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Japan Harvest 2019 Special Panel 日本酒はこうして作られる How sake is made
Japan Harvest 2019 日本酒はこうして作られる (English translation below)
How sake is made
Rice milling (Point: Many breweries uses special machine for sake rice milling)
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Rice washing
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Rice soaking
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Rice steaming
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Koji making
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Fermentation starter
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Mash
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Fermentation (Moromi)
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Filtration ←Pasteurization (Point: normally pasteurization is done twice for sanitation and to stabilize the quality)
Storage ← Pasteurization
Finish
Comment: It is delicious to drink fresh unpasteurized raw sake and also Namazume Namachozo which is pasteurize once.