Sake Guides
Articles on choosing, tasting, serving, and how sake is made. Currently available in Japanese.
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30A Guide to Sparkling Sake: How the Bubbles Get There, and How to Choose
Sake that fizzes the moment you pour it is showing up more often at toasts and as gifts. But "sparkling sake" isn't one thing. There are three distinct ways to get the bubbles in, and each one changes how fine the fizz is, how sweet or dry the sake tastes, and how carefully you need to open the b...
Types #Soshu (light & crisp) #Beginner #Gift #sparkling -
31The World of Aged Sake (Koshu): Color, Aroma, and How to Enjoy It
Sake has its own world of long, patient aging: aged sake known as koshu, or jukusei-koshu ("long-matured sake"). As it ages, the color deepens toward amber and the aroma shifts toward caramel and dried fruit. It's a different kind of pleasure from the clear, fragrant ginjo aromas of young sake. T...
Types #Jukushu (aged) #Intermediate #Gift #aged #storage -
32What Is Kijoshu? A Rich, Sweet Sake Brewed with Sake Instead of Water
If you're hunting for a sweet sake, or scouting a candidate for an after-dinner pour or a gift, meet kijoshu (貴醸酒, "noble brewed sake"). It's a rich, sweet sake made by replacing part of the brewing water with sake itself. Expect a syrupy texture and a sweetness that calls to mind umeshu (plum li...
Types #Intermediate #Gift #kijoshu #sweetness dryness -
33An Introduction to Nigori Sake: Usu-nigori, Origarami, and Active (Sparkling) Types
Cloudy white sake goes by several names: usu-nigori, origarami, and active nigori (kassei nigori). All belong to the nigori family, but the depth of the cloudiness and whether the sake fizzes change both the flavor and how you should handle the bottle. This article is for anyone curious about mil...
Types #Beginner #nigori #sparkling #storage