Kanpai London Sake Brewery & Taproom

Our awesome foursome... meet KANPAI's signature sakes. We brew all four of these styles throughout the season, with aim of always having a fresh bottle to hand... 🍶✌🏻

SORA - Honjozo; classic, dry, easy - pairs with everything
SUMI - Junmai; medium everything - absolute crowd pleaser
KUMO - Nigori; tropical, creamy, light cloudy - simply delicious
KAZE - Junmai Ginjo; juicy, luxurious - perfect for spicy foods

All brewed by our hands in London, exclusively using Japanese rice grown for us across three prefectures in Japan

Join us at KANPAI taproom for a special evening discussing all things sake with Toji (Master Brewer), Philip Harper of Kinosh*ta Brewing Company in Kyoto, Japan; famous for their Tamagawa sake.

This will be an intimate, fun, small-group tasting session, and will last approximately 1.5 hours - we will taste 4 x Tamagawa sake, including seasonal and limited editions - accompanied by a couple of small nibbles.

Book your tickets early to avoid disapointment.

Friday, 23rd August 2024 - 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm

Location: KANPAI taproom, 48 Druid Street, London, SE1 2EZ

£30 per person - link in bio to book 🎟️🍶

Now available online.... A very special, one-off limited edition pair of sakes. Brewed in conjuction with the YOSHIDA estate and Dulwich Picture Gallery; which is currently running an exhibit of artwork until November 2024. Celebrating three generations of print making, these two splendid artworks are courtesy of the Fukuoka Art Museum.

Each sake has been brewed to be reminiscent of the richer, traditional styles of sake enjoyed at the time of the early 20th century. Both sake are brewed using a single moromi, then split into two different styles - one cloudy and the other clear. Resulting in a complimentary Brother & Sister twin bottle pair.

Both sake are:

Medium/Sweet -14 SMV
Gohyakumangoku rice (Toyama, Japan)
Polishing rate 70%
#701 Japanese sake yeast
18.5% ABV / 375ml

Sulphite-free | Gluten-free | Preservative-free | Vegan

Artwork credit:
Yoshida Hiroshi, Kumoi Cherry Trees (detail), 1926
Yoshida Toshi, Shinjuku (detail), 1938
Courtesy Fukuoka Art Museum

Did someone say GROWLER...🍶

For the very first time, we now offer takeaway draft sake from all 8 of our sake taps. Grab a refillable growler today at the taproom, and take your favourite namazake home with you to enjoy at your leisure 🤤

As part of our dual mission to offer the freshest, best condition sake as possible; whilst simultaneously reducing unnecessary glass waste ♻️

Ask one of our beautiful taproom team on your next visit ❤️

Happy Birthday to us!!! Yes we are turning 8 🎉👏🏻❤️
Come celebrate with us on Thursday 27th June....

It will be party time at the taproom, free entry, DJs and 20% off all KANPAI sake by the glass 🤟🏻🍶🎧

5-11pm with DJs from 6pm until close... No need to book, just rock up and enjoy the vibes 💓🫨

Lo-fi, Japanese Dub & Trip-hop from + .rel

Plus, to say a big thank you for everyone's support over these past 8 years we are offering 8% off our online shop until the end of the month with code 'SAKEREVOLUTION' entered at checkout 🛒🛍️

KIOKU SAKE MASTERCLASS SERIES - Episode 2. KANPAI

Kioku Bar proudly presents the second episode of our Sake Masterclass Series, a celebration of the UK's first sake brewery, KANPAI - London Craft Sake. Experience an exceptional tasting of six distinct sakes, including one-off limited editions and seasonal labels, accompanied by delicate canapés and bar bites.

On hand to lead the masterclass is our esteemed special guest, Tom Wilson, the visionary founder, owner, and master brewer of KANPAI. Tom will share the inspiring story of the brewery's inception in 2016, delving into the process of blending modern British ingenuity with time-honoured Japanese techniques to create unique sake.

Join us at Kioku Bar for an unforgettable evening of sake exploration and discovery.

Tuesday 25th June | 5pm – 7pm | £75 per person

LINK IN BIO TO BOOK 🎟️

Here's the big one! We thought it might never be possible...
It's GOLD!!!! 🥇

The first non-Japanese style sake produced internationally to win Gold in the

What makes it even sweeter, is that we've been recognised for our different approach, as KURA is our aged sake series - where we use ambient ageing techniques to push namazake into intriguing directions - often applying wine techniques to create unique modern sake.

Thank you to everyone involved, and what a team we have! Huge congratulations to everyone who has contributed along this long winding road.

🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

Thrilled our Grand Cru TORI has won SILVER in this year's - with 92 points we are the highest scoring non-Japanese sake, and 3rd highest score overall ✌🏻🍶

Huge congratulations to the KANPAI team for the tremendous effort, such hard work and dedication - it's overwhelming to see this recognised in blind tasting 🙏🏻❤️

There are still some bottles of the 2023 vintage in stock, available through our online shop - grab them before they are gone forever... 🛒🛍️

New 2024 vintage will be released mid-summer 😎🔆

Here it is... the Yuzu Sake Paloma 🍋🍶🍹

Ready those taste buds, the ultimate thirst quencher has been created - available from 5pm today 🤤

• KANPAI Hana Yuzu
• Ocho Tequila
• Somerset 3yr Aged Cider
• Orange Bitters
• Pink Grapefruit Soda

Sunshine optional 🔆❤️

KITCHEN TAKEOVER 📢 - 8th to 19th May 🥟✌🏻

Starting next week, we welcome to KANPAI for a two week pop-up

Serving up Nepalese momos and other delights out of our taproom kitchen - including egg drop sandos, lamb neck skewers and their signature dumplings 🍢🥪🥟

Come down from Wednesday 8th May and enjoy!

Our Japanese izakaya menu will not be available during this time...

Back by popular demand!! And dare we say, better than ever…. ✌🏻☀️

A fresh, fragrant and juicy yuzu fruit sake. Light and clean with a zesty finish.

HANA meaning “FLOWER” is our premium fruit sake series. Pure British junmai sake infused with real fruits.

Carefully brewed low & slow, the final filtered junmai sake is blended with pure Japanese yuzu juice from the latest winter harvest in Kyushu, Japan; the pith, skin, oils and all is what makes our yuzu sake stay so fresh and aromatic.

Perfect for summer sipping with shellfish, a goats cheese salad, or mixed into a classy cocktail.

Sweet -38 SMV
Gohyakumangoku rice - polishing 70%
#701 Japanese sake yeast
14.0% ABV

Gluten-free | Preservative-free | Vegan

Available today from our online shop - link in bio 🛒

Join us this Sunday 28th + Monday 29th

The crew will be pouring 3 x British including a sneaky preview of a brand new seasonal release

To***co Docks, London
Doors open 10.00 am. Close 6.00 pm

• 185 artisan producers pouring from 20 countries
• 900 + wines on show
• Street food stalls, coffee, and beer
• Seminars and masterclasses given by trade experts

See you there ✌🏻🍶❤️

Celebrate the last day of in style with a very special hanami (cherry blossom viewing) themed sake pairing event! 🌸🍬🍶

Join sake educator and Japanese culture expert Sarah Stewart at the KANPAI Taproom, where we will be pairing sake with a variety of spring seasonal wagashi: Japan’s famous traditional confectionary that traditionally accompanied matcha green tea.

Made primarily from plant-based ingredients including azuki beans and rice, these sweets are individually handcrafted by skilled artisans into edible works of art and are meant to be enjoyed with all five senses. Designs are heavily influenced by Japan’s 24 microseasons, and since National Sake Week was timed to coincide with peak cherry blossom viewing, we will be bringing all the sakura to you at this tasting!

At the workshop you will taste four different wagashi paired with five different sake, four selected from Japanese sake breweries alongside one of KANPAI’s very own British sake.

The event will take place on the mezzanine overlooking KANPAI’s brand new sake brewery in London Bridge.

Time & Date: 12.30pm-2.00pm, on Sunday 21st April, 2024

Address: 48 Druid Street, London, SE1 2EZ

Tickets: £36pp - limited numbers

Link in bio - or visit https://kanpai.london/shop/wagashi-sake-pairing

WE'RE HIRING 📣🍶

Do you, or someone you know, have a passion for sake and would like to join our taproom team?

Evening and weekend positions available. Enjoy London living wage, staff discount, and an opportunity to be part of a dynamic team serving up a truly unique experience.

Contact Luis on [email protected] 📨 or swing by the taproom for a chat ✌🏻❤️

Calling our green fingered friends! Come join our 🇯🇵 Kokedama plant making workshop hosted by 🌱

🗓️ Sunday 21st April 12.30pm - 1:15pm
🎫 £55pp for a palm Kokedama
📍 KANPAI taproom, London Bridge

Immerse yourself in the rich history of Kokedama, a traditional Japanese art form that showcases the beauty of nature through the art of wrapping plants in lush green moss.
This relaxed and inspiring class is open to all ages and in the perfect way to learn about this ancient tradition while making your own unique gift to take away.

Ticket includes:
- A step-by-step guide to create a palm moss Kokedama which you can take home.
- All supplies (plants, moss, and soil, decorative materials, and indoor plant care guidelines).
- Tips and tricks for indoor plants.
- 10% off food and drink at the KANPAI taproom on the day.

An option to upgrade your plant to a birds nest kokedama for £2 will be available on the day plus accessories.

Ticket must be purchased in advance from

See you there!

We are closed today, Wednesday 20th March for a private event - but back open as normal tomorrow.

Apologies for any inconvenience if you were planning on coming down, please come and see us tomorrow instead ✌🏻❤️🍶

The wait is over... our brewery tour dates have been booked up for months!

April tickets are now live on our website ✌️❤️

Get on there and snap them up quick ➡️🛒

GO BEHIND THE SCENES IN THE UK’S FIRST SAKE BREWERY!

Join our weekly brewery tour to discover each precise stage of sake making with one of our passionate staff, followed by a guided tasting of three of our premium sakes, and plenty of time for questions.

There is one tour session each Saturday which begins at 12.30pm (each session lasts approx 2 hours).

Please note there is a maximum of 15 spaces per session. Tickets must be booked in advance and can only be redeemed against the session date/time on the original booking - tickets are non-refundable and cannot be rescheduled or exchanged:

£30 per person, London Bridge

NEW MENU ALERT - including these bangers, scroll ➡️ for 📸

Braised Pork Belly Skewers in japanese bbq sauce, served with a side of spiced pickled onion 

Kimchi Cheese Burger Harumaki cooked in our house bulgogi sauce, served with a side of asian slaw

Live at the taproom today 📅

All dishes perfect with a range of sake 🍶✌️

New 2024 swag has landed - including our newly embroidered stealth logo snapback (back by popular demand) and brand new London Bridge grey tees.

Online shop link in bio 🧢👕🛒

Feeling the love? We’ve got you covered this Valentine’s Day!

Come sip on our special Sake Negroni at HALF PRICE all night, plus we’ll give you a love heart chocolate with every drink; following the sweet Japanese tradition for lovers, friends and colleagues.

And Cupid has been kind as this also falls on Wing Wednesday so you can snap up HALF PRICE chicken or cauliflower wings with every glass of tap sake.

Serving all the good stuff, no creepy love songs, we promise.

Did you know? For the past 6 brewing seasons we have our Japanese sake rice planted and grown for us in designated paddy fields across three prefectures in Japan.

Here are some lovely photos from Hyogo and Toyama, where you can see our Yamada Nishiki and Gohyakumangoku rice being planted and grown.

We also have Akebono and occasionally Omachi grown for us in Okayama prefecture.

These photos were taken at the beginning and end of the 2023 growing season 🌾🍶❤️

Join us for this very special tasting event, where we are launching our latest eagerly awaited aged sake; a barrel aged yamahai junmai sake that has been ageing in a combination of burgundy barrel, vessel and bottle for the last 2 years.

We will be tasting this latest edition of KURA alongside 3 carefully selected cheeses from our friends

🕐 7pm - 8.30pm
📅 Thursday 1st February
📍 48 Druid Street, SE1 2EZ

On the night we will be tasting 3 premium KANPAI sake (including the new KURA), all chosen for their respective cheese pairing abilities - the tasting will be introduced and guided by our Head Brewer, Tom

Plus, you’ll get 20% off a bottle of KURA to take home with you on the night!

Sake & cheese, what's not to love… 🍶❤️🧀

£36pp - limited ticket numbers

In the world, it's very hard to imagine how it can possibly get any fresher than this...

Our new season Junmai Ginjo MNG was pulled directly from the press today and went immediately on tap for you lovely people to enjoy 🍶

Available now, but be quick! There's only a limited amount of this Yamada Nishiki nectar in its purest rawest MNG form 🤘

New Year, New Brews, Same Killer Crew...

We had a monstrous 2023, here's to more of the same, bring on the Dragon 🐲 a year to pursue your dreams, thank you for being part of ours ❤️🙏🍶✌️

Taproom reopens today 👌

Watch this space for special events coming soon! 🤘

🔥’tis mulled sake season🍶

Made fresh daily at the taproom through December, packed full of Japanese ingredients giving that umami twist you’d expect from us! A loving blend of KANPAI sake, our KURI chestnut liqueur, shochu, shiitake, kombu, shichimi and of course a whole bunch of traditional festive spices. Yes, it has a kick!

See you soon to warm up and get merry 🎄

🎁 Winter Warmer Bundle 🔥

Thinking of gift ideas? We’ve got you! For that warm sake lover in your life we’ve put together the ideal gift bundle with our most popular savoury sake, perfect for heating up on those cold winter nights.

Set contains:
• Bottle of UCHI - Junmai sake 375ml
• 2 x ceramic sake cups - beautiful blue and black design, each one unique
• 2 x bamboo coasters
• A red gift bag with label so it’s ready to go!

All for £35. But sets are limited so please be quick! 🙏

https://kanpai.london/shop/winter-warmer-bundle

SAKE LAUNCH SPECIAL - YAMAHAI

Join us for this very special tasting event, where we are launching a duo of eagerly awaited yamahai sake and tasting them alongside a delectible selection of full flavoured British charcuterie from our friends at

On the night we will be tasting 5 premium KANPAI sake (including the two new yamahai), paired with 5 carefully selected charcuterie and smoked salmon, all introduced and guided by the wonderful people that had a hand in making each of the products.

Sake & Charcuterie, truly a match made in umami heaven…

YAMAHAI = a traditional and natural way of making sake, where wild fermentation methods are used; particularly to promote the production of lactic acid.

Our yamahai duo, along with the other sake on the night, have been chosen for their effortless food pairing ability, particularly with cured meats and fish.

Tickets £45pp - Limited availability 🎟️

LINK IN BIO

THIS. IS. HAPPENING.
🚀 LAUNCHING IN LONDON BRIDGE THIS WEEKEND FOR WORLD SAKE DAY! 🍶

We've only bloody done it, just in the nick of time! We've grafted and crafted a beautiful new home for you to come and sip London-made sake and we'll be opening our shiny new doors to our arch this weekend at 48 Druid Street.

🍶 Fri 29 Sept - soft launch 5-10:30pm with 15% off all tap sake
🍶 Sat 30 Sept - soft launch 12-10:30pm with 15% off all tap sake
🍶 Sun 1 Oct - official launch 12-7pm - World Sake Day celebrations with a free pour of sake at 3pm for our ceremony 🎉

Putting a Beer-Mile spin on sake, we will have 10 taps pouring beautifully fresh sake. And there's no better way to enjoy sake than with the incredible izakaya-inspired food from our new Kitchen - more on that to make you hungry later this week, but for now one word; sandos. 🤤

World Sake Day is a huge event globally, marking the traditional start of the sake brewing season, and we can't wait to raise our glasses with you on this special occasion. Then we'll be kicking off our inaugural brew in our new brewery the very following day - which can be seen from our viewing platform on the bar mezzanine 👀

There's no bookings on opening weekend - so please just turn up and grab a spot (once we've screwed the legs on these tables...)

Please check our website for full details plus booking onto our Saturday tours with tastings that start from 14 October.

Phew, let's do this! 🤩

www.kanpai.london/events

#酒

🥁 Drum roll please… Our NEW home is taking shape in… LONDON BRIDGE!

🚊 For our amazing local regulars, we kept our promise of not moving far! KANPAI is staying in the borough of Southwark, just a couple of stops down the line into Zone 1.

📍Our new home is on Druid Street, at the top of the iconic Bermondsey Beer Mile where you can always soak up its vibrant energy, just a stone's throw from Tower Bridge, Maltby Street Market and the river.

🧭 For many, there’s no more detours to get that sake fix. Now, you can easily swing by after work, meet up with friends, host celebrations, seem supercool on a date or plan a delightful weekend family outing to indulge in the finest sake craft.

🇯🇵 Picture this: sipping on fresh namazake from one of our 10 dedicated sake taps, just under The Shard, transporting your taste buds to the heart of Japan.

🧪 Our new brewery will let you experience the art of sake-making up close - be it from a new glass viewing platform overlooking the brewery, a tour of the facility or a hands-on brewing experience.

🤔 But wait, we want to hear from YOU! What do you want to see at our new brewery and taproom? More traditional sake varieties, innovative blends, or exclusive events? What’s a must-keep from Peckham or a must-have for SE1? What food would you like to nibble in our umami den? Drop your suggestions in the comments below, and let's make this journey together! 🙌🗒️

🗓️ So mark your calendars as we gear up for launching in the run up to World Sake Day on 1st October. Assemble your sake squad, and get ready to raise your glasses to an unforgettable KANPAI experience!

🍶 And remember, the doors at KANPAI OG in Peckham will remain open as usual throughout the summer until Peckham Festival mid September. So please swing by for good times or maybe a farewell drink... ❤️

📣 BIG news… Friends, deep breath…

🥲 It will soon be time to bid a fond farewell to our beloved sake brewery in Peckham, where countless memories have been made - personal and professional - and delicious sake has been crafted.

❤️ With a hint of sadness in our hearts, we will be saying goodbye to the birthplace of KANPAI, where our team have poured their passion and expertise into making and serving every drop of sake. Right here in our special SE15.

💥 But fret not, because this departure marks the beginning of an exciting new chapter! KANPAI is gearing up for a big relocation, which will be a haven for creativity, designed to take our sake craft to unprecedented heights and push the boundaries of what's possible with experiences and good times - ensuring we keep the curious and welcoming atmosphere that embodies the spirit of KANPAI.

🌞 We know Peckham comes to life in the summer so we are super happy to be spending the sunny months still open as usual. We hope you’ll come join us as we drink the taps dry throughout the summer, culminating in the ever glorious Peckham Festival on 15-17th September 🎉

🙏 Thank you to all the inspirational people on our doorstep, this wonderful community who embraced us and most importantly all you lot who have come to discover sake with us - we carry your memories and support with us.

🌸 So, as we embark on this scary journey, we invite you to join us in raising a glass to the past and toasting to the future! Stay tuned for updates on our new location very soon (it’s not toooo far, we promise!) and join us as we continue to explore the fascinating world of sake together and the good times it creates. KANPAI to new beginnings!