Season 1, Episode 18. Everyone’s gotta start somewhere and every revolution has its beginning. In this week’s episode, John and […]
Sake Production Series: On Bottling and Indestructible Brews
Season 1, Episode 17. Often the overlooked step-child of sake production, bottling is a lot more complex that you might […]
Sake Production Series: Pasteurization. Into the Fire!
Season 1, Episode 16. Pasteurization is well known and it used for a lot of sakes. this kills off any […]
Sake Production Series: Pressing Matters To Attend To
Season 1, Episode 15. It’s been said that the process of making sake can be done in 10,000 different ways. […]
Sake Production Series: Moromi. Wake Up and Smell the Sake
Season 1, Episode 14. In our continuing Sake Production Series, we are now in the home stretch! The main event, […]
Sake Production Series – Shubo. Don’t Socially Distance Your Yeast!
Season 1, Episode 13. Call it Shubo, or Moto, or Seed Mash, or Fermentation Starter or Yeast Starter… it’s all […]
Keepin’ it Caliente: Our Interview with Sake Discoveries’ Chizuko Niikawa-Helton
Season 1, Episode 12. Join us this week as we keep things caliente and chat with our good friend Chizuko […]
Sake Production Series – Koji Making. There is a Fungus Among Us.
Season 1, Episode 11. Our Sake Production Series marches forward with John and Tim exploring Koji – the magical fungus […]
Sake Production Series – Rice Washing, Soaking and Steaming
Season 1, Episode 10. Since we’ve learned about sake ingredients and sake classifications already, we thought it might be fun […]
Just… Don’t Call It ‘Unfiltered’ – The Story of Nigori
Season 1, Episode 9. What the heck is a nigori sake? Cloudy, Murky, Coarse, Milky… there are lots of ways […]