Sake Flashcards
Honjozo
70% or less of the the rice grain remaining, 30% polished
Ginjo
60% or less of the rice remaining, 40% or more polished
Daiginjo
50% or less of the rice grain remaining, 50% or more polished
Shinpaku
core of the rice grain, the startch center
Rice components
Husk
Bran
Endosperm
Shinpaku
Koji Muro
warm humid room where the koji is created
Junmai
sake with no distilled alcohol added to the batch
means pure
Yabuta
automted pressing machine
Muroka
sake not filted by a carbon filter
Genshu
Sake that has not been diluted
Nama
Sake that has not been pasteurized
Koshu
aged sake
Futsu-Shu
basic/entry level ske
no polishing requirements
most of the sake produced
Junmai sake
No polishing requirements
only produced wiht riche water koji yeast
no distilled alcohol
Nigori
cloudy sake
filtered through a coarse mesh filter, alosoing some solids to pass through