vocab Flashcards
Futsu-shu
Basic Sake
Nihonshu-do
日本酒度
Yamahai
山廢
yama-oroshi-haishi-moto
glutinous
adj. 黏性的
spore
n. 孢子
Nama-chozo (namechozo)
生貯藏
inoculation
n. 接種
Genshu
原酒
Yamada-nishiki
山田錦
tokubetsu
特別
naka-gumi
中汲み
same as 中取り naka-dori
arabashiri
荒走り
首先榨出的酒液
kome
米
sō-haze
n. 総破精
1. Kōji with high levels of mould growth
2. the kind of koji where growth is deep in an inwards direction as well as across the surface of the grain
tokutei-meisho-shu
特定名称酒 or premium sake
Koshu
古酒 - aged sake
Kijōshu
貴醸酒
masu
n. 木枡
Gohyakuman-goku
五百万石
Amino acid
胺基酸 - for umami in sake
Amakuchi
甘口
Tōji
n. 杜氏
head brewer(s)
kurabito
n. 蔵人
means brewery workers
coarsely
adv. 粗糙地
Honjozo
本醸造
sakabayashi
n. 酒林
same as sugidama 杉玉
kake (kake-mai)
掛米
jozo arukoru / jozo-alcohol
醸造アルコール
funa-shibori
槽搾
ears
n. 稻穗
The ears grow at the end of the long stems that rice plants grow. They contain flowers which once they have bloomed will turn into new grains of rice.
seedling
n. 幼苗
Tokubetsu
特別. e.g. Tokubetsu Junmai (特別純米)
SMV
Sake Meter Value = Nihonshudo - 日本酒度
bran
n. 糠
- made up of several layers
- lots of starch
- high level of proteins, lipids, vitamins, minerals
ginjō-ka
吟醸香
when the yeast are put under stress, they produce chemicals that have distinct aromas including green apple and fresh banana.
Omachi
雄町
husk
n. 外殼
- hard, outter cover of the rice grain
- removed right after harvest
edible
adj. 可食用的
Taru-zake (taruzake)
樽酒 - sake has been matured in Japanese cedar barrels
naka-dori
中取り
荒走り 後,接著流出的酒
sugidama
n. 杉玉
a globe made with cedar needles
Nihon-shu
日本酒
hiya-oroshi
冷卸
ひや(HIYA) 一字可解為清涼,而 おろし(OROSHI)可解為推出市場的意思,總結來說就是「秋之季節清酒
sei-shu
清酒
Yabuda
自動壓搾機
san-do
酸度
Muroka
無濾過
crumbly
adj. 易碎的
endosperm
n. 胚乳
- the white layers underneath the bran
- high in starch
- with little proteins, lipids, vitamins, minerals. > much lesser than table rice.
kome kōji / kōji rice)
米麹
nihonshu-do
日本酒度
sieve
n. 篩子
daiginjo
大吟醸 - rice polish ration below 50%
to-bin gakoi
斗瓶 囲い
bottling that only uses the middle fitration fraction taken from a drip filtration
kimoto
生酛
shudo
酒度
Ki-ippon
生一本
This term refers to junmai-shu that is brewed entirely at one brewery (single site)
nama-zake (namazake)
生酒
Moromi
n. 醪 main mash
book: main fermentation
nama-zume
生詰
Miyama-nishiki
美山錦
granule
n. 顆粒
Dewa-sansan
出羽燦々
Nigori
濁り酒
kiki-choko
tasting cup - a 180ml opaque white porcelain cup with two concentric cobalt blue colour circles on the bottom.
germ
n. 胚芽
- this part of the grain will grow into new rice plant
- this is removed during polishing