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Pasteurization in sake brewing is the quiet, decisive step near the very end. It is a gentle heating called hiire. This step sits at the heart of pasteurization in sake brewing. The step barely gets a mention on most labels, yet it quiet...

There's a moment every spring in Japan when something shifts. The cherry blossoms are just beginning to open, the air feels lighter, and at specialty sake shops, a new kind of bottle quietly appears on the refrigerated shelf. It's labele...

There's a moment every spring in Japan when something shifts. The cherry blossoms are just beginning to open, the air feels lighter, and at specialty sake shops, a new kind of bottle quietly appears on the refrigerated shelf. It's labele...