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Spotlight · summer 2026
Bucking tradition, honoring tradition
A limited release collaboration between our neighbors Smith Teamaker and our good friends at Fukushima craft brewery haccoba has landed in Portland.
kanzake
Okan Lover Masterclass- Kanzake basics & class notes
In our January kanzake (hot sake) master class with Okan Lover, Jo Takasaki of Takasaki no Okan and "Akai" Kohei of Niida Honke, we...
cold weather
Matsutake-zake: The joys of warm sake infused with cinnamon-flavored Fall mushrooms
Exploring the craft of Matsutake-zake: matsutake mushroom-infused hot sake, during the Autumn mushroom season in Portland, Oregon!
cold weather
Kanzake: dispelling the myths around hot sake
One of the great and unique pleasures of sake is the dimension of temperature, which can be used like an equalizer in a sound...
