SAKE Flashcards
Yaga Hak Kik
Name the 2 GI for Sake.
Yamagata
Hakusan Kikusake
What means MPF in Sake?
Multiple Parallel Fermentation
What is Shinpaku?
Pure starchy heart of rice
What is Sakamai
Rice species for Sake production:
spongier with a unique ratio of fat & protin on outside and very starchy concentrated inside.
What is Jozo?
Alcohol from distilled rice or sugar beet for fortification of Honjozo styles
What is Aroukuru or Aruten?
Sake with Spirit added
Name 4 most common rice used for Sake?
Yamada Nishiki
Gohyakumanboku
Miyamanishiki
Omachi
Seimaibuai
Means milled in Japonese
Nihonshudo SVM
Sake Value Meter
sweet = minus
dry = plus
Tokkuri
Narrow Neck ceramic neck flask for Sake
Ochoko
are Sakazuki cups for enjoying sake
What is indica in sake?
long grained rice
What is Doburoku?
unrefined rustic homebrewed sake
Kura/Sakagura?
Sake Brewery
How much must Junmai be polished?
70%
Which Sake style must be min 50% polished?
Daiginjo
Which Sake style must be min 60% polished?
Ginjo
What means Namazake?
unpasteurised
What means Nigori Sake?
unfiltered
Taruzake
Sake aged in wood
Jizake?
Sake from a smaller Kura/Artisan brewery
What is Genshu Sake?
undiluted or not diluted Sake
Which ratio is Honjozo polished?
70% = Sake with a slight distillate added
What is table rice called in Japan?
Kakomai = its stickier
What is the max abv for Sake?
22%
however often watered down to 15% to avoid extra taxes
What is the meaning of Tokubetsu?
Min polished 60% or the Sake must be produced different to the usual production of the Kura, ie Kimoto Method
What is the name of the rice used for Sake?
Yamada Nishiki
What is the mould called that ferments Sake?
Koji Kin
Asperilus Oryzae mold
What is a Sake Brewery called in Japan?
Kura/Sakagura
What is Sake called in japonese?
Nihonshu
What is the mould called that is fermenting the rice?
Koji kin
What is Sakamai
Sake specific rice
Which is considered the first day of Sake brewing?
1st October
Ginjo shu Seimaibuai
60%
Nihonshudo in negative
sweeter Sake
Nihonshudo in positive
dryer Sake
Shinshu
New Sake
Masu
square wooden sake cup
Toji
Brewmaster
What are Oseto, Omachi, Tamazakee?
Rice varieties for Sake production from different prefectures