Comments on: Fascinating Yet Confusing Sake Question on Twitter

By: David J

David J — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:50:54 +0000

Maybe some marketing genius could make a sales killing inventing a category like ‘bine’, weer’… ‘bwine’…’brine’…?

By: Voltron

Voltron — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:54:01 +0000

It’s delicious.. Nuff Said..

Bomb it or Vomit!

By: JJ Bagley

JJ Bagley — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:04:34 +0000

I wouldn’t pigeon-hole it into any category though it is most closely related to beer.

By: RichardA

RichardA — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:35:17 +0000

the problem is that there is no standard definition of what constitutes “beer.”

It may simple if you use avery broad definition of what constitutes beer, i.e. anything brewed from a grain. But if you use a different definition to define “beer”, then it is an entire different story. By most dictionary definitions, sake would not be considered beer.

By: ryan

ryan — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:27:24 +0000

it’s beer. simple. No matter what it’s like, or what it’s similar to it’s a beer. Lot’s of beers don’t have hops, or carbonation, but they are made with grain so they are beer. How you treat the beverage is irrelevant. Lot’s of great beers age well, are full of volitale esters, and are basicallly wine in style, but they are still beers. Think of the Guezes
Otherwise, why aren’t apple wines considered wine? They are wine! Or orange wines, they too are “wine”, but we treat them differently.
Definitions can’t be changed based on how we perceive something.

By: Michael Bottigliero

Michael Bottigliero — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:22:54 +0000

I see sake as more beer-like, though it has no carbonation. It is made from a grain and undergoes multiple fermentations. It is not distilled, so cannot be called a spirit. Some aspects of production can be wine-like: barrel aging, resting on lees, or spirit added (ala Port). Creation, history, flavors and aromas, and pairings set it apart from all else.

By: Ron Washam, HMW

Ron Washam, HMW — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:04:35 +0000

Twitter haiku:

Cleansing your hair
with sake, a shampoo,
trying to kill the head rice