A Bacchus Global Editorial Feature
KANPAI
THAILAND
2026
THE SAKE STAIRCASE
Materials. Methods. Makers.
A weekly editorial series examining Japanese brewing and distilling traditions, one structure at a time.
An editorial guide to KANPAI Thailand
What lies beneath the category name?
KANPAI Thailand brings producers, categories and production histories into one setting. Each episode begins with verified information and one central question: what materials, methods and makers lie beneath the category name?
Start with the map · Episode 00
The Map Before the Staircase
Five steps, read as different production logics.
Explore the mapLatest · Episode 07 · Liqueur
Sake as the Foundation. Yuzu and Sea Salt in the Structure.
SHIO YUZU · UMESHU-YA lineup
Manufactured by Kitajima Shuzo · Shiga
The Sake Staircase
Five Steps.
No Ranking.
The staircase is a reading framework, not a hierarchy. Each step isolates a different production principle.
Sake
Rice, water, koji, yeast and fermentation.
Shochu
Koji-based fermentation, followed by distillation.
Umeshu
Fruit, a base alcohol and time.
Liqueur
A base alcohol shaped by additional materials.
Craft
Gin and beer informed by brewing and distilling knowledge.
The complete editorial series
All Episodes
KOTSUZUMI Plumtonic Baishin
By Nishiyama Shuzojo
Haiku, artistic collaboration and Tamba brewing history.
Read the story
BORN
By Kato Kichibee Shoten
A name adopted in 1963, rice polishing and sub-zero maturation.
Read the story
DAIYAME
By Hamada Syuzou
Koji, fermentation and distillation through a Kagoshima shochu.
Read the story
Yoroshiku Senman Arubeshi
By Hakkaisan Brewery
Fresh sake lees, distillation and more than three years of maturation.
Read the story
ARAGOSHI Umeshu
By Umenoyado Sake Brewery
Steeped plum flesh returned to the finished structure.
Read the story
At KANPAI Thailand 2026
The Current Official Selection
The current Bacchus Global listing is maintained on the official NIPPON HAKU website.
The Sake Staircase is an editorial series. Products featured in the series may differ from the official KANPAI Thailand 2026 exhibitor lineup.
28–30
AUG
2026
Event information
KANPAI Thailand 2026 at NIPPON HAKU Bangkok
Queen Sirikit National Convention Center, Bangkok
ศูนย์การประชุมแห่งชาติสิริกิติ์ กรุงเทพฯ · 28–30 สิงหาคม 2026
Schedules, venue information and other event details are maintained by the organizer.
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หน้านี้จัดทำขึ้นเพื่อเสนอข้อมูลข้อเท็จจริงด้านวัฒนธรรม กระบวนการผลิต และข้อมูลงานเท่านั้น มิได้มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อโฆษณา ส่งเสริมการขาย หรือสนับสนุนการบริโภคหรือการซื้อเครื่องดื่มแอลกอฮอล์ รายชื่อผู้ผลิต ผลิตภัณฑ์ และรายละเอียดงานอาจเปลี่ยนแปลงก่อนวันจัดงาน เนื้อหานี้สำหรับผู้มีอายุ 20 ปีขึ้นไป