Sake, often spelled saké in English, is a Japanese rice wine made by fermenting rice that has been polished to remove the bran. Unlike wine, in which alcohol (ethanol) is produced by fermenting sugar that is naturally present in grapes, sake is produced by a brewing process more like that of beer, where the starch is converted into sugars before being converted to alcohol.
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Is a bottle of Sake that was open for roughly two years safe to drink?
I have an already opened bottle of sake in my possession that I'd like to drink. I opened it roughly two years ago, it was sealed with a simple screw-cap and stored at room temperature. Due to its relatively low alcohol content (15%) I wonder if…
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Can I sell Premium Hakururi sake from 1953?
I found this in my parents basement. I can’t imagine the premium sake is any good but the bottle is beautiful.
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Is sake a wine, beer or spirit drink?
Sake is commonly known as "wine rice". But the process of obtaining sake is more similar to the beer one, according to Wikipedia. And its alcohol content is closer to a spirit drink.
Why is called wine then?
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