You can test its freshness by, whether hot or cold, holding against a white background in clear cup or glass. If It is clear like water or a light lemon color, sake is still fresh. Any tints of brown or amber or cloudiness indicate that the sake has oxidized either from age or from being open for too many days. We recommend that you consume it within one year and once opened, within a few days. Also keeping the bottle in the refrigerator will slow its oxidization.
Sake contains no preservatives or sulfites.
No headache, no hangover. The bar can sell three times as many sake based cocktails, the customers stay longer and have more fun. Also, excellent product for restaurants that have only a beer and wine license. Sake goes with western cuisine as well as with Asian foods. Hi, I visited your tasting room and gardens in early June.