Don't give up on Sake if it was your first time trying it. I've had some gross ones (unfiltered) and some really really good ones. Just stick with popular cold ones is my advice and branch out from there. Hot sake made me goofy as a nun in a cucumber patch - that's for cold weather emergencies only from now on.
I usually prefer cocktails anyway, so it's not really up my alley...though the sake was certainly better when paired with food versus on its own, but it did need to be really chilled. I do need to expand my cocktail rotation though, which usually is a Manhattan though I've also been working in an El Presidente recently.
Not sure if I got a decent bottle of sake or not - asked one of the guys at Gary's Wines (which usually has good staff on hand for any questions) for a recommendation and he basically said that he can answer any wine question but new next to nothing about sake. He did point out the top 3 sellers though, so I picked one of those bottles.
I should probably watch HOTD at some point, but I don't subscribe to HBO and it takes my wife and I some time to get through a series as we're usually busy with the kids or watching something with them (or during hockey season, I'm watching Devils games). Might just have to binge on that somewhere down the line.
Also saw there's a new season of Alone out, so will probably watch that as a family. Usually fairly interesting even if it does drag on a points.