A sake grade is useful information, but it cannot tell you whether tonight's dinner needs a delicate floral drink or a savory, rounded one. Sake g
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The number that looks most like a score on a sake bottle is not a score. If sake rice has a polishing ratio of 60%, that does not mean 60% was rem
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A polishing ratio of 50% sounds like a complete explanation until you ask who made the fruit-like aroma. The milling machine did not. Ginjō and d
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The number gets smaller as the work increases. A rice polishing ratio of 60% means the brewery has kept 60% of the original brown rice by weight,
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