Mock Exam (Gabriel) Flashcards
For certain types of specially designated sake (tokutei-meisho-shu), what is the percentage of the weight of brewer’s alcohol (weight calculated at 95% alcohol content) that must not exceed the weight of white rice used?
10%
What is the volume of a container called “tobin”?
18L
Fill in the blanks: The term “Ki-ippon” may be used for (A) that is brewed solely at a (B)
A: Junmai-shu
B: Single Production Facility
In order to use and show the term “genshu” on sake label, what is the permissible percentage of water that can be added to reduce the alcohol content?
Within 1%
Out of the classification system called kyu-betsu-seido, what grade was abolished in 1989?
Special Grade
For ordinary sake (futsu-shu), what is the percentage of the weight of brewer’s alcohol, saccharides, acidifiers etc that must not exceed the weight of polished rice used?
50%
Which type of rice-polishing machine was invented in 1933?
Vertical Rice Polishing Machine
According to the agricultural Standard Regulations of Japan, what is the grade of brown rice or polished rice equivalent to the grade of brown rice permitted to make specially designated sake?
3rd grade or above
In order to be a specially designated sake (tokutei-meisho-shu), what is the required percentage of koji-rice ratio?
More than 15%
In Japanese, what is “specially designated sake”?
Tokutei-meisho-shu
What will be the type of specially designated sake (tokutei-meisho-shu) if sake is made from Yamada Nishiki of “Fine” grade that has 80% of rice polishing ratio?
Junmai-shu
According to the Liquor Tax Act, what is the maximum alcohol content permitted in sake?
22%
Currently, into how many types is the specially designated sake (tokutei-meisho-shu) classified?
8
What is the name of the polishing method in which the length, width, and thickness of the rice grains are all polished to X% when the polishing is set at X% by devising the axis of rotation and the way the rice grains are ground?
Original-shape polishing
Fill in the blanks. The reason why shinpaku is white opaque is that (A) are randomly clustered, (B) bonded with wide (C) in between thus causing irregular reflection of light rays
A: Miniscule starch grains
B: sparsely
C: space
What is this machine?
Vertical Rice Polishing Machine
According to the “Agricultural Product Inspection,” sake-brewing rice (brown rice for brewing) can be broken down into how many grades?
6
How long does it take for 600kg of brown rice to be polished down to a polishing ratio of 50%?
50 hours
What variety of rice has the largest production volume in Hokkaido?
Ginpu
What is the name of the rice highly regarded as “the best rice for making koji rice,” which was no longer available to sake breweries in Hyogo due to the enforcement of temporary rice-rationing regulative rules in 1940?
Chugami-mai
What is the name of the sake rice grown in Niigata, Toyama, Fukui, Ishikawa and 21 other prefectures mainly in the Hokuriku region, which is believed to have made it possible to achieve a “Tanrei Karakuchi” sake quality?
Gohyakumangoku
What is the name of the sake rice, initially called “Nihongusa” (two plants), that was obtained by a pure lineage separation of two rice plants given to an experienced farmer, Jinzo Kishimoto on his way back from a pilgrimage to Hoki Daisen (Mount Daisen)?
Omachi
What is the name of the famous table rice used to make sake in Hiroshima and Yamaguchi?
Nakate Shinsenbon
What is the name of the sake rice that is considered to be the origin of the Hattan-kei?
Hattan-so
From the map of sake rice (sakamai) of Hyogo Prefecture, for 1 to 4, give the name of sake rice (sakamai) that is suitable
(1 = Purple, 2 = Yellow, 3 = Blue, 4 = Pink)
- Fukunohana
- Gohyakumangoku & Hyogo Kita Nishiki 3. Hyogo Yume Nishiki
- Yamada Nishiki
What is the name of the new variety that is crossbred of Kokuryo-miyako as its mother and Saikai No.222, a Yamada Nishiki strain, as its father?
Saito no Shizuku
What variety of rice is best grown in the mountain areas north of Mt. Rokko in Hyogo Prefecture?
Yamada Nishiki
Give the name of the colony that obtained the highest rating in the 1938 village-rice rating list
Yoneda
What is the name of the rice that was cross-bred with “Tankan Wataribune” to create “Yamada Nishiki”?
Yamadabo
In all production areas that the JA Hyogo group handles, to what size in millimeters did the sieves of electric rice sorter change from 2.00mm?
2.05 mm
How many generation lines of Yamada Nishiki are currently in the “Breeder stock”?
14
What is the name of the sake rice bred in 1987 that has a heavier senryuju than Miyamanishiki, with good shinpaku that is higher in rate and appearance rate, and has low occurrence of white belly and grains with cracks?
Hitogokochi
What is the name of the sake brewing rice that inspired the use of Hokkaido grown rice in sake brewing, which is expected to produce a full- bodied sake and is named after the rice to become ginjo-shu?
Ginpu
What is the name of the rice that was cross-bred with “Gohyakumangoku” to create “Koshitanrei”?
Yamada Nishiki
What is the name of the sake rice that is believed to be a selected-line of Wataribune, the roots of Tankan Wataribune?
Omachi
What is the name of shuzo-koteki-mai (sake brewing rice) selected and bred from a generation of strains created through artificial cross-fertilisation of Gohyakumangoku x Yoneshiro as the mother and Akita Sake No.40 x Hana-fubuki as the father?
Akita Sake Komachi
What is the name of component in raw material rice that leads to the decrease in water absorbency, the reduction in dissolvability of steamed rice, the increase of amino acidity giving to a sake rough and unpleasant flavour called zatsumi and the degradation in colour and aroma, if contained a high content?
Protein
What is the name of the mother strain of Aiyama (officially Aiyama No.11)?
Aifune 117
What is the name of the sake rice crossbred and developed with “Miyamanishiki” as the mother and Aokei Sake No.97 (later named Hana-fubuki) as the father?
Dewasansan
What is the local koji that has to be used in sake production to obtain the DEWA33 label?
Oryzae Yamagata
What is the name of the sake rice for daiginjo-shu, crossbred with Yamada Nishiki and Gohyakumangoku, which took 15 years to complete the breeding process?
Koshitanrei
What is the name of the clay mineral, a type of smectite, found in soils from the surface to the bottom layers in the best Yamada Nishiki growing areas?
Montmorillonite
In general, how long does it take to steam rice in a koshiki?
60 minutes
What is the name of the process to add koji to moromi on the day of de-koji?
De-zukai
What is the process of putting the required amount of tane koji into a small container, passing it through a fine wire mesh or a cloth to prevent the spores from falling in clumps, and gently sprinkling it from a height of at least 50cm above the steamed rice?
Tane-kiri
What is the type of koji called when mycelium grows on grain in a spotted pattern, suitable for making light, crisp sake like ginjo-shu?
Tsuki-haze koji
Give the name in Japanese of the ideal condition of steamed rice where rice is completely pregelatinised, has adequate firmness and does not have a sticky surface?
Gaiko Nainan 外硬内軟
What is the name of the equipment that makes rice travel through a steam-filled tunnel on a mesh conveyor belt?
Continuous Rice Steamer
Give the name of the process in shubo making where the Baume degree is highest.
Fukure