JETAA Culture Series 2013: Get Your Nihonshu On!

Update May 27th:  Tour #1 @ 3:00pm has been cancelled and is no longer available.  Tickets are still available for the 4:00pm tour!

Culture Series 2013 - Get Your Nihonshu On!

JETAA Toronto is proud to announce the first event in this year's Culture Series: Get Your Nihonshu On! An Educational Sake Tasting Tour at the Ontario Spring Water Sake Company.

Sake Tour Details

Date:  Saturday, June 1st
Where:  Ontario Spring Water Sake Company, 51 Gristmill Lane, Toronto (Distillery District)
Time:  Tour #2 - 4:00-5:00pm (Please arrive at 3:45pm)
Who:  Everyone!
Why:  Learning About Japanese Culture + Sake Tasting + JETAA = すばらしい！
Price:  $17.29 ($15 + HST + 2% Booking Fee)
Nijikai: Of course!  Everyone is welcome and appetizers will be provided.  The location is to be determined - we'll keep you posted!  Approx. 5:30pm.

JETAA Toronto has reserved a private, expert-guided tasting tours at the Ontario Spring Water Sake Company.  The tasting tour consists of an overview of the sake brewing process, raw materials and equipment, followed by a guided tasting of several of their freshly-brewed unpasteurized and pasteurized sakes.  The tasting tour takes about 1 hour and includes a souvenir IZUMI sake tasting cup.  Due to tour capacity, there are only 15 tickets available for Tour #2 at 4:00pm, so book your ticket ASAP.  

NOTE: As of May 27th, Tour #1 has been cancelled.

If you have any questions, feel free to call Carl Sachs at 647-924-0521, or e-mail events@jetaatoronto.ca.

Sake - Words of Wisdom from the Manyoshu Book of Poetry

"験無物乎不念者一坏乃濁酒乎可飲有良師"
Shirusi naki mono wo omohazu ha hitotsuki no nigoreru sake wo nomu beku aru rashi.
"Don't sweat the small stuff; have a cup of nigorizake instead."
- Man'yōshū Poem 338

The Ontario Spring Water Sake Company

The Ontario Spring Water Sake Company, located in Toronto’s Distillery District, is eastern North America’s first sake brewery. Combining traditional Japanese methods and recipes with delicious Ontario spring water, Torontonians and visitors alike can now enjoy fresh, unpasteurised, locally-brewed sake. Ontario Spring Water Sake Company is a member of the Brewing Society of Japan.

Their sake’s fresh and delightful flavour is enhanced by using specially selected spring water from northern Ontario. All of their sake is prepared in the “Junmai” (pure rice) style in several varieties for sale at the Distillery location brewery store and tasting counter. The brewery opened in February 2011 with advisory assistance from Miyasaka Brewing Co., Ltd. (whose operations in Japan date back to the 1600′s, currently producing sake under the MASUMI and MIYASAKA brands) and consulting master sake brewer Yoshiko Takahashi, an award winning brewmaster from the Nagano, Japan.

Check them out at http://ontariosake.com/