Sake Flashcards
ingredients of sake
rice, water, yeast, koji mold, and brewer’s spirit
Koji
rice with aspegillus oryzae
SHIKOMI xx
large tank for fermentation
amakuchu
sweet style
amakaze
sweet low alcool
aminosan-do-umami
amino acides rises equaling to 0.1 ml/l for 10ml sake
atsukan
heated sake
daiginjo-shu
very special 50%polish
More rustic (compared to junmai daiginjo shu)
DOBUROKKU
rustic unrefined homebrew style
fukumi ka
sake aromas smelles retro
fukurozuri
separating sake from the lees without external pressure by hanging the mash in bags, allowing the liquid to drip out under its own weights. Also called Shizukuzake = drip sake
FUTUSHU xx
ordinary sake
GENMAI
unpolished rice
GENSHU
undiluted sake
18-22%
Ginjo shu
rice polished to 60%
Gomi
5 flavors : sweet salty, soicy, sour, bitter
HI RE
PAsteurization
Hitohada70% polish
body temp sake
HONJOZO SHU
70% polish
Ichi go
180ml
Izakaya
Japanese bar
JIZAKE
micro brewery
JOMAI
steamed rice
Joon
room temp sake
JUNMAI SHU
pure sake
No alc addition
Jukusei-ka
scent of maturation
Kagami biraki
opening of cask of sake ceremony
JUNMAI DAIGIN SHU
50% polish
More floral
KANZAKE
WARM SAKE
KAKEMEI
STEAMED RICE ADDED TO THE FERMENTING MOROMI
kanzamashi
hot sake that cooled
kappu zake
glass of house sake
karakuchi
dry taste of sake
kassei seishu
second FA in btl sake
Kashira
second in command at the brewery
Kasu
Pressed sake leed
KATAKUCHI
Sake decanter
Kijoshu
Complex sake
KIMOTO
grinding the rice paste original process
Kobo
yeast
Kochuka
aroma of sake
KAdaisu
dark and funky sake
KOJI
rice made with Kojikin
Koji bana
nutty aroma caused by the mold
Kojikin
mold used to breakdown rice starches into fermentable sugar
KOKU
unit vol 180.4L
KOSHIKI
Steaming basket
KOSHU
Aged sake
Kuchiatari
first impression when sake hits the palate
Kura
sake cellar
KURABITO
sake cellar worker
KUROSHI
sake made with brown unpolished rice
Masu
wooden box used as measure rice during feudal period
MOTO
yeast starter
MOROMI xx
main ferm mash in prod of sake or soy sauce
Muroka
unfiltered sake not carbon filtered
Mushimai
steamed rice
Namagusai
raw fish smell/taste
Nama Chozoshu
unpasteurized only heated once before shippign
NAMAKAZE xx
not pasteurized
NIGORIZAKE
cloudy sake
NIHONSHU
japanese liquor
NIHONSU-DO
Calculated fromthe graivty of the sake -3 (sweet) +10 dry
Nuka
Powder polished away from rice kernels
O-CHOKO
small sake cup
ORIZAKE
sake with small sediment
Regyura shu
Cheap sake
REISHU
Chilled sake
Roka
filtering process
Sakargura
brewery
Sakana
appetizer served with alc
Sakaya
liquor shop
SAKAZUKI
porcelain cup
Saketini
sake version of martini
Sandan Shikomi
3 stage process
SAN DO
Concentration of acid 0.8 sweeter 2.0 drier
Sanyaku
Brewery workers starting the yeast
Seimai
Rice Polishing
SEIMAI - BUAI xxx
Rice polishing ratio
SEIMAIKI
Rice polishing machine
Seishu
Clear liquor
Shiboritate
Freshly pressed
Shimpaku
opaque
Shinseki
Rice soaking
Shinshi bana
new sake aroma
SHIZUKUZAKE xx
dripsake
Shubo
mother yeast
Sokujo
Quick FA
Sugidama
ball made from japanese cedar leaves hung in the eaves of sake breweries
Tamagozake
cocktail : heated sake sugar raw egg
TARUZAKE xx
sake ageed in barrel made of crytomeria (japanese cedar)
TEISEIHAKU SHU
80%
tejaku
faux pas pourings one s own drink
Tobingako
best sake batch
TOJI xxx
Head sake brewer
Tokubetshu Honjozo shu
special brew
TOKUBETSO JUNMAI SHU
pure rice sake 60%
TOKKURI xx
sake bottle tall and slender
Tokutai meisho shu
special designation sake
umami
glutamates
uwadachi ka
volatiles
YAMAHAI
kimoto mathod without paste
YONGOBIN
720ml btl
RATIO L/ KOJI/ RICE xxx
1310 L water
200 kg koji
800 kg rice
+sake yeast
Method
Milled
Rest
Steamed
= Moto
FA
Pressed
Pressed sake = shiboritate
Charcoal Filtration
Pasteurization
Ratio Kakemai Koji
25kg koji 37kg kakemai
80L water
what is Kimoto method
: Batonnage method where lactic acid are cultivated and added to protect the fermentation from other unwanted bacterias. Natural nitrous bacteria, create a nitrous reducing acid which kills unwanted bacteria. At 10% ABV the lactic bacteria cannot survive, so the moto will be transferred before this point. Result is creamy zesty characteristic.
GI’s for sake prod
Yamagata
Hakusan Kikusake
Pure rice category
Junmai
Junmai Ginjo
Junmai Daiginjo
Arukouru or Aruten
sake with added spirit
Honjozo
Ginjo
Daiginjo
Final product
Shiboritate (fresh squeezed)
Arabashiri (first run - barely cloudy)
Nakagumi (middle -with great balance)
Seme (final - used for blend)
Filtrated on charcoal Muroka
1 pasteurized in tank + btl = Nihonshu
Hiire sake = twice pasteurized
pasteurized in tank only - Namazume
How many Jura in Japan
1800 breweries (Kura)
Ordinary sake
Futsu shu
Special designation prem sake
Tokutei meiso shu
Best rice
Yamana nishiki
Shuzo kotekimai
Rice varieties
Non sticky
Shin Paku
White heart from rice
What’s happening during multiple paralelle fa
Breakdown of rice starch into glucose
Conversion of glucose into alcohol
Aspergillus oryzae
Mushrooms that will convert starch to sugar glucose
SOHAZE
Rice grain fully covered in I aspergillus oryzae
100% koji
Honory title of sake association
Samurai