Sake bottle, Japan, c. 1740 Sake barrel offerings at the Shinto shrine Tsurugaoka Hachimangū in Kamakura Sake, saké (Japanese: 酒, Hepburn: sake; English: IPA: / ˈsɑːki, ˈsækeɪ / SAH-kee, SAK-ay[4][5]), or saki, [6] also referred to as Japanese rice wine, [7] is an alcoholic beverage of Japanese origin made by fermenting rice that has been polished to remove the bran. [8] Despite the ...
Wish you could enroll in Sake 101? Learn everything you've ever wanted to know about Japan's national drink with this COMPLETE sake guide for beginners!
Learn how the Japanese alcoholic rice beverage sake is made, the types of sake to try, and how to best drink sake cold or hot or mixed in cocktails.
What Is Sake? Why You Should Try It and What to Sip
Sake, Japanese alcoholic beverage made from fermented rice. It is light in color, is noncarbonated, tastes sweet, and is up to 16 percent alcohol. It is often mistakenly called a wine because of its appearance and alcoholic content; however, it is made in a unique process known as multiple parallel fermentation.
Sake is made by polishing rice, then washing, soaking and steaming it. Next, the koji is made using 20 percent of the steamed rice. “Koji is a mold that comes in powder form that is sprinkled on ...
What is sake? Your first 12-point introduction to what makes sake unique compared to other alcoholic drinks.
The world of sake (seishu) is diverse and delicious. This Japanese rice-brewed alcohol is the country’s official national drink, and brewers have been perfecting it for at least 1,500 years based on a unique sake-making process using koji mold. Brewing anything for so long will inevitably lead to variations, both in production techniques and specialty styles. Different types of sake have […]