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Episode 12: Keepin’ it Caliente: Our Interview with Sake Discoveries’ Chizuko Niikawa-Helton

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Season 1 June 26, 2020June 26, 2020 atsukan, bodaimoto, daishichi, gozenshu, hot sake, japan, junmai, kimoto, kurosawa, nihonshu, nurukan, sake, sake revolution, warm sake

Episode 12: Keepin’ it Caliente: Our Interview with Sake Discoveries’ Chizuko Niikawa-Helton

Join us this week as we keep things caliente and chat with our good friend Chizuko Niikawa-Helton about one of […]

Season 1 June 18, 2020June 18, 2020 daiginjo, eiko fuji, Honjozo, honkara, ishikawa, nihonshu, sake, sake revolution, tedorigawa, Yamagata, yamahai

Episode 11: Sake Production Series – Koji Making. There is a Fungus Among Us.

Our Sake Production Series marches forward with John and Tim exploring Koji – the magical fungus among us that is […]

Season 1 June 13, 2020June 17, 2020 hiroshima, Junmai Ginjo, Kamotsuru, kuro ushi, sake, sake revolution, sake rice, soaking, steaming, wakayama, washing

Episode 10: Sake Production Series – Rice Washing, Soaking and Steaming

Since we’ve learned about sake ingredients and sake classifications already, we thought it might be fun to look at the […]

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Featured Sake Ep. 12:

Daishichi Kimoto Junmai Classification: Junmai, Kimoto Acidity: 1.5 Brewery: Daishichi Shuzo Alcohol: 15.5% Prefecture: Fukushima SMV: +2.0 Rice Type: Gohyakumangoku […]

Featured Sake Ep. 11:

Tedorigawa Yamahai Daiginjo Seimaibuai: 45% SMV: +6.0 Rice Type: Gohyakumangoku Prefecture: Ishikawa Alcohol: 15.8% Classification: Daiginjo, Yamahai Acidity: 1.3 Brewery: […]

Featured Sake Ep. 10:

Kuroushi Junmai Ginjo Brewery: Nate Shuzoten Classification: Junmai Ginjo Acidity: 1.7 Alcohol: 16.5% Prefecture: Wakayama Seimaibuai: 50% SMV: +3.0 Rice […]