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Sake Revolution LIVE! Featuring Austin Power

Cost: $25

Sake Revolution Live! Celebrate Sake Day with Austin Power

Thursday, October 1, 2026 · Brooklyn Kura Taproom

Happy Hour 6–7pm

Live Podcast Recording 7–8pm

Taproom open until 9pm

Tickets: $25 per person — includes a curated sake tasting flight

October 1st is Sake Day — the official start of the sake brewing year in Japan. And every year on the day itself, Sake Revolution, America's first sake podcast, keeps its favorite tradition: recording a live episode in front of an audience at the Brooklyn Kura Taproom. The kanpai is mandatory... but fun will be inevitable.

We couldn't be more excited about this year's guest: Austin Power (yes, that's his real name), New York's most seriously silly sake sommelier and the man behind Accidental Bar, downtown's beloved neighborhood sake joint on Avenue C.

A South Carolina kid turned Parsons-trained painter turned sake evangelist, his mission has been, in his own words, "get more people drinking more sake, more irresponsibly" and "if you're not having fun, you're doing it wrong". He honed that philosophy over a decade at legendary NYC sake spots before opening Accidental Bar in 2021.

Join hosts John and Timothy as they talk to Austin about his take on the sake scene in NYC!

• Come for the party, Leave a little Smarter - we dive into Austin's philosophy of how to get more people drinking more sake, more irresponsibly and what is the best path forward with the staid and serious world of "Sake Education"
• The State of Sake in NYC — real talk on trends, challenges, and bright spots from the sake-selling trenches of NYC - how the NYC sake scene grew from a handful of pioneers into one of the best sake-drinking towns outside Japan.

Fair warning: an evening with Austin is entertainment, full stop. Less lecture, more live show — equal parts tasting, talk show, and party. You'll laugh, you'll sip, and somewhere along the way you'll accidentally learn a lot about sake.

Your ticket includes a tasting flight hand-picked by Austin himself — Accidental Bar favorites, poured and tasted together during the recording. And bring your questions: we collect written questions from the audience during the show, and our live audience Q&A segment is always a highlight of the episode.

Come early for happy hour, stay late at the taproom bar, and celebrate Sake Day the only correct way: glass in hand, with friends. Because as Austin says — "If I can see you, aren't we already friends?!"

Seats are limited (this one always fills up).

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