Make mine a small one

I was introduced to the fascinating world of sake today on a sake brewery tour. Sake is made by fermentation just like wine and beer but it involves a much more complex brewing process. Needless to say that at each brewery, and we visited four, there was a tasting corner where I may have overdone the sampling especially so early in the day…

The man in the picture has worked at the brewery for 59 years and was an enthusiastic advocate of sake. We even got to try sake hand cream and sake ice cream. Followed by a wonderful Japanese lunch at a traditional restaurant it was a great way to start the weekend!

It is the man who drinks the first bottle of sake; then the second bottle drinks the first, and finally it is the sake that drinks the man.
Japanese proverb