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Sessions Box Hill BOTTLE SHOP & BAR
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JAPANESE WHISKY & BOILERMAKER NIGHTIf you’ve been to one of our tastings before, you’ll know what Sessions is all about....
12/06/2026

JAPANESE WHISKY & BOILERMAKER NIGHT

If you’ve been to one of our tastings before, you’ll know what Sessions is all about.

We’re always uncovering bottles that deserve far more attention than they receive. The hidden gems. The cult favourites. The producers doing extraordinary things, even if they’re not yet household names.

This evening is dedicated to six remarkable whiskies from distilleries that have captured our attention not because they’re famous, but because they’re making exceptional whisky.

Some are award winners.
Some are highly allocated.
Some are bottles many whisky lovers have never had the opportunity to try.

🎤 Hosted by George Leung of Casa De Vinos, whose passion for discovering outstanding whiskies perfectly aligns with what this event is all about.

🥃 Kanosuke Whisky Abbey 2024 Sherry Cask
An exclusive Australian single cask release from one of Japan’s fastest-rising distilleries. Elegant, refined and highly sought-after.

🥃 Ichiro’s Malt Mizunara
Created by whisky legend Ichiro Akuto. Rare Mizunara oak brings the sandalwood, incense and spice notes collectors love.

🥃 Yuza 2022 Second Edition
Limited cask strength whisky from Yamagata’s first distillery, already building a cult following.

🥃 Ikawa Peated 2025
From Japan’s highest whisky distillery. Tiny production, delicate smoke and remarkable rarity.

🥃 Akkeshi Shoman
Maritime peat from Hokkaido, showcasing the bold future of Japanese peated whisky.

🥃 Chichibu Distillery II
A modern Japanese cult classic and one of the world’s most sought-after craft whiskies.

🍻 THE JAPANESE BOILERMAKER EXPERIENCE 🍻

We’ll also explore Tokyo’s beloved Hoppy culture — a nostalgic drinking tradition born in post-war Japan and still thriving today. From old-school neighbourhood izakayas to bustling modern bars, Hoppy has remained a fixture of everyday Japanese drinking culture for generations.

Experience a uniquely Japanese boilermaker pairing where whisky and shochu meet the crisp refreshment of Hoppy.

📅 Wed 24 Jun | 7PM
💰 $69pp
👤 Hosted by George Leung of Casa De Vinos
📍 Sessions Box Hill
🔗Book via link in bio or QR code

Limited seats so secure yours today!

Wander into a Studio Ghibli dream for one enchanted night, where soot sprites dance among the rafters, towering camphor ...
12/06/2026

Wander into a Studio Ghibli dream for one enchanted night, where soot sprites dance among the rafters, towering camphor trees whisper ancient secrets, and the warm glow of lantern lights flicker along winding paths.

From hidden bathhouses to friendly forest spirits, experience an evening filled with music, whimsical charm, nostalgia, and fantastical wonder. Let reality fade and lose yourself in a world where every corner feels touched by magic and imagination.

Witness beloved melodies of Studio Ghibli come to life through an intimate LIVE jazz performance by acclaimed globe-trotting jazz artist, vocalist and trumpeter Nana Koizumi, the internationally celebrated “singing trumpeter,” blending virtuosic trumpet playing with heartfelt vocals. Joining her is award-winning pianist Russell Tay, whose performances have captivated audiences from Melbourne to Singapore. Together, they reimagine the timeless music of Ghibli with elegance, warmth, and the spirit of adventure.

Guiding the journey is sake educator and certified sake sommelier Kana Aoyama, creator of the Sake × Ghibli Jazz experience. Together with William Yang, she will introduce a curated selection of Japanese sake, thoughtfully paired to complement the atmosphere of the evening.

This isn’t a masterclass.
It’s not merely a concert.
And it’s certainly not just a tasting.

It’s an evening of simple joys and unexpected wonders

A sip that reminds you of summer fields.
A melody that brings back forgotten memories.
The feeling of stepping onto a cat bus without quite knowing where it will take you.

✨ LIVE Studio Ghibli Jazz
🎺An intimate and soulful musical experience weaving together jazz, storytelling, and the enduring magic of Ghibli’s creations
🎤Featuring international jazz trumpeter and vocalist Nana Koizumi accompanied by award-winning pianist Russell Tay.
🍶 Two expertly curated Japanese sakes
🍸 One Ghibli-inspired cocktail
🍢 Bespoke canapés to match

For a few hours, leave the ordinary world behind.

The jazz will play.
The sake will flow.
And somewhere overhead, Totoro might just be passing by with an umbrella.

Whether you’re a longtime Ghibli fan, a lover of Japanese culture, or simply looking for an evening unlike any other, this is your invitation to be part of something magical, as fantasy and reality blur, if only for a few hours.

✨ Sake × Jazz Vol.13 — Live Studio Ghibli Music
📍 Sessions Box Hill
📅 Wednesday 22 July
🕕 6:00pm—7:30pm | 8:00pm—9:30pm (Two Sessions Available)
🎟️ $79pp
🔗 Book via link in bio or scan QR code

Seats are limited and previous events have sold out quickly.

“The wind is rising. We must try to live.” 🌿🍶🎺

What happens when curiosity becomes obsession?For Amy and Gavin Shaw, it became HM Gin — a distillery built on curiosity...
02/06/2026

What happens when curiosity becomes obsession?

For Amy and Gavin Shaw, it became HM Gin — a distillery built on curiosity, collaboration and connection, with one simple mission:

To make everyone a gin lover.

Join us for an intimate evening with the makers themselves as we explore some of Melbourne’s most awarded and creative gins, from warming chai spices to fiery chilli and a Pinot Noir-inspired innovation.

🍸 ON ARRIVAL

Welcome Drink: Pinot & Tonic
A refreshing blend of HM Pinot Noir Gin, premium tonic and fresh lemon to kick off the evening.

☕ COCKTAIL OF THE NIGHT

Chai Espresso Martini
HM’s most talked-about serve, combining Seven Spice Chai Gin, fresh espresso and warming spice notes, finished with a star anise garnish.

🥃 GUIDED TASTING LINE-UP

HM London Dry Gin
HM Orange Squeeze Gin
HM Six-Eyed Scorpion Chilli Gin
HM Seven Spice Chai Gin
HM Pinot Noir Gin

Discover the stories behind each gin, from the botanicals that define their character to the distillation techniques that bring them to life.

Hear firsthand tales from behind the still as Gavin shares the challenges and successes that helped shape the award-winning range you’ll be tasting on the night.

Learn how flavour is built and balanced, and most importantly, the perfect way to enjoy them.

YOUR TICKET INCLUDES

✔️ Welcome Pinot & Tonic
✔️ Five guided gin tastings
✔️ Chai Espresso Martini
✔️ Curated Charcuterie board
✔️ Distiller insights & interactive Q&A session with Amy and Gavin
✔️ Plenty of stories, laughs and flavour along the way

🏆 HM Gin has collected multiple awards across Australia and internationally, earning recognition for both innovation and quality, including medals for their London Dry, Chai Gin and Pinot Noir Gin expressions.

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📅 EVENT DETAILS

📍 Sessions Box Hill
🗓 Thursday 18 June 2026
🕖 7:00pm – 8:30pm
💰 $59pp

🎟 Limited seats available.

Whether you’re a gin enthusiast or simply curious about what makes a truly great craft spirit, this is a rare opportunity to taste directly with the people behind the bottle.

🔗Book now via link in bio

27/05/2026

⚠️ PILOTS TO YOUR EVAS ⚠️

The limited-edition Evangelion × Sapporo collab has officially landed at Sessions Box Hill. Featuring collectible cans that every EVA fan will instantly recognise.

Beer inside
Collectible artwork outside
Regret if you miss it

Get in the robot, Shinji… and grab a 6-pack before Third Impact hits.

Did you know sake and wine have more in common than most people realise?FROM RICE TO VINE: ONE MAKER, TWO WORLDSMost peo...
27/05/2026

Did you know sake and wine have more in common than most people realise?

FROM RICE TO VINE: ONE MAKER, TWO WORLDS

Most people spend a lifetime mastering one craft.

Wine.
Or sake.

Matt Froude chose both.

After years immersed in Japan’s sake culture, Matt returned to Australia to study winemaking and eventually founded Municipal Wine & Sake, a project built around letting ingredient and place speak for themselves. Today, he crafts cool-climate wines in Victoria while producing sake in Japan, making him one of Australia’s few producers genuinely working across both worlds.

For one night only, Matt joins us to guide a journey from vineyard to kura, exploring the unexpected similarities between sake and wine. By blending a winemaker’s sensitivity to texture and place with a brewer’s understanding of fermentation and precision, Matt challenges traditional ideas of what these drinks “should” be.

The line-up:

🍶 Love Mountain Sake (Aiyama Rice)
Often called the “Pinot Noir of sake rice” — elegant and expressive with layered fruit, silky texture and hidden depth.

🍶 Snow Mountain Sake
Traditional Kimoto brewing creates savoury complexity with mineral notes, gentle florals and a long, structured finish.

🍷 2022 Savagnin
A variety with a cult following. Bright acidity, citrus, orchard fruit and texture, showing why Matt has become strongly associated with Savagnin in Australia.

🍷 2022 Pinot Gris
Fresh yet textural, balancing lifted aromatics with mouthfeel and subtle complexity.

🍷 2021 Tempranillo
Vibrant red berries, spice and savoury herbs in a lively, food-friendly style.

🍷 2016 Reserve Tempranillo
A more mature expression with leather, sweet spice, dried fruit and bottle-aged complexity.

🍷 2021 Flor Savagnin
Probably one of the most intriguing wines of the night. Aged under flor yeast, bringing nutty, savoury and oxidative layers that challenge expectations. Matt has become particularly known for these styles.

Experience these connections firsthand through the eyes of the maker himself and discover the moments where sake and wine begin speaking the same language.

Limited seats available.

Book now via the link in bio before this one disappears.

Most people never get to see a lineup like this —let alone taste them side by side.Many of these bottles are spoken for ...
06/05/2026

Most people never get to see a lineup like this —
let alone taste them side by side.

Many of these bottles are spoken for before they even reach the shelf,
which is exactly why full Springbank sessions like this are so rarely seen.

And that’s precisely why we wanted to share this experience with you.

We’re bringing together one of the most sought-after names in Scotch for a rare deep dive:

THE WHISKY DRINKER’S WHISKY — A SPRINGBANK MASTERCLASS

7 expressions.
From core icons to seriously hard-to-get releases:

18 Year Old
Local Barley 8 Year Old
15 Year Old
12 Year Cask Strength
10 Year Old
Hazelburn 10 Year Old
Longrow Peated NAS

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Not many distilleries still do things the traditional way

Springbank does.

Every drop is made entirely on-site.
From labour-intensive floor malting
to distillation
to bottling.

No shortcuts.
No automation.
No computers running the show.

Just skill, time, patience and the work of human hands.

This is The Springbank Way — 100% in-house, start to finish. Time honoured, uncompromising, and built by hand whilst maintaining a “one-stop” production model that ensures total quality control.

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If you’ve ever wondered why Springbank is so revered and widely considered single malt royalty…

this is your answer.

Or better yet — your chance.

🎟️ Limited seats — book via link in bio or QR code
🥃 Serious whisky, zero fluff
🧀 Cheese & good company included

Think you know sake?Let’s raise the level.We’re putting two of Japan’s Top 10 breweries head-to-head:👉 Senkin Brewery — ...
02/05/2026

Think you know sake?
Let’s raise the level.

We’re putting two of Japan’s Top 10 breweries head-to-head:

👉 Senkin Brewery — ranked #5 in Japan
👉 Kobayashi Shuzo — ranked #9 in Japan

Same region. Same water.
Worlds apart in the glass.

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TOCHIGI UNLOCKED
From Soil to Harmony: Senkin × Houou Biden
Tochigi’s Two Faces of Modern Sake

The only Melbourne event dedicated to these two premium Tochigi breweries and we’re not holding anything back.

👉 8 bottles. And not just any 8:

❄️ Snowman Nigori — winter-only, creamy, dangerously easy
🍎 Modern Nama — unpasteurised, vibrant, alive
🍂 Aka Tombo — deeper, umami-driven, rarely seen

🔥 Black Phoenix — bold, rich, signature Houou Biden
✨ Higeban Junmai Daiginjo — polished, elegant, premium tier
🧬 Sake Mirai Kimoto — rare rice + traditional method, layered

❤️ Aikoku ×2 (collab pair)
👉 same rice, same concept — a study in contrast
👉 almost never poured side-by-side

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This isn’t a casual tasting.

This is where you actually understand:
👉 why one sake feels bright, juicy, alive
👉 while another shows structure, depth and precision

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So come with mates.
Taste, compare, argue, laugh a bit…
and somewhere in between, you’ll realise you’re actually learning.

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And if you’ve been to Sessions Box Hill… you already know.

Fun is always a must and we take this seriously.

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📅 May 14
🕖 7:00 – 9:00 PM
📍 Sessions Box Hill
💰 $69 per person
🧀 Includes cheese board

🎤 Hosted by William Yang
Owner Operator & SSA Certified Sake Sommelier
20+ years industry experience

🎟️ Limited seats
No repeats. No second lineup.

If you’re serious about sake —
this is the one.

Tix via Eventbrite
DM / link in bio to secure your spot or simply call or visit us in-store.

Beyond the Mixer: A Cocktail WorkshopDiscover the art of Hong Kong craft sodas and level up your bartending game!We’re t...
13/04/2026

Beyond the Mixer: A Cocktail Workshop

Discover the art of Hong Kong craft sodas and level up your bartending game!

We’re teaming up with Mezzanine Makers, a Hong Kong-born craft soda studio redefining what mixers can be. Built on real ingredients and bold Asian flavour profiles, they’ve turned soda into something far more expressive — think spiced ginger with Sichuan peppercorn, sparkling teas, and layered citrus that actually elevates a drink.

For one night only, we bring that philosophy into a hands-on experience.

You won’t just be tasting — you’ll be behind the bar.
Our bartender will guide you step-by-step as you make 3 cocktails yourself — 2 shaken, 1 built — learning the fundamentals of balance, technique, and flavour along the way.

Across the night, you’ll work through 6 unique cocktails:
a welcome drink, your DIY creations, a bartender’s mystery pour, and a final digestif to round it all off.

It’s interactive, flavour-driven, and designed to change how you think about what goes into a great drink.

🍸 Event Details

📅 Date: Thursday, 30 April 2026
🕖 Time: 7:00 PM
📍 Location: Sessions Box Hill
💰 Price: $59 per person

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🥂 What’s Included
• 1 × Welcome drink
• 3 × DIY cocktails (2 shaken, 1 built — made by you)
• 1 × Bartender’s mystery cocktail
• 1 × Digestif / after drink

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👀 What You’ll Learn
• Cocktail balance, dilution & flavour structure
• Shaking vs building — when and why
• How to use craft sodas as more than just a mixer
• Practical techniques you can recreate at home

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🔥 Why This One’s Different
• Featuring Mezzanine Makers — Hong Kong craft soda specialists
• Real ingredients, bold Asian flavour profiles
• Fully hands-on — not just a tasting, you’re behind the bar
• Small group setting for a proper guided experience

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⚠️ Limited Seats

This is a small, hands-on session with limited capacity.
Secure your spot via link in bio, scan QR code or contact us directly.

SOLD OUT! 🙏We’re genuinely humbled by the overwhelming response — thank you for all the love and support.Can’t wait to s...
06/04/2026

SOLD OUT! 🙏

We’re genuinely humbled by the overwhelming response — thank you for all the love and support.
Can’t wait to share an incredible night with everyone joining us.

Missed out this time? We’ve got you 🤝
DM us to jump on the waitlist — we’ll keep you in the loop. You never know what might open up.

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Address

957 Whitehorse Road
Box Hill, VIC
3128

Opening Hours

Monday 11:30am - 11pm
Tuesday 11:30am - 11pm
Wednesday 11:30am - 11pm
Thursday 11:30am - 11pm
Friday 11:30am - 11pm
Saturday 11:30am - 11pm
Sunday 11:30am - 11pm

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