Party pics: Joy of Sake 2012

 KevinSOshiro actually w/ everybody squeezing sake from eyedroppers, it was more of a sipfest :)

 nonstopmari  konaish Did I hear correctly that it was actually closer to 1400 people??

 Melissa808  konaish still cking ... i think the organizers are in recovery mode from the entire week, they worked their buns off and were still at it midnite friday, packing and hauling away boxes.

we went into the celebration guesstimating at 1400 but idk yet the final turnout.

 Melissa808 that sounds likely. our final count of paid ticketholders (not including restaurants, sake industry, armies of volunteers, media) was 1200. compare: joy of sake new york 600, joy of sake tokyo also about 600.

 nonstopmari Sadly, we focused more on the food, so missed out on many good sake.  I didn't even see the Shichida. sakeshop said my favorite Tamagawa "Kinsho" was by Philip Harper.  I'm looking forward to getting a bottle soon. Next year I need a game plan to optimize the night!

 konaish i hope phil harper knows how many ppl fell in love w/ his kinsho, which took a silver medal in the daiginjo b category. he was a judge too: he said the opening woody note (cedar) was what kept it from getting a gold, and he also minused points for that, but it's what makes me love this daiginjo.

 Cat yeah you would have enjoyed!! 

 Melissa808  Cat Right.

 sakeshop  Thank you for pointing me to some nummy sakes!

 sakeshop  Melissa808 Glad you got to participate this year and sample the sake. Next time we'll stick with you for tasting advice :)

 konaish  Melissa808  Truth be told, Malcolm & I were having such a great time eating & talking w/ friends we didn't get to taste all the sake we wanted to! I guess we were having too much fun to think about work ;p