Kampai! To celebrate World Sake Day, San Diego's BeShock Ramen and Quartyard are teaming up once again to host the San Diego Sake Festival on Sunday, September 29, from 2-6pm. Patrons will get a chance to taste some of the best sake from Japan, meet local brewers, and enjoy food pairings curated by East Village restaurants. We are raffling off two tickets to this event, so read on for details and be sure to enter!
Also attending the event is John Gauntner, who is recognized as the world's leading non-Japanese sake expert. A longtime Japan resident, he is well known among sake brewers and others within the sake industry and wrote the Nihonshu Column in the Japan Times for many years before writing a weekly column on sake in Japanese for the Yomiuri Shimbun, Japan's and the world's most widely distributed Japanese newspaper. He has published five books on sake and he is one of the first Sake Samurai in the world.
"I am very excited to celebrate the Japanese microbrewing and fermentation cultures with highly educated and enthusiast brew-loving San Diegans!" commented certified sake master and BeShock Ramen co-owner Ayaka Ito.
Tickets to the 2nd annual San Diego Sake Festival are available online for $40 until September 28 and $45 after that. Passes include a sake tasting glass, sake samples and food pairings. Get your tickets before the event sells out! Check out the video below to see scenes from last year's sold-out event.
