Sake Exchange Tokyo (SET) @ SHIBUYA　Vol.4 : Hot off the press!

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【Event time & date】
24th January 12:00 - 16:00

【Venue】 Shibuya Branch http://kurand.jp/en/sakemarket/shibuya/

Directions to venue can be found below!

【Maximum Availability】
25

【Participation Fee】

Working Professionals: 3240 JPY

If you can prove that you are not working, I will also accept that.

Students: 1500 JPY

(If you are a student, please bring a form of student ID)

Women: 1500 JPY

• Guest: both you and your guest = 1500 JPY each

If you add a guest when you RSVP, you are and your guest will get a special discount so you can enter for 1500 JPY each.

(please try and bring exact change so that we can complete this part quickly)

【Contents】
・Compare over 100 different types of sake at your leisure.
・A guided tasting and sake workshop taught by a professional.
・Meet and make friends with people from other countries and cultures.

※BYOF welcome policy

【Theme】

Newly brewed sake. It is that time, when sake breweries all across the country announce the coming of new freshly pressed sake. But what exactly is new sake and what does it taste like? Find out more in Vol.4. The technical element of this SET will be quite detailed for those who want to learn more about how sake is made.

A sneak peak at the new ICE BREAKER game.

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【TIMETABLE】

12:00　Reception

**** ICE BREAKER: Who am I? special sake version ******

More Details HERE (https://www.meetup.com/%E6%9D%B1%E4%BA%AC-Japanese-sake-Meetup/pages/ICE_BREAKER_GAME_%3A_FIND_YOUR_SAKE_BREWING_TEAM)

12:30　Toast - Kanpai !

12:30 Lecture Start (20 mins)

12:50　A guided tasting of 6 newly brewed sakes (40 mins)

13：30～15:30　Free time / 3 hours of all you can taste sake

Over 100 different types to try !!!!!

（During this time you can try on happi coat or aprons and have your photo taken）

15:20 Last Order

15:30　Final toast & group photo (participation is not compulsory)

16：00 Event Finish

VOL 4 Tasting Flight (I promise much more detailed tasting notes later)

All sakes are shiboritate (freshly pressed) new brews, straight from the press with little or no extra processing — Fresh and vivacious!

<< The rice takes centre stage >>

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1. Cho Kame no O Kurabu Nama 2015 - Kyoto

Flavour: super balanced, crisp, clean a nice subtle sake to ease us into the flight.

Special Features: made with one of the only remaining true pure strains of superior sake brewing rice: Kame no O. Learn more about this rice.

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2. Shuho Junmai Tsuya Hime Shiboritate - Yamagata

Flavour: rich, fruity, surprisingly mature for a newly brewed sake.

Special Features: made with eating rice variety Tsuya Hime. Proof that sake doesn't have to be made with superior sake brewing rice to be delicious.

<< Atypical new brew >>

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3. Gunma Izumi Junmai Hatsu Shibori - Gunma Prefecture

Flavour - fresh, zingy, fruity.

Special Features: It's all about the water.

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4. Kunpeki Junmai Ginjo Nama Genshu Arabashiri - Aichi Prefecture

Flavour - rough, untamed, youthful flavour.

Special Features: The first, rough run of the press. Learn about the 3 different runs and the difference between them / how the flavour differs.

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5. Kurabito no Sake Daiginjo - Fukushima Prefecture

Flavour - Something a little different with hints of sake lees.

Special: Experience the sort of sake that people working in a brewery get to drink on a daily basis.

A super old brewery soaked in history.

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6. Hi no De Ikioi Masamune Mochigome 4 stage fermentation - Nagano

Flavour - soft sweetness of rice and freshness of tropical fruits

Special Features: 4 stage fermentation using mochigome sticky rice. Learn what 4 stage fermentation is including its origins.

Recommended Food Pairings to follow......

Food and soft drinks ARE allowed in the venue (no smelly food or food which takes up lots of space).

It would be awesome if you could bring food for everyone to share.

SET RULE (Please read and accept before RSVPing)

Getting blind drunk is not allowed.

(Please take responsibility and pace yourself while drinking plenty of water. The guideline is 2 times more than water. )

Anyone who is deemed to be beyond their limits will be ejected and banned from future meetups. Guests are strictly the responsibility of the member who brought them. We take no responsibility for accidents caused by over drinking.

NO YOUR LIMIT!

Directions to Venue

Directions: Exit the station via the Hachiko exit, cross the famous ‘Shibuya Crossing’ and take the left-most street, the one with a L’occitane on the corner. At the Shibuya 109 fork, choose the left street towards Dogenzaka. Head up the street and after about 5mins you will see a Toho Cinemas on your left hand side. Walk a little further up ,we are in the building opposite Royal Host.

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