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You don't need to learn sake from zero. You need a translation.
What is sake?
Four ingredients, and no sugar in any of them. Where sake comes from, what a brewer can do with it, and how to stop guessing at the shelf.
How sake is made
Rice has no sugar and no acid. Both are made by living things — and four decisions a brewer makes along the way separate one bottle from the next.
Reading a sake label
Junmai, Ginjō, Daiginjō, polishing ratio, nama, koshu — the words that look like a wall at first. I translate them into what they actually tell you about style and serving, the way you'd read a wine label for clues.
Sake styles, the wine way
Junmai, Ginjō, Daiginjō, polishing ratio, nama, koshu — the words that look like a wall at first. I translate them into what they actually tell you about style and serving, the way you'd read a wine label for clues.
