Let’s Talk about Sake
We’re launching our new tour & Tasting program
Want to learn a little bit about how sake is made and take a peak behind the scenes? We’re so excited to welcome you in to have a seat at our bar for an educational tasting program, followed by a guided tour of the brewery. We’ll be posting first come, first served reservations weekly and encourage you to sign up quickly, as we only have 10 seats available per night!
For more information and booking, check out:
YUZU KOSHO… BUSHWICK EDITION
Traditional Japanese yuzu-kosho is a tangy, spicy, fermented condiment that uses yuzu zest, Japanese green pepper (kosho) and rice koji. Here at the brewery, we use lime and jalapeño that you can find anywhere in Bushwick and replace rice koji with sake kasu - you can pick that up at Kato Sake Works, free with any purchase. Happy fermenting!
Ingredients (for 1qt mason jar):
2oz lime zest (about 10 limes)
16oz jalapeño seeded and finely chopped (about 15 jalapeno)
7oz sake kasu (about one packet from KSW)
5oz salt
Instructions:
Zest your limes, chop your jalapeños, measure your salt and sake kasu, then mix all the ingredients by hand or with a food processor.
Once everything is combined, let it ferment in a sanitized jar for months to a year. Hint: Choose a warm, dry spot where you won’t forget about it!
(Pictured after 1 year of fermentation…)
Bonus: When you make yuzu-kosho, you’ll end up having many "naked" limes. We just squeeze them and make ponzu with our mirin. (For 1qt mason jar)
1-1/4 cups soy sauce
1 cup lime juice (about 10 limes)
5oz mirin
1 dashi pack
JOANIE’s MOVING TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD
As much fun as the commute from Park Slope was this past year, I’m overjoyed to be moving down the street from the brewery. Working in Bushwick, I’ve gotten to know such a wonderful community of people and now I get to call it my home too. So this is just a post to say that if you have any recommendations of where to eat/drink/chill in Bushwick, please share them with me! I’m brewing at Kato Sake Works most days so stop by any time and I’ll pour you a glass of sake in exchange :) See you soon!
< KSW
PS: World Sake Day is coming up and we can’t wait to share our specialty bottle made just for the occasion. Stay tuned!
