HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
TO ALL OF OUR SAKE LOVING FRIENDS
We wish you and your loved ones health and happiness this holiday season. While the celebrations may have to be a bit different this year, let us celebrate nonetheless. As our gift to you, we’ve made shipping within NYS free with any order $50 or more. Just use the code “YOIOTOSHIWO” (Have a good year! よい おとし を) at checkout.
Thank you for all the support you’ve shown us this year and we hope to bring you a little bit of joy with every sip.
Kanpai!
Kato Sake Works
WARM SAKE AT LAST!
For those cold winter walks home, we’ve warmed up some individual servings of sake to carry with you. Think of it as a delicious hand warmer.
To get the perfect temperature, we’re making use of Shinobu’s Oden cooker as a hot water bath… but just in case you don’t have one of those lying around at home, there are a few easy ways to reheat your jars (or heat any sake for that matter).
If you have a double broiler or Sous Vide, those work perfectly. Otherwise, we recommend carefully placing your mason jar of sake in a warm pot of water (allow the water to reach just below the lid line on your jar). Whichever method you choose, heat your water to 130ºF first and then bring your sake to roughly that temperature. The key is to get it warm- not sizzling hot- to maintain all the complex flavors. That’s it!
Note: You can also simply remove the lid and microwave your jar of sake for 20-30seconds. The quick zap won’t affect the flavor and it’s definitely an easy alternative.
Come by and grab your own warm jar of sake between 12-7 Wednesday-Saturday.
OTOSO
What better way to ring in the New Year than to rid yourself of past evils and welcome in luck and good fortune for the future? Otoso 屠蘇 is a traditional Japanese beverage made by infusing sake and/or mirin with a blend of healing herbs and spices. It’s meant to be shared with friends and family first thing on New Year's Day and here in Bushwick we have made our own blend for you to enjoy, on us.
The kanji for otoso (屠蘇) represents “reviving the soul” and “slaughtering evil”... sounds pretty nice, doesn't it? Here is our step by step process:
Directions: Stop by the shop and we’ll give you an otoso packet at the door. Remove the teabag from the pouch and steep it in sake, mirin, or a mixture of sake + mirin for anywhere between 4-8 hours. Our preference is about 4 hours in a 50/50 sake/mirin blend.
HOLIDAY TREAT!
Our friends at Koji Club have shared this recipe for Folu Akinkoutu’s delicious Sake Kasu Cake with Orange Blossom Sugar and Ginger Whipped Cream that may just be the perfect holiday treat to go with your sake this year.
If you don’t know much about sake kasu, it’s basically the nutrient-rich by-product of sake. We have plenty of it at the brewery every time we press, so just ask us for a container with your next sake purchase and we’ll be happy to give you some to cook with! You can use it to make amazake, to marinate meats, and in this case- to make your cake moist and full of delicious sake flavor.
Here is the recipe (with beautiful pictures and helpful instructions) posted on the Koji Club Blog:
Thank you so much for sharing, Koji Club!
< KSW
PS: This will be Shinobu on Christmas Day:
