You might fancy a glass of sake or a shot of the stronger, more bitter shochu. But regulars will insist you try another, less ...

Sake is a rice-based, umami-flavored Japanese beverage ... For example, a single shot of spirits is only 1 unit, while a standard glass of wine is 2.1 units, and a 5.2% ABV beer has 3 units.

A Japanese sake maker is going where no sake maker has gone before: space. Asahi Shuzo, the company behind popular Japanese sake brand Dassai, plans to blast sake ingredients to the International ...

A Japanese sake maker is heading to the final frontier ... The Japan News reported. A standard glass is approximately 80ml, which would be worth about $522,000, according to CNN.

Sake has been a Japanese staple for thousands of years ... Just like you would with whiskey or a glass of red wine, there are some sakes, especially aged sakes, called koshu, that Roxas says ...

TOKYO -- Japanese sake, which is set to make a UNESCO list for its traditional brewing technique, is in the midst of an international boom, with exports soaring 70% in three years. Sake plays an ...

OKAYA, Nagano Prefecture--Not long after dawn, Japanese sake brewer Mie Takahashi checks the temperature of the mixture fermenting at her family’s 150-year-old sake brewery, Koten, nestled in ...

A Japanese sake maker is going where no sake maker has ... stirring and fermenting.The drink is sipped from a glass at many Japanese cultural occasions — from weddings to meals at pub-like ...

Sake is made of Japanese rice, water, yeast and koji (a type of mold). It traditionally takes about two months to make through a series of precise steps that involve steaming, stirring and fermenting.