What is the Japanese Sake (Nihonshu)?

Japanese Sake (Nihonshu) is repesentative alcohol in Japan.

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What is the Japanese Sake (Nihonshu)?

Japanese Sake is brewed with ingredients that are Japanese rice, rice malt and water in Japan.

Japanese Sake is called Nihonshu and written 日本酒 on Kanji in Japan.

Rice malt is koji added to the rice and fermented.

Japanese Sake(Nihonshu) types

Japanese Sake is separated into "Junmai Sake group", "Ginjo Sake group" and "Honjozo Sake group" mainly.

When making Japanese Sake, the standard of how to make it is set to those.

Japanese Sake that no standard is called "Futsu Sake".

Junmai Sake(Junmai shu) group

Junmai Sake(Junmai shu) group is only made with ingredients that are Rice, Rice malt and water.

• Junmai Sake(Junmai shu)
• Junmai Ginjo Sake(Junmai Ginjo shu)
• Junmai DaiGinjo Sake(Junmai DaiGinjo shu)
• Special Junmai Sake(Tokubetsu Junmai shu)

Junmai Sake(Junmai shu)

Junmai Sake(Junmai shu) is only made with ingredients that are Rice, Rice malt and water.

Not including Jozo alcohol with ingredients, so the rice taste is emphasized and tasty.

Available to feel rice scent, tasty, and sweetness.

Junmai Ginjo Sake(Junmai Ginjo shu)

Junmai Ginjo Sake(Junmai Ginjo shu) is also made with same ingredients to Junmai Sake.

Different points are Rice polishing ratio is 60% and making by Ginjo Zukuri.

Ginjo Zukuri is how to make it at a low temperature and ferment for a long time. By that, Japanese Sake emphasizes a special scent.

Available to feel the fruity scent and taste clearly.

Rice polishing ratio is the rate cut to rice surface. Rice polishing ratio is 60% means was cut 40% rice surface.

Junmai DaiGinjo Sake(Junmai DaiGinjo shu)

Junmai DaiGinjo Sake(Junmai DaiGinjo shu) is also made with same ingredients to Junmai Sake.

And It was made by Rice polishing ratio is 50% and Ginjo Zukuri.

Junmai DaiGinjo Sake(Junmai DaiGinjo shu) is a fewer off-flavors and taste clearly than Junmai Ginjo Sake.

Special Junmai Sake(Tokubetsu Junmai shu)

Special Junmai Sake(Tokubetsu Junmai shu) is also made with same ingredients to Junmai Sake.

It was made by how to make special.

Ginjo Sake(Ginjo shu) group

Junmai Sake(Junmai shu) group is made with ingredients that are Rice, Rice malt, water, Jozo alcohol.

• Ginjo Sake( Ginjo shu)
• DaiGinjo Sake(DaiGinjo shu)

Ginjo Sake(Ginjo shu)

Ginjo Sake(Ginjo shu) is made by Rice policing ratio is 60% and Ginjo Zukuri.

Available to feel the fruity and gorgeous taste.

Jozo alcohol is high alcohol with ingredients that are mainly sugarcane etc.

If Japanese Sake uses Jozo alcohol, the price tends to be cheaper. And effectively emphasize scent.

DaiGinjo Sake(DaiGinjo shu)

Ginjo Sake(Ginjo shu) is made by Rice policing ratio is 50% and Ginjo Zukuri.

DaiGinjo Sake(DaiGinjo shu) is fewer off-flavor and taste clearly than Ginjo Sake.

Honjozo Sake(Honjozo shu) group

Honjozo Sake(Honjozo shu) group is made with ingredients that are Rice, Rice malt, water, Jozo alcohol.

• Honjozo Sake(Honjozo shu)
• Special Honjozo Sake(Tokubetsu Honjozo shu)

Honjozo Sake(Honjozo shu)

Honjozo Sake(Honjozo shu) is made by Rice polishing ratio is 70% below.

How to make it is the same as Junmai Sake. But including the Jozo alcohol.

Available to feel refreshing taste.

Special Honjozo Sake(Tokubetsu Honjozo shu)

Special Honjozo Sake(Tokubetsu Honjozo shu) is made by Rice polishing ratio of 60% below. Or It was made by special methods.

Available to taste more clearly than Honjozo Sake.