Sake Revolution

About Sake Revolution

America's First Sake Podcast. Power to the Sake People! Join your hosts sake otaku John Puma and sake samurai Timothy Sullivan as they explore the world of Japanese Sake. This podcast will help you know where to get started with sake. Every week, we'll teach you something new about sake in a fun and easy to understand segment, we call the "Sake Education Corner". It wouldn't be a sake podcast with out some sake tasting! We'll profile and taste some of our favorite sakes. Check out the show notes if you'd like to get the sakes for yourself and taste along with us. We want to make sake accessible, fun and easy to understand. We hope you'll join us! Kanpai

Publisher

Timothy Sullivan, John Puma

Category

arts

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

28 Jan 2020

Latest episode

2 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

1 of 193 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   2 Sept 2026

   Sake Day Preview 2026

   Break out your calendars and clear your schedules, because Sake Day 2026 is almost here! October 1st is World Sake Day and this marks the traditional start of the sake brewing season in Japan, and here in the US, the sake celebrations stretch from late September all the way to mid-October. In this episode, John and Timothy run down Sake Day events happening from coast to coast (and even in between), with tastings, festivals, and celebrations in New York, San Francisco, San Diego, Denver, DC, ...

2. 

   27 Jul 2026

   Back To Basics: Honjozo

   Episode 190. Honjozo sometimes gets a bad rap. Somewhere along the way, "added alcohol" sake became viewed skeptically by some and Junmai sake wound up with all the glory. On Episode 190, John and Tim go back to basics to mount a defense of honjozo because as John puts it, "ginjo doesn't need a hero". In the glass we are sipping Atago no Matsu Tokubetsu Honjozo from Niizawa Jozo in Miyagi, a bottle that quietly flexes Grade A Yamadanishiki from Hyogo milled all the way down to 60%. It drinks ...

3. 

   1 Jun 2026

   Sponge Worthy: Castella Cake Meets Kikusui

   Episode 189. After six years of audio-only podcasting, Sake Revolution is officially on video — and we're celebrating by doing something dangerous... dangerously delicious, that is! John and Timothy are trying their hand at a 15-million-view viral sake challenge out of Japan: dipping castella cake into a can of Kikusui Funaguchi. A sake shop called Kurand started it. Kikusui's own social media team escalated it. And now America's first sake podcast is here to find out if castella cake is real...

Inside a recent episode

Funky Packaging: Koimari Nomanne Porcelain One Cups

Published 24 Feb 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And ask you, what is a one cup for our new listeners at home? Well, Stan, a one cup is just what it sounds like. It is a cup of sake that is sold in a pre-portioned 180 ml size. And it usually has like a pull tab foil cover on it. And usually they're made of glass. And it's like a grab-and-go thing you can get at the convenience store or at the train station. You peel off the top and you can drink right out of the cup a single serving. And these became popular from the 60s, and they're viewed as very utilitarian styles of sake. Yeah, I'd say that's right. And I think that, yeah, for me, I always associate it with those long train rides, those long Shinkansen rides. […]

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

52 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

50 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 60 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

85

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

90

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