... of Indian summer wafting through the early evening air. Most likely, it was the curious fact that this sake had been brewed in 1998. Like wine, the vast majority of sake is supposed to be drunk young (in the case of sake, within about a year). Unlike wine, the percentage of sake aged for periods longer ... the sake as the brewer intended you to. While I’m all for obeying the toji , when it comes to fine...

... of Indian summer wafting through the early evening air. Most likely, it was the curious fact that this sake had been brewed in 1998. Like wine, the vast majority of sake is supposed to be drunk young (in the case of sake, within about a year). Unlike wine, the percentage of sake aged for periods longer ... the sake as the brewer intended you to. While I’m all for obeying the toji , when it comes to fine...

Man, was I in a pickle . With only 2 days before our sake tasting was set to go down, I’d managed to procure all the sakes on the list save one: the elusive Shirakawago Sasanigori . Not that I hadn’t tried. Hither and thither I'd wandered, searching for it in vain. My requests to have it shipped ... number I came across. “Hello, I’m looking for a sake called Shirakawago Sasanigori, the blue bottle...

Man, was I in a pickle . With only 2 days before our sake tasting was set to go down, I’d managed to procure all the sakes on the list save one: the elusive Shirakawago Sasanigori . Not that I hadn’t tried. Hither and thither I'd wandered, searching for it in vain. My requests to have it shipped ... number I came across. “Hello, I’m looking for a sake called Shirakawago Sasanigori, the blue bottle...

... smack)…vanilla .” Like literature, art, music, and all things fine, sake demands to be experienced ... in this Daiginjo? Are you sure you’re drinking the right one, hello?” Sake is an incredibly ... when I got online and asked my sake-blogging brothers and sisters Tim, Val, and Etsuko (links below ... rice sake, made from only rice, water, and koji . We agreed to try four of the same sakes plus one...

... smack)…vanilla .” Like literature, art, music, and all things fine, sake demands to be experienced ... in this Daiginjo? Are you sure you’re drinking the right one, hello?” Sake is an incredibly ... when I got online and asked my sake-blogging brothers and sisters Tim, Val, and Etsuko (links below ... rice sake, made from only rice, water, and koji . We agreed to try four of the same sakes plus one...

... like to focus on another shade of the nama chameleon: namazake , or unpasteurized sake, which constitutes a tiny fraction (about 1%) of all sake produced. Nama, giving off that unmistakable, sometimes ... delights some tipplers and repulses others. At John Gauntner’s last sake lecture and tasting, we learned about the various incarnations of unpasteurized sake and discovered that, much like the word...

... like to focus on another shade of the nama chameleon: namazake , or unpasteurized sake, which constitutes a tiny fraction (about 1%) of all sake produced. Nama, giving off that unmistakable, sometimes ... delights some tipplers and repulses others. At John Gauntner’s last sake lecture and tasting, we learned about the various incarnations of unpasteurized sake and discovered that, much like the word...

... like to focus on another shade of the nama chameleon: namazake , or unpasteurized sake, which constitutes a tiny fraction (about 1%) of all sake produced. Nama, giving off that unmistakable, sometimes ... delights some tipplers and repulses others. At John Gauntner’s last sake lecture and tasting, we learned about the various incarnations of unpasteurized sake and discovered that, much like the word...

... my prince will come. The sake world, too, has its fair share of big boys. Although the 720ml bottle is becoming more common, a lot of sake still comes in the form of the 1.8L issho-bin , which ... of sake containing a whopping 18 liters (itto-daru , or Nebuchadnezzar + 3 liters), but I’ve never seen ... a party or other festive event, the comparable issho-bin of sake tends to have a more quotidian...