vocab Flashcards
Futsu-shu 酒
Basic Sake
日本酒度
Nihonshu-do
is unique measure to indicate the specific gravity of the sake and is specified by the Measurement Law
山廢
Yamahai
yama-oroshi-haishi-moto
Development of kimoto method without the need to pound steamed rice
黏性的
glutinous
n. 孢子
spore
Nama-chozo (namechozo)
生貯藏
Sake stored without pasteurization until time of shipment
接種
inoculation
原酒
Genshu
Sake that has not been diluted by water
山田錦
Yamada-nishiki
is a short-grain Japanese rice famous for its use in high-quality sake
特別
tokubetsu
A junmae or honjozo made from
1. <60% Polish Ratio
2. Specific Sake rice
3. Legally approved process
中汲み
naka-gumi
Middle fraction produced during distillation
荒走り
arabashiri
The free run liquid that comes out of the filter.
首先榨出的酒液
米
kome
Rice
総破精
sō-haze
- Kōji with high levels of mould growth
- the kind of koji where growth is deep in an inwards direction as well as across the surface of the grain
特定名称酒
tokutei-meisho-shu
Premium sake
古酒
Koshu
Aged sake
貴醸酒
Kijōshu
Sake with high levels of sweetness using specific production method
木枡
masu
Open box for sake
五百万石
Gohyakuman-goku
2 best sake rice
Nigata 21%
胺基酸
Amino acid
for umami in sake
甘口
Amakuchi
sweet
n. 杜氏
Tōji
Master brewer
head brewer(s)
n. 蔵人
kurabito
means brewery workers
coarsely
adv. 粗糙地
本醸造
Honjozo
<70% Polished Rice added GNS
n. 酒林
sakabayashi
Japanese cedar branches hung outside brewery during brew season
same as sugidama 杉玉
掛米
kake (kake-mai)
Steamed rice directly used in fermentation not for koji
醸造アルコール
jozo arukoru / jozo-alcohol
GNS produced with agriculture products
槽搾
funa-shibori
A traditional filtration method using bags to filter moromi
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)
Nihonshudo - 日本酒度
Sake Meter Value = SMV
bran
n. 糠
- made up of several layers
- lots of starch
- high level of proteins, lipids, vitamins, minerals
吟醸香
ginjō-ka
when the yeast are put under stress, they produce chemicals that have distinct aromas including green apple and fresh banana.
雄町
Omachi
Sake rice oldest variety
Okayama and Hiroshima 2.4% production
husk
n. 外殼
- hard, outter cover of the rice grain
- removed right after harvest
edible
adj. 可食用的
樽酒
Taru-zake (taruzake)
sake has been matured in Japanese cedar barrels
中取り
naka-dori
Middle fraction produced during filtration
荒走り 後,接著流出的酒
n. 杉玉
sugidama
a globe made with cedar needles
日本酒
Nihon-shu
Sake
冷卸
hiya-oroshi
Nama zume sake sold as seasonal autumn product
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
清酒
sei-shu
Sake
自動壓搾機
Yabuda
automatic pressing machine
酸度
san-do
A scale for measuring acid in sake
無濾過
Muroka
Sake not fined by charcoal
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.
米麹
kome kōji /
Term for kōji rice to differentiate from koji kin / koji mould
日本酒度
nihonshu-do
Sake meter value
Measure density of sake versus water (eg sugar measure)
sieve
n. 篩子
大吟醸
daiginjo
- rice polish ration below 50%
斗瓶 囲い
to-bin gakoi
bottling that only uses the middle fitration fraction taken from a drip filtration
生酛
kimoto
Fermentation starter that pounds steamed rice into paste
酒度
shudo
Short for nihonshu do
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
Unpasteurized sake
Moromi
n. 醪
main mash
book: main fermentation
nama-zume
生詰
Sake that has been pasteurized once before storage
Miyama-nishiki
美山錦
Nagano sake rice
Well adapted to growing in cold and mountains
Restrained aromas
Grains like Gohyakuman
granule
n. 顆粒
Dewa-sansan
出羽燦々
A variety of sake grown in Yamagata prefecture
Nigori
濁り酒
Roughly filtered cloudy sake
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
tsuki-haze
Kōji with low levels of mould growth
The mould is mainly in the center of the grain