ARCHIVED Shochu Masterclass

Date & Time
A) Monday 7 March 2022 - 6pm for 6.30pm start
B) Tuesday 8 March 2022 - 6pm for 6.30pm start
*Please give your first and second choice in the booking form

Venue
ROKA Shochu Lounge
37 Charlotte Street
London W1T 1RR

Booking Details
Members (& guests): £65 per person
Non-Members: £80 per person
Includes an aperitif, tasting of five shochu plus a pairing of tasting dishes, and a ‘make-at-home’ shochu cocktail

Priority booking for members until Thursday 24 February 2022

Please note this is an in-person event subject to Covid regulations and the health and safety requirements at the venue. More details will be provided to attendees closer to the date.

THIS EVENT IS FULLY BOOKED

If you would like to be added to the waiting list, please email us at events@japansociety.org.uk

Following our successful sake tasting events in 2021, we are delighted to be partnering with the Japan Sake and Shochu Makers Association on two special shochu tasting masterclasses, including both lecture and tutored tasting. This is an ideal opportunity for members who would like to know a bit more about the production of shochu, the different styles of the drink, and how to enjoy it at home.

We are delighted to welcome Rie Yoshitake to give an introduction to shochu on behalf of the Japan Sake and Shochu Makers Association. We will also be joined by two shochu experts to guide us through the different varieties on offer: Satomi Okubo of Enshu Limited and Ryuichiro Okada of Kampai Cocktails. There will be plenty of time to ask questions and share observations over the course of the evening.

Guests will be welcomed with a special shochu-based aperitif followed by a tutored tasting of five different shochu: rice, barley, potato, sesame and awamori, which they will enjoy paired with a selection of tasting menus including sashimi, tempura and lamb cutlets. After learning the qualities of different styles of shochu and how best to drink them, at the end of the session participants will learn how to make your own shochu martini at home. 

All the shochu being served are available for purchase in the UK, so you’ll be able to continue enjoying your favourites even after the tasting has come to a finish!

Satomi Dosseur is a Japanese Sake specialist and Director of Enshu Ltd, providing SSI (Sake Service Institute) International’s Kikisake-shi course as well as sake related events, promotions and seminars. Satomi’s first encounter with sake and shochu was in the Japanese restaurant Kozue in the luxurious 5-star Park Hyatt Tokyo hotel. Satomi is certified by the SSI (Sake Service Institute) as a qualified Kikisake-shi and Shochu Kikisake-shi. She has also completed the Japan Sake Brewers Association’s Sake Brewing Technology Training for Executives in 2011. Satomi has been a judge in the Sake category of the International Wine Challenge since 2009, alongside becoming the head Sake sommelier at Zuma Restaurant. After working 9 years for Zuma, she left to become SSI International’s accredited educator in UK and launch her company, Enshu Ltd.

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