Sake Monkey

18 -19% ABV  Strong and Sweet

Serve cool to room temperature.  Bold is the result of special yeast and process controls unique to Sake pushing the limits of fermentation.  Drink as a shot of rice goodness or a lower alcohol mixer.

14 - 15% ABV  Balanced sweet and juicy  

Serve cold to cool temperature.  Hazy is a designed to go with various foods  with  sweetness to contrast the heat of a  taco or curry.

12% ABV  Delicate light  everyday drink

Serve cool to room temperature.   Pure is a lower alcohol sake which demonstrates the lightness and subtleness sake can achieve.   A very clean pure drink indeed.  

0% ABV  Sweet Kind reddish hue due to the addition of Black rice.

Serve cold to cool and add bubbles for fun!  This alcohol free drink makes a great mixer as well.  What is so special is that it was made with only two ingredients.    Rice, water and the magic of Koji mold.  Notice the black rice flavor.

Our Sake is made from four locally sourced ingredients:

Rice from northern California

Koji rice 

Santa Cruz Mountain water

Varietal yeasts

WE DO LOVE RICE!

We use the King of Rice Yamada Nishiki for our home grown Koji 

We also use a rare Black rice in our NotaSake to add a unique flavor and color

Yeast is the beast in Sake world

Various Sake yeasts are used to provide a variety of aroma and flavor.  

Beyond the ingredients, creating  great sake is all about process control.  Compared to beer brewing, Sake requires 4X the effort and attention to detail to actually get something you like and then make it the same again.   

I am Alan Grattan from Santa Cruz California and I love to create things.   I've been a semi pro beer brewer for 35 years and a few years ago I was looking for a challenge.  As a System Engineer, I experienced a lot of Asia up close and it feeds my curiosity.  So I took on Sake as a challenge.  For the last 5 years I have been traveling to Tokyo, taking classes (CSP and SPC2 from John Gaunter) , WSET 3, and an internship at Daimon Brewery in Osaka.  After experimenting with 0ver 90 Sake brews it's time to share what I have learned.  Sake brewing it is an endless rabbit hole of fun and discovery.  Thank You Thank you for being curious about my life long passion Sake!