Freestyle Friday - Sake Part 2 - Episode #41
Channel: Wine World TV
Date: 2021-04-30

In this Freestyle Friday episode of WWTV, I take you to Japan again. We explore the national beverage Sake. This is part two of a  two-parter. Today  we go deeper into history, related beverages, the nitty gritty of production, and a lot of terms. I’ll only be tasting one sake today. It is the Higashiyama Brewery Konteki Pearls of Simplicity. This is another long one, so get comfortable.

Links for the show:

Sake entry from Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sake

GuildSomm - This is one of the best online resources for people like me. This link is for the general website since its Sake page is paid content - https://www.guildsomm.com

A Comprehensive Guide to Sake - From 2011, but nothing has really changed in how sake is made or the regulations - https://www.nrib.go.jp/English/sake/pdf/guidesse01.pdf

National Research Institute of Brewing (English page) - The Guide linked to above is also available on this page along with other resources - https://www.nrib.go.jp/English/sake/sakeinfo.html

Shōchū (Wikipedia) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shōchū

Soju (Wikipedia) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soju

Baijiu (Wikipedia) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baijiu

Huangjiu (Wikipedia) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huangjiu

Ozeki Sake - SMV-Acidity Chart - http://ozekisake.com/learn/sake-meter-value.php

SakeStory - Mighty Peak Page - Direct link to the importer’s page. Just going to SakeStory’s website and clicking on the Our Products menu does nothing. It’s not a very good site. Too small. Maybe it’s designed for mobile devices. - http://sakestory.com/ibaragi.htm

Miyashita Sake Brewery main page (English link) - https://www.msb.co.jp/english/

Miyashita Sake Brewery - Sacred Mist Nigori Page (Japanese only - Clicking English just takes you back to their main page) - https://www.msb.co.jp/product/3599/

How to Pronounce Japanese Like a Native Speaker - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MMuiL9s7Fo

LCBO - https://www.lcbo.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/en/lcbo - Want to see what the RS (Residual Sugar for a wine is? Well, LCBO  (Liquor Control Board of Ontario, a Canadian state-ran wine shop), among other ones in Canada, lists it in the product details for most of  their wines.

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