Rice wine
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Rice wine is an alcoholic beverage fermented from rice, traditionally consumed in East Asia, Southeast Asia and South Asia, where rice is a quintessential staple crop. Rice wine is made by the ferment
Bottles of Sombai Cambodian infused rice wines
Sake
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Sake, saké, or saki, also referred to as Japanese rice wine, is an alcoholic beverage of Japanese origin made by fermenting rice that has been polished to remove the bran. Despite the name Japanese ri
Rice wine
…during which microbes enzymatically convert polysaccharides to sugar and then to ethanol. The Chinese mijiu (most famous being huangjiu), Japanese sake, and Korean cheongju, dansul and takju are some of the most notable types of rice wine. Rice wine typically has an alcohol content of 10–25% ABV, and…
Overflowing glass of sake inside a masu
Sake bottle, Japan, c. 1740
Sake barrel offerings at the Shinto shrine Tsurugaoka Hachimangū in Kamakura
A pair of sake flasks painted in gold and black lacquer. Momoyama period, 16th century.