If you do a secondary in bottle fermentation like champagne, or if you inject the bubbles in like you’re making seltzer or sodaĪll right. And then if you’re a member, you can put a special sticker on your bottle and you qualify for a certain status and you create a premium sparkling product and the primary difference between premium sparkling sakes and all the rest are how you get the bubbles in there. So they have certain rules and regulations that you have to follow to become a member in this group. Or awa sake and, uh, this association started. Happo shu means like sparkling sake, but awa is often used nowadays to refer to sparkling. There’s a, there’s another word you can use called Happo shu And it’s a word that is often used to refer to sparkling Sake, the technical term. Now for the, for those of us who are not familiar with that, uh, either term or acronym, what exactly is awa?Īwa means bubble or foam in Japanese. So nine brewers got together and they wanted to create an association that was dedicated to upping the game and creating what we now understand as premium sparkling sake. There was the founding of what’s called the Japan, AWA sake association. That’s how things started out there was a big shift in the perception of sparkling sake around 2016. so it was this sweet, sticky, low alcohol concoction that did not have a lot of, prestige in the industry. And very often the bottles would be frosted pink and marketed to women. And they would do CO2 injection, which means that they would pump the bubbles into the sake, like you’re making seltzer or Coca Cola or something like that. It was produced as something that was very low in alcohol high in sugar, very often, extremely sweet. Sparkling sake was not something that had a lot of prestige in the industry. Well, there’s been a big transition in the industry in regards to sparkling sake. And so she very much enjoys that, that fits into crazy style somehow. And, my wife being very much, uh, this is for me. I probably don’t remember what my literal first experience was, but I do remember, uh, honestly just being like, you know, maybe this isn’t for me. Do you remember your first experience with sparkling sake? Well, over a decade and, When we first got into sake, sparkling sake was not what it is today. Well, when I think about sparkling sake, you and I have both been drinking sake for many years. Well, let’s mosey on over to the sake education corner. perhaps the sake education corner would be the right place for that. You’ve got to, you have to educate me a bit on this one. We’re going to have to go for sparkling sake. Well, I think there’s only one thing that’s going to fit the bill this week. I think it might be, and we should probably celebrate, but how do you celebrate a sake podcast? No, John, no, I can’t believe you don’t know this, but today is our 25th episode of Sake Revolution! That’s a little, I think it’s a little ambitious, but you know, I think that four stories of Okinomiyaki, uh, you know, maybe it has a place here in New York. Oh, uh, is, is Okonomimura opening up a New York city branch. And I’ll honestly, Tim, I didn’t realize you were a football fan, but yeah, the season did start. I’m a Sake Samurai, sake educator, as well as the founder of the Urban Sake website and together John and I will be tasting and chatting about all things sake and doing our best to make it fun and easy to understand. I’m your host, John Puma from the and also the administrator of the internet sake discord.Īnd I’m your host Timothy Sullivan. Here’s to many more! Remember to keep drinking sake and… well, you know what to do! (KANPAI!) John and Tim look at two different sparkling sakes as they toast this 25th episode. From overly sweet and low alcohol to elegant and refined, the best sparkling sakes are now made under strict guidelines using the “champagne method”, that is employing a secondary fermentation in the bottle to create fine and all natural bubbles. With the foundation of the Japan Awasake Association in 2016, a number of premier brewers turned their attention to giving sparkling sake an upgrade. In that time, with a little hard work and a lot of sake, we’ve hit two milestones: 5,000 listener downloads and 25 published episodes! What better way to toast our achievement than with the ultimate celebration sake – we are talking sparkling! Also known as “happo-shu” or “awasake”, this spritzy style of sake is having a bit of a renaissance of late. Some podcasts have been around for years, but our little sake show has only been on the air for five months.
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