Terms Flashcards
tanrei-karakuchi
A style of sake promoted by the Echigo Toji guild. Light, dry, and very pure with a short, clean kire finish.
Yamagata
A prefecture in northern Japan where nearly all of the dewa-sansan sake-specific rice is grown.
Hine-ka
the aromas of an out-of-condition sake.
to-bin gakoi
The name given to the bottling that only uses the middle filtration fraction taken from a drip filtration.
Kyū-go
Number 9, with reference to yeast
Nagano
A prefecture in central Japan. The capital city of the prefecture has the same name.
nuru-kan
Term used to describe sake heated to 40C, 104F. Literally means ‘the warmth of a relaxing hot spring bath.’
Masu
A small open square box made of Japense cedar. Used to measure rice and occasionaly as a drinking vessel.
bin hi-ire
Bottle pasteurisation
tokubetsu junmai
A special junmai made from either: rice polished to 60% or less; only sake-specific rice; a process the brewer has had legally recognised.
Koshu
This is a sake that has undergone an extended period of maturation
Yabuta
A leading brand of the modern filtering machines
Izakaya
An informal Japanese bar that serves alcoholic drinks and snacks. Izakayas are casual places for after-work drinking, similar to a British Pub or Irish pub, Spanish tapas bars, and American saloons and taverns.
The Japanese word izakaya (居酒屋) is made up of three kanji with the meaning, in order, “stay-drink-place.”
Edo
A period of Japanese history that runs from 1603 to 1868. Edo was also the name for Tōkyō during this period. It was a seat of power, though not the formal capital city.
kōji-kin
A type of filamentous fungus that has been a foundation for the food cultures of Japan, Korea, and China.
Nakadori
Middle press
also known as Nakagumi
Kuro-kōji
Black kōji
Kantō
A region in centra Japan immediately to the south east of Tōhoku.
Koshiki
A traditional rice steamer
Nigorizake
A cloudy sake that has been lightly filtered.
nama-juku
An unpasteurised sake that has been deliberately matured.
Sei-shu
One of the two official names for sake in Japan
Kome-koji
Rice prepared for sake brewing that contains the enzymes to convert starch to sugar.
Miyamizu
Well water drawn from a particular area beneath Nishinomiya City and is one of the reasons Nada sake became nationally famous. The “miracle water” of Nada.
Miyamizu is rich in calcium, cholrine, phosphate, and potassiom but contains hardly any iron.