清酒
Sei-shu
Official Sake Name
日本酒
NIhonshu
純米
Junmai
Premium sake without GNS
吟醸
Ginjō
Premium sake <60% Polishing ratio
大吟醸
Daiginjō
Premium Sake <50% polished rice
本醸造
Honjōzō
<70% Polish ratio with added GNS
山廃
Yamahai
Kimoto that does not use sticks to pound steamed rice into paste
bacteria creates lactic acid
生酛
Kimoto
Old process pounding steamed rice into paste for ferment started
bacteria creates lactic acid
生酒
Nama zake
Unpasteurized sake
特別
Tokubetsu
古酒
Koshu
Aged Sake - 2 years