anyone here drink Sake?
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I just started drinking sake... I have on in my fridge right now that is fairly tasty. Its made by Momokawa (if I recall properly) an Oregon company. super smooth, I didn't get a whole lot of flavors I could identify... but tasty none the less.
Whats your experience been?
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Momokawa is a very good lower shelf offering.
There are so many types. So many styles!
If if I can offer loose suggestion, it would be to seek out the sake that you do not serve warm. Junmai-shu is a good starting place, IMHO.
Now, that being said, some of the flavors are going to be nuanced, and the palate will need to be coached/developed. What one person likes, another may hate! Sound familiar? Yup, just like with cigars/wine/beer/malt(whiskey)
I have a couple colleagues who are Japanophiles, and who have graciously shared various rice wines with me. The sakes can vary widely! I had one a while back that was earthy and musty, it was very unique. Another that tasted like very cold water and then a lingering sweetness (I understand that one was a local brewery/hand delivered gift from Japanese vendors and I will never taste it again), another that was creamy, sweet, and tart (a Nigori--an unfiltered sake).
My best recommendation is to try a few, take notes, and enjoy the ride. Try to stay away from the sakes needing to be served warm, the sakes infused with fruit juice (unless it is your thing), and most of all, enjoy yourself!
I was was at the local grocery store and the inkling hit me and I snagged this bottle. Been researching online a bit today to see what's out there. Tons of options! I'll try to track down the one you suggested and give that a shot. I have a few friends in Japan that I might have do some 'shopping' for me. Lol
I know they say the warming requirement when sake ceased to be brewed and stored in wooden kegs. If you like subtle fruity nuances, go ahead and do it cool; but not fridge cold. You lose the flavors. Me, I like the woody sake, which there's still plenty of that around. The label often tells you this one's good warm.
Think of it like beer. A crappy factory ersatz pilsner, full of chemicals, all watered down, and artificially carbonated, you have to drink it ice cold. Colder the better. Cause cold puts your taste buds to sleep. But a quality four-ingredient krausened ale from a brew pub is best cool, and your rich thick brew pub porter is savored room temp, temps where your taste buds are alive.
Warm rough woody sake. Yum.
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Makes some sort of sense that a good sake is great warm or hot.
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Same bottle. Refrigerated as instructed on the bottle. capped in the fridge to avoid contamination. lol