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The hanja characters 淸酒 are the same as the kanji pronounced seishu used on the labels of sake. The native Korean word for "clear wine", malgeun-sul (맑은술), is also used to refer to cheongju. [2] Another name for cheongju is yakju (약주; 藥酒), which literally translates into "medicinal wine". [3]
Sake kasu (酒粕) or sake lees are the pressed lees left from the production of sake (Japanese rice wine). It is a white paste used in cooking. [1] Its taste is fruity and similar to sake. [2] A by-product of Japanese sake production, it typically contains 8% alcohol, has high nutritional value, and might have health benefits. [3] [4]
Today, a combination of clear sake and cloudy sake is often used as a substitute for white and black sake. In the past, sacred sake was home-brewed by Shinto shrines or Ujigamis . [ citation needed ] Nowadays, however, due to restrictions in the Liquor Tax Law, Ise Grand Shrines are required to obtain a license to brew Sakes and a Nigori from ...
It is a kind of rice wine similar to sake, but with a lower alcohol content—14% [2] instead of 20%. There are three general types. The first is hon mirin (lit. true mirin), [3] which contains alcohol. The second is shio mirin, which contains alcohol as well as 1.5% salt [1] to avoid alcohol tax.
The third are mirin-like seasonings called shin mirin (literally: new mirin), [5] or mirin-fu chomiryo (literally: mirin-like seasoning), [6] which are substitutes not actually mirin. [7] They are blends of sweetener syrups, flavorings such as kōji extracts, and flavour enhancers. [3] They contain less than 1% alcohol. [3]
Bottled awamori displayed in a shop. Awamori owes its existence to Okinawa's trading history. It originates from the Thai drink lao khao. [4] The technique of distilling reached Okinawa from the Ayutthaya Kingdom (roughly present-day Thailand) in the 15th century, a time when Okinawa served as a major trading intermediary between Southeast Asia, China, and Japan.
Sake bottle, Japan, c. 1740 Sake barrel offerings at the Shinto shrine Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gū in Kamakura Sake, saké (酒, sake, / ˈ s ɑː k i, ˈ s æ k eɪ / SAH-kee, SAK-ay [4] [5]), or saki, [6] also referred to as Japanese rice wine, [7] is an alcoholic beverage of Japanese origin made by fermenting rice that has been polished to remove the bran.
The Chinese mijiu (most famous being huangjiu), Japanese sake, and Korean cheongju, dansul and takju are some of the most notable types of rice wine. Rice wine typically has an alcohol content of 10–25% ABV, and is typically served warm. One panel of taste testers arrived at 60 °C (140 °F) as an optimum serving temperature. [2]