The traditional Japanese drink is brewed (not distilled) from rice, yeast, water and koji, a mold that converts the rice ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sake has been brewed in Japan for thousands of years. The most expensive kind, made with polished grains of rice, is called junmai ...

Soju is lower in alcohol content than most spirits, typically around 20%, JUNG YEON-JE/AFP via Getty Images Rice has been a staple food in many cultures for centuries, but it’s not just for eating.

“I’m 87 percent sure there’s no spit in this,” jokes Benjamin Coutts, as 10 guests smell, sip and savor the pour he has chosen. Most of us, 10 in all, are amused. No one balks at the selection, which ...

Rice represents the essential raw material in sake brewing, with its intrinsic qualities and processing methods critically influencing the beverage’s final flavour profile and aroma. The traditional ...

Nearly every sake story in U.S.-based publications opens with a historical vignette. For Ben Bell of Origami Sake Company in Hot Springs, Arkansas, though, any discussion of sake begins with a moment ...

MILAN, Ohio – John Gauntner, the world’s leading non-Japanese sake expert, is coming to Ohio to share insight into the rice brew. Gauntner, who is from Cleveland’s West Side, moved to Japan in 1988.

While the pieces are coming together for a new pizzeria in Algiers Point, a new bar is brewing just next-door in the same building that will bring something different for New Orleans. Rice Vice is a ...