What is Sake?

made from rice this alcoholic beverage
holds an important place in Japanese
culture hi I’m Rebecca Brayton and
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
learning more about sake what is sake
made from you use the rice enzyme and
waste and water first of all you have to
polish the rice so the percentage of
polishing it’s making a different sake
it’s exactly the same processes than
beer but you testing and drinking like a
wine how is it served I mean is there a
special ceremony there is usually when
it’s warm you put it in the warm water
till the temperatures here and then the
men have to serve the woman with one
hand women serve it with two hand and
you never pour yourself it’s very not
common it’s not polite actually in terms
of taste is sake sweet or dry usually
it’s more fruity and elegant depending
of the rice is dating you can taste a
little chocolate confessed almond in
general what is the alcohol content of a
sake
usually it’s around 15% you can have
also a sparkling sake which is very
unusual but it does exist they are just
a gas inside and the fermenting inside
how should we store a bottle of sake to
maintain its quality like a wine like in
a wine cellar it’s a good way that the
red side and what about food pairings
what goes well sake you can serve it
with a fish of course with a sushi
sashimi you can try with chocolate you
can try with the cooked fish but usually
this is a light light food would you be
able to show us a few suckers yes of
course we have a few here to show you
and I got to represent you too kind of
sake one from USA one from Japan the
first one is a ginger which means it’s
make exactly like all the sake but with
add of little alcohol is still fruity so
we try
so in mouth is very smooth and delegate
and after you have the fruit actually
some alcohol is not very you don’t feel
the alcohol is just fill it a little
after it’s very pleasant actually it’s
not aggressive at all it’s very well
balanced the other one which is from
Japan it’s June mikeandjill which is
again go to budge in my which is no
alcohol ad inside so this is a same
color there’s going to be Trudy and more
delicate actually
this one here I’m doing my Ginjo it’s
little more intense richer actually
fruity also and don’t feel the alcohol
it’s very very pleasant you can drink it
very easily but it’s more powerful
actually so maybe the first one will go
with a sashimi something that is very
something more pure elegant the other
one maybe with something cooked or I
hear you know a barbecue or something
like this something a little more flavor