Saturday, 13 October 2018
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Racking the sake. The white stuff is the rice/yeast/koji solids. The sake picture at the end is comparing the daiginjo sake with my sake. You’ll notice the daiginjo has a lot of flavor but it’s clear. This is because they use less of the outside of the rice, which creates a yellow color. (I just used table rice at 70-60% of grain remaining vs daiginjo using like 50-40%. Sake is usually filtered to remove the yellow tint, which reduces flavor. So the good stuff is usually clear, but retains lots of flavor.
Pressing the sake: https://imgur.com/gallery/X63pjlZ
Making Sake Day 12: Moromi: https://imgur.com/gallery/RxuLoiN Making Sake, Day 11, Nakazoe: https://imgur.com/gallery/Q0tEqsV Making sake part two Hatsuzoe: https://imgur.com/gallery/4uXYnQY Moto: Day One Part Two: https://imgur.com/gallery/U5Yuo88 Moto Prep: Day One Part One: https://imgur.com/gallery/p29Nt3B
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avid said @ 1:49am GMT on 14th Oct
So you split the batch into filtered and unfiltered sake's?
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lilmookieesquire said @ 3:37am GMT on 14th Oct
I just did that to give it more time to settle.
Basically as the yeast etc die off, they release off flavors, so I want to get those out of the main batch. But there’s a good bit left over I don’t want to waste but it probably won’t taste as good? The sake as is probably still considered unfiltered and unpasteurized. Next step/next week will probably be me putting the sake into bottles and boiling and sealing them. |