... 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...

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 ... humble beginnings as rice and water, and the act of tasting it is entangled in subjectivity. Everyone...

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 ... humble beginnings as rice and water, and the act of tasting it is entangled in subjectivity. Everyone...

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...

... 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...

Two Grades of Rice MillingHimonoya brewery, Nihonmatsu, Fukushima Pref. Japan.Let's have a look at the other main ingredient of sake making, the rice. Different types of rices are used for sake, we'll not look into the details here. You can...