Sip Northwest, Spring 2019
SAKE SESSIONS FROM ANCIENT JAPAN TO 2019 PACIFIC NORTHWEST HERES YOUR SCRIPT TO ALL THINGS SAKE BY TREVE RING 70 S I P N O R T H W E S T C O M Y ouve heard of sake youve come across it in Japanese restaurants and seen the colorful characterful bottles lining store shelves Youve probably tasted it hopefully not heated and maybe even ideally in a white wine glass But what exactly is it SAKE IS AN ALL NATURAL RICE BASED FERMENTED ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE MADE SIMILAR TO BEER AND SERVED SIMILAR TO WINE So a fermented and brewed rice beverage with tasting notes alcohol and aging possibilities akin to wine Sounds simple enough yeah Much like Japan its country of origin sake is a pulsing mix of innovation and sacred tradition and continually rewriting itself as new rice varieties are planted more than 100 used today yeast strains are identifi ed and the culture is sown far beyond Japanese shores including here in the Pacific Northwest Today there are sake sommeliers and festivals sake studies certification and shops and sake breweries known as kura sprouting throughout North America
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