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60 class sheets from Wednesday Lessons and Flights, 2022 to present. Each sheet includes the bottles we poured + tech and price (at the time they were written) and for the Flight series, a deeper background into the subject matter of the week. Fully searchable with pdf copies + webpage text.
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40 prefectures + 8 abroad · 143 breweries · 60 sheets
Portal to the Past· a series (7 so far)
A run through Japanese history, as interpreted through the context of sake— one era at a time.
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Mar 2026Through Sake, a Portal to the Past: Jomon to Asuka (0 AD - 794 AD)
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Apr 2026Through Sake, a Portal to the Past #2: Nara through Heian (794 - 1185 AD)
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Apr 2026Through Sake, a Portal to the Past #3: Kamakura Period - Muromachi Period (1185 - 1467 AD)
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May 2026Through Sake, a Portal to the Past #4: Muromachi to Sengoku- Warring States (1467 - 1615 AD)
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Jun 2026Through Sake, a Portal to the Past #5: Early Edo / Genroku Jidai (1615- 1750 AD)
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Aug 2026Through Sake, a Portal to the Past #6: Late Edo (1750 - 1868 AD)
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Oct 2026Through Sake, a Portal to the Past #7: Meiji Jidai (1868-1912 AD)
By prefecture (region)· 58 sheets across 48
Map viewFind a sheet by where it came from
Oct 2026Through Sake, a Portal to the Past #7: Meiji Jidai (1868-1912 AD)
Sep 2026Chocolate + Sake Pairing Flight
Sep 2026Nigori + Hazy Discovery
Aug 2026Wednesday Flight: Chiyo Shuzo - Shinomine
Aug 2026Tetsuro Igarashi, Kumazawa Shuzo / Miho Imada, Fukucho Shuzo — Wednesday Lessons
Aug 2026Through Sake, a Portal to the Past #6: Late Edo (1750 - 1868 AD)
Flight 26Wednesday Flight #26: Kyuju Pa- 90 and Still Kickin'
Jul 2026Fuji to Hood / Sake to Beer - Special Flight, 7/14-19
Jul 2026Wednesday Flight: Kaze no Mori - Wind of the Woods
Jul 2026 · v2@supportsake Natsuzake Flight
Jul 2026 · v1@supportsake Natsuzake Flight
Jun 2026Itakura Shuzo: The Sake of Kojima Toji Passing on the Legacy of Omiki and San’in Ginjo Brewing
Jun 2026Through Sake, a Portal to the Past #5: Early Edo / Genroku Jidai (1615- 1750 AD)
Flight 21Wednesday Flight #21: Staff Picks (and you thought *I* was verbose!)
May 2026Through Sake, a Portal to the Past #4: Muromachi to Sengoku- Warring States (1467 - 1615 AD)
Flight 8Wednesday Flight #8: Hiroshima: Birthplace of Ginjo Brewing
Apr 2026Through Sake, a Portal to the Past #3: Kamakura Period - Muromachi Period (1185 - 1467 AD)
Apr 2026Through Sake, a Portal to the Past #2: Nara through Heian (794 - 1185 AD)
Mar 2026Through Sake, a Portal to the Past: Jomon to Asuka (0 AD - 794 AD)
Flight 14Wednesday Flight #14: Shiga Magic
Flight 12Wednesday Flight #12: Unpacking Junmai Ginjo
Flight 6Wednesday Flight #6 One Sake, One Poem
Flight 3Wednesday Flight #3: Gohyakumangoku
Aug 2025Weird Ones Vol 3
Flight 1Wednesday Flight #1: Ishikawa Sake
Lesson 51Wednesday Lessons #51: Sake & Sumo
Lesson 49Wednesday Lessons #49: Taruzake
Lesson 46Wednesday Lessons #46: Kamenoo 亀の尾
Lesson 45Wednesday Lessons #45: Nina & Molly Top 6
Lesson 42Wednesday Lessons #42: Yamagata
Lesson 41Wednesday Lessons #41: Tomita Shuzo / Shichi Hon Yari w/ Eli Nygren
Lesson 40Wednesday Lessons #40: Hanakobo
Aug 2024Weird Ones Vol 2
Lesson 35Wednesday Lessons #35: Alice Jun, Hana Makgeolli
Lesson 34Wednesday Lessons #34: Shinkame & Akishika
Lesson 33Wednesday Lessons #33: Okayama Sake
Lesson 31Wednesday Tuesday Lessons #31: Kawatsuru, Yamada Shoten & Chiyonosono
Lesson 30Wednesday Lessons #30: Seasonality
Lesson 29Wednesday Lessons #29: Kurajo- Women Toji
Lesson 28Wednesday Lessons #28: Nigori
Lesson 27Wednesday Lessons #27: Yamahai
Lesson 24Wednesday Lessons #24: Seimaibuai
Lesson 23Wednesday Lessons #23: Aged Sake & Sake Aging
Lesson 22Wednesday Lessons #22: Kamoizumi Shuzo + Meet the Brewer
Lesson 19Wednesday Lessons #19: Namazake (2)
Lesson 16Wednesday Lessons #16: Rice, Farming, and Future
Lesson 15Wednesday Lessons #15: Sake 101 According to Andrew Lamb of Highwater Sake
Jun 2023Wednesday Lessons: Koji!
Jun 2023Wednesday Lessons 6/14/23: Kyoto Sake
Apr 2023Wednesday Lessons 4/25/23 Brooklyn Kura - $15 tasting
Feb 2023Wednesday Lessons: Niigata — Land of Rice & Snow
Feb 2023Wednesday Lessons 2/1/23 Kimoto: Traditional Brewing
Jan 2023Wednesday Lessons 1/11/23 Taruzake: Wood-Matured Sake
Dec 2022Wednesday Lessons 12/28/22 Daiginjo & Junmai Daiginjo
Dec 2022Wednesday Lessons: Koshu
Nov 2022Wednesday Lessons 11/30/22 Heiwa Shuzo Spotlight w/ Bryan West of Fifth Taste
Nov 2022Wednesday Lessons: Kanzake
Nov 2022Wednesday Lessons: Namazake
By brewery· 59 sheets across 143
Map viewBreweries, grouped by prefecture
Oct 2026Through Sake, a Portal to the Past #7: Meiji Jidai (1868-1912 AD)
Sep 2026Chocolate + Sake Pairing Flight
Sep 2026Nigori + Hazy Discovery
Aug 2026Wednesday Flight: Chiyo Shuzo - Shinomine
Aug 2026Tetsuro Igarashi, Kumazawa Shuzo / Miho Imada, Fukucho Shuzo — Wednesday Lessons
Aug 2026Through Sake, a Portal to the Past #6: Late Edo (1750 - 1868 AD)
Flight 26Wednesday Flight #26: Kyuju Pa- 90 and Still Kickin'
Jul 2026Fuji to Hood / Sake to Beer - Special Flight, 7/14-19
Jul 2026Wednesday Flight: Kaze no Mori - Wind of the Woods
Jul 2026 · v2@supportsake Natsuzake Flight
Jul 2026 · v1@supportsake Natsuzake Flight
Jun 2026Itakura Shuzo: The Sake of Kojima Toji Passing on the Legacy of Omiki and San’in Ginjo Brewing
Jun 2026Through Sake, a Portal to the Past #5: Early Edo / Genroku Jidai (1615- 1750 AD)
Flight 21Wednesday Flight #21: Staff Picks (and you thought *I* was verbose!)
May 2026Through Sake, a Portal to the Past #4: Muromachi to Sengoku- Warring States (1467 - 1615 AD)
Flight 8Wednesday Flight #8: Hiroshima: Birthplace of Ginjo Brewing
Apr 2026Through Sake, a Portal to the Past #3: Kamakura Period - Muromachi Period (1185 - 1467 AD)
Apr 2026Through Sake, a Portal to the Past #2: Nara through Heian (794 - 1185 AD)
Mar 2026Through Sake, a Portal to the Past: Jomon to Asuka (0 AD - 794 AD)
Flight 14Wednesday Flight #14: Shiga Magic
Flight 12Wednesday Flight #12: Unpacking Junmai Ginjo
Flight 6Wednesday Flight #6 One Sake, One Poem
Flight 3Wednesday Flight #3: Gohyakumangoku
Aug 2025Weird Ones Vol 3
Flight 1Wednesday Flight #1: Ishikawa Sake
Lesson 51Wednesday Lessons #51: Sake & Sumo
Lesson 49Wednesday Lessons #49: Taruzake
Lesson 46Wednesday Lessons #46: Kamenoo 亀の尾
Lesson 45Wednesday Lessons #45: Nina & Molly Top 6
Lesson 42Wednesday Lessons #42: Yamagata
Lesson 41Wednesday Lessons #41: Tomita Shuzo / Shichi Hon Yari w/ Eli Nygren
Lesson 40Wednesday Lessons #40: Hanakobo
Lesson 39Wednesday Lessons #39: Pairing Basics (Vegan)
Aug 2024Weird Ones Vol 2
Lesson 35Wednesday Lessons #35: Alice Jun, Hana Makgeolli
Lesson 34Wednesday Lessons #34: Shinkame & Akishika
Lesson 33Wednesday Lessons #33: Okayama Sake
Lesson 31Wednesday Tuesday Lessons #31: Kawatsuru, Yamada Shoten & Chiyonosono
Lesson 30Wednesday Lessons #30: Seasonality
Lesson 29Wednesday Lessons #29: Kurajo- Women Toji
Lesson 28Wednesday Lessons #28: Nigori
Lesson 27Wednesday Lessons #27: Yamahai
Lesson 24Wednesday Lessons #24: Seimaibuai
Lesson 23Wednesday Lessons #23: Aged Sake & Sake Aging
Lesson 22Wednesday Lessons #22: Kamoizumi Shuzo + Meet the Brewer
Lesson 19Wednesday Lessons #19: Namazake (2)
Lesson 16Wednesday Lessons #16: Rice, Farming, and Future
Lesson 15Wednesday Lessons #15: Sake 101 According to Andrew Lamb of Highwater Sake
Jun 2023Wednesday Lessons: Koji!
Jun 2023Wednesday Lessons 6/14/23: Kyoto Sake
Apr 2023Wednesday Lessons 4/25/23 Brooklyn Kura - $15 tasting
Feb 2023Wednesday Lessons: Niigata — Land of Rice & Snow
Feb 2023Wednesday Lessons 2/1/23 Kimoto: Traditional Brewing
Jan 2023Wednesday Lessons 1/11/23 Taruzake: Wood-Matured Sake
Dec 2022Wednesday Lessons 12/28/22 Daiginjo & Junmai Daiginjo
Dec 2022Wednesday Lessons: Koshu
Nov 2022Wednesday Lessons 11/30/22 Heiwa Shuzo Spotlight w/ Bryan West of Fifth Taste
Nov 2022Wednesday Lessons: Kanzake
Nov 2022Wednesday Lessons: Namazake
Production & style· 59 sheets
Oct 2026Through Sake, a Portal to the Past #7: Meiji Jidai (1868-1912 AD)
Sep 2026Chocolate + Sake Pairing Flight
Sep 2026Nigori + Hazy Discovery
Aug 2026Wednesday Flight: Chiyo Shuzo - Shinomine
Aug 2026Tetsuro Igarashi, Kumazawa Shuzo / Miho Imada, Fukucho Shuzo — Wednesday Lessons
Aug 2026Through Sake, a Portal to the Past #6: Late Edo (1750 - 1868 AD)
Flight 26Wednesday Flight #26: Kyuju Pa- 90 and Still Kickin'
Jul 2026Fuji to Hood / Sake to Beer - Special Flight, 7/14-19
Jul 2026Wednesday Flight: Kaze no Mori - Wind of the Woods
Jul 2026 · v2@supportsake Natsuzake Flight
Jul 2026 · v1@supportsake Natsuzake Flight
Jun 2026Itakura Shuzo: The Sake of Kojima Toji Passing on the Legacy of Omiki and San’in Ginjo Brewing
Jun 2026Through Sake, a Portal to the Past #5: Early Edo / Genroku Jidai (1615- 1750 AD)
Flight 21Wednesday Flight #21: Staff Picks (and you thought *I* was verbose!)
May 2026Through Sake, a Portal to the Past #4: Muromachi to Sengoku- Warring States (1467 - 1615 AD)
Flight 8Wednesday Flight #8: Hiroshima: Birthplace of Ginjo Brewing
Apr 2026Through Sake, a Portal to the Past #3: Kamakura Period - Muromachi Period (1185 - 1467 AD)
Apr 2026Through Sake, a Portal to the Past #2: Nara through Heian (794 - 1185 AD)
Mar 2026Through Sake, a Portal to the Past: Jomon to Asuka (0 AD - 794 AD)
Flight 14Wednesday Flight #14: Shiga Magic
Flight 12Wednesday Flight #12: Unpacking Junmai Ginjo
Flight 6Wednesday Flight #6 One Sake, One Poem
Flight 3Wednesday Flight #3: Gohyakumangoku
Aug 2025Weird Ones Vol 3
Flight 1Wednesday Flight #1: Ishikawa Sake
Lesson 51Wednesday Lessons #51: Sake & Sumo
Lesson 49Wednesday Lessons #49: Taruzake
Lesson 46Wednesday Lessons #46: Kamenoo 亀の尾
Lesson 45Wednesday Lessons #45: Nina & Molly Top 6
Lesson 42Wednesday Lessons #42: Yamagata
Lesson 41Wednesday Lessons #41: Tomita Shuzo / Shichi Hon Yari w/ Eli Nygren
Lesson 40Wednesday Lessons #40: Hanakobo
Lesson 39Wednesday Lessons #39: Pairing Basics (Vegan)
Aug 2024Weird Ones Vol 2
Lesson 35Wednesday Lessons #35: Alice Jun, Hana Makgeolli
Lesson 34Wednesday Lessons #34: Shinkame & Akishika
Lesson 33Wednesday Lessons #33: Okayama Sake
Lesson 31Wednesday Tuesday Lessons #31: Kawatsuru, Yamada Shoten & Chiyonosono
Lesson 30Wednesday Lessons #30: Seasonality
Lesson 29Wednesday Lessons #29: Kurajo- Women Toji
Lesson 28Wednesday Lessons #28: Nigori
Lesson 27Wednesday Lessons #27: Yamahai
Lesson 24Wednesday Lessons #24: Seimaibuai
Lesson 23Wednesday Lessons #23: Aged Sake & Sake Aging
Lesson 22Wednesday Lessons #22: Kamoizumi Shuzo + Meet the Brewer
Lesson 19Wednesday Lessons #19: Namazake (2)
Lesson 16Wednesday Lessons #16: Rice, Farming, and Future
Lesson 15Wednesday Lessons #15: Sake 101 According to Andrew Lamb of Highwater Sake
Jun 2023Wednesday Lessons: Koji!
Jun 2023Wednesday Lessons 6/14/23: Kyoto Sake
Apr 2023Wednesday Lessons 4/25/23 Brooklyn Kura - $15 tasting
Feb 2023Wednesday Lessons: Niigata — Land of Rice & Snow
Feb 2023Wednesday Lessons 2/1/23 Kimoto: Traditional Brewing
Jan 2023Wednesday Lessons 1/11/23 Taruzake: Wood-Matured Sake
Dec 2022Wednesday Lessons 12/28/22 Daiginjo & Junmai Daiginjo
Dec 2022Wednesday Lessons: Koshu
Nov 2022Wednesday Lessons 11/30/22 Heiwa Shuzo Spotlight w/ Bryan West of Fifth Taste
Nov 2022Wednesday Lessons: Kanzake
Nov 2022Wednesday Lessons: Namazake
Special interest· 60 sheets
Oct 2026Through Sake, a Portal to the Past #7: Meiji Jidai (1868-1912 AD)
Sep 2026Chocolate + Sake Pairing Flight
Sep 2026Nigori + Hazy Discovery
Aug 2026Wednesday Flight: Chiyo Shuzo - Shinomine
Aug 2026Tetsuro Igarashi, Kumazawa Shuzo / Miho Imada, Fukucho Shuzo — Wednesday Lessons
Aug 2026Through Sake, a Portal to the Past #6: Late Edo (1750 - 1868 AD)
Flight 26Wednesday Flight #26: Kyuju Pa- 90 and Still Kickin'
Jul 2026Fuji to Hood / Sake to Beer - Special Flight, 7/14-19
Jul 2026Wednesday Flight: Kaze no Mori - Wind of the Woods
Jul 2026 · v2@supportsake Natsuzake Flight
Jul 2026 · v1@supportsake Natsuzake Flight
Jun 2026Itakura Shuzo: The Sake of Kojima Toji Passing on the Legacy of Omiki and San’in Ginjo Brewing
Jun 2026Through Sake, a Portal to the Past #5: Early Edo / Genroku Jidai (1615- 1750 AD)
Flight 21Wednesday Flight #21: Staff Picks (and you thought *I* was verbose!)
May 2026Through Sake, a Portal to the Past #4: Muromachi to Sengoku- Warring States (1467 - 1615 AD)
Flight 8Wednesday Flight #8: Hiroshima: Birthplace of Ginjo Brewing
Apr 2026Through Sake, a Portal to the Past #3: Kamakura Period - Muromachi Period (1185 - 1467 AD)
Apr 2026Through Sake, a Portal to the Past #2: Nara through Heian (794 - 1185 AD)
Mar 2026Through Sake, a Portal to the Past: Jomon to Asuka (0 AD - 794 AD)
Flight 14Wednesday Flight #14: Shiga Magic
Flight 12Wednesday Flight #12: Unpacking Junmai Ginjo
Flight 6Wednesday Flight #6 One Sake, One Poem
Flight 3Wednesday Flight #3: Gohyakumangoku
Aug 2025Weird Ones Vol 3
Flight 1Wednesday Flight #1: Ishikawa Sake
Lesson 51Wednesday Lessons #51: Sake & Sumo
Lesson 49Wednesday Lessons #49: Taruzake
Lesson 46Wednesday Lessons #46: Kamenoo 亀の尾
Lesson 45Wednesday Lessons #45: Nina & Molly Top 6
Lesson 42Wednesday Lessons #42: Yamagata
Lesson 41Wednesday Lessons #41: Tomita Shuzo / Shichi Hon Yari w/ Eli Nygren
Lesson 40Wednesday Lessons #40: Hanakobo
Lesson 39Wednesday Lessons #39: Pairing Basics (Vegan)
Aug 2024Weird Ones Vol 2
Lesson 35Wednesday Lessons #35: Alice Jun, Hana Makgeolli
Lesson 34Wednesday Lessons #34: Shinkame & Akishika
Lesson 33Wednesday Lessons #33: Okayama Sake
Lesson 31Wednesday Tuesday Lessons #31: Kawatsuru, Yamada Shoten & Chiyonosono
Lesson 30Wednesday Lessons #30: Seasonality
Lesson 29Wednesday Lessons #29: Kurajo- Women Toji
Lesson 28Wednesday Lessons #28: Nigori
Lesson 27Wednesday Lessons #27: Yamahai
Lesson 24Wednesday Lessons #24: Seimaibuai
Lesson 23Wednesday Lessons #23: Aged Sake & Sake Aging
Lesson 22Wednesday Lessons #22: Kamoizumi Shuzo + Meet the Brewer
Lesson 19Wednesday Lessons #19: Namazake (2)
Aug 2023Weird Ones Vol 1
Lesson 16Wednesday Lessons #16: Rice, Farming, and Future
Lesson 15Wednesday Lessons #15: Sake 101 According to Andrew Lamb of Highwater Sake
Jun 2023Wednesday Lessons: Koji!
Jun 2023Wednesday Lessons 6/14/23: Kyoto Sake
Apr 2023Wednesday Lessons 4/25/23 Brooklyn Kura - $15 tasting
Feb 2023Wednesday Lessons: Niigata — Land of Rice & Snow
Feb 2023Wednesday Lessons 2/1/23 Kimoto: Traditional Brewing
Jan 2023Wednesday Lessons 1/11/23 Taruzake: Wood-Matured Sake
Dec 2022Wednesday Lessons 12/28/22 Daiginjo & Junmai Daiginjo
Dec 2022Wednesday Lessons: Koshu
Nov 2022Wednesday Lessons 11/30/22 Heiwa Shuzo Spotlight w/ Bryan West of Fifth Taste
Nov 2022Wednesday Lessons: Kanzake
Nov 2022Wednesday Lessons: Namazake