Have you ever heard the term “Sake Rice”? Yes, the Sake Rice is a rice that used to brew Japanese Sake. Looking at “Sake Rice” in a Japanese dictionary, it is written as follows. Rice made for sake brewing. Quote: Weblio Dictionary So, how about “Premium Sake Rice”? Have you heard about it? In Japanese,…
Let’s say, you go to a sushi restaurant a little more luxury than usual. There is a menu in front of you. “In this situation, I would like to drink sake” I bet you think so. You see a menu of sake. Something is written in the menu but you don’t know what is written….
On this page I will explain how to make sake. Because the manufacturing process of sake is long, the explanation will be complicated, but I will write it as easy as possible. According to the Japanese liquor tax law, “Sake is a thing filtered after fermented with Rice, Koji Rice, and Water as a raw…
Hey guys. Don’t you think Japanese Sake is a high alcohol percentage drink? That’s not true. Sake doesn’t contain a lot of alcohol like spirits. Maybe, you’ve seen some photos showing that a middle age drunk Japanese businessman (we call them a Salary Man in Japanese) stumbled on a street with full of neon lights….
Kikuhime & Co., Ltd. has a strong commitment to sake brewing in Ishikawa. I first came across the Kikuhime brand, through the sake called Kukurihime. Kukurihime matures for 10 years – and is absolutely uncommon and expensive. Yet, it was on my list of 5 sakes to drink. You may see their thoroughness and commitments…
If you are reading this page, you probably are the guy who heard the word “Sake Meter Value (S.M.V.)”, then felt “What is it?” Or you know about “Sake Meter Value”, but you cannot remember what it was specifically. S.M.V is often used as an indicator of dryness of Japanese Sake. However, in fact, it…
Recently, in Japan, “Sparkling Sake” and “Nigori Sake” are getting popular. The word Nigori means “cloudy” in Japanese. Unlike ordinary sake, Nigori Sake is not transparent, so it got such a name. And Nigori Sake is being said that it contains lots of nutrition. So why is Nigori Sake cloudy? In the first place, what…
Kuheiji is one of the most popular premium-grade sakes in the world. We found their story interesting, and we’d like to share the story of what they have been through and what has made the Kuheiji popular outside of Japan. We touched base with Mr. Kuno, who is the 15 th generation of the Banjou…
If you are a beginner of sake, even if you hear “Junmai Dai Ginjo” you do not understand what it is. Or maybe you simply think “That sounds pricey”. In Japanese, “Junmai” means “only use pure rice” and “Dai” means “The Highest”. Those are easy words for Japanese. However, “Ginjo” is a difficult word even…
