sake brewing process– tag –

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...

Freshly pressed sake is not quite finished. It looks a little cloudy and pale. A faint yellow or green tint often lingers. Filtration in sake brewing is the step that turns that hazy liquid into clear sake. So one more refining stage usu...

Imagine weeks of careful fermentation finally complete. The tank holds a thick, milky mash called moromi. Yet this cloudy mixture is not sake just yet. Pressing in sake brewing is the stage that turns that mash into a clear drink. It sep...

Every bottle of sake hides a quiet miracle inside. That miracle is fermentation. So what is fermentation in sake brewing? Fermentation is the process where yeast turns sugar into alcohol. It also gives off carbon dioxide and rich aroma. ...

Sake owes its very existence to a tiny living thing. That thing is yeast, a microbe you cannot see. So what is yeast in sake brewing? Yeast is the microorganism that turns sugar into alcohol. During fermentation, it also releases carbon ...

Sake (or Japanese rice wine) is a classic Japanese alcoholic beverage with so many types and the process of making it reqires a lot of time and effort. There are so many standards for making a good quality sake. How much i...

Sake (or Japanese rice wine) is a classic Japanese alcoholic beverage with so many types and the process of making it reqires a lot of time and effort. There are so many standards for making a good quality sake. How much i...

Sake owes its very existence to a tiny living thing. That thing is yeast, a microbe you cannot see. So what is yeast in sake brewing? Yeast is the microorganism that turns sugar into alcohol. During fermentation, it also releases carbon ...

Every bottle of sake hides a quiet miracle inside. That miracle is fermentation. So what is fermentation in sake brewing? Fermentation is the process where yeast turns sugar into alcohol. It also gives off carbon dioxide and rich aroma. ...