Tag: 酒造り

Good Water, Good Sake Sake is produced with only 4 ingredients: rice, yeast, koji, and water. Water plays a crucial role at every stage of sake production, from washing and soaking the rice, to the final dilution to achieve the ideal flavour balance.  Hard and Soft Water Compared to most water found in Europe, Japanese …

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Semaibuai: Rice Polishing One of the key elements in determining the flavour profile of a sake is the amount to which the rice grain has been milled down. A grain of rice consists of 5 main layers. Seed Coat Nucellus Aleurone Layer Subaleurone Starchy Endosperm Outside of extremely rare cases that make use of unpolished …

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