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Barrel to Bottle welcomes Kimio Yonezawa, President and Toji at Akashi Tai Brewery and master distiller for Kaikyō Distillery.

It's our first-ever Saké episode on Barrel to Bottle. It may seem daunting but we're here to tell you: don't sleep on this stuff!

Pat is constantly extolling the virtues of aromatized wines. Finally, we have a guest who will actually agree with him and won’t just make fun of him. Jake Parrott is a friend of the pod and the Whiskey Hotline and is also the national sales director of Haus Alpenz. What Jake sells, and Pat loves, is woefully esoteric. But Binny’s customers, and Barrel to Bottle listeners, are enthusiasts.

Last week we covered the wonders of wormwood in our introduction to vermouth and aromatized wines.