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The 30-year dream of Dassai sake’s founder, Dassai Blue, is their first American brewery, now producing its first American-made sake. Dassai Blue is a premium Junmai Daiginjo sake made with Yamada Nishiki rice — the gold customary for sake — by way of conventional strategies resembling “tokomomi,” drying the rice by hand.
For now, Dassai Blue imports Japanese rice, however is cultivating Yamada Nishiki within the US to sow its personal sustainable provide chain. Open to guests for excursions and tastings, Dassai Blue’s 55,000-square-foot Hudson Valley, NY brewery additionally works with the Culinary Institute of America for certification applications, workshops, and occasions. 
