Sake - Classic or Dud

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because Im sick of seeing Saki - Classic or Dud...

I say: Classic. In warm and cold forms.

― AaronK (AaronK), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 20:28 (twenty-one years ago)

With ya there. I prefer hot but they both rock. Any particular brands to recommend, though?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 20:30 (twenty-one years ago)

I drank a good one once... the name was something like Forgods or something

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 20:34 (twenty-one years ago)

hot sake is gross. they really just use the cheapest nastiest swill.

theres one sake called 'ken' i like.

― phil-two (phil-two), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 20:50 (twenty-one years ago)

you should drink it for my sake

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 21:11 (twenty-one years ago)

Wandering Poet is a good one.

― nickn (nickn), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 21:15 (twenty-one years ago)

http://ksymbol.cool.ne.jp/kouyuukai/akita2003/kokuki-onigoroshi.JPG

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 01:06 (twenty-one years ago)

we sorta did this just a few weeks ago

unfiltered sake

― JaXoN (JasonD), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 01:40 (twenty-one years ago)

ok, question for you new yorkers. i've been to a sake bar in the village a few times. you walk down some steps. i think it might be near barrow st. i could be wrong. what is it called??? it has a menu with (it seems) 100s of varities of sake.

p.s. i like sake. though the cheap stuff tastes like rubbing alcohol.

― amateur!!!st (amateurist), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 03:25 (twenty-one years ago)

what's the difference between the cheap stuff and the good stuff? (besides price, smartass)

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 03:27 (twenty-one years ago)

well the cheap stuff... it tends to come in these little cans which the restaurant will heat up. mass-market sake. you can get that in cheap restaurants. like i said, it tastes like rubbing alcohol. but it will get you drunk, as i imagine many millions of japanese have discovered.

― smartass (amateurist), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 03:30 (twenty-one years ago)

but like, process or ingredient wise, what's the dif? is it made to keep longer?

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 03:32 (twenty-one years ago)

wait, can it go bad?

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 03:32 (twenty-one years ago)

sorry i'm no expert....

― amateur!!st (amateurist), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 03:35 (twenty-one years ago)

Ugh. Dud at any temperature.

― briania (briania), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 03:46 (twenty-one years ago)

ive never had sake that tastd like rubbing alcohol. so maybe i've never had the truly bad, but ive never had it be very expensive either, so i dont know. its always good.

― AaronK (AaronK), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 12:53 (twenty-one years ago)

(hic)

― amateur!!!st (amateurist), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 13:04 (twenty-one years ago)

I thought we were all meant to have moved on from Sake to Shochu these days?

― Simon (flameproof) (Flameproof), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 14:19 (twenty-one years ago)

i like how shochu is like 100 yen cheaper than beer in the vending machines.

― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 14:32 (twenty-one years ago)

the "unfiltered sake" thread is pretty good, the "ask gygax" thread on the noise board has some sake advice as well.

― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 14:33 (twenty-one years ago)

I had a whole.. carafe? hm, it was 5 or 6 little cups worth of hot, cheap sake last night while watching Rosemary's Baby. It was Gekkeikan, which seems to be the Labatt Blue of sake, but hey, I'm poor. I like it, because I like any excuse to drink hot liquor, which is one of the more wonderful ways to get drunk. Also, I find sake, at least the cheap crappy stuff, sneaks up so that you're drunk, or at least tipsy, without realizing it.

― derrick (derrick), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 17:36 (twenty-one years ago)

The standard explanation regarding differences in quality cites the type of rice and the degree to which it is polished as well as the purity of water used in the brewing process. Generally, sake from the Northern prefecture of Niigata, which is considered to have the best rice in Japan, is among the most sought after. here is a good article outlining the entire brewing process.

― J-rock (Julien Sandiford), Thursday, 19 August 2004 05:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Oops. I meant this article. That other one's a link to an online sake shop. The first bottle there is one of my favourites.

― J-rock (Julien Sandiford), Thursday, 19 August 2004 05:18 (twenty-one years ago)

three months pass...

Wandering Poet is a good one.

Tried sake for the first time this weekend and it was Wandering Poet. Didn't really care for it, though it's possible that it could grow on me. Tasted like some weird hard candy that old people like. It was too...much.

― oops (Oops), Monday, 29 November 2004 05:38 (twenty-one years ago)

It did give a nice, giddy buzz, though.

― oops (Oops), Monday, 29 November 2004 05:41 (twenty-one years ago)

classic, as long as not too hot. Sake should be warm or cold, not piping hot. As a test, you should feel the inside of your lover's thigh. If your sake is about the same temperature, you have it right.

― the music mole (colin s barrow), Monday, 29 November 2004 05:43 (twenty-one years ago)

For a moment there I thought this was my Saki thread re-emerging. Ah well.

― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Monday, 29 November 2004 05:44 (twenty-one years ago)

I had really high quality plum sake once. it was swell.
I had really dire quality plum sake once. it was shitty.

― Remy Snush (x Jeremy), Monday, 29 November 2004 05:47 (twenty-one years ago)

oops has spoken!

― adam... (nordicskilla), Monday, 29 November 2004 05:50 (twenty-one years ago)

I wonder if the Niigata quake will affect sake production...

Hot sake = classic, btw

― Laura H. (laurah), Monday, 29 November 2004 06:24 (twenty-one years ago)

Classic, and great at any temperature. The first time I got drunk on sake, I walked home pretending I was an airplane, arms outstretched, making engine noises. It's good stuff.

― Pears can just fuck right off. (kenan), Monday, 29 November 2004 06:39 (twenty-one years ago)

‚É‚¬‚èis the best.

― kossori (not entirely unhappy), Monday, 29 November 2004 06:42 (twenty-one years ago)

How do you keep sake at the right temperature, though? I tend to either serve it too hot as it cools down so quickly, or just neck it before it has the chance to get cold.

Perhaps a tiny bain-marie?

― Jesus Christ, Paraplegic (Mark C), Monday, 29 November 2004 11:49 (twenty-one years ago)

I used to use a hot plate I got from a jumble sale for 25p. It was a cool thing. I've got a bottle of really cheap sake in my room, but I never get around to drinking it...

― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Monday, 29 November 2004 11:53 (twenty-one years ago)

i ordered an Asahi and received a carafe of warm sake instead. rather than clear up the misunderstanding, i drank it without enjoying it. perhaps i'll give it another chance someday.

― andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Monday, 29 November 2004 18:19 (twenty-one years ago)

"ok, question for you new yorkers. i've been to a sake bar in the village a few times. you walk down some steps. i think it might be near barrow st. i could be wrong. what is it called??? it has a menu with (it seems) 100s of varities of sake."

Maybe you are thinking of Decibel, which is on 9th St between 2nd and 3rd, on the south side, nearer 2nd ave. It's down some steps, and all they really do is sake. I go there a lot these days.

― Conor (Conor), Tuesday, 30 November 2004 02:21 (twenty-one years ago)

one year passes...

Anyone had Hakutsuru Draft Sake (cold) or know anything about it? (ie generally considered good or bad?)

I had most of a small bottle with dinner tonight, and it hit me harder than I expected, but god it tasted awful - really, it was like a very harsh, acidic white wine (bordering on cheap clear booze of some sort). I can't decide if I should go back and try some others, or if that's pretty much standard.

― milo z (mlp), Monday, 29 May 2006 00:22 (twenty years ago)

I like sake, but I am no connoisseur.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Monday, 29 May 2006 02:08 (twenty years ago)

my mum now drinks shochu (?). it's apparently healthier than sake.

― Nathalie (stevie nixed), Monday, 29 May 2006 12:22 (twenty years ago)

I've had some in Wagamama once or twice, and thought it was very nice.

― DV (dirtyvicar), Monday, 29 May 2006 14:40 (twenty years ago)

Scochu is good but it's not healthier - it's the Japanese version of grappa/poteen or whatever local firewater you care to name.

― Treblekicker (treblekicker), Monday, 29 May 2006 16:30 (twenty years ago)

Anyone who might be put off by some of the stronger tasting varieties should try some Himezen. It's light, sweet and has a delicate citrus finish. It tastes much closer to a fruit wine than standard sake.

― J-rock (Julien Sandiford), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 04:40 (twenty years ago)

shochu used to have a really cheap/tacky reputation, has it gone upmarket like it (and soju) has on the west coast (usa)?

my favorite sake breweries:

1) hakkaisan
2) kubota
3) shimahari-tsuru
4) suigei
5) otokoyama

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 16:04 (twenty years ago)

two years pass...

Is there a good encyclopaedia or atlas of Sake out there, in english? I would like to learn more about sake.

― Ed, Tuesday, 19 August 2008 21:02 (seventeen years ago)

one month passes...

As a test, you should feel the inside of your lover's thigh.

Oh man when is this NOT good advice?

― Abbott, Sunday, 28 September 2008 04:35 (seventeen years ago)

You can really apply it to anything.

― Abbott, Sunday, 28 September 2008 04:36 (seventeen years ago)

We lived across the street from a co-op with a ridic not-booze alcohol anything selection, and spent a lot of afternoons making cocktails of equal parts plum wine, sake and lime juice which was fantastic.

― Abbott, Sunday, 28 September 2008 04:37 (seventeen years ago)

Best summer third floor apartment balcony drink.

― Abbott, Sunday, 28 September 2008 04:38 (seventeen years ago)

four months pass...

An Englishman abroad.

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 3 February 2009 16:28 (seventeen years ago)

"His character is almost Japanese. He understands the Japanese way of thinking, our style of daily life. You can taste it in his sake."

― i'm shy (Abbott), Tuesday, 3 February 2009 19:25 (seventeen years ago)

six years pass...

Put a small bottle in my freezer last night and just cracked it open - delicious

― calstars, Saturday, 13 June 2015 18:25 (eleven years ago)

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