What Is Yeast Actually Doing in Your Sake?
Sake yeast makes the alcohol and almost all of the aroma. Here is what strain numbers like No. 6, No. 7 and 1801 mean, and why yeast choice shapes the bottle.
Sake yeast makes the alcohol and almost all of the aroma. Here is what strain numbers like No. 6, No. 7 and 1801 mean, and why yeast choice shapes the bottle.
How is sake made? A clear, five-step walk from polished rice to the glass — and the one step, parallel fermentation, that sets sake apart from wine and beer.