About Sake

An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting rice. Japanese sake. In ancient times, cloudy sake was predominant, but clear sake began to be produced around the Muromachi period. Today, it primarily refers to clear sake.

Made from rice, rice koji (malted rice), and water, fermented and then filtered. Secondary ingredients such as glucose, starch syrup, succinic acid, citric acid, lactic acid, and amino acid salts (monosodium glutamate) are permitted for use under certain restrictions. Alcohol content ranges from 12% to 20%. A quintessential traditional Japanese alcoholic beverage, it possesses a well-balanced blend of the five tastes (sweet, sour, spicy, bitter, astringent) and a distinctive flavor profile.
In Japan, it is also called “Nihonshu,” but in that case, the kanji for “Japan” (日本) precedes this term in this work.

Generally refers to beverages containing ethyl alcohol.

Broadly categorized by production method into fermented beverages, distilled spirits, and blended beverages. Numerous varieties exist worldwide based on raw materials.

Fermented Beverages

Sake, beer, wine, etc. Produced by fermenting saccharified mash or sugar-containing substances from starch-containing grains, either as the unfiltered mash or after filtration.

Distilled Spirits

Shochu, whiskey, brandy, vodka, gin, etc. These are high-alcohol beverages produced by distilling fermented mash to separate and concentrate the alcohol content.

Blended Alcoholic Beverages

Liqueurs, synthetic sake, flavored liqueurs, etc. These are beverages made by blending fermented or distilled alcohol, or moderately diluted alcohol, with flavorings, sweeteners, fragrances, herbs, roots, bark, etc.

What’s Ichiban style?

The work titled “Ichiban” was created by “Aokage,” the administrator of this site, and “Aokimono,” a contributor. It first demonstrated a bold, substantial yet playful style of writing. For now, we’ve tentatively named this style “Ichiban style.”

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Aokage

He won several gold and silver awards in Japanese-calligraphy (Shodo). He loves Sushi and Sashimi. Having practiced calligraphy since childhood, his father was qualified as a teacher. Aokage(青景) comes from the blue landscape like the sea, the clear blue sky. And the blue shadow. Shadow means a ninja.