SAKE: The History, Stories and Craft of Japan’s Artisanal Breweries

SAKE is a compendium that showcases the generational sake breweries in Japan, featuring profiles of and interviews with the passionate families who run these operations, along with luxurious photography of the small batch processes, landscapes and people involved.

The 75 profiles include 60 sake breweries, 10 shochu distilleries and 5 awamori distilleries from Okinawa all the way to Hokkaido. Spanning all four seasons, SAKE showcases the geographic and stylistic diversity of the craft sake movement.

Produced by Sake Central co-founder Elliot Faber, SAKE features 75 profiles including 60 sake breweries, 10 shochu distilleries and 5 awamori distilleries from Okinawa all the way to Hokkaido for geographic and stylistic diversity.

Contributors: Elliot Faber (Author and Producer), Hayato Hishinuma (Author), Jason Lang (Photographer), Bernie Baskin (Director), Jalean Wong (Director)

Format: Hardcover 
Pages: 420 pages, fully illustrated throughout
Publisher: Gatehouse Publishing
Original Publication Date: 10/09/2015
2nd Edition Publication Date: 10/11/2021