Sake: Styles

Question 1

What is the name that is used in Japan for Sake?

Answer 1

The word nihonshu (日本酒), meaning “Japanese alcohol,” is the most appropriate word for the nation’s national alcohol, although the term seishu (清酒), or “clear alcohol,” is often used for legal and taxation purposes.

Question 2

namazake

Answer 2

unpasteurized sake

Question 3

nigorizake

Answer 3

unfiltered sake

Question 4

taruzake

Answer 4

sake aged in wooden barrels

Question 5

Jizake

Answer 5

sake from a smaller kura (brewery)

Question 6

genshu sake

Answer 6

undiluted sake