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@noellabo @noellabo@fedibird.com If you dont mind me asking, do I remember correctly that you are japanese? I've recently got into sake and was wondering if you happen to have any good recommendations that are authentic to japan.
I'm a bit of a noob so forgive me if this question is not applicable for some reason.
@freemo @noellabo As for sake made using traditional methods, there are many sake breweries throughout Japan that are proud of their products, and it is difficult to choose one over another. Please check out the Asahi Shuzo KUBOTA website.
https://www.asahi-shuzo.co.jp/en/
@freemo @noellabo There is also DASSAI, which is a modern sake brewing method. It happens to have the same name, Asahi Shuzo, but it is a different brewer.
http://www.asahishuzo.ne.jp/en/
Regular sake is made by Toji, a sake brewing artisan, but DASSAI quantifies the artisan's experience and intuition and manufactures without Toji, providing stable, high quality, delicious sake that is highly regarded.
Wonderful, thank you.
DASSAI is in fact one of the ones that just arrived today and I was drinking it earlier (specifically their DESSAI 45). It is amazing, I am glad I made a good choice!
If your curious I attached images of the three Sake bottles I bought today.
I will order a bottle of Kubota today and add it to the lineup. Thanks so much for the suggestions.
One last noob question for you... Do japanese drink some sake warm.. its commonly served that way in america but I'm not sure if thats just American ignorance at play or not. The bottles I got mostly say to serve chilled.
@freemo Wikipedia in Japan has a detailed article about the habit of warming and drinking (Kan). (There seems to be no English version, so use machine translation!)
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%87%97%E9%85%92
It is common for Japanese people to drink sake chilled, but as mentioned in the article, it is also preferred to drink it warm.
It is said that a certain liquor is delicious when you drink it cold, and delicious when you warm it, but I think it is best to drink it in the way you think it is delicious.
