anyone here know anything about it
such as where to purchase, what kind is good, what the differences are.

I know there is unfiltered which is supposedly sweet, draft and then sparkling...but thats ALL I know.

[Edited on December 27, 2009 at 8:17 PM. Reason : halp]

12/27/2009 8:16:37 PM

you can find the cheapo kind in the regular grocery store

i'd maybe try an asian or international market?

but i don't really know. all i know is i've gotten the cheapo kind at the harris teeter (or maybe food lion). they prob have it at total wine too

[Edited on December 27, 2009 at 8:23 PM. Reason : .]

12/27/2009 8:22:29 PM

i order it at a restaurant when I get sushi but I let the waiter/waitress pick one for me. I dont like drinking it hot and I dont like the sweet ones/fruity ones...thats about all I know.

[Edited on December 27, 2009 at 8:26 PM. Reason : a]

12/27/2009 8:25:53 PM

Supposedly the ones you drink cold are better than the ones you can drink warm.

12/27/2009 8:54:24 PM

Cheap sake is just as bad as cheap vodka or cheap beer.

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"Supposedly the ones you drink cold are better than the ones you can drink warm."

This is true. The reason people began warming sake to begin with was to cover up the fact that it tasted like crap. In Japan, most restaurants only serve cold sake.

If you want an amazing sake, try out this stuff: http://www.urbansake.com/sake-blog/japan-2008-tomita-brewery-shichihonyari.html

I used to live right down the street from Tomita Brewery and they have the most amazing sake. I still go up there regularly to buy bottles. Tomita told me that his stuff is sold in NYC and San Fran, so I would imagine there's a shop online where you could order it.

12/27/2009 10:10:43 PM

did not like sake at all. though, it was 100000 times better than habu liqour

12/27/2009 10:14:33 PM

You probably just drank one that wasn't good. I used to think I didn't like sake but I tried good sake, now I love the stuff. Same thing happened to me with red wine

12/27/2009 10:30:14 PM

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" did not like sake at all. though, it was 100000 times better than habu liqour"

Haha no shit. I would think a pure drink would be better than something with a rotting, dead snake in it.

12/27/2009 11:25:11 PM

I had it for the first time this weekend


gross

12/27/2009 11:26:58 PM

If you knew how bad hot sake was and what "heating it up" actually covers it up, you'd probably never drink it again.

That being said, I love good sake...mainly served cold. I put together the drink menu for a bar my friend opened up last year and he wanted a large sake list...so I got to try pretty much everything.

I love Tozai Sakes...Living Jewel and Snow Maiden were my favorites. Mantensei Star Filled Sky and Ginja Shizuku Bride of Fox are good. Hitorimusume (Only Daughter) Sayaka Junmai Sake is a good one too.

If you want to try something really different, there is Sparkling Sake. The big one we had on our last that we sold a lot of was Gekkeikan Zipang. The ladies loved that. Ozeki Nigori is the most popular unfiltered sake.

12/28/2009 12:21:13 AM

for anyone that's curious about GOOD sake and not that warmed up garbage go to Kanki. They have a sake sampler. the Asian pear is a very decent premium sake that is smooth with just a hint of aftertaste. It's almost like you're doing shots of cold lightly flavored water. then you get up..

12/28/2009 12:37:53 AM

Here's the deal with sake...
If you lived in China like, a couple hundred years ago, it would make sense that you would drink wine made from rice.
But you don't live in China and it's almost 2010.
Drinking sake in NC in 2010 is like going to the creek and scooping out brown water to drink when you can just turn on the tap and get that Raleigh treated water.
Drink the wine made from grapes. It's better pretty much 100% of the time.

12/28/2009 1:38:24 AM

I really, really like the warmed up garbage at most local Japanese-style places, including Kanki. I suppose this makes me an inferior sake drinker, but whatever. I'm willing to try other kinds, I'm just not willing to seek them out.

12/28/2009 2:00:44 AM

you can purchase several different kinds (filtered and unfiltered) at the Whole Foods on Wade Ave.

12/28/2009 2:06:41 AM

^^^ wat

^ Yeah, Whole Foods has a pretty good selection.

If you can find it, I recommend the sake that has been made with some red rice included. I don't know why, but it tends to be a bit sweeter than regular sake and it has a cool pink color

12/28/2009 2:21:35 AM

Get a book on this. It will tell you that you can get good sake for $20 a bottle. No need to be a snob and think you have to shell out a lot

12/28/2009 4:55:55 AM

Who's talking about spending more than $20? Granted, I have zero clue what it goes for in the States these days, but I usually spend about $10 on really good stuff.

12/28/2009 5:21:20 AM

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"Here's the deal with sake... If you lived in China like, a couple hundred years ago, it would make sense that you would drink wine made from rice. But you don't live in China and it's almost 2010. Drinking sake in NC in 2010 is like going to the creek and scooping out brown water to drink when you can just turn on the tap and get that Raleigh treated water. Drink the wine made from grapes. It's better pretty much 100% of the time."

That is retarded. Only makes sense if you drink the heated up, cheap kind.

Good sake is just as good as good wine. I love both. It's also an acquired tasted. Nobody likes wine the first time they try it either.

12/28/2009 10:58:04 AM

No.
It's like being a malt liquor connoisseur.

12/28/2009 12:59:29 PM

^Uninformed, dumb opinion.

12/28/2009 1:05:30 PM

World Market has a selection of sake in their wine department.

So I'm definitely a sake n00b, I've only had the warmed-up kind at Japanese restaurants as well, but I really like it. I find the idea of warm/hot booze very enticing. The only other kind of hot booze that I have ever enjoyed was this spiced wine drink called quintao at a Festa Juninho party in Brazil that was absolutely delicious!

But back to sake... what brands of sake come recommended that are best served warm? I get enough cold booze from standard means.

12/29/2009 11:54:28 PM

^You can warm up any Sake you want, but with the nicer sakes, you lose the flavor when you warm it up.

The only sakes you'll get served warm at a restaurant are the cheap ones. So just keep drinking the cheap stuff if you like it warm.

12/30/2009 9:33:56 AM

This stuff:



tastes like ass cold but is actually good warm. And if it's anything like Japan it should be cheap as hell. Over here it costs about $1.

12/30/2009 9:38:19 AM

why you gotta put a question mark in the topic like you have to ask permission to post a thread

12/30/2009 11:43:16 AM