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Jun-mai-shu Jun-mai-shu is sake brewed using only rice, spring water, koji, and
yeast.The word Junmai means "pure rice." No alcohol or spirit is added to the final product. Junmai sake is generally full-bodied and slightly acidic.
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Kurobin "black bottle" +2 Hyogo 6.5 14. 28.5 58.
Kurosawa "black river" +2 Nagano 7. 63.
Hananomai "dance of flowers" +5 Shizuoka 7.5 16.5 36. 68.
Hatsumago "first grandchild" +2 Yamagata 8.5 75.
Ohyama "great mountain" +7 Yamagata 9. 86.
Aramasa "reformation" +3 Akita 9.5 86.
Kariho "namahage" +8 Akita 9.5 86.
Ichinokura "first cellar" +6 Miyagi 9.5 86.
Suishin "drunken heart" +3 Hiroshima 9.5 86.
Otokoyama "mountain man" +8 Hokkaido 9.5 86.
Harushika "spring deer" +12 Nara 9.5 86.
Hitori Musume "only daughter" +1 Ibaraki 9.5 86.
Tsukasabotan "peony flower" +4 Kochi 10. 90.
Otokoyama "momenya" +5 Hokkaido 12.5 113.
Otokoyama "utamaro" +6 Hokkaido 15. 135.
Gin-jo-shu Ginjo-shu is sake made with rice polished to the extent that the outer 40% of each grain has been polished away. Ginjo-shu is layered and complex, lighter and, more fragrant.
SMV Prefecture Glass 300ml 720ml 1.8L
Katana "sword" +7 Shizuoka 7.5 36. 68.
Bishonen "beautiful boy" +2 Kumamoto 9.5 86.
Masumi "clarity" +5 Nagano 10. 90.
Onikoroshi "devil killer" +3 Shizuoka 15.
135.
Dai-ginjo-shu Daiginjo-shu is similar to Ginjo; however, at least the outer 50% of each grain of rice has been polished into oblivion. The various brewing processes are handled with even more care and attention. Daiginjo is even lighter and more fragrant than
Ginjo. It represents the top of the sake line.
SMV Prefecture Glass 300ml 720ml 1.8L
Mu "nothingness" +2 Hyogo 12. 48.
Onikoroshi "devil killer +4 Shizuoka 21.5 194.
Nigori Sake Nigori, or "cloudy sake" is sake that has been roughly filtered allowing some of the rice solids back into the final brew. The resulting sake is milky white and is generally on the sweet side.
SMV Prefecture Glass 300ml 720ml 1.8L
Yaegaki "eight walls" -12 Hyogo 7. 27.
Domestic Sake
Hot Sake "Hakusan Draft" 6.
Cold Sake "Hakusan Premium" 6.
Nigori "Hakusan Nigori 300ml" 9.
The SMV or "Nihonshudo" is an index that measures sweetness & dryness.
The sake meter is actually a device for measuring residual sugar.A plus reading indicates a dry sake, whereas a minus represents a sweeter brew.
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