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 on Saturday, June 1, 2013.
JETAA Toronto has reserved 2 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.
Date: Saturday, June 1st
Where: 51 Gristmill Lane, Toronto (Distillery District)
Time: Tour #1 – 3:00-4:00pm (please arrive at 2:45pm), Tour #2 – 4:00-5:00pm (please arrive at 3:45pm)
Who: Due to limited capacity, priority will be given to JET Alumni for the tours.
Why: Learning About Japanese Culture + Sake Tasting + JETAA = すばらしい！
Price: $17.29 ($15 + HST + 2% Booking Fee) and you can get them at http://guestli.st/163074
Nijikai: Everyone is welcome! Approx. 5:30pm. The location is to be determined – we’ll keep you posted!
Due to tour capacity, there are only 15 tickets available for Tour #1 at 3:00pm and Tour #2 at 4:00pm respectively, so book your ticket ASAP. Please remember that tickets for Tour #1 and Tour #2 are NOT interchangeable, and must be used at the time indicated on the ticket.
If you have any questions, feel free to call Carl Sachs at 647-924-0521, or e-mail events@staging.jetaatoronto.ca, or check out the event page on facebook.
About 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/