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, 2020 @ 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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Shochu Pros Shochu’sday #23: Shochu Day & Blind Sample A
October 28, 2020 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am
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.
Kanpai!
Shochu Pros Shochu’sday #22: Shochu School with Toshio Ueno
October 21, 2020 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am
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.