Sake Flashcards
Polishing aim to remove?
Protein, lipid, vitamin, mineral
Sake with Jozo alcohol
Aruten
Sake without charcoal filtration
Muroka
Nama-Chozo
生储藏 single Pasteurism before transportation
Kijoshu
Traditional sweet sake 贵酿酒
Taru-Zake
Barrel aged sake樽酒
Fukuro-Zuri
Gravity filtration
Shizuku-dori
Gravity filtration
Yabuta-shibori
Horizontal pressure filtration
Funa-shibori
Vertical pressure filtration
Arabashiri
Free run juice荒走
Naka-dori / Naka-gumi
Core juice 中取
Seme
Tail juice 責
Kasu
粕 the waste part of rice after filtration
Jukusei-shu
熟成酒 lower temperature aged longer
Doburoku
Ancient style cloudy sake 古法家酿浊酒 unfiltered
Jika-gumi
Direct bottle after filtration, seasonal drink 直汲
At the end of sake fermentation, what must be kept at low level
Pyruvic acid
To-bin
Bottle for Fukuro-Zuri 斗瓶
Nuru-Kan
Sake service temperature around 40 温
Atsu-Kan
Sake service temperature around 50 热
How should oxidized sake like
Less fresh, stale
Hine
Out of condition sake
How should Hine sake be like
Less fresh, dull, stale, caramel, toffee, sulfide like pickled vegetables
Nama-hine
Out of condition Nama-zake
How should Nama-Hine sake be like
Oxidative, sweet spicy, malt, spicy grilled bacon
How should light damage sake like
Scorched rubber, burnt hair, musky-animal sulfur-containing mercaptan. Deep colour
How should microbial spoilage sake like
VA, rotting vegetable, compost, sour milk, rancid cheese, sticking plasters.
Temperature for sake storage
Usually lower than 12 degree, Nama should 5-8 degree
gō
180ml 合
shō
1.8L 升
to
18L 斗
koku
180L 石
O-choko
御猪口 traditional small sake cup, 60ml
Guinomi
Bigger thicker sake cup
Sakazuki
Small sake plate
Kiki-choko
Choko with blue bottom
Masu
Little wood box 180ml, in history used to measure rice but some times used for drinking sake
Tokkuri
德利 sake carafe, 150-300 ml
Sake rice grading
Above special, Special (only for sake making
First, second, third grade (table rice and sake making
How to grade sake rice
Broken,
Cracked,
Dead,
Under-ripe
Less than 15% moisture
How to assess rice ripeness
Colour of ears,
Number of leaves per plant,
Number of stems per ear,
Plant has strong deep root.