Part of the reason I love my job is learning something new every day. There’s one drink that has fascinated me more than any other in recent years (and it’s one of the most complicated) – sake . So I was excited to attend a masterclass from Akashi-Tai Brewery to learn more. 
Sake, pronounced ‘sah-keh’, is Japanese for ‘alcohol’ (the Japanese call ‘rice wine’ nihonshu ). While commonly referred to as rice wine, but is in fact a beer. However, it should be treated as you would a wine, due to the strength (15-20% abv). Once bottled, it ages in a similar...
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