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17/08/2026

Sake Study Group & Social - 14 September - Shikoku & Kyushu 🍶🌾

The BSA Committee is excited to once again invite you to our ever-popular Study Group. Our theme for this meeting will be the sakes of Shikoku & Kyushu! 👏🏻👏🏻

🚀 Shikoku (Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime, Kochi) is a deeply underrated sake region. From olive yeast (Kagawa), Sakurahime yeast (Ehime) to yeast that has travelled to the deep sea and outer space (Kochi), these four prefectures have implemented extensive sake yeast programmes, which demonstrates innovation and creativity in how sake can be fermented.

🌋 Kyushu (Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Oita, Kumamoto, Miyazaki, Kagoshima) is the land where sake AND shochu co-exist harmoniously. Historically, the warm climate of Kyushu has discouraged sake brewing due to high rates of spoilage. Only Fukuoka and Saga have a stronger sake culture. Instead, shochu distillation dominates the other five prefectures.

🌟 Thus, for this study group, we also accept you bringing a bottle of shochu if you find it difficult to source a bottle of sake from the Kyushu region.

🧀 Join us at our usual meeting place — Vagabond Monument — where charcuterie and fromagerie, small plates, and the ever-popular steak sharers will provide a counterpoint to the wonderful range of sakes (and shochu maybe) kindly brought by attendees.

📅 Date: Monday, 14 September 2026
🕖 Time: 7pm to 9pm
📍 Address: Vagabond Monument, 51 Gracechurch Street, EC3V 0EH
(nearest stations: Monument, Cannon Street)

🎟️ Tickets: £28 for BSA Members ONLY

**We’re currently transitioning to a new payment system, which will be ready from 1 September. To join the event, please register your interest by emailing [email protected] (and cc [email protected]), and we will notify you about the payment.

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03/07/2026

📣 Save the Date — 23 November 2026 📣

BSA Grand Tasting of Sake & Shochu 🍶🌾

We are thrilled to announce that we will be back at the Crypt on the Green for this year’s Grand Tasting of Sake and Shochu on Monday, 23rd November 2026!! 👏🏻👏🏻

Explore 100+ sakes & shochu, meet producers and distributors from Japan and the UK, and discover everything from iconic favourites to rare, limited releases. Enjoy Japanese food, ceramics, cultural exhibitors, and a programme of masterclasses throughout the day.

New for 2026: Our keynote masterclass will be hosted by .official , Japan’s oldest registered sake brand. President Shirakishi-san will share the brewery’s centuries-old philosophy and approach to sake brewing.

BSA Members receive discounted Grand Tasting tickets and priority access to the keynote masterclass.
#酒 #日本酒 #焼酎

More details and tickets coming soon. We look forward to raising a glass with you in November.

15/06/2026

Sake & Sashimi Soirée with Oeno Maris – 9 July 🍶🐟

Join us for a special evening with our friends at artisan fishmonger & wine bar Oeno Maris, on Thursday, 9 July. 👏🏻👏🏻

Likely our last event as we head into the summer holidays, this will be a wonderful chance to get together with fellow BSA Members and sake-lovers alike — all while savouring the perfect marriage that is sake and sashimi. 🍣🥢

Included in your ticket is:
•⁠ ⁠Four tasting pours of sake, specially selected by the BSA Committee
•⁠ Premium Louët-Feisser oyster, and a plate of Oeno Maris’ curated sashimi selection including traceable Spanish Blue fin tuna, both Akami and Chūtoro, Japanese Hamachi, Scottish Loch Duart Salmon, and Sicilian Gambero Rosso
•⁠ ⁠All the trimmings! — fresh wasabi, nama shōyu, tosazu, and a bowl of rice

Tickets are strictly limited, so book early to avoid disappointment! We look forward to seeing you there.

📅 Date: Thursday, 9 July 2026
🕖 Time: 7:30pm onwards
📍 Address: 105 Newington Green Rd, London N1 4QY
(nearest stations: Canonbury overground, Dalston Kingsland overground)

🎟️ BSA Member Ticket: £62; Non-Member Ticket: £67

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05/06/2026

Special Study Group & Social - 29th June - Shochu & Spirits Distillation 🍠🌾

The BSA Committee is excited to announce a special study group focusing on shochu and spirits distillation! 👏🏻👏🏻

✔️ We are excited to invite David T. Smith , an International Wine & Spirits Competition (IWSC) judge, independent spirits writer, historian, and consultant, to explore the science of distillation together.

🧐 What makes shochu unique? How is shochu distillation different from other spirits’ distillation? How are the cuts made for the heads and tails of a shochu distillate?

🥃 We will be sampling different distillates from sake-based shochu – heads, hearts, tails, and the blended finished product – as well as different types of shochu from Japan as a comparison. , the President of BSA, will kindly be bringing the rare & premium ‘3M’ shochu – Maou, Murao, and Moriizo (魔王、村尾、森伊蔵) – to the study group!

📚 No prior knowledge of shochu and spirits distillation is needed! Just a curious heart to learn more about Japanese spirits!

🍣 Join us at UKIYO Handroll Bar (so not our usual meeting spot at Vagabond Monument!!) – where we will indulge ourselves with amazing handrolls prepared by the UKIYO team.

📅 Date: Monday, 29 June 2026
🕖 Time: 7pm to 9pm
📍 Address: 8 Slingsby Place, WC2E 9AB
(nearest stations: Leicester Square, Covent Garden)

🎟️ Tickets: £45 for BSA Members, £55 for non-BSA members
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04/06/2026

Bodaimoto Study Group 🍶⏳

Thank you to everyone who attended the Bodaimoto Study Group on Monday!

This study group is likely to be the first of its kind in the UK to taste and directly compare Bodaimoto sake from different sake producers. We went deep into the history and significance of Bodaimoto, and how this technological breakthrough in the past has shaped how sake is made today.

We first explored the differences between Nara and Okayama-style Bodaimoto, featuring Gozenshu’s sake and valuable insights from . newest Bodaimoto series also follows the Okayama-style recipe. brought not only MIRU but also KIKU, a Bodaimoto sparkling sake that has not yet been released (just released today!), and the study group was the first group to try it!

We then tasted the Nara-style Bodaimoto from each brewery in Bodai-ken (except Mimurosugi, which was sold out in Japan!). From the super dry-styled Kikutsukasa to dessert sake-like Takacho, each Bodaimoto sake had a strong personality. What was common among the different Bodaimoto sake was a lactic creaminess and tangy sensation. A show of hands in the room and the two favourite Bodaimoto sakes on the day were Yatagarasu and Takacho.

The study group ended with a climax, tasting Bodaisen, a zero-step fermented sake brewed in an earthenware pot on the grounds of Shoryaku-ji. Bodaisen is said to be the ‘OG’ Bodaimoto sake, and only 200 bottles were produced per vintage!

Excited about sake events and tasting seminars? Join or renew your membership now for the next study group! Members-only events occur quarterly with dinner gatherings, brewer evenings, and masterclasses. Membership is 40 per year with exclusive discounts on sake, shochu courses, and bottle purchases!! 👏🏻👏🏻

#酒 #日本酒 #菩提酛

18/05/2026

Team BSA judging sake at the International Wine Challenge in Hiroshima Japan. Delighted that 7 committee members and Directors were selected to participate in this exceptional competition with 1738 sakes entered. We will do our best!!!

06/05/2026

Sake Study Group & Social – 1 June — Bodaimoto🍶🌾

The BSA Committee is excited to once again invite Members to our ever-popular Study Group. Our theme for this meeting will be bodaimoto! 👏🏻👏🏻

☸️ Bodaimoto, directly translated as “Enlightened Starter”, was a fermentation starter (shubo) preparation method that dates back to the Muromachi Period (1336-1573). Buddhist temples, most notably Shoryaku Temple in Nara Prefecture, were the centres of sake production.

📖 Once extinct, sake breweries in Nara and Okayama have now revived bodaimoto by studying ancient sake recipes.

🦌 Every year, Bodai-ken (Nara Sake Research Group for Producing Sake using Bodaimoto) holds the Bodaimoto festival at Shoryaku Temple. Brewers prepare the fermentation starter from scratch and once it’s complete, the brewers will take a portion back to their brewery and produce a bodaimoto sake with their own take.

🗾 Currently, there are only seven breweries remaining in Bodai-ken, and we will be tasting six of the seven bodaimoto sakes from those breweries!

*As the BSA will be providing the bottles, don’t worry about finding a bottle for the study group!

📚 No prior knowledge on bodaimoto is needed! Just be prepared to be enlightened like the monks in medieval Japan!

🍣 Join us at UKIYO Handroll Bar (so not our usual meeting spot at Vagabond Monument!!) – where we will indulge ourselves with amazing sushi and handrolls prepared by the UKIYO team.

📅 Date: Monday, 1 June 2026
🕖 Time: 7pm to 9pm
📍 Address: 8 Slingsby Place, WC2E 9AB
(nearest stations: Leicester Square, Covent Garden)

🎟️ Tickets: £35 for BSA Members ONLY
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