SakeCellars

The home of sakeCHAT

The world’s best and Melbourne’s only sake party

Be Free

My True Colour,
I am Here to Discover

A sake revolution is taking the world by storm

From Bar Goto in New York City to the sake revolution in Paris
a creative explosion is taking place
with sake at its core

Find your nearest sakeCHAT today

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sakeCHAT

The excitement of discovery - The joy of possibility

Come and join the Sake Party on us!

FREE Sake Tasting Events at a venue near you

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The new age in sake is freestyle! A frontier of contemporary adaptation, colourful expression and unique blends to enjoy sake your way.

We’ve curated and imported a premium range of gold medal winning sake not available anywhere else in Australia.

We shake it, we stir it, we transform it nice and neat all the way through to delicious and divine cocktails.
Find an event near you!

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WHEREsake

Status Quo is Not the Destination

Audacious Monk Cellars

6th December 2024 From 4:00 pm

Hoping to give some special colours to your Xmas Lunch this year? Come and experience Free Sake Tasting Event at Audacious Monk Cellars, a legendary venue for northern suburb residents looking for quality drops. Amazingly refreshing sake cocktail recipes and food paring suggestions for your Xmas dishes are on the card. Not to be missed. DATE & TIME: 6th December 2024 From 4:00 pm
ADDRESS: 128-130 Regent St, Preston VIC 3072
PHONE: 0415 633 364
audaciousmonkcellars.com.au

128-130 Regent St, Preston VIC 3072

Free Sake tasting with Okkey Sumiyoshi at Audacious Monk Cellars

WHATsake

Welcome to the bar

From its humble beginnings as a simple grain of rice, sake has exploded on the international stage as a global cocktail sensation.

Vibrant, fresh cocktails made from our gold medal award winning, premium grade sake is a flavour sensation to take your breath away.

For Hardcore Lovers

Sitting Pretty

NEAT

A Purist’s adventure
Quench the appetite of your full strength enthusiasts with a supreme Japanese experience. Renowned as their go-to aperitif for the after work crowd ready to unload the day, sake neat works in lockstep with umami packed salty dishes. Serve sake in its purest form with tapas or cheese to elevate any twilight experience.

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Splish Splash

LEMON/LIME GARNISH

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A perfect alternative to wine
As Chardonnay is to Brie, garnished sake is akin to the classic white wine and cheese pairing. Plunge through the heart of savoury sake with citrus flavours for a fresh, mild, clean mouthfeel that leaves subliminal sweetness in its wake…a perfect alternative to wine for dinner or an afternoon tipple.


Embrace The Casual Fling

Fizz Wizz

SAKE & TONIC

A sparkling sensation
Enter stage left, the all-round cocktail mix for any season, any palate, any day. This sparkling spectacle is the palate cleansing blank slate you need to flex your creative juices using your pick of seltzer, tonic, sparkling water or club soda with added fruit flavours for a fresh, bright, zest. Dial it up or down from 4.5% to 12% ABV and you’ll have your audience in the palm of your hand.

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Hawaii Highball

SAKE & COCONUT WATER

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A journey to the tropics
Elevate the mild, nutty flavour of coconut with premium sake’s sweetness and drop into paradise; a golden handshake for casual drinkers, low-alcohol strength seekers and first time sake experimenters that swirls over the mid palate for a sumptuous summer romance.

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SAKE MATCHA SMOOTHIES

A luscious low alcohol
The sake matcha smoothie is a Japanese improvisation on liqueur filled chocolate where just a dash of alcohol hides beneath the cloak of a sweet, triumphant treat. Immerse sake in the gentle bitterness of green tea and sweetness of fruit puree to play peekaboo on the palate with this infusion that delivers a tantalising mix for non-drinkers and health conscious adventurers.

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Immerse yourself in the sake cocktail experience with some of Melbourne’s most loved mixologists.

Pay them a visit today!

Audacious Monk Cellars

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128-130 Regent St, Preston VIC 3072
audaciousmonkcellars.com.au

Stray Neighbour Restaurant & Bar

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463/467 Plenty Rd, Preston VIC 3072
strayneighbour.com.au

Bud Of Love Wine Store

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251 Barkly St, Footscray VIC 3011
budoflovewinestore.com

Welcome to the Cellar

Every great recipe starts with amazing ingredients. Exclusively sourced from Japan’s most exciting brewers on a mission to take sake to the very edge of experience, there is no other sake like it in Australia today.

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Fresh & Lively

JUNMAI GINJO TAKUMI 720mL

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Sweet & Clean

JUNMAI DAI GINJO MURASAKI 720mL

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Silky & Soft

KOSHIJI KOBAI JUNMAI GINJO 720mL

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Juicy & Fruity

DAI GINJO SORA 720mL

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Velvety & Sweet

JUNMAI WAKIMIZU NAMA 720mL

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Crisp & Elegant

JUNMAI DAI GINJO KAZE 720mL

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Bold & Earthy

HONJOZO NAKABENI 720mL

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Light & Fresh

TAKUMI JUNMAI DAI GINJO 720mL

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Focused & Balanced

GINJO KOSHIJI KOBAI 720mL

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Delicate & Bright

JUNMAI KOSHIJI KOBAI 720mL

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Concentrated & Rich

WAKIMIZU JUNMAI 720mL

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Elegant & Complex

DAICHI JUNMAI 720mL

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Balanced & Slick

TAKUMI DAI GINJO 720mL


Order direct from our sake stockists and make your own at home

Audacious Monk Cellars

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128-130 Regent St, Preston VIC 3072
audaciousmonkcellars.com.au

Caulfield Cellars

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702 Glen Huntly Rd, Caulfield South VIC 3162
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Carwyn Cellars

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2877 High St, Thornbury VIC 3071
carwyncellars.com.au

Upside Liquor Thornbury

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Unit 1/387 Station St, Thornbury VIC 3071
instagram.com/upsideliquor

District Bottle Store

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88 Cumberland Rd, Pascoe Vale VIC 3044
districtbottle.store

Northcote Bottleshop

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244A High St, Northcote VIC 3070
northcotebottleshop.com

Bud Of Love Wine Store

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251 Barkly St, Footscray VIC 3011
budoflovewinestore.com

Cellar1839

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445 High St, Northcote VIC 3070
Cellar1839

hyperstar bottle shop

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943 Station St, Box Hill North VIC 3129
hyperstar bottle shop

WHYsake

Sake with Sass, Where the Taste Buds Tingle

A new age in sake has begun

We travelled the length and breadth of Japan to find sake brewers who aren’t afraid to stand at the edge, whose creativity and adventurous spirit challenged the status-quo, uncovered new truths and redefined the meaning of authentic sake.

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Born in Osaka, Japan, Okkey Sumiyoshi blends his ancestral knowledge into the contemporary Australian landscape to create something entirely new! Come and taste the best of the best in modern, award-winning sake, only available at sakeCHAT. With our very own sake cocktail menu, it’s the world’s best, and Melbourne’s only sake party.

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Hosted by Okkey Sumiyoshi (Melbourne’s own internationally certified sake sommelier, chief brewer, importer and competition judge), we come with our arms overflowing and ready to give you the unbridled sake experience of a lifetime.

The cultural fireworks and new adventures in sake are colourful, creative, ancient and bold, all merged into one, delivering an infinite spectrum of sensory experience that has to be experienced to be believed.