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Brand-New Brewery Open For Business In Hudson Valley Sake lovers rejoice. Premium sake maker Dassai has opened a new state-of-the-art brewery and tasting room in the Hudson Valley while launching its premium brand Dassai Blue. The 55,000-square-foot brewery opened on Saturday, Sept. 23 in Dutchess County in Hyde Park, according to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul. “New York’s craft beverage manufacturers are engines for job creation, tourism, and regional economic growth,” Hochul said. “Dassai’s expansion into the Mid-Hudson Region builds on New York’s national and international leadership in agribusiness and will be a welcome addition to thi…

by Kathy Reakes

09/26/2023

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Hudson Valley's First Sake Brewery Opening At Culinary Institute

Hudson Valley's First Sake Brewery Opening At Culinary Institute

Hudson Valley's First Sake Brewery Opening At Culinary Institute In a first for the Hudson Valley, the Culinary Institute of America has formed a partnership with Asahi-shuzo, the brewer of Dassai sake, to open a sake brewing factory in Hyde Park. Gov. Andrew Cuomo made the announced of the newly forged partnership during a visit to Marist College Thursday afternoon. For those not in the know, sake is an alcoholic drink produced from fermenting bran that can be consumed either hot or cold. Asahi-shuzo, known around the world for its fine sake, is most famous for its Dassai line, which is named in part for revolutionary haiku poet, Masaoka Shiki, who ca…

by Kathy Reakes

02/24/2018