Sake! *random*

[Kenshin Himura]

Um... Anybody ever have Sake before?

[Valiant]

Um... Anybody ever have Sake before?

Sake is my favorite drink. Although not the kind that you'd find in a Japanese take out style restaurants. I usually go to a Sake lounge to try different brand and types of Sake (wow, that sounded a little snotty).

My favorite Sake is KUBOTA "HEKIJYU" JUNMAI DAI GINJYO. It's very crisp with a hint of fruity after taste and it's excellent with cucumbers slices.

Anyone else have favorite Sake to recommend?

-Kenshin Himura: Aren't you underage for drinking? (Just teasing!)

[Kenshin Himura]

..um.. underage?.. Well... um.. um.... ^^x''''''''' I.. Well I'm taking a taste of it. My mom got me a bottle of my own (not for one day! to have SMALL amounts in!).. and.. well i dont drive, duh. lol anyways ya I have sake.. imported! thats all i know so far.. gotta go read the bottle.. I'll read it when I have a taste.
hm.. well. .I'm kind of a Japanese-type person (I swear I"m japanese and not ammerican!!! hm.. maybe my soul is a japanese person)
Hm.. sushi is good too.. havent had much of a chance to go engorge myself with japanese foods.. I'm the only one in my whole family that is like me. Nobody liked sushi, kendo, sake, anything.. *shrugs* mental problems? lol j/k

[Kenshin Himura]

I don't think theres REALLY an age limit. Its more of a amount limit. lol I cant go around drinking half liter bottles of it, maybe a small shot-glass of it would be fine. lmao

[Caleb]

You do realize that sake is alchohol? Even the tiniest bit is considered illegal for people under 21. I personally wouldn't post that your mom baught you a bottle, because your mom could go to prison for that (contributing to the delinquincy of minors) Even a little at a time is considered drinking. Plus, that in general, is how you drink japanese wine.

[Caleb]

Due to the limited edit time I was unable to finish


anyway, You were giving us a guilt trip about having no respect
No swordsman should be disrespectful, especially to children and elders. But right now your disrespecting the law. Think before you post next time, please

[Will]

mental problems?

yes

(but maybe more social too)

[mingshi]

I'm kind of a Japanese-type person (I swear I"m japanese and not ammerican!!! hm.. maybe my soul is a japanese person)
...
Bad punctuation (I"m), bad spelling (ammerican), bad grammar (maybe my soul is a japanese person), bad logic (the whole thing)... I am sure he is just very drunk... obviously with some bad sake... :redface: :redface: :redface: :redface: :redface: :redface: :redface:

[ALI G]

maybe my soul is a japanese person

Ya...Iz can juzt see da bushiz juzt manifezting itzelf in dat pickcha....

[Khabbi]

So basicly , we got a 14 year old trying to open up a own dojo , teaching a anime reverse blade katana ryu , with special saya blocking technique , and now he's picked up a drinking problem .

Kiais include - "shruggs" , " Im only 14 " and "I'm kind of a Japanese-type person (I swear I"m japanese and not ammerican!!! hm.. maybe my soul is a japanese person)"

only in america \'o)

[Kenshin Himura]

... sheesh. I dropped the dojo idea, I don't tach anime sword styles, and I havent even touched the sake. lol and my typing isnt 100%. ^^x you shouldnt have to mock me for that. lol

[Kenshin Himura]

.. I was just kidding before about my "soul" being a japanese person... do you guys have any sense of sarcasm or whatever? lol ^^x' oh well

[Dr. Hellsing]

.......HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH...bad day huh?

[R A Sosnowski]

So basicly , we got a 14 year old trying to open up a own dojo , teaching a anime reverse blade katana ryu , with special saya blocking technique , and now he's picked up a drinking problem .

Kiais include - "shruggs" , " Im only 14 " and "I'm kind of a Japanese-type person (I swear I"m japanese and not ammerican!!! hm.. maybe my soul is a japanese person)"

only in america \'o)

Hey, we're in the Lounge. Remember?

Let's cut the kid some slack. I think we all had some particularly unique and unrealistic views when in our early teens. :D Heck, I'm still accused of this almost 40 years later. ;)

Offer some guidance (be a true Sempai), rather than reaming him a new anal-oriface.

I'd rather see him mature into a true budo-ka in a couple of years, rather than get turned off and leave because a bunch of know-it-all adults keep ragging on him.

Enough said. :cool:

[R A Sosnowski]

Um... Anybody ever have Sake before?

Yes. Warmed, cooled, and as a mixed drink. I recommend the cedar-box cups for cool Sake.

We mostly get the standard commercial brands - Genkeikan is readily available.

Sometimes we'll get Moonstone (in a distinctive blue bottle) Pearl which is unfiltered. We prefer it cold. It has a distinct sweetness.

Since we relocated to a new area two years ago, we have yet to find a specialty store for the better brands of Sake.

[nodachi]

Sake... ick... then again, I don't drink anyway, just never liked it, so my opinion will be biased against it to begin with. Although it is rather unique compared to other things I tasted. I've had worse. :)

[litige]

One nice thing with sake : It's so easy to make, rice costs nearly nothing and water not so so too. BUT the komekoji (one important ingredient) maybe hard to find. Anyway, i'll try to do some sometime. If it's a succes, i'll try, but this time, cooking the rice with tea insted of plain water. Try to imagine the taste. :-p

[Eldritch Knight]

Sake is by far my favorite drink. I'm a fan of the Nagoya types myself, but I don't know enough about it to pinpoint any specific manufacturer.

Has anyone had the sake that they serve warmed in the really tall o-cha cups (the type they use at sushi bars). They have a little lid on it, and they light the alcoholic fumes before serving it (so it comes with a little flame on top, which dies down pretty quickly - it reminded me of the Flaming Moe from the simpsons). I had it at this really high-scale sushi bar (in Japan) when my boss was treating, and couldn't get the name.

[mingshi]

Mr Sosnowski, speaking of sake, wasn't one of the former presidents of the All Japan Naginata Federation belong to the Konishi family? They still run a major family sake/brewing business in Hyogo-ken...

I discovered this from the AJNF site:
http://www.konishi.co.jp/naginata
and their coporate site (selling sake...):
http://www.konishi.co.jp

[Valiant]

Yes. Warmed, cooled, and as a mixed drink. I recommend the cedar-box cups for cool Sake.



We mostly get the standard commercial brands - Genkeikan is readily available.



Sometimes we'll get Moonstone (in a distinctive blue bottle) Pearl which is unfiltered. We prefer it cold. It has a distinct sweetness.



Since we relocated to a new area two years ago, we have yet to find a specialty store for the better brands of Sake.



Sosnowski,



I also think the cedar box cup enhances the taste of cooled sake. It's a very subtle difference compared to a porcelain or glass cup. Nevertheless, it make the sake drinking experience better. (and of course having good company helps. :) )



If you are located in the US there is a website www.sake.nu (http://www.sake.nu/) that sells imported sake. They have some hard to get sake brands and they will ship to anywhere in the States.

[JimB]

I had always enjoyed the sake I had at sushi bars and I decided after reading this thread to go out and buy a bottle for my own personal enjoyment. I live in the Carolinas and sake isn't among the number one requested items here, so seeing as it was late with very little chance of an open asian grocery store I headed to World Market.
I found 3 different brands of sake there and I choose one called Hakusan by a brewer called Kohnan. It didn't taste too bad although it seemed to taste better warm than chilled. Other than that the sake was quite good and went well with my evening meal of tempura and miso soup. What domestic brands are the best and where in the southern states can I go to get decent sake without ordering from the net?

[Onara]

Ok, has anyone had roasted fugu fins in hot nihonshu? Oh, oh, oh! Had it a few times at a place in Gion. I am not worthy of such bliss.

[Eldritch Knight]

Ok, has anyone had roasted fugu fins in hot nihonshu? Oh, oh, oh! Had it a few times at a place in Gion. I am not worthy of such bliss.

I LOVE that stuff. Couldn't identify it at first, but the taste is heavenly.

[Ren Blade]

I love Sake. I always drink it hot. I for some reason don't like the taste of it when it's cold even with the brands of Sake that's considered the best when it's cold.

[R A Sosnowski]

Mingshi,


Mr Sosnowski, speaking of sake, wasn't one of the former presidents of the All Japan Naginata Federation belong to the Konishi family? They still run a major family sake/brewing business in Hyogo-ken...

I discovered this from the AJNF site:
http://www.konishi.co.jp/naginata
and their coporate site (selling sake...):
http://www.konishi.co.jp

Could very well be, but I don't know for sure. Maybe Dr. Alex knows.

Also, Valiant, thanks for the website tip.

[Tato]

One nice thing with sake : It's so easy to make, rice costs nearly nothing and water not so so too. BUT the komekoji (one important ingredient) maybe hard to find. Anyway, i'll try to do some sometime. If it's a succes, i'll try, but this time, cooking the rice with tea insted of plain water. Try to imagine the taste. :-p


Well, I read somewhere, sometime ago (in The Economist, 3 to 5 years ago?) that the cost of Sake depends on the way it's produced, and can be pretty expensive (something like the European eau de vies). It's related to the way that the producer uses to get the core of the rice grains, the more "pure" is the grain core used, the better Sake you got.

Now, I read it time ago, so after using Google, i found the term Seimaibuai, which means milling the rice, look there for more explanation

http://www.sake-world.com/html/rice.html

Cheers!

[Chook]

That's like the Black Samurai shot I make.

1/2 Sake
1/2 Soy sauce

Try that and you'll know what it's like to be stabbed in the guts lol

[Eiliries]

At the Kendo newyears party at my club, one of my instructors broke open a bottle of sake, he drank most of it himself, and he wouldn't share with me just because I'm under-age :down:!!!

[etherknot]

One year at a company Christmas dinner a sushi place; a co-worker and I who had been doing all of the ordering for the sushi-neophytes decided to get our boss a bottle of sake. Our boss, didn't know what sake was. So of course it came in the wee bottle and down it went like a shooter all at once.
His face turned as red as the shirt he was wearing. :)