Friday, 31 August 2018

Making Sake Day 12: Moromi (Main ferment/mash)

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Moromi, or how I crushed my plastic holder in the bottom of my keezer

I need to make more Koji Rice...

50 cups of Sake rice.
Steam to al dente
About 30 to 45 minutes
50 cups (48 cups is 3 gallons) of distilled chilled water
This will be added to the rice to cool it to about 100f or less.
That prevents damage to the yeast and koji
24 cups of koji rice
Add this to the container the next day
The koji will release desirable chemicals to penetrate the al dente rice
The rice needs to still be soft enough for the koji to change the starch into sugar for the yeast.

Store at about 50f

Previously, on SE...

Day one, morning, preping moto: http://sensibleendowment.com/entry.php/12234

Day one, evening, adding moto: http://sensibleendowment.com/entry.php/12237

One week in: Hatsuzoe
http://sensibleendowment.com/entry.php/12287

Day 11: Nakazoe (middle addition)
http://sensibleendowment.com/entry.php/12313

Day 12: Moromi
http://sensibleendowment.com/entry.php/12313
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Comments

rhesusmonkey said @ 3:54am GMT on 1st Sep [Score:1 Interesting]
i will need to read through this more and try my own hand. i enjoy a good, dry with a hint of cucumber / citrus type Sake. i buy a lot from local markets now that i am in West Coast USA... being in Southern Ontario prior limited choices to Hakutsuru and not much else.

Portland area has a few local brewers too, and while i enjoy some of them, i return to Japanese origin stuff for quality.

i have inlaws that make rice whiskey, but that doesn't have much distinct flavor to it.

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