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Ode to the rice farmer
October 15th, 2011 at 5:29 pm » Comments (0)
This week I thought that it would be interesting to look at the rice production in the US. This quick look will actually be narrower than the whole of the ...more »New US kura, the “Texas Sake Company” grand opening on Nihonshu no hi!
October 1st, 2011 at 12:45 pm » Comments (0)
Today, Nihonshu no hi or international sake day, is not only a day to celebrate sake but, beginning this year, also the opening day for a new kura, sake brewery, ...more »Digging into US rice – where did it come from?
April 17th, 2011 at 6:04 pm » Comments (0)
Discussions with a friend challenged my understanding of some aspects of US rice production. I had focused on California rice for most of my earlier research and really, if the ...more »Rice Malt, Not for Sake but still interesting
April 10th, 2011 at 9:58 am » Comments (0)
While researching rice and enzymes I came across an article on how steep time and temperature influence rice malt enzyme production. Malting is a major part of most beer brewing ...more »Steeping to hit the numbers
February 27th, 2011 at 3:11 pm » Comments (2)
Picture the toji presiding with a stopwatch over kurabito as they steep rice for a batch of daiginjo; 28.29.30.31 pull it out of the water. A 31 second steeping to ...more »How much sake does a pound of rice make?
February 13th, 2011 at 12:36 pm » Comments (9)
I recently saw a section in “The Niigata Sake Book” labeled “How Much Sake Is Made out of 1 kg (2.2 lb.) of Rice” and thought this would make a ...more »Amazake – it ain’t sake
December 12th, 2010 at 4:50 pm » Comments (2)
I have meant to post a little something about anazake for some time but I keep putting it off. Now that I have gotten a question about how to make ...more »A Pictorial Look at the TwinBird Rice Mill
October 3rd, 2010 at 3:39 pm » Comments (0)
Back in August I posted an article about milling rice with the TwinBird Rice Mill. However, I was not able to include any pictures that could prove useful to those ...more »Milling your own rice with the TwinBird Mill
August 1st, 2010 at 3:17 pm » Comments (6)
Rice milling is arguably the first step in sake brewing. For some, it may be the rice harvest or even the entire process of growing the rice. Then for others, ...more »Preparing Your Rice for Sake Brewing
June 13th, 2010 at 11:27 am » Comments (0)
An important step performed several times during the sake brewing process is the preparation of the rice. We prepare rice for the moto, then again for each step of the ...more »Blogroll
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