In this Freestyle Friday episode of WWTV, I take you to Japan again. We explore the national beverage Sake. This is part two of a two-parter. Today we go deeper into history, related beverages, the nitty gritty of production, and a lot of terms. I’ll only be tasting one sake today. It is the Higashiyama Brewery Konteki Pearls of Simplicity. This is another long one, so get comfortable.
Links for the show:
Sake entry from Wikipedia
GuildSomm – This is one of the best online resources for people like me. This link is for the general website since its Sake page is paid content
A Comprehensive Guide to Sake – From 2011, but nothing has really changed in how sake is made or the regulations
National Research Institute of Brewing (English page) – The Guide linked to above is also available on this page along with other resources
How to Pronounce Japanese Like a Native Speaker
Shōchū (Wikipedia)
Soju (Wikipedia)
Baijiu (Wikipedia)
Huangjiu (Wikipedia)
Ozeki Sake – SMV-Acidity Chart
SakeStory – Mighty Peak Page – Direct link to the importer’s page. Just going to SakeStory’s website and clicking on the Our Products menu does nothing. It’s not a very good site. Too small. Maybe it’s designed for mobile devices.
Miyashita Sake Brewery main page (English link)
Miyashita Sake Brewery – Sacred Mist Nigori Page (Japanese only – Clicking English just takes you back to their main page)
LCBO – Want to see what the RS (Residual Sugar for a wine is? Well, LCBO (Liquor Control Board of Ontario, a Canadian state-ran wine shop), among other ones in Canada, lists it in the product details for most of their wines.
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