2025 Sake Cocktail Contest

When
19 Oct 2025
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location
Platypus, 4501 Manchester Avenue, St. Louis MO 63110
Spaces left
100

Registration

JAS Member - Corporate – $30.00
For JAS corporate memberships (Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze).
JAS Member - Group – $30.00
For JAS memberships with multiple-person memberships (Family, Daruma, Maneki Neko, Tomodachi, Musashi).
JAS Member - Single – $30.00
For JAS members with single-person memberships (Individual, Student). You may add guests at the non-member price. Tickets for additional guests must be purchased separately at the non-member price.
Non-Member – $40.00
For anyone not a member of JAS.

New this year: attendees get to TASTE and VOTE for their favorite cocktail!

Five finalists will compete for both a JUDGES' SELECTION prize and a PEOPLE'S CHOICE prize with their sake-forward cocktails.

From 1 to 5 pm, attendees will receive a tasting card and ballot instructions. Taste each one and then vote for your favorite. The winner of this PEOPLE'S CHOICE will received a cash prize. Between 2 and 4 pm, competitors will prepare and present their cocktails to a panel of expert tasting judges, who will award a separate cash prize. Will the PEOPLE and JUDGES agree?

The event ticket gets you...

a tasting portion (~2 oz.) of each cocktail
the right to vote on your favorite
exclusive access to the judged competition and the award ceremony

TO COMPETE
If you or someone you know wants to compete in the contest, check out the Submission Guide here and the Submission Form here. The deadline to submit is September 30.

THIS YEAR'S JUDGES

Andy Foerstel
Heidi Hamamura
Patricia Wamhoff

Thank you to Our Sponsors

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