Sake Flashcards

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Futsushu

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Generic Sake type, accounts for ~75% of market, has fewer regulatory requirements, and no milling requirements. May be junmai or not.

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Honjozo

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sake made with the addition of a small amount of distilled alcohol

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Junmai

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sake made without the addition of distilled alcohol, seimaibui must be stated on the label but no minimum is required.

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Tokubetsu

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seimaibui of at least 60% or made in a special way outside the brewery’s normal methods which must be stated on the label. (If made in a special way it can be made with less-polished rice.

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Ginjo

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Seimaibui of 60% or less (60% or less of rice remaining)

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Daiginjo

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Seimaibui of 50% or less (50% or less of rice remaining)

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amazake

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non- or low- alcohol sake-like drink

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Kimoto process

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pounding with wooden poles to induce the production of lactic acid bacteria, and lactic acid, for favorable cultivation of yeasts

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Yamahai method

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allowing Lactic acid bacteria to collect and form on the top of the sake mixture for protection from oxygen and selective yeast production.

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Shizuku

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tear drop or gravity press, “free run”

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fukura-tsuri

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hanging bag method, “free run”

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fune

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wooden press box, old school

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shiboritate

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“fresh squeezed” straight to bottle after pressing

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muroka

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non-charcoal filtered sake

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15
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hi-ire-sake

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twice pasteurized sake

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namazume

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pasteurized in tank, but not bottle

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namechozo

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pasteurized in bottle, but not tank

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nama

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unpasteurized sake, also hon-nama, namazake

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taruzake

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aged in barrels, traditionally cedar

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20
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ogoshu

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extra aged sake

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21
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koshu

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aged sake

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22
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most common rice variety for sake

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yamada nishiki

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other rice varieties used for sake

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Hyogo Nishiki
Omachi
Hanafubuki
Dewasansan
Kame no O
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Nigori

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unfiltered, milky, hazy sake

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Akazake
red sake- made with red yeast, red koi, certain yeast strains, ash, or through oxidation
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Seimaiki
rice polishing machine
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seimaibuai
the amount of rice that REMAINS after polishing. | Used as an indication for the quality of the sake produced from said rice.
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What is Hakurajusei best known for?
Their Super 7 sake, which has a seimaibuai of 7 (93% of outer rice removed during polishing). They are located in Miyagi.
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Junmai-Ginjo
60 seimaibuai, no spirit added
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Junmai-Daiginjo
50 seimaibuai, no spirit added
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Tokubetsu Junmai
unique characteristic of brewing or 60 seimaibuai, no spirit added
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What characteristics would you expect from a Honjozo Sake?
the addition of distilled alcohol lightens the sake's style while adding body, and produces a cleaner, perhaps more mineral style
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Nihonshu-do
Sake Sweetness Meter | generally -4 to 14, higher is drier
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Arukouru tenka
Sake with spirit added
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Aruten
Sake with spirit added
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Two sake GIs
Yamagata | Hakusan kikusake
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Genshu
Undiluted sake
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Amakuchi
Sweet label term for sake
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Karakuchi
Dry label term for sake
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What term indicates a sweet sake?
Amakuchi
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What term indicates dry on a bottle of sake?
Karakuchi
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Amami
Term for sweetness in sake
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Sanmi
Term for acidity in sake
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Nigami
Term for bitterness in sake
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O-choko
Small cups for sake drinking
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Tokkuri
Flasks/ carafe for sake service
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Karami
Term for dryness in sake
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Shibumi
Term for astringency/ tartness in sake
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Kanzake
Warmed sake
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Nurukan
Gently warmed sake ~70 - 104
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Kan
Warm sake ~104-130’
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Atsukan
Hot sake Above 130
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Hito-hada
Body temp sake