Discovery Sake

Inaka
Brewery regions are very pretty around now, so green and lush, and brewery people are nice. Sake breweries make Sake ,especially premium from Yamadanishiki ,a rice grown in Hyogo. There’s certainly nothing wrong with that, but when we visit a brewery in, part of the fun of the visit is tasting Sake made from rice grown in the province , near where we’re standing.

Water
Most Sake breweries have their own water source.Water is most important ingredient affecting sake quality and Eighty percent of sake is made up of water. This brewery own a well which is dressed up like a Shrine. Their gratitude to water is well expressed here. Their low mineral water ,called soft water, gives a smooth and clear Sake taste

Fermentation
yeast breaks down sugar into alcohol and carbon dioxide whose gas bubbles out of the fermenting solution into the air leaving a mixture of ethanol and water
In making bread, the yeast is mixed with the dough and kept warm. The carbon dioxide produced by fermentation makes the bread dough rise and the alcohol evaporates.

koji muro
scene from at koji muro room to increase the number of Koji spores. . Generally Sake is made primarily in winter season , however koji mold (Aspergillus oryzae) grows at 30°C-40°C and requires suitable humidity levels. koji muro room is a space separated from the outside.

Celebration
Kagami-biraki celebration is the action of breaking the lid of a sake barrel with a wooden hammer and the sake is served to everyone present. the act of breaking open a sake barrel marks the start of something new. the start of this coming May countless you can see broken Sake barrels because With the abdication of the current Emperor on April 30, 2019, the era of Heisei will end and a new era ”Reiwa” will begin. In Japan, you can see displaying piled barrels of sake. it is also a celebration. the wooden barrel factories should be jazzed now.

Tokkuri
Tokkuri, generally ceramic bottle, used for selling sake was lent by sake trader and the name of the shop, was written with calligraphy and bold‐faced characters.discovery old bottle is one of the biggest joy in Sake brewery visit.





Label
The label is the Sake bottle’s shopfront, where it displays its logo design to attract custom. to see and touch the vintage ones is one of joys at a brewery.