SAKE: The History, Personal Stories and Craft of Japan\'s Artisanal Breweries is a compendium of the most important generational Sake breweries in Japan, featuring profiles of and interviews with the passionate families who run these operations, along with luxurious photography of the small batch processes, landscape and people involved.
Because many of these breweries and distilleries do not actively export their products outside Japan, beverage professionals will discover many brands that they wish to contact and consider importing for their menus..
Well initiated enthusiasts will benefit from a curated list of sake, shochu and awamori breweries and distilleries they can further research, buy and taste.
For novices, it will open a window to the world of Sake and the stories of the passionate people who make it.
Beautifully illustrated with full color photography by one of the world\'s top travel photographers (Jason Lang), the book will appeal to a broad audience but is intended for readers outside of Japan.
To ensure a well-rounded approach, the book will also provide an introduction to unique shochu and awamori distilleries, two close relatives of sake.
In addition to the colorful, deeply personal stories behind the owners and brewers, the book will serve as a guide to Japan\'s most unique generational sake, helping to enlighten a new drinking audience on artisanal alternatives to the popular mainstream offerings.
However, despite 21st century globalization, it remains an industry that is little understood by outsiders, regardless of the fact that there is growing interest.
Today, Japan even hosts a National Sake Day.
For over 2000 years, Sake has been a uniquely Japanese product in some shape or form.
The 75 profiles include 60 Sake breweries, 10 shochu distilleries and 5 awamori distilleries from Okinawa all the way to Hokkaido for geographic and stylistic diversity.
SAKE: The History, Personal Stories and Craft of Japan\'s Artisanal Breweries is a compendium of the most important generational Sake breweries in Japan, featuring profiles of and interviews with the passionate families who run these operations, along with luxurious photography of the small batch processes, landscape and people involved
