Junmai sounds reassuringly simple: pure rice. Yet the sake contains water, it relies on kōji and yeast, and it certainly contains alcohol. The ph
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No added alcohol sounds straightforward until someone mistakes it for no alcohol at all. Junmai vs. honjōzō sake is an ingredient comparison wit
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