A friend, Kip, shared some of his freshly made black rice sake with me. He packaged it nicely in a small green bottle with a cool label. See for yourself:
Black Rice Sake Bottle
Nice huh. The sake in the bottle looks completely clear but when pored into a glass it shows its pinkish purple color.
Black Rice Sake in a Glass
Sweet heavy aroma, like fermented black rice maybe a little like a rose, but is light and uncomplicated on the palate. The initial draw of sake into the mouth carries the full force of the aroma with a flavor that matches. Round and full bodied as it enters the mouth but almost completely disappears as you swallow, leaving vary little, if any, after taste. This is a very drinkable sake.
Kip documents is brewing of this sake in two posts, part 1 and part 2, at www.bierkast.com.
1:17 pm on May 30th, 2012 1
Looking good! Thanks for taking the time to review it. I’m looking forward to brewing more sake soon.
Kompai!
2:08 pm on May 30th, 2012 2
Sounds delicious. Kip needs to share it with his fellow Trojan bandsmen!
3:21 pm on May 30th, 2012 3
Very drinkable, you say? Better watch out, it’s 20%+ ABV!
10:29 pm on June 2nd, 2012 4
Kip , Sean Mooney in Portland Or. very cool to see someone else making black rice Sake’ I have been making it a lot over the last year and I am in the process of trying to set up a small Micro Sake’ Brew House out here. Been playing around with black rice strains and different yeast strains as well. Also makes a great soup with bbq chicken, yams and vegee’s. I sent e mail address reach out anytime.