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Ask questions to your fellow sake lovers and watch virtual tasting videos to get useful tips for your kampai time!
Premium sake is gluten free and additive free so you can enjoy it safely with your celiac friends. This is because by Japanese law, there are no additives allowed for it to be in the premium category—what they call tokutei meishoshu. So what ingredients are allowed for premium sake? It’s rice, rice koji, water, and yeast. Distilled alcohol is sometimes added at the end of fermentation, and is also a Read more
Ajino Machidaya in Nakano, Tokyo. Let’s face it. Japan is far (I live in the USA). Adding the fact the Japanese Sake is a delicate product which needs refrigeration (temperature control) for storage, there are logistical limitations which makes thing a lot harder for those who live outside of Japan. This limits the variety of sake you can get hold of with ‘reasonable’ effort. If you are the ki Read more
Sake is a dying art. So you can perhaps feel good about every dollar spent because it’s an industry that needs your help to sustain. In the year 2020, there are fewer sake breweries remaining, compared to around 1,400 sake breweries remaining in 2017 we mention on our website . This number is less than half of the reported 3,500+ breweries in 1970, and about 1/10 of breweries that existed in 1915. F Read more
Your December virtual tasting experience is here! For your second Sake Box, we have selected six bottles that are perfect to celebrate the holiday at home! Watch the video to learn how to enjoy exploring each bottle by Tippsy’s sake expert Sachiko. December Sake Box (for continuous subscribers) includes: Jinyu “100 Poems” Yaemon “Tsukiakari” Otokoyama Read more
I posted a question on how some sake can have complex fruity, floral, and at times earthy flavors and aromas when its main ingredient is rice. Domenic's reply lead me to this interesting article. https://en.sake-times.com/learn/the-s... Kanpai! Read more
Welcome to the seasonal Sake Box subscription! We are very excited that your sake journey is about to begin. For each box, our Sake Experts guide you through a virtual sake experience. Let’s step into the world of sake and taste the possibilities. For your first box, we’ve carefully chosen six mini bottles to represent the wide selection found across Japan: Jozen “Aged” fr Read more
We are very lucky to have volunteer staff members at Tippsy to help us build a strong sake lover community! These volunteers are awarded with a badge "Tippsy Ambassadors" and they are very knowledgeable in sake and how to enjoy it. Please feel free to ask them questions! Tippsy Ambassadors, please introduce yourself by commenting this article with items below: How long have you been a sake lover What is your Read more
Thank you for visiting the Tippsy Sake Community Forum! This forum is for all the sake lovers and sake beginners to get connected through asking questions and posting articles that are related to Japanese sake. You also have access to our virtual tasting videos made for our quarterly subscription boxes. A guide to each topic: Welcome This is where you start. Meet the Tippsy Team and feel free to introduce yourself! T Read more
