Sake help?

[Huskee]

Wife & I want to try a good sake. Not the best high dollar stuff, and not cheap trash, but good affordable stuff. Something I could find in a supermarket like Meijer. In other words, relating to bourbon: not the Jim Beam, but the Buffalo Trace or Four Roses of saki.

Any help appreciated!

[Dewesq55]

I think you mean sake, Huskee -san!

[Dewesq55]

Barbara orders it in the sushi restaurant. I'm not a fan, so I can't help you, I'm afraid

[Huskee]

Touche, thanks. See? I don't know anything about sake, clearly.

[mcook2201]

We buy Homare brand Sake, produced by Homare Sake Brewery Co. It is sold at our sushi go-to joint and pretty sure total wine and more carries it. Along with the standard, we mostly purchase the non-filtered mango and strawberry sake. Highly recommend.

[Huskee]

Thank you for the detailed recommendation.

[JGo37]

Yep, Humare is good, but what the heck is wrong with Jim Beam?

[Huskee]

Mostly just... it

[JGo37]

Huskee that is just so wrong... LoL

BTW without relating the two - have you looked at what the Beam distillery makes? And,

Sake is a bit like bourbons - Rice, Plum wine & rice, Plum wine? For fish dishes I like Kubota. To be frank you shouldn't order sake with sushi - they are both rice based and the wine should contrast the sushi.

[Huskee]

Yeah I follow whiskey, Beam-Suntory is an amazing distillery and I love lots of what they produce, I am just not a fan of the Jim Beam namesake whiskey. Too nutty for me. I HIGHLY respect Beam and what they do though. And thanks for the sake tips! That's exactly what I'm looking for.

[pjlstrat]

I always get hot sake when I get sushi, that I like, but I was told by someone that good sake is consumed cold....not sure how true that is but I have just given you all I know on the topic.....sad really

[Huskee]

Seems like room temp or cold would be how I'd like it too. I always thought it was like a whiskey or a vodka, only recently starting peering into it and learned it's a wine.

[JGo37]

Huskee Sake comes in milk cartons from soda-type vending machines in Japan. They're everywhere. It comes cold.

[Bkhuna]

Not all sake is meant to be drunk hot. I drank a lot of sake the 10 years I lived in Japan and learned that the better brands are usually drunk at room temp or chilled. That rule isn't set in stone mind you, but it is a general rule. Rotgut is always served hot.

Many brewers put a guide on the label telling you the optimum temp. for the particular brand. Of course, if your buying sake brewed in Japan, you probably can't read the label. I can't, but I know my favorite brands

[zero_credit]

Personally, I like hot sake as well, but have really just bought the $10 bottles I can find at Binny's and I've been happy.

Some more info:

https://onthegas.org/drink/best-sake-top-ten-brands

https://www.decanter.com/wine-review...ations-332318/

[bbqLuv]

Do you drink Saki warm?
The few times I tried Saki I enjoyed it warmed up.
I have tried Soju, made from sweet potatoes. It is hard to find.

[Huskee]

I don't know. I like all other spirits warm/room temp, so most likely yes. Thanks!

[Bkhuna]

Soju (Korean), like vodka, can be made with grains or tubers.. Shochu (Japan) is also distilled from a variety of produce.

[pkadare]

Huskee just ran across this and immediately thought of this thread. Looks to contain lots of good info.

https://kotaku.com/how-to-get-into-j...ake-1845008808

[Huskee]

Thanks!

[GolfGeezer]

My "go to" for sake, room temp is:

Kurosawa Sake Junmai Kimoto



Junmai Daiginjo style is our favorite, again served warm.

[Huskee]

Thank you. I wanted real world experience like this!

[ofelles]

This place has quite a ew different price ranges with descriptions
https://sakeone.com/
This is what I use for cooking.
https://sakeone.com/product/momokawa...ied=868b6b1137

[Huskee]

Thanks!

[mgaretz]

I always get hot sake when I get sushi, that I like, but I was told by someone that good sake is consumed cold....not sure how true that is but I have just given you all I know on the topic.....sad really

Many years ago I was in Japan on a business trip and I was getting over a nasty cold. Hot sake sounded great with dinner. My host asked if I had ever tried it cold. I responded that I had not, and I insisted on hot sake. We went back and forth for a while and finally he said that if I tried one cold sake he would buy me all the hot sake I wanted that night. The cold sake was great and I have never looked back!

[jharner]

Sorry no help. Had to google SAKE just to find out what you were asking about.

[Huskee]

Lol! Well I know very little myself other than it's pronounced socky. Or sock-ay. But I've learned a lot from the above!