Interview with Weston Konishi: President, Sake Brewers Association of North America
05/13/22 • 31 min
Episode 105. This week we interview and get to know Wes Konishi the President of the Sake Brewer’s Association of North America. Wes gives us the lowdown on the SBANA and their mission to help with establishing North American sake breweries and advocating for legislative form for the U.S. sake industry. Most of us sake lovers remember a special “A-ha” moment where we discovered the joys of premium sake for the first time, but Wes comes prepared with no less than two “a-has” that cemented his love for sake. Listen in as we discuss the path forward for sake education and sake literacy in the States. You won’t want to miss it!
Episode 105. This week we interview and get to know Wes Konishi the President of the Sake Brewer’s Association of North America. Wes gives us the lowdown on the SBANA and their mission to help with establishing North American sake breweries and advocating for legislative form for the U.S. sake industry. Most of us sake lovers remember a special “A-ha” moment where we discovered the joys of premium sake for the first time, but Wes comes prepared with no less than two “a-has” that cemented his love for sake. Listen in as we discuss the path forward for sake education and sake literacy in the States. You won’t want to miss it!
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Sake Revolution - Interview with Weston Konishi: President, Sake Brewers Association of North America
Transcript
Hello everybody. And welcome to Sake Revolution. This is America's first sake podcast, and I am one of your hosts, John Puma from the Sake Notes, also administrator at our friendly neighborhood, internet sake discord. And on this show, I'm the average everyday sake nerd.
Timothy SullivanAnd I am your host, Timothy Sullivan. I'm a Sake Samurai, sake educator, as well as the founder of the Urban Sake web
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