Sake Defined

Question 1

What does “sake” refers to?

Answer 1

All alcoholic Japanese beverage

Question 2

When was rice imported to japan and from where?

Answer 2

5 000 years ago from China

Question 3

When did sake become an official alcoholic beverage in japan?

Answer 3

2,500 years ago

Question 4

What is the usual term for a rice based drink in Japan?

Answer 4

Nihonshu

Question 5

What is the official term for rice based alcohol in japan?

Answer 5

Seishu

Question 6

What is sochu?

Answer 6

A distilled spirit made of sweet potatoes, barley, buckwheat or rice

Question 7

What is the maximum alcohol content of sake

Answer 7

22%

Question 8

What is “nigori” referring to a sake?

Answer 8

A rough filtered sake. Cloudy

Question 10

Japan oldest religion?

Answer 10

Shinto

Question 11

List the three possibilities sake has to be made according to

Answer 11

Fermented and filtered beverage made of rice, komekoji and water
Fermented and filtered beverage made of rice komekoji, water and other substances (lees, alcohol, sugar, acids, flavor enhancers) no more than 50% of rice +
Alcoholic beverage made by adding sake kashu, then filtered

Question 12

What is sake-kashu?

Answer 12

Sake lees

Question 13

What is “shu”

Answer 13

Chinese character meaning sake

Question 14

What is the meaning of Sei-shu?

Answer 14

“Sei” for clear

Shu for sake

Question 15

What is the meaning of Nihon-shu?

Answer 15

“Nihon” for Japan

“shu” for sake

Question 16

What is Sakana

Answer 16

A dish accompanying sake

Question 17

How many premium sake categories are there?

Answer 17

8
Junmai Daiginjo - Daiginjo
Junmai Ginjo - Ginjo
Tokubetsu Junmai - Tokubetsu Honjozo
Junmai - Honjozo

Question 18

What is tokutei-meishō-shu?

Answer 18

Premium sake