It is now about Week 18, so we’re not only really slow in publishing this interview, but the pandemic has only picked up more steam since then. We even ended our call, thinking that the lockdown would end around Week 8. We talked with Jen during the beginning of Week 3 of quarantine, not knowing then that it would last months. That event directly resulted in Nankai Shochu becoming distributed in Hawaii and ultimately the decision for us to work on this business full-time. Jen was putting together a drink menu for the event and made the first Nankai cocktails. She enjoyed Nankai Shochu so much she wanted to include it as part of the refreshments for a Chrome Hearts gallery event. We met a lovely woman there named Melissa from Hawaii. One of our first tastings was at our friend James Jean’s house. Not only is she a talented, highly respected member of the bartending community, but she’s a friend and integral to the start of Nankai Shochu back in 2017.Ībout three years ago, we had received our first shipment of samples. Jen Ackrill is veteran mixologist currently based in Honolulu, Hawaii, where she has been heading up cocktail programs for some of the top bars and food festivals since 2014.
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