Sake Flashcards

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What is a Junmai Daiginjo?

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Brewed with very high polished rice (50%). The pinnacles of the brewer’s art. Generally Light, complex, and fragrant

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What is Junmai Ginjo?

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Brewed with labor intensive steps, using highly polished rice (at least 60%) and fermented at colder temperatures for longer periods of time. Light, fruit, and refined

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What is a Junmai?

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Made with only rice, water and koji mold. The rice used must be at least polished to at least 70%. Often a full and solid flavor profile, clean and well structured

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What is Tokubetsu Junmai?

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Special Junmai, which merely indicates more highly polished rice, or the use of very special sake rice

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What is Daiginjo?

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Very highly polished rice at least 50% and precise and labor intensive methods. Generally light, complex, and quite fragrant

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What is Ginjo?

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Uses highly polished rice at least 50% and fermented at cold temperatures. Light, aromatic, fruity, and refined

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What is Honjozo?

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Made with rice, water, koji, and a very small amount of pure distilled alcohol to help extract flavor and aroma. Light, mildly fragrant, easy to drink.

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What are Roka’s Ginjo-shu Sakes?

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Tosatsuru Azure

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What are some facts about Azure/Deep Water?

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Ginjo, 55% polished, sourced from natural spring at the bottom of the north Pacific Ocean

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What are the tasting Notes of Azure/Deep Water?

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Fruity, soft, dry finish

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What is Kire Sake?

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Kire means Beautiful Clean Sake, Simple, Pristine, subtle sake

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What are the Kire Sakes Roka Offers?

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Roka Akor, Azure, Hakkaisan, Taisetsu, Kikusui, Kubota Manju, Kanchiku

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What is Kaori Sake?

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Means Pleasant Aroma, wine like aroma often floral and or fruity

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What are the Kaori Sakes Roka Offers?

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Wakatake, Sawanoi, Yuki No Bosha, Karoyaka Chikurin, Dassi Goju, Hana No Mai, Yume Akari, Fukucho Biho, Nanbu Bijin, Chokaisan, Masuizumi, Bisuikan, Yuki Yazawa

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What is Aji Sake?

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Means flavorful, rich sakes that express richness and flavor of the rice

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What Aji Sakes does Roka Offer?

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Shichi Hon Yari, Kira, Suijin, Shichi Hon Yari, Chikara Mizu, Tsukiyo

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What is Asobi Sake?

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Playful Aroma, unusual sakes, sparkling, unfiltered, or flavored

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What Asobi Sakes does Roka offer?

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Hitorimusume, Sawa Sawa, Aladdin, Kizakura, Hadare Yuki

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What Daiginjo Sakes does Roka offer?

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Nanbu Bijin, Chokaisan, Bisuikan

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What are some facts about Nanbu Bijin/ Southern Beauty?

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50% Polished, made with gingina, an Iwate prefecture rice that took 8 years to develop

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Tasting Notes on Nanbu Bijin/Southern Beauty?

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Lighter style and very easy to drink. Touch of sweetness and smooth texture and finish.

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Facts of Chokaisan/ Amazing Mountain

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50% Polished, Located in town of Yashima on the foothills of Mt. Chokai. Created using a new strain of yeast derived from flowers which results in an intensely aromatic sake with bold floral notes.

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Tasting Notes on Chokaisan/ Amazing Mountain

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Balanced, smooth, and semi dry. Hints of pears and melon

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Facts of Bisuikan?

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50% Polished, made from Akita, a place that has plenty of good rice, crystal clear spring water and cold winters to help brewers keep fermentation under control

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Tasting Notes on Bisuikan

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Rich, powerful, and complex sake with fragrant aromas

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What Junmai sakes does Roka offer?

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Roka Akor, Shichi Hon Yari (Seven Spearsmen)

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Notes of Roka Akor?

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Served cold - nose of melon, smooth refreshing. Served hot - nose of dark chocolate, smooth after taste.

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What Junmai-Ginjos does Roka Offer?

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Taisetsu, Sawanoi, Yuki No Bosha (Cabin in the Snow), Karoyaka Chikurin, Hana No Mai, Yume Akari, Fukucho Biho

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Facts of Taisetsu/ Ice Dome

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Slow aged in Japanese ice dome igloo, Polished to 40%

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Notes of Taisetsu/ Ice Dome

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Fragrant and smooth with a hint of caramel

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Notes of Sawanoi / Fountain of Tokyo

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Full and rich with ample fruit flavors. Clean dry finish make this sake full of complexity

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Facts of Yuki No Bosha / Cabin in the Snow

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40% Polished, made by Saiya Brewery, which one 11 cold medals for sake competition

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Notes of Yuki No Bosha/ Cabin in the Snow

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Light and soft, with notes of peaches and strawberries

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Facts of Karoyaka Chikurin / Lightness

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40% Polished, family owned by Marumoto brewery. Made with estate grown rice, with brewery’s spring water which is well known in the region of Okayama

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Notes of Karoyaka Chikurin / Lightness

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Nose of melon and cedar. Mouth is silky texture with a long finish that has a beautiful sweetness

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Facts of Hana No Mai / Flower Dance

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40% Polished, one of the oldest and most established breweries in Hamamatsu. Hana No Mai uses the best ingredients and has been committed to local production

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Notes of Hana No Mai/ Flower Dance

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Aromas of flower and very light, taste is very dry impression

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Facts of Yume Akari / Dream Light

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40% Polished, Iwate precture, named after the spiritual essence of this sake is found in people of Iwate, and the harmony of the rich rice and water in the brewing techniques of the Toji who created the sake

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Notes of Yume Akari/ Cream Light

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Refreshing fragrance of citrust fruits, well balanced sweetness and acidity

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Facts of Fukucho Biho/ Beautiful Field

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40% Polished

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Notes of Fukucho Biho/ Beautiful Field

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Elegant and delicate sake, light and clean taste with a honeydew flavor

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What Junmai Daiginjos does Roka offer?

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Kubuto Manju, Kanchiku, Wakatake, Dassi Goju, Masuizumi, Shichi Hon Yari (Gravity Splendor), Yuki Yazawa, Chikara Mizu

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Facts of Kobuto Manju/ Ten Thousand Seasons

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50% Polished, Biigata area gets substantial amount of snow which make it perfect for making sake and snow is considered to be a key ingredient in making a great sake

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Notes of Kobuta Manju/ Ten Thousand Seasons

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Nose of cedar and fresh rain water. Mouth is smooth and silky. Perfect dry balance that leave palate feeling alive and refreshed

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Facts of Kanchiku / Winter Forest

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50% polished, intentionally brewed during the sub freezing months around -15 degrees Celcius, produced for more than 350 years in Nagano to produce a smooth and sweet fruity aroma

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Notes of Kanchiku / Winter Forest

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Sweet, Fruity, and smooth. Full bodied that offers a nice clean finish and is dry

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Facts of Wakatake Onikoroshi / Demon Slayer

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50% polished, famous for comforting many wear travelers crossing the cold water. Round and slluring with texture of raw silk

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Notes of Wakatake Onikoroshi/ Demon Slayer

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Well balanced sake has a slight sweetness with elegant aroma with a nice dryness

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Facts of Dassai Goju / D-Y 50

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Polished 50%, sake created by a combination of traditional methods and cutting new technology. All about quality and not quantity

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Notes of Dassai Goju/ D-Y 50

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Clean, soft and very subtle. Balanced aromas and mild sweetness

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Facts of Masuizumi / Forgotten Drink

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50% polished , smaller brewery in terms of volume of its production, putting out about 35,000 cases. Only makes 2 premium sakes

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Notes of Masuizumi/ Forgotten Drink

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Mouth is crisp with perfect acidity and silky texture

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Facts of Shichi Hon Yari / Gravity Splendor

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Polished to 50%, the sake is put in a burlap sack and hung in the air where only gravity alone gently filters the sake one drop at a time

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Notes of Shichi Hon Yari / Gravity Splendor

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Highly polished and slow fermented only let it dropped by gravity after fermentation. Clear and well balanced sake because no pressure is added or pressed. Elegant with a crispness

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Facts of Yuki Yazawa

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Polished to 50%, akita prefecture (famouse for rice farming and its sake breweries)

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What Tokubetsu Junmai does Roka Offer?

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Hakkaisan, Kikusui, Suijin, Tsukiyo

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Facts of Hakkaisan / Eight Peaks

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30% polished, water comes from melting snow and filtered by Mount Hakkai

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Notes of Hakkaisan/ Eight Peaks

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Special smooth taste and flavor, Has a very clean and dry body

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Facts of Kikusui / Chrysanthemum Nectar

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30% polished

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Notes of Kikusui / Chrysanthemum Nectar

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Light yet, flavorful sake. Aroma of pear, citrus, and hints of lemon grass

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What Honjozo sake does Roka offer?

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Kira, Kasami Tsuru

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Notes of Kira/ Gorgeous Devel

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Creamy and rich fragrances with a mild taste of nuts, slight bitter flavor giving the impression of extremely dry sake

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Notes of Kasami Tsuru / Crane of Kasumi

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full barrel with a full green apple flavor, strong and confident

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What Nigori’s does Roka offer?

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Hitorimusume, Sawa SAwa, Aladdin, Kizakura, Hadare Yuki

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Notes of Hitorimusume/ Only Daughter

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very dry nigori, big and bold with a medium to full body

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Notes of Sawa Sawa

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Sparkling nigori sake

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Notes on Kizakura / Cloud

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fresh, light flavor with a mildly sweet and sour taste

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Notes on Hadare Yuki / Junmai Nigori

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very dry, unfiltered sake with pear and apple aromas