With the growing demand for sake in the United States, American craft brewers are also getting in on the act — and giving Japan's "drink of the gods" their own twist.
North American Sake Brewery in Charlottesville, Virginia, is the latest in a wave of craft sake producers in the U.S., the world's largest sake consumer outside Japan.
"Japanese sake brewers are targeting the United States as the place for the most growth. I think that says a lot about where we're heading," says North American Sake Brewery co-founder Jeremy Goldstein.