BEAU TIMKEN(ボー・ティムケン)氏
Beau Timken is known throughout the entire sake industry as a pioneer and visionary for sake, and his mantra “For the betterment of sake” is his personal mission statement to educate and inform the world about the amazing libation called Nihonshu.
Mr. Timken was the first person recognized by the Japanese Sake Brewer’s Association as a candidate for the prestigious title of Sake Samurai for his extensive efforts to promote Japanese sake in the west.?
Mr. Timken or “Beau-san” as he is known in the sake industry opened the first dedicated sake store outside of Japan in 2003 in San Francisco, California. The retail sake shop “True Sake” (www.truesake.com) is known the world over for offering the largest and freshest selection of Japanese sakes outside of Japan. True Sake has offered more then just sake over the past decade, it has been a valuable education center to promote and educate countless sake fans from all over the globe.
Beau-san is a registered Kikisake-shi (sake sommelier), professional sake judge for the US National Sake Appraisals, and a distinguished Sake Panel Chairman for the International Wine Challenge since its inception in 2006, author of the New York Times recommended book “Sake ? A Modern Guide,” writer for several newspaper and magazines, educator, promoter, and in 2009 Mr. Timken was awarded the prestigious Honorary Master Kikisake-Shi Award from SSI in Tokyo.
Mr. Timken currently writes a monthly newsletter called “True Sake Newsletter” with a readership of over 10,000 sake fans (www.truesake/pages/true-blog), has published over 1,700 individual sake reviews, created the “Sake Challenge” ( A sake pairing program for sake and western cuisine), founded Sake Day? (www.sakeday.com) A large non-profit sake tasting celebrating Nihonshu-no hi, co-founded “The Mukune International Sake Brewing program” - An internship program for making sake in a brewery in Osaka, and has sold over a quarter of a million bottles of sake in over a decade of operating True Sake.