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Rice Wine and Sake
Rice wine, a popular alcoholic beverage in Asian countries, uses the amylolytic process to ferment rice starch into sugars. Contrary to common belief, sake would be better described as rice beer, rather than rice wine, because it uses a brewing process to ferment the rice starch.
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What gets you more drunk Sake a Japanese drink aka Rice wine or tequila?
Drink for drink, tequila, since it has 40% alcohol and sake only has around 15%.
Stewed chicken with rice wine safe during pregnancy?
Any alcohol should be evaporated while it is cooked. However, consume it in small amounts.
How do you serve SAKI Japanese rice wine?
It can be served cold, hot, or at room temperature, often depending on the season. One recommendation I heard was to put a glass of saki in a bowl of warm water (105 degrees F) to warm it. You can also serve it on the rocks. Many saki bottles will give you ideas on the label.
"Sweet Sake" comes in two forms.
The first is also called "Mirin"; it is usually an inferior sake that you can use at home for cooking or in Japanese sauces; people drank it as Sweet Sake during the Edo Period. It costs around $5-10 per 750 ml.
The second is called "Nigori" Sake and is for drinking; It can go from medium sweet to creamy sweet. You decide whether you want to use it or the Mirin for cooking. Good sake should be served slightly chilled, like white whine. Nigori starts at about $10.00 per 750 ml. and goes to $30-50++ per bottle.
If I were using it in a drink, I would use Nigori. If the sake is the principal ingredient, I would use a moderately priced bottle, just as I would if I were using bourbon or any other liquor for a mixed drink. Drinking it straight? Get a better bottle.
A sake bomb is a drink made by dropping a shot glass of sake into a larger glass of beer.
