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 Sake - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sake is often drunk as part of Shinto purification rituals (compare with the use of red wine in the Catholic Eucharist).
Sake is also served during the light meal eaten during some tea ceremonies.
When World War II erupted the sake brewing industry was dealt a hefty blow as the government clamped down on the use of rice for brewing.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sake   (3080 words)

  
 Yamazato Japanese Restaurant - Sake in General
Sake is not wine, but sake and wine have many similarities.
Characteristic of premium sake, rice is polished down 50% - 70%, brewed at a low temperature for a long time, using only regional spring water, and produced with tradition for perfection.
The principle ingredients of sake are rice, yeast, and spring water.
http://www.yamazato.net/html/sake_in_general.html   (296 words)

  
 Joy Of Sake
About 50 percent of all the sake purchased in the United States is used in the kitchen, where it is a mainstay for marinades, added to fish stock, used to steam clams and added as a braising liquid for cooking chicken or pork.
Sake appears on the wine list of many restaurants with menus featuring Pacific Rim or California cuisine, and is usually served cold.
There are around 1,600 sake breweries in Japan, and many produce more than one brand.
http://www.joyofsake.com/Sake/qa.html   (773 words)

  
 Sake FAQ - Japanese rice wine information & education
Yet, sake is not carbonated, and flavor-wise is closer to wine than beer, although it is indeed uniquely different from wine.
If the sake was brewed in Japan, note that the year 10 (for Heisei 10) is 1998.
Sake is not a distilled beverage, and is not even remotely related to gin, vodka or other spirits.
http://www.esake.com/Knowledge/FAQ/faq.html   (1281 words)

  
 The History of Sake
All of the early variations of sake were cloudy until a seventeenth century brewery worker thought to use ashes to settle the cloudy particles in the sake.
Sake was first brewed in Japan after the practice of wet rice cultivation was introduced in that country around 300 B.C. Though the origins of sake can be traced in China as far back as 4,000 B.C., it was the Japanese who began mass production of this simple but delicious rice concoction.
Sake is the traditional rice wine of Japan.
http://www.asianartmall.com/historyofsake.htm   (655 words)

  
 Rice Wine -- Sake
This type of sake is also brewed in California (such as Ozeki.) It's the most natural rice wine.
This sake is added less than 120 liters of 100% raw alcohol to each metric ton of white rice during the brewing process.
Tasting sake is not different as tasting wine: Look, Smell, Taste.
http://www.geocities.com/citynite/sake.html   (528 words)

  
 Adams Market Research Alcohol Beverage Industry
Sake by the glass is priced about the same as grape wines.
Priced from $7.50 to $18.00 per glass, the sakes are also sold by bottle, and range from $38 for 500 ml of Umenishiki to $95 for the larger bottles of Hakkaizan.
Ohyama is described as "The sake of love, this soushu sake from Yamagata is light and dry, which makes it a wonderful aperitif" and Ichinokura "is characterized by the harmony of smooth flavor and the refreshing aroma of Japanese cedar, which enhances the flavor.
http://www.beveragenet.net/cheers/1999/0499/499sake.asp   (1858 words)

  
 Sake World Newsletter #2
Sake that is not pasteurized is called namazake, and maintains a certain freshness of flavor, although it must be kept refrigerated to protect it.
After proper sake rice (in the case of premium sake, anyway) has been secured, it is milled, or polished, to prepare it for brewing good sake.
Although this sake is likely of honjozo class, this is not on the label.
http://www.bento.com/drinks/sake02.html   (3801 words)

  
 Beer
Although Americans have long referred to sake as a rice wine, in actuality, sake is more like beer than wine in that, like beer, it is created from grain rather than fruit, and, just like beer, it must undergo a process to convert starch to sugar.
But premium sake rice is polished to at least 70 percent and some of the highest quality sakes are brewed with rice polished to 35 percent of its original size.
Sake aficionados maintain that the best sake is junmai-shu, which is sake made with just three ingredients: rice, water and koji (rice impregnated with a starch dissolving mold).
http://www.sallys-place.com/beverages/beer/sake.htm   (849 words)

  
 Making Sake
In the temperature controlled, stainless-steel tanks the sake is fermented, unlike wine or beer.
The solids are called kasu, or sake cake, which will be used for pickling salmon and vegetables.
This serial addition is found only in sake fermentation, and is one of the largest differences between making sake and beer or wine.
http://asucd.ucdavis.edu/organizations/cultural/jcc/sake.html   (987 words)

  
 Sake World - Types of Sake
Premium sake is brewed with special rice in which the starch component (the shinpaku or "white heart") is concentrated at the center of the grain, with proteins, fats, and amino acids located toward the outside.
This is the original and tradional method of brewing sake.
However, sake on the right side of the chart (honjozo-shu, ginjo-shu, daiginjo-shu), has had a very small amount of alcohol added to it at the final stages of brewing.
http://www.sake-world.com/html/types-of-sake.html   (1503 words)

  
 Gekkeikan Sake (U.S.A.), Inc.
The remaining solids are called "sake cake" and the remaining liquid is called "sake".
After maturing in the aging tanks, sake is ready to be bottled and shipped to consumers.
If kept cool and out of direct sunlight, sake will retain its original delicate flavor for approximately two years in an unopened bottle.
http://www.gekkeikan-sake.com/production.cfm   (250 words)

  
 All about Sake wine
In the past, sake brewers used vats made of cedar, but in a contemporary setting, these vats are made of ceramic or steel, which enhances the quality of sake at this stage in the brewing process.
Sake is an alcoholic rice wine that is native to Japan.
The sake brewing process involves four main brewing ingredients: rice, water, yeast and koji, which is a special type of rice that has been cultivated with a mold called
http://www.asianartmall.com/moresake.htm   (471 words)

  
 Sake « Drink « Food « Recreation
- Japanese ginjo sake brewery in Nara Prefecture.
Miyashita Sake Brewery Co., Ltd. - Sake brewery in Okayama prefecture, producing the Kiwamihijiri brand.
Kosaka Brewery Co., Ltd. - Sake and Shochu brewery in Yamaguchi, Japan.
http://www.localadsearch.com/Recreation/Food/Drink/Sake   (516 words)

  
 sake-hokusetsu
Generally, the rice used in brewing is polished to approximately 80% of its original size.
Saké is often classified according to the extent of polish; Hokusetsu's brews range from 68% to 35% for its two flagship brands, Daiginjo KK35 and Daiginjo YK35.
This climate is a key factor for the quality of Hokusetsu products, as sake is brewed during the coldest days of the year.
http://www.nobumatsuhisa.com/flash/sake/sake.html   (1167 words)

  
 Hormel Foods - Glossary - Sake
Sake is also used frequently in cooking as an ingredient or for marinating foods.
Sake that has 30 percent of the rice grain removed is premium sake and is labeled junmai or honjozo sake.
Sake may be pronounced slightly differently, with a more elongated pronunciation, to avoid confusion with the wine beverage.
http://www.hormel.com/kitchen/glossary.asp?id=34236&catitemid=   (170 words)

  
 Japan Sake Brewers Association
ade primarily from rice, sake is a fermented beverage brewed using a microorganism called koji and yeast.
The quality of water used in brewing sake is also important.
There are many different varieties of sake, and it can be enjoyed either warm or chilled, depending on the season.
http://www.japansake.or.jp/sake/english   (166 words)

  
 BlueWine.com: French Wine, California Wine, Australia Wine, Italian Wine.
Sawanoi is a brewery with a long tradition of Sake brewing amidst the lush and pristine nature of west Tokyo area.
Sake brewing has been passed down from generation to generation in the Ota family, and the Daishichi Brewery, founded in 1752, has become famous all over Japan.
With its state-of-the-art sake brewing facility in Folsom, California, the company’s first brewing facility in North America, Gekkeikan continues to strengthen its marketing position in the wake of growing demand for sake worldwide.
http://recherche.bluewine.com/en/index.asp?no_categorie=121400   (344 words)

  
 Sake to Me -- ThingsAsian Article
At the same time, sake, wine and beer all rely on fermentation and the conversion of glucose, in the presence of yeast, into alcohol and carbon dioxide.
Sake is popularly referred to as "rice wine." Yet sake production facilities are uniformly referred to as breweries.
Sakes can vary considerably in fragrance, flavor and complexity, though admittedly within a narrower spectrum than grape-based wine.
http://www.thingsasian.com/goto_article/article.2333.html   (1404 words)

  
 Sake.com: Sake Making
Amongst Sake with added alcohol, there are four groups, the first and largest of which is cheap Sake, in which lots of alcohol is added to increase yields.
The type of Sake rice, and the degree to which the rice was polished --both important factors in assessing quality of Sake in today's Sake world-- were not part of the assessment back then.
The other three groups of alcohol-added Sake are premium Sake (Honjozo, Ginjo-Sake and Dai-Ginjo-Sake), which have but a small amount of alcohol added.
http://www.sake.com/sakemaking.html   (900 words)

  
 Takara
NIGORI is the way sake first appeared when it was brewed for the Imperial Court in Kyoto as well as for most of its 2,000 year history.
Most sakes are brewed with rice that has been milled 30%.
Takara Sierra Cold is an innovation in sake brewing.
http://www.takarasake.com/products/sake.htm   (620 words)

  
 Allrecipes Cook's Encyclopedia sake
Sake is used in Japanese cooking, particularly in sauces and marinades.
The yellowish, slightly sweet sake is made from fermented rice and doesn't require aging.
It has a relatively low alcohol content of 12 to 16 percent.
http://allrecipes.com/advice/ref/ency/terms/8326.asp   (106 words)

  
 sake articles on Encyclopedia.com
It is an agricultural center where sake and dried tuna are produced.
It was a castle town during the Edo era.
Find your favorite Sake You'll be amazed by variety of Sake Sake sets, glasses, gifts, and more
http://www.encyclopedia.com/articles/11361.html   (325 words)

  
 How to Homebrew Sake
Thanks to the President Mr.Matsubara's openminded explanation about sake brewing and Kome-koji process,I was saccessful to make my own Kome-koji at home,the same appearance and the same taste as that of the sake brewery.
Slightly sweet taste the same as that of Sake brewery.
Homebrew Sake is very easy to brew using simple cooking tools and then you can enjoy the taste of Sake.
http://brewery.org/brewery/library/sake_MH0499.html   (1558 words)

  
 Sunday, July 22, 2001
Iguchi’s recipe mixes 13 herbs and spices with a rice liquor that Okinawa’s poisonous habu snakes have been soaked in.
The recipe for habu sake is believed to have come from China centuries ago when present-day Okinawa was known as the independent Ryukyu Kingdom.
It isn’t sake at all; it’s awamori, a stronger liquor created through a distilling process of rice.
http://ww2.pstripes.osd.mil/01/mag/sm072201c.html   (1181 words)

  
 Sake
You supply water, white rice, and sake yeast or champagne yeast to complete fermentation.
Sake yeast #9 used in conjunction with Koji for making a wide variety of Asian rice based beverages.
This is the difficult-to-find ingredient "Koji," a special mold culture needed to begin the rice fermenting process.
http://www.annapolishomebrew.com/shopsake.asp   (98 words)

  
 Japanese Sake
Nihonshu or sake (sake is the general Japanese term for alcohol) is basically made of rice and water.
As a result of its lower malt content, happoshu is not classified as a beer for taxation purposes and can be sold at a lower price.
Sake information: brewing, varieties, and specifically about sake from Akita.
http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2037.html   (504 words)

  
 Sake Bomb - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The sake bomb or sake bomber is a drink made by pouring sake into a shot glass and dropping it into a glass of beer.
Sometimes two chopsticks are placed parallel on top of the glass of beer, and the shot glass is balanced carefully between them.
The table is then slammed with two balled fists, and the sake drops into the beer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sake_Bomb   (126 words)

  
 Sake Tradition
At the conclusion of the sake toast ceremony, both families drink a cup of sake to signify not only the union of the bride and groom but the unity of two families.
The sharing of sake is one of the oldest traditional Japanese wedding ceremonial customs dating back to the 8th century.
Starting with the smallest of the three cups, the groom will lead taking three sips and then the bride.
http://www.japaneseweddingfavors.com/wedding_sake.htm   (149 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Sake Pure + Simple: Books: Griffith Frost,John Gauntner
There are suggestions of what foods to eat or serve with sake (no, not sushi!) and several recipes.
The authors are nothing if not opinionated, holding that although sake traditionally has been served warm, the flavor profiles can easily be destroyed by heat and most premium sakes taste best when served slightly chilled.
This fun, eminently readable, book briefly discusses the culture of sake and how sake is brewed, then goes on to list and rate the best sake bars, shops, and breweries in North America.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/188065637X?v=glance   (980 words)

  
 Sake Sensei
This process produces a very pure and untainted sake that is unique for the simple fact that it's so time consuming to brew, that it's usually quite expensive and generally rare.  Shizuku of any time is usually $60 a 720ml bottle once it arrives on American soil.
3-4 people ordered sake 57% of the time, beer 43%, shochu 51% and others 57%.
More people drinking cold sake is obvious, but please remember hot sake is not wrong, rather drinking bad hot sake is wrong.
http://spaces.msn.com/sake101   (4043 words)

  
 800wine Sake
The finest sake in the world, straight from premium sake breweries in Japan.
http://www.800wine.com/sake.cfm   (21 words)

  
 Takara
A video describing the complete story of sake brewing can be viewed on request.
Our Tasting Room offers a selection of sake and plum wine products.
Not only can you taste and experience the quality of Sho Chiku Bai Sake, but you can learn about sake production as well.
http://www.takarasake.com/company/tastingRoom.htm   (158 words)

  
 Free Sake Tasting - The New York Sake Meetup Group - Meetup.com
This is from our friends at Landmark Wine and Sake...
Its sake rendezvous at Landmark Wine and Sake!!!
Free in store tasting in the crazy sake section of Landmark Wine and Sake
http://sake.meetup.com/2/boards/view/viewthread?thread=1592875   (207 words)

  
 Sake - Japanese Rice Wine..
Largest selection of imported Nihonshu (Japanese Sake) in the USA.
Premium Japanese Sake (Rice Wine) and Shochu (Spirits)
for on-line orders only (no sake is sold at this location)
http://www.sake.nu   (225 words)

  
 Flickr: Photos tagged with sake
You'll be amazed by the variety of sake and related items.
NEW Explore and refine sake photos with our brand new clustery goodness!
This smooth set combines sake tradition with modernist style.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/sake   (135 words)

  
 eSake - Premium Japanese Sake (Rice Wine, Nihonshu) Online
The sake made by eSake's member brewers can be purchased in the US at select restaurants and retail outlets in
eSake - Premium Japanese Sake (Rice Wine, Nihonshu) Online
USA sake importer with distribution in 44 states
http://www.esake.com   (119 words)

  
 SAKE KINGDOM
We'll be bringing you all sorts of information: the basics of sake, reports from sake breweries, and sake history and culture.
In Japan, there is a gift-giving custom called oseibo.
This is an extensive list of terms that will help you better understand sake and how it is made.
http://www.sake-okoku.net/index_e.html   (92 words)

  
 Art for Art\'s Sake - definition of Art for Art\'s Sake in Encyclopedia
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http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/Art_for_Art%27s_Sake   (54 words)

  
 Seattle Sake Dragon Boat Club
SAKE is also a member of PDBA and USDBF.
These can be found on the Stats page using the menu bar above.
Check out the new Club SAKE photo gallery page.
http://www.clubsake.com   (142 words)

  
 art for art's sake - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about art for art's sake
Art for art's sake is a vile catchword, but I confess it appeals to me.
This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
http://encyclopedia.farlex.com/art+for+art%27s+sake   (97 words)

  
 sake - Wiktionary
For the sake of the children, they decided not to divorce.
Rank of this word in the English language, from analyzing texts from Project Gutenberg.
For all our sakes, please let us pass.
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sake   (140 words)

  
 OZEKI SAKE (U.S.A.) INC.
Copyright (C) 2001, 2002 Ozeki Sake U.S.A., Inc. all rights reserved.
Reproduction in whole or in part in any form or medium without the expressed written permission of Ozeki Sake U.S.A., Inc.
http://www.ozekisake.com   (48 words)

  
 Private Reading:Public Knowledge - Rauch
Encyclopedia salesmen have understood the cultural fascination for knowledge and traded on it quite well by suggesting that a family deprived of an encyclopedia is a family that is willing to limit its children.
But, on another level, knowledge has been --and continues to be-- fetishized as something valuable for its own sake.
Clearly, knowledge, then as now, can represent a content-based set of "facts" that are useful in the construction and development of disciplines.
http://www.english.uncc.edu/arauch/libraries.html   (1713 words)

  
 ENCYCLOPEDIA HANASIANA: At Least They Stuck It Out for the Sake of Their Publicist
At Least They Stuck It Out for the Sake of Their Publicist
ENCYCLOPEDIA HANASIANA: At Least They Stuck It Out for the Sake of Their Publicist
The February issue of Redbook was barely off the stands when Denise Richards announced she was filing for a divorce from Charlie Sheen and seeking custody of their daughter and the one that’s on the way.
http://www.hanasiana.com/archives/000189.html   (105 words)

  
 Sake World Homepage - John Gauntner
Click here to find out more and subscribe.
From January '04 until April '05, he wrote a weekly column for the Japanese newspaper "Yomiuri Shinbun" evening edition, and currently publishes the free monthly Sake World email newsletter.
For nearly a decade, John Gauntner wrote a semi-monthly column on sake for The Japan Times, Japan's leading English newspaper.
http://www.sake-world.com   (57 words)

  
 definition of sake
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http://www.brainydictionary.com/words/sa/sake215048.html   (144 words)

  
 Art's Sake - About
** Mark Harmon (LA) actor Q & A ~ “Inside the Art’s Sake Studio”
** Advanced students, performing together for Art’s Sake Luna & Orlando Fringe Festival Theatre Productions.
http://www.art-sake.com/about.htm   (210 words)

  
 YouTube - EXPLODING SAKE!!!
Sake One and Stitch Jones Live Hip Hop
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--> How about a special rare SAKE for your husband's birthday?
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Co3u0guGy3I   (83 words)

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