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A Beginners Guide: Part 2 An example of a nigori sake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7a36bae5f7d176473e4afc/1610679105803-3GEKBMH7JH7U2MG88BE8/Koji+Room+at+Miyako+Bijin.jpg Education - How is Sake Made? A Beginners Guide: Part 2 - A Koji Room https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7a36bae5f7d176473e4afc/1610679119148-D8I4MF61FPS3Y9GW4QNQ/Koji+Sprinkling+at+North+American+Sake+Brewery.jpeg Education - How is Sake Made? A Beginners Guide: Part 2 - Sprinkling Koji Spores https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7a36bae5f7d176473e4afc/1610681129401-J9RTMGLK9N9C56ZN1KL1/Koji+Rice+in+Bed.jpg Education - How is Sake Made? A Beginners Guide: Part 2 - Finished Koji jsvn jv https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7a36bae5f7d176473e4afc/1610692922570-HKSCKOSKXD797C2ERTS7/Nigori+Glass.+Cloudy+Sake.+Melbourne+Sake.+jpg Education - How is Sake Made? A Beginners Guide: Part 2 Nigori can range from very lightly cloudy to thick with chunky bits of rice in, like this one https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7a36bae5f7d176473e4afc/1610693487920-BIFYG7P8O5BPP3XPE1NB/Kioke.+Wooden+Sake+Barrel.+Taru-zake.+Melbourne+Sake.jpg Education - How is Sake Made? A Beginners Guide: Part 2 A small kioke that can be used for maturation of taru-zake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7a36bae5f7d176473e4afc/1610693347203-FXOP1XVC3YAVXPM0QF7O/Pasteurisation.+Small+Scale.+Craft.+Austrlian+Sake.+Melbourne+Sake.+.jpg Education - How is Sake Made? A Beginners Guide: Part 2 Small scale bottle pasteurisation in a water bath at Melbourne Sake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7a36bae5f7d176473e4afc/1610691659352-KV5D9PT8UK74QUSTMT0F/Big+Blue+Yabuta.jpg Education - How is Sake Made? A Beginners Guide: Part 2 A “Yabuta” press at Fukuju in Kobe, Japan. Each seam visible is a compartment into which mash is pumped. 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A koji covered rice grain under a microscope https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7a36bae5f7d176473e4afc/1608509614355-R447EY3N6DXURB5DNFHA/Melbourne%2BSake.%2BWhat%2Bis%2BSake.%2BSake%2BEducation.%2BAustralian%2BCraft%2BSakeExamples%2Bof%2Bsake%2Bcups.jpg Education - Understanding Sake: What Is Sake? Small ceramic sake cups play an important part of traditional Japanese culture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7a36bae5f7d176473e4afc/1606787274935-4A2IFK7JWZD1UN9TO2VZ/Water.png Education - Understanding Sake: What Is Sake? Water makes up 80% of the final sake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7a36bae5f7d176473e4afc/1606706151483-3T8EWTRIK4X3FI9LUANP/image-asset.png Education - Understanding Sake: What Is Sake? In beer brewing, starch is converted into sugar via malting BEFORE fermentation begins https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7a36bae5f7d176473e4afc/1606788834166-WLBI021EFR2RFLRQMKOS/Tatsumi+Distillery.+Melbourne+Sake.+Australian+Craft+Sake.jpg Education - Understanding Sake: What Is Sake? A copper pot still used for distillation. 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