Saturday 11/2 11 AM – 6 PM
Hester Street Fair
Hester St + Essex Street, New York, New York 10002
Hester Street Fair, Sake Discoveries and The Izakaya are proud to present our first annual Sake Festival featuring the best sake breweries from Japan alongside a variety of Japanese food and other unique vendors! We will also be welcoming Master brewers from Japan pouring sake for you.
Meet Master Brewers from 12pm-5pm
Yuzo Kuji from Nanbu Bijin located in Iwate prefecture will be in attendance along with Masayuki Imanishi from Mimurosugi in Nara. We are also proud to welcome Brian Polen and Brandon Doughan, our very own locally made sake from Brooklyn Kura. Meet special guest Kuramotos from Japan and NY’s first sake brewery, Brooklyn Kura!
This is a rare opportunity to have the younger generations of these sake breweries come together for an event here in NYC!
Sake tasting ticket is available here now. The ticket includes tasting of all the SAKES at the festival.
What To Drink
Nanbu Bijin: Award winning brewery from Iwate prefecture
Yuzo Special Miyama Junmai 60 served hot
Nanbu Bijin Tokubetsu Junmai served chilled and hot
Nanbu Bijin No Sugar Umeshu served chilled and hot
Imanishi Shuzo: Mimurosugi, just made a US debut, from Nara prefecture
Mimurosugi Junmai Daiginjo served chilled
Mimurosugi Junmai Ginjo served chilled
Mimurosugi Tokubetsu Junmai served chilled and hot
Brooklyn Kura
Junmai Ginjo Nama Genshu (unpasteurized)
Tatenokawa Brewery: Brewery from Yamagata prefecture
The Izakaya exclusive “Relax Sake” brewed by Tatenokawa Brewery:
Special Guests
Urbani Truffles will be offering some fun ways to enjoy sake. We will serve original sake blends (kan sake) for the day and we will also have “Truffle-Kan” which is a super luxurious way to enjoy warm sake infused with Urbani Truffles!
What to Eat
Original Ramen Burger by Keizo Shimamoto.
The Izakaya will be serving Jingisukan burgers, their new lotus root and curry
Rooster Boy will feature their koji marinated Japanese-American fried chicken.
OtakuKatsu will offer their Pork Katsu sando
Brooklyn Ramen will be serving two different ramen
Hakata Tonton is also serving some Japanese bites