what is the best drink in japan
- There are five types of sake. Here's a short description I took from another site:
Junmai-shu (pure rice wine; at least 30% of rice polished away; no adding of distilled alcohol)
* Honjozo-shu (at least 30% of rice polished away; a tad of distilled alcohol is added)* Ginjo-shu (at least 40% of rice polished away; with or without alcohol added; if bottle is labeled Ginjo, it means distilled alcohol was added; if labeled Junmai Ginjo, it means no alcohol added)
* Daiginjo-shu (at least 50% of rice polished away; again with or without added alcohol; if bottle is labeled Daiginjo, it means distilled alcohol was added; if labeled Junmai Daiginjo, it means no alcohol added)
* Namazake (special 5th designation for unpasteurized sake; incorporates all four above)
Junmai-shu (pure rice wine; at least 30% of rice polished away; no adding of distilled alcohol)
* Honjozo-shu (at least 30% of rice polished away; a tad of distilled alcohol is added)* Ginjo-shu (at least 40% of rice polished away; with or without alcohol added; if bottle is labeled Ginjo, it means distilled alcohol was added; if labeled Junmai Ginjo, it means no alcohol added)
* Daiginjo-shu (at least 50% of rice polished away; again with or without added alcohol; if bottle is labeled Daiginjo, it means distilled alcohol was added; if labeled Junmai Daiginjo, it means no alcohol added)
* Namazake (special 5th designation for unpasteurized sake; incorporates all four above)
- FlashJeff: Beer drinking is an aquired taste. That is, until you taste a beer which is tolerable, you won't like it at all, but once you have a decent one, your tastebuds open up and are ready to try other kinds. Granted, most popular American beers: Budweiser, Miller, Coors, etc taste exactly like what they look like: horse piss.
However, try an amber beer the next time you're eating steak or some other meat. For Japanese flavor, try a Kirin Ichiban. My wife absolutely HATED beer until she tried that one and now she enjoys a beer from time to time.
As for what Sake tastes like - the generic kind you find at ANY sushi bar is semi-sweet and very smooth (doesn't hurt when you swallow it like whisky). You fill up the little shot glass, yell "kampai!" and swallow the entire amount in one gulp. It's not as strong as whisky or hard liquor, so doing so a few times won't cause you to fall onto the floor.
Both Sake and Beer drinking are no fun done alone. Make sure before you try sake that you have a few friends with you.
Many thanks for the education, Fantt. I don't remember what I drank wa-a-a-a-a-a-y back in '77, only that I didn't like it. Horse piss is quite an accurate description. I'll try just about anything once, so perhaps I'll look for a Japanese beer, just to satisfy my curiosity.
As for drinking sake with friends, well, as soon s I find some friends, I'll give that a try too!
However, try an amber beer the next time you're eating steak or some other meat. For Japanese flavor, try a Kirin Ichiban. My wife absolutely HATED beer until she tried that one and now she enjoys a beer from time to time.
As for what Sake tastes like - the generic kind you find at ANY sushi bar is semi-sweet and very smooth (doesn't hurt when you swallow it like whisky). You fill up the little shot glass, yell "kampai!" and swallow the entire amount in one gulp. It's not as strong as whisky or hard liquor, so doing so a few times won't cause you to fall onto the floor.
Both Sake and Beer drinking are no fun done alone. Make sure before you try sake that you have a few friends with you.
Many thanks for the education, Fantt. I don't remember what I drank wa-a-a-a-a-a-y back in '77, only that I didn't like it. Horse piss is quite an accurate description. I'll try just about anything once, so perhaps I'll look for a Japanese beer, just to satisfy my curiosity.
As for drinking sake with friends, well, as soon s I find some friends, I'll give that a try too!
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