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Koji Japan

Four simple ingredients

Rice, water, koji-kin and yeast are all Sak requires to conjure millions of different aromas, flavors, textures and charms. Quality ingredients are as paramount as how they're handled. In the hands of an accomplished toji (sakmaster) these four simple components can combine to express the first sweet cherry blossoms of springtime, freshly cut melons, the comforting, dry, earthen nuttiness of wild mushrooms, or the scintillating allure of crisp, uplifting sparkling orchard fruit. Nuance and subtlety make sak one of the most compatible beverages for all kinds of cuisine. Sak teases out countless qualities from rice, water, yeast and koji-kin.

Sak step by step

More than sixty strains of rice are employed in crafting sak. Nothing like the rice we cook for the table, these sak varieties have a core of starch that is reached by milling the outer minerals, proteins and fats before brewing. A tojis choice of water has an enormous impact on the end result. Some use hard water or spring water for given minerals while others used softened water or even go further to adjust the water for the desired impact. Koji-kin is unique to sak. Before the yeasts can go to work converting the sugars to alcohol, the toji will apply koji-kin, benign mold spores to a portion of the steamed rice destined for sak. This enzyme converts the starches into sugars that will nourish the yeasts and allow fermentation. Nothing is moldy about the aftermath, just sweet nutty rice.

Dozens of yeast strains are employed in sak production and often impart a great deal of fragrance from floral to fruity. Some are regional while others are isolated locally and held in secret by this or that kura (or brewery). Much like sourdough bread, sak fermentation requires a starter before the batch gets under way. This starter is made by adding yeast to a combination of water, rice and koji. Yeast cells multiply over a fortnight when the starter is then introduced to more steamed rice, water, and koji. This stage lasts up to a month and demand vigilance. Artful fermentations require a keen eye and steady hand to make sure temperatures, alcohol and yeast activity keep an even keel and yield a beautiful, fragrant sak with body, flavor, balance and a lingering grace.

The end result is unparalleled: Sak the drink of the Gods

Sak compliments food and a table of friends as few libations can. Sak has less acidity than wine, contains no sulfites, generally hovers around 15% alcohol and can express every shade of texture, flavor and fragrance. In order to preserve these delicate qualities, we take great pains to bring sak the way its toji intend. From our shipping containers coming from Japan, through our warehouse, to the trucks that provide your retailer, all maintain a controlled temperature that guarantees your sak arrives in ideal condition. Rather than drinking it warm the way your grandfather might have done, serve premium sak slightly chilled to reveal more of its delicate subtlety, inviting ways and all the pleasures it possesses.

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