Sake Stuff

Question 1

What is sake?

Answer 1

Japanese fermented alcoholic beverage. Made using koji, rice and often has umami flavours, two main categories are with and without spirit added

Question 2

Where is sake selection in the wine list

Answer 2

Page 4

Question 3

Which approx temp do we serve sake in normally

Answer 3

Chilled, room temp or warmed 40 degrees

Question 4

Which sake do you recommend serving warmed

Answer 4

Tamagawa red label

Question 5

What temp do we serve sake at warmed

Answer 5

40-60

Question 6

How long does it take to warm sake and how do we do it

Answer 6

10 mins for 40 in the sake warmer

Question 7

What do we serve sake in and why

Answer 7

Either a dessert wine glass or a tea cup - elevates the experience for guests and moves away from doing shots of sake

Question 8

Do we sell sake by the bottles

Answer 8

Yes

Question 9

When is it appropriate to drink sake during a meal

Answer 9

Before, during or after

Question 10

Difference between cloudy and unfiltered sake

Answer 10

Cloudy is still roughly filtered - once not twice and sometimes the lees is added back in after filtration

Question 11

Which sweet, flavoured sake do we offer?

Answer 11

Umeshu -
Ota Umeshu ‘Dokan’
Kozaemon Umeshu
Heiwa Umeshu

Yuzushu
Heiwa Yuzushu

Question 12

How are flavoured sakes served

Answer 12

Dessert wine glass, chilled, sometimes with ice