthly 0.5 2020-10-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1603356447499-6YIZ9BOGORE86520ZWCM/IMG_7218.JPG Home - RATFACED The brewery’s take on the daruma doll https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1603357093231-KS96FC8VSCVMKOACB734/Screen+Shot+2020-10-21+at+14.43.22.png Home - RATFACED Image from https://www.daruma-masamune.co.jp (with thanks) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1603353510020-UFKHL85VAOWA72OP5ZTC/AWSEC+Aged.JPG Home - RATFACED My first taste of Daruma Masamune https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1603353009076-D9ZRJPOVZV4KGW37431C/IMG_7427.JPG Home - RATFACED All you need to know about this blend right there https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1603356913315-TIYD6IMR0MUWCCQ6T4G6/IMG_7431.JPG Home - RATFACED My Koshu collection, what’s left of it https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1603353631057-I8YBSCHCBUYIZAUCBU85/IMG_7426.JPG Home - RATFACED I’ll be glad to see the back of 2020’s Year of the Rat but you can’t deny this is a corking label https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1603353339152-VW1WJARXJA5SHG460Y87/Weebles.png Home - RATFACED https://www.sakematters.com/home/special-delivery monthly 0.5 2020-10-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1602137338732-55RJN7LFNZPORB3A28TY/IMG_7209.JPG Home - SPECIAL DELIVERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1602137359735-9SEVQHGHMCW2KSCVOW8G/IMG_7208.JPG Home - SPECIAL DELIVERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1602137378194-7GHF5QPFH0I0NTTE7MGX/IMG_7210.JPG Home - SPECIAL DELIVERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1602227674924-79BUY99F5IPMMLXF3EE8/Giant_Foam_Bananas_4126374b-c6da-4e6b-9f65-292b4b1c3ff9_1000x1000.jpg Home - SPECIAL DELIVERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1602139758478-8SSHZKEMFZHIC70HIXE4/Stats.jpg Home - SPECIAL DELIVERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1602137175763-44PL331XBQDZNA2YPAVP/IMG_7207.JPG Home - SPECIAL DELIVERY A label worth keeping (and it peels off nicely actually, bonus) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1602137009008-VANP8OI1261KAAGJX3UM/IMG_7204.JPG Home - SPECIAL DELIVERY Behold the latest joy from Zenkuro https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1602138070380-3EZ8WSZPYSTNQCDQD3E4/IMG_7213.JPG Home - SPECIAL DELIVERY https://www.sakematters.com/home/northern-star monthly 0.5 2020-09-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1601378189937-20Z9DSBNEN6Q00CKW6DI/USE+IMG_7124.PNG Home - NORTHERN STAR Forget the fat, think of the calcium https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1601378290978-I7T6MGWN99PMWNR3LBTV/USE+PastedGraphic-1.jpg Home - NORTHERN STAR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1601378641355-223EXA9Z0DA3PWJPHLDA/USE+IMG_4642.jpg Home - NORTHERN STAR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1601379107425-2XTD10JLI6DA6P73Q8B6/USE+IMG_7123.PNG Home - NORTHERN STAR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1601379381385-ANO1GO9MS9DMI8UZ1FCZ/USE+IMG_7042.JPG Home - NORTHERN STAR https://www.sakematters.com/home/testing-times monthly 0.5 2020-09-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1600594898829-MSYJT42JW2BBVHRQ6QNF/IMG_4121.JPG Home - TESTING TIMES It’s getting hot in here… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1600594656136-1VZNE9EGJY81ZV6461KC/Honjozo+-+Foiled.jpg Home - TESTING TIMES https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1600595016025-GX3GFYA87S3J15NEMSK0/IMG_4141.JPG Home - TESTING TIMES Discernable discolouration https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1600594781466-E5IAKNG623LU05TFLXUX/IMG_4103.JPG Home - TESTING TIMES (L to R) Spike, Middle-man, Control…a few days in https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1600595109865-T2BB2W6Y2L1FNCEG9RI1/IMG_4163.JPG Home - TESTING TIMES Too much sun they say is bad for you… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1600594187071-AYYS1JWJU92CHSVAKIPU/IMG_4075.JPG Home - TESTING TIMES Let the games begin https://www.sakematters.com/home/take-four monthly 0.5 2020-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1599713341377-Q95LHBC0QIENQFSTIU07/IMG_3104.JPG Home - TAKE FOUR #1, #2, #3 & #4 (not surprisingly, L to R) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1599713663821-4Z36ISGD5JQWIOLVQG91/IMG_6864.JPG Home - TAKE FOUR 21st century farming https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1599713490456-MX080F4JOBP5O9BP1E23/IMG_3970.JPG Home - TAKE FOUR Ori clearly visible in the glass (no, it’s not a dirty camera lens) https://www.sakematters.com/home/natsu-fast monthly 0.5 2020-09-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1599026846293-F23LV4FPY8P8EQ7FC5QZ/Mizore+Sake.jpg Home - NATSU FAST Don’t try this at home (actually do try it) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1599027142041-3CUSB9OVCXX92HTTNZKB/Daimon+Natsuzake.jpg Home - NATSU FAST https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1599027006121-DOMHV5KBLZ84X1RV4KYJ/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_3269.jpg Home - NATSU FAST https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1599027000997-ANUHECR0NJDMO1CGV4D5/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_3260.jpg Home - NATSU FAST https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1599027530506-H839A49ZWP4TEGZR797J/SKINNY_thumb_3268.jpg Home - NATSU FAST https://www.sakematters.com/home/hello-moto monthly 0.5 2020-08-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1598257303149-YIG3GYN07UUYF4DB7PG9/IMG_6441.jpg Home - HELLO MOTO Each brewery’s products has a dedicated designer involved with the label. Shinsuke Nakayama is responsible for these labels https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1598257593477-TTF3W37C48KZS2FSJ4V6/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_1a6f.jpg Home - HELLO MOTO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1598257596730-OFLX4IIB6UNVM43BA44C/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_1a52.jpg Home - HELLO MOTO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1598256963503-53V9E39TR3AA7HB71OU8/Screen+Shot+2020-08-18+at+16.20.04.png Home - HELLO MOTO ‘Peaks’ (left) is Kimoto; ‘Dots’ (middle) is Yamahai; ‘Balls(!)’ (right) wasn't available for purchase https://www.sakematters.com/home/especially-for-you-a-tale-of-two-sakes monthly 0.5 2020-08-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1597127419182-38HFP00WWMI3DO2V84BP/IMG_1283.JPG Home - ESPECIALLY FOR YOU / A TALE OF TWO SAKES Okonomiyaki: It’s all in the presentation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1597128327019-HSZDKTENR8XXBWYBRQB4/Stats.jpg Home - ESPECIALLY FOR YOU / A TALE OF TWO SAKES https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1597127975605-A1G6ONZ4CAOZ1VR159VE/Bottles.jpg Home - ESPECIALLY FOR YOU / A TALE OF TWO SAKES https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1597127185057-EUG7BKAV8NSXOFBNV7WR/P1010219.JPG Home - ESPECIALLY FOR YOU / A TALE OF TWO SAKES Hiroshima Peace Park and beyond it, the Genbaku Dome (2006) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1597127052815-2J3WW0RX4AQC7BBU45CZ/P1010222.JPG Home - ESPECIALLY FOR YOU / A TALE OF TWO SAKES The art of fugu. Note the selection of Sakes behind, if only I knew https://www.sakematters.com/home/in-defence-of-honjozo monthly 0.5 2020-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1596022836754-C9ESVJ7D1NY36F9UJ55U/Screen+Shot+2020-07-29+at+14.04.27.png Home - IN DEFENCE OF HONJOZO “Hapless” Honjozo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1596086093933-4WXSVAN8FON4R8M7KY6W/IMG_6438.jpg Home - IN DEFENCE OF HONJOZO Also decent as Nigori - there’s no end to Honjozo’s talents https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1596085967208-ECQAR43CKM3D652CBFA7/Label+Mine.jpg Home - IN DEFENCE OF HONJOZO Tokubestsu Honjozo 特別本醸造 - this one polished to a Ginjo-esque 55% https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1596022687351-5YHS63PDQZLC7BLQM8HX/Screen+Shot+2020-07-29+at+19.36.56.png Home - IN DEFENCE OF HONJOZO Tokutei-meisho-shu: Special Designation Sake Grades Courtesy of Timothy Sullivan & UrbanSake.com https://www.sakematters.com/home/staying-at-home-is-the-new-going-out monthly 0.5 2020-07-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1594802426528-W3CFXHXXQAPPLJO2JW5F/Screen+Shot+2020-07-14+at+13.01.39.png Home - STAYING AT HOME IS THE NEW GOING OUT Just head to YouTube and sing along https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1594807783417-FTX0G3YWBAJWZAA4F5CZ/Rice+Terraces.png Home - STAYING AT HOME IS THE NEW GOING OUT Yamaguchi Prefecture, where the magic happens https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1594804806139-T1RO0XSAELA2TOOBHAU9/SummerTrifle_540.jpg Home - STAYING AT HOME IS THE NEW GOING OUT Probably the ultimate pairing for Comori https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1594804478653-4567L2AX4P662XD2KL0M/Sake+Information.jpg Home - STAYING AT HOME IS THE NEW GOING OUT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1594803881302-991PPOBE0YQSK2JAVIMN/Montage+-+Comori.jpg Home - STAYING AT HOME IS THE NEW GOING OUT https://www.sakematters.com/home/power-of-3 monthly 0.5 2020-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e96799c27ead06f534c181b/1593998297124-P5U6VO18R3NZYRZHRIS0/Screen+Shot+2020-07-06+at+09.16.40.png Home - 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