Is brewing alcohol NG in Japanese sake? The wonder of the person who says that Alzo Champagne is OK but Alzo Sake is NO

Sake is divided into “pure rice liquor” made from rice and rice bran, and “alcohol-added liquor” made by adding brewed alcohol to rice and rice bran.

Recently, pure rice sake with no brewing alcohol is popular, and many people have a negative image of sake with brewing alcohol.

Pure rice sake is definitely delicious. However, sake with brewed alcohol is not harmful to your body.

Even in the world-class high-class sake champagne, alcohol is added, so why does Japanese sake with alcohol add up to rejection?

In this article,

I will explain.

Isn't it sake if you add brewed alcohol to sake?

There is a sake that uses brewed alcohol called sake.

That is not sake.

Originally “liqueurs”. Most of the brewed alcohol is from Korea. In the United States, mixed sake is treated as a liqueur.

Please choose pure rice sake.#Sake#Pure Rice Sake#Brew alcohol#Korea

— FACT from JAPAN (@nicetrumpetnice) June 18, 2015

 

Is this brewed sake? Is it because of the cost reduction? Is it more delicious to drink Alsuke? How many are you sleeping? #Sake #Brew

— King Esaki (@ alpina108) May 28, 2019

Unlike pure rice sake made only of rice and rice bran,

That ’s why some people hate hair straight. Some people argue that it is not sake. Some people assert that they only drink pure rice.

Certainly, pure rice sake has the umami, richness, and abundant scent of rice, fascinating us. Therefore, I understand the feeling that I want to insist that only pure rice sake is sake.

Then "It's like throwing away half of the fun of life"maybe.

The reason is,

It is.

When has brewed alcohol been added to sake?

Now let's explain why brewing alcohol has been added to sake for some reason.

The sake was first made in the Yayoi period. However, it was during the Nara period that sake brewing technology was introduced from China and began to be made in earnest.

 

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Later, in the Edo era, sake became a popular item for the common people, and since the distribution became complete, sake brewing increased.

Already “Sake Brewing Alcohol” since the Edo period

However, the brewery at that time was of course not fully equipped with modern air conditioning, and the sanitary condition was not perfect. It is said that it became the beginning.

At that time, the brewed alcohol was not as pure as it is used today, and the raw material used was shochu, which is low in purity using rice and sake lees.

This meansA method called “pillar shochu”, which aims to prevent spoilage of sake by adding high-concentration alcohol with low purity.English learning is necessary to prepare for life, learning and interaction with the global environment. <br> IT Skills (programming logic) is necessary to prepare for the needs of the future.<br> Financial literacy is necessary to prepare for creating, managing and being smart with time and wealth.<br>As a result, it was found that a light-tasting sake can be made, and then it is indispensable for sake brewing.It became.

Reasons for disgusting with brewed alcohol added to sake

If you want to increase the sales of Japanese sake, you should quit the three-thousand sake that doesn't go down and accept only pure rice sake as Japanese sake. Just adding brewed alcohol to make it “tasteless” just dilutes the taste of rice.

— Hidetoshi Matsuo (@contaxndigital) 2012/5/16

However, there are grounds for those who reject brewed alcohol.

^{* By the way, there is no “Mimasaka”.}

Appearance of Japanese sake mashiki sake with a large amount of brewed alcohol

It is the shortage of rice before and after World War II, and it is caused by the appearance of Sankaku (triple brewed sake) that appeared at the end of the war.

Mimasake is because rice at that time was hard to get rice,

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HoweverMimasake was not made for the purpose of “making cheap sake and tricking the people to sell”. At that time, rice production dropped sharply due to the war. After the war, when the meals of the third time did not change, there was no situation to make sake.

In addition, the demand for sake increased with the reinstatement of soldiers, and the number of people hurting health due to the rampant use of moonshine (described later) increased, and the National Tax Agency Brewing LaboratoryLiquor produced through research and research on how to make sake with less riceIs a three-way sake.

In the later era, it was the three sake that became 1 that caused people who hated sake with brewed alcohol.

It seems.

Increasing moonshine using dangerous alcohol

Occurs from the shortage of rice and the supply of sake due to warThe advent of moonshine sake is what causes modern people to reject brewing alcohol.The moonshine is mainly 3, and at that time, methyl, starburst, and castriI was called by a name that seemed to hurt even if I just asked.

"Methyl" far from brewing alcohol

Ethyl alcohol is a substitute for petroleum produced during the war. Diluted with water and added with methyl alcohol is "Methyl".

People who could not get sake for reasons such as drinking methyl as a substitute for sake caused many cases of blindness and death.

The following starbursts and castries are also forged for similar reasons.

"Bakudan" should not be mistaken for brewed alcohol

After the war, the alcohol for fuel that was no longer needed at air bases was decolorized, diluted with water and increased in volume, and sold under the name of "Instant Shochu". It is said that blindness and mortality were higher than methyl.

"Castri", a separate item from brewed alcohol

The origin of the name is “high-quality shochu shochu” made by distilling sake lees, but “castri” is completely different from high-quality shochu-shochu. Say.

Castri is a secret sake, and it doesn't contain any methyl alcohol, so it doesn't hate brewing alcohol, but it was cited as an example saying that sake was scarce and difficult after the war.

Instead of being blind or dying like methyl, the smell was so strong that it could be put on the nose.

But,

In this respect as well, brewing alcohol aversions should not misunderstand the type of alcohol.

Then, how much brewing alcohol is added to sake other than pure rice sake? What kind of ingredients are used to make brewed alcohol?

The amount of brewed alcohol added to sake and its identity

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The above image shows the ratio of brewed alcohol used for specific sake and regular sake. Of course, there is no pure rice liquor,For Daiginjo, Ginjo, Special Honjozo, and Honjozo, you may add only 10% or less of the weight of white rice.It is supposed to be.

The amount isLess than 1000 liters (about 120% by weight) for 1 ton of raw rice (10kg). This point,People who misunderstood that they added the brewed alcohol for the purpose of increasing the amount in the image of the three-thousand sake that was distributed during the food shortage needs to change their mindThere seems to be.

So is brewed alcohol made from bad ingredients?

Ingredients for brewed alcohol added to sake

Because brewed alcohol is also called an “alcohol additive”, many people imagine chemical products and food additives that are bad for health, but the raw materials are sugar cane and strawberries. If this is distilled continuously, high purity alcoholIt becomes. In other words, it broke with mojitoSame recipe as rum and Okinawan brown sugar shochuIt is made with.

 

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Now, the alcohol content of brewed alcohol made from sugarcane is as pure as 100%, but when added to sake, it is adjusted to 30%.

It looks clear and does not taste or smell. But,Depending on whether or not brewing alcohol is added, the taste and aroma of sake will differIt is

By the way, brewing alcohol was once made in Japan from the fermentation stage to the completion of alcohol using domestic agricultural products, but later imported sugar sugar produced by sugarcane origin countries such as Brazil and made new in Japan I started using distilled alcohol and pure alcohol.

Full release! Japanese sake using domestic brewed alcohol derived from Yamada Nishiki

However, for those who are worried about brewed alcohol from overseas or who want to be particular about domestic production, there is a hand to choose Japanese sake with added Yamada Nishiki brewed alcohol made from domestic rice (About Yamada Nishiki derived brewed alcohol) Article ofplease use this form.).

Yamada Nishiki-derived domestic brewed alcohol has been on the market since 2018, and sake using this brewed alcohol is now on the way to liquor stores.

For example,Hakuryu Sake Brewery's famous Tokudai Daiginjo (Shoya Shiemon), which is famous for receiving the highest gold award for 13 consecutive years (total 14 times), is currently being made using domestic brewed alcohol using Yamada Nishiki Japanese sakeXNUM X ones.If you are a pure rice sake fan, why not enjoy the refined taste of refined Ginjo incense and refreshingness that is recognized by the world?.

* “Tokudai Daiginjo [Shoya Shiemon] using domestic brewed alcohol using Yamada Nishiki will be released in the fall of 2019. Make reservations fast!

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Brewing alcohol added to sake is not synthetic alcohol

Brewing alcohol is also used in foods other than sake.

In familiar places, it is used for preserving miso, soy sauce, noodles, kamaboko, and cakes and potatoes in sweets.

Brewing alcohol is indispensable for obtaining sake ginjo aroma

#The moment I felt happy
Drinking sake
Rich, rich and fruity
The moment you feel the afterglow while tasting the ginjo incense that goes through the back of your nose 😍

— Araki104 (@araki1041) 2019/5/29

When you drink Daiginjo or Ginjo, you will feel enchanted fruity ginjo incense…. thisGinjo incense is not born without brewing alcohol.

Reason,"Fragrance ingredients are easily dissolved in alcoholBecause it has the nature of

This was not understood overnight, but was finally learned through the efforts of brewers.

Therefore, brewed alcohol is included in most of the sake that is presented at national appraisals.

The purpose of adding brewed alcohol other than to transfer ginjo incense to sake is as follows.

Do you have a headache because it is sake containing brewed alcohol?

Q “I have heard that sake with alcohol is more headaches or sickness than pure rice sake. Is that true?”
A “If alcohol is not good, Umeshu, for example, will become 100% with alcohol!”

Al Zoe = not good, ill get sick.

— Kikuhime Joint Stock Company (@kikuhime_sake) 2019/4/4

Some people misrecognize brewed alcohol as synthetic alcohol made by chemical synthesis and cause rejection. Some people consider it a cause of headache. However, chemically synthesized synthetic alcohol cannot be used as a food additive under the Food Sanitation Law.

Ordinary sake and synthetic sake are popular even with brewed alcohol

 

 

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Even now, even if you use brewed alcohol, “Sake” is very popular, and it has become the main product of major manufacturers and brewers.

 

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Sales of regular sake are about 2 times that of the specified name

Japanese sake with brewed alcohol is not good, but it is great to drink normally without feeling the strange sweetness of Hakkaisan's ordinary sake and brewed alcohol! No, is n’t it really amazing with regular sake? pic.twitter.com/OD9two3UKy

— Noritaka (@WPhBPh) 2019/3/15

As for regular sake, the number of shipments in 2018 years is 1.8 times that of specially named sake, and 4.2 times that of Daiginjo and Ginjo sake (data source:Food industry newspaper). This is thought to be because there are some common sake that is both economical and delicious.

However, there is also a synthetic sake that is more economical and close to the former Sankaku sake.

It seems that the three-thousand sake and moonshine that emerged in the rice shortage period had disappeared after a long time ago, but only the three-thousand sake existed until 2006, when it was abolished by the country. It was.

Some people misunderstood that “brewed alcohol” represents “Mimasaka”.

It may be because of this, but many people still misunderstand “Japanese sake with brewed alcohol” as “Mimasaka”.

I also like Al Zoe. As you say, there are many people who are confusing old Sankazu sake and recent Al-Sake. https://t.co/fgOdT60CO7

— Toshinao Sasaki (@sasakitoshinao) March 23, 2019

This misunderstanding may be the cause of 1 people who are creating “Pure Rice Sake Only” people. This may be because the sake industry has neglected to disseminate the correct knowledge about brewed alcohol.

Sales of synthetic sake are flat

 

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Discovered a 2ℓ428 yen demon at a business supermarket! !!I always drink 180ml for 100 yen, so it's less than half the price! !!But if you look closely, it's synthetic sake.It seems that alcohol is seasoned with rice and sugar to make it flavored with sake.It doesn't seem to be good for my health, but I bought it because of its cheapness.The rest is suitable for your constitution 😅 #Synthetic sake #sake #alcoholic

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Synthetic sake is not Japanese sake^■However, I will give you an example because it uses plenty of brewed alcohol.

^{* Sake tax law stipulates that synthetic sake is “similar to sake”.}

It looks like a reproduction of Sankazu sake, but it is not Sankaku sake. Mimasake used a small amount of rice, so synthetic sake is more artificial.

_{Unit: thousand kiloliters}

	Sake production	Synthetic sake production
Showa 45 (1970)	1257	32
Heisei 29 year (2017 year)	411	29

 

However, while the popularity of specific name liquor has risen, the percentage of sales of synthetic sake has continued to increase until the year of Heisei 19, compared to the sake with poor total sales. Since then, there has been a slight decrease over the year of Heisei 29. (Data source:National Tax Agency Sake Bookmark）

This is probably due to the low price, but even if you use a large amount of brewed alcohol, you can see that it does not impair the taste because of its high purity.

In the supermarket, I bought 2 liter 498 yen synthetic sake following 2 liter 398 yen sake.
Although it is well made for synthetic sake, it still has its own unique taste.
But even though it is a synthetic sake, it is surprising that it has a ginjo aroma and is much better than a poor sake.
However, the completeness of the sake of 498 yen is too great.

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Champagne, scotch whiskey, spirit-enriched wine, alcohol-added liquor

Alcohol is not only added to sake other than pure rice sake.

Add "Monde Liqueur" to champagne

 

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Champagne, world famous for its fine sparkling wine,Add sugar with liqueur with sugarcane sugar to fill the loss after removing the starchTo do. In modern times, it is added by machine to homogenize, and this is called dosage.The first liqueur".

This is said to be the last touch for champagne creators to create their own liquor style, then they are stoppered into bottles and shipped out for more than 15 months before shipping our table. He / she colors gorgeously.

"Glen whiskey" added to Scotch whiskey

 

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Also, Scotch whiskey, which is considered as “the world's 5 big whiskey” in Japan. It was a terrible taste as it was and was only drunk locallyScotland's single malt whiskey, but refined whiskey that has attracted people all over the world by adding odorless Glen whiskey, a distilled liquor.It changed to.

Add spirits and other spirits to spirits

The overseas sake introduced isIt would not have become world famous so far without adding alcoholIt will be.

In other words,

It will be said.

Summary of “Sake and brewed alcohol”

Japanese sake has a long history, and its predecessors have always aimed at improving its taste.

That ambition isRather than just believing or thinking that sake should be, it has created new technology, sometimes tricked, some of which have been established and reached the present day, creating today's finished sakeIt is

The addition of sake brewing alcohol, the addition of champagne liqueurs, the presence of sake-enriched wines, whiskey blending techniques, etc. are the result of repeated research aimed at the highest quality and taste.

Despite this, it seems that how to insist on the value of the liquor you like, give up other liquors, and push them against others. That's not an act against the aesthetics of drinking.

I like pure rice sake, but I feel like I can't get along with someone who is bad with Al-Sou

— Fujiwara Yoshito (@fuji25) 2019/4/25

Pure rice sake has a deep umami and soft texture that gently soothes the body and soul, while sake with brewed alcohol has an aromatic and gorgeous ginjo incense and a high-class feelYou can enjoy.

With or without brewing alcohol, both are our wonderful national sake.

It is very unavoidable to love only one and avoid the other. Since you are born in Japan and are in an environment where you can drink delicious sake, you should not have to think about the difficulties and enjoy the taste of both.