How to Make Sake

Enjoy this fun opportunity to learn how to brew sake. With only 14 sake breweries in the US, sake brewing a very unique skill. Immerse yourself in this fabulous course and make your own sake from brewing to bottling. The course will review different styles of sake, ingredients, tools, and where to find these things. Learn how to steam sake rice, culture koji, ferment rice, filter kasu, and bottle your own sake. We’ll finish with a demonstration on how to properly pour and taste sake.

Ancient pottery for pouring and drinking sake, consisting of a small bowl and a larger sake vessel with faded glaze and irregular surface.

   Upon Completion of this course students will know …

  • How to clean and sanitize for brewing production

  • How to wash, soak, and steam sake rice

  • How to pitch koji and yeast

  • How to filter sake

  • How to bottle sake

  • How to monitor sake by measuring pH, sando, amino sando, SMV, alcohol content, etc.

  • How to taste sake

Outline

1.    Brewing Sake

2.Introduction

3.Safety

4.Sanitation

5.Water Requirements

6. Koji

7.Rice

8.Yeast

9.Brewing (Days 1-4)

10.  Fermentation (Measurements taken on Day 1, 4, 5, and 6)

11. Filtration (Day 5)

12.Bottling (Day 6)

13.Tasting (Continuous)