Sake World Newsletter Archives

Note to all newsletter readers:
From #112 (June 2009) onward, the newsletter archives can be read in all their html glory - as they appeared originally - here:

#108 Jan. 2009 Rice Growing Part III #109 March 2009 Rice Growing, Part IV, Yamada Nishiki #110 April 2009 Blending in The Sake World #111 May 2009 Rice Growing, Part V, Micro Climates #112 June 2009 Rice Growing, Part VI, Peripheral Observations

#98 Jan. 2008 The Sake of Nara Prefecture #99 Feb. 2008 Technical Differences in Toji Guilds #100 April 2008 Shikomi Philosophies #101 May 2008 Sake Regionality and Climate #103 July 2008 Naturally Occuring Yeast - or the lack thereof #104 Sept. 2008 Panel Discussion Amongst Toji #105 Oct. 2008 Kame no O Rice #102 June 2008 National Tasting Contest #106 Nov. 2008 Rice Growing Part I #107 Dec. 2008 Rice Growing Part II

** NOTE: Except for the June 2008 edition, all newsletters appear chronologically. The June issue, alas, was mistakenly programmed and thus appears out of sequence.

#86 Jan. 2008 Throwing a Sake Tasting #87 Feb. 2007 Will the Real Miyamizu Please Stand Up #88 Mar. 2007 Dancyu: All Things Sake, Hakarime in Ginza #89 April 2007 Color of Koji, Significance of Shinpaku #90 May 2007 Awamori, Shopping at Narita #91 June 2007 The Thing That Wouldn't Die #92 July 2007 Yeast, Yamahai and Rafters #93 August 2007 Int'l Sake Challenge, Junmai-only Kura #94 Sept. 2007 Koji Growth and Dates on Bottles #95 Oct. 2007 The "Tail" of the Toji #96 Nov. 2007 Leveraging the Post-Brewing Process #97 Dec. 2007 Now Ya's Can't Leave

# 75 Feb. 2006 Sake Brewing in Shrines & Temples Genshu; + Good Sake to Look For # 76 Mar. 2006 Sake of Fukushima Prefecture; Glassware for Enjoying Sake (Part I) # 77 Apr. 2006 Glassware for Enjoying Sake (Part II) Sake Museums in Nada and Fushimi # 78 May 2006 Toji Trials and Tribulations; Glassware for Enjoying Sake (Part III) # 79 June 2006 Nat'l New Sake Contest: "Last Waltz" Three Stages of Sake Pressing # 80 July 2006 Warm Sake in the Days of Old + O-kan-ban; The Sake Index # 81 Aug. 2006 Foamless Yeasts; + Creative Uses for Sake; Plum Wine # 82 Sept. 2006 Cosmic Sake, Osaka Sake New Books # 83 'Oct. 2006 Perceived Stigma of Non-Junmai Sake and Why It is Bunk # 84 Nov. 2006 Sake Regionality Part 1: Vague, Evasive, Yet Real # 85 Dec. 2006 Sake Regionality Part 2: Vague, Evasive, Yet Real

# 63 Jan. 2005 2005: "The Year of Sake" How much rice in one bottle of sake. # 64 Feb. 2005 Inside the "Koji Muro" Several sake from a single tank. # 65 March 2005 New Labeling Rules Sake of Ishikawa Prefecture # 66 April 2005 What is Shochu? & Nihonshu-do Science #67 May 2005 End of the Season Festivities #68 June 2005 Milling Madness and Going Against the Grain #69 August 2005 All About Toji #69 July 2005 Sake Outsourcing #70 September 2005 Special Junmai, Charcoal Filtration #71 October 2005 Kijoushu, Brewery Highlight: Dassai (I) #72 November 2005 Give Ground Grudgingly, Dassai (II)

# 51 January 2004 Sake Index; Junmai Rule Changes # 52 February 2004 Meigara & Arabashiri # 53 March 2004 Yamahai Sake; Glass Bottles # 54 April 2004 Amazake; Sweetness & Dryness #55 May 2004 Quantum Physics and Regionality, Ajisen #56 June 2004 National Tasting Contest, Niigata Revisited #57 July 2004 Multiple Parallel Fermentation, Umami #58 August 2004 Sake Brewing Dynamics, San-san-ku-do #59 September 2004 Traditional Measurements, Hyogo Sake #60 October 2004 Sake Day, Fukui Prefecture, Sake Stats #61 November 2004 Niigata Earthquake, Rice Milling #62 December 2004 Kimoto Sake, Nama-zake #63 January 2005 The Year of Sake, Official Tasting Glasses

# 39 January 2003 Niigata Sake; Kitsune-bi # 40 February 2003 Storage in Wood or Glass; Sugidama # 41 March 2003 Pros-Cons Wood Tanks; Sake Rice # 42 April 2003 Shimane Sake, Ginjo Buzzword # 43 May 2003 Sake Vocabulary, Sake Judging # 44 June 2003 Hiroshima Contest, Water Revisited # 45 July 2003 Koji-making machines, Pasteurization # 46 August 2003 Koshu (Aged Sake), BY Explained # 47 September 2003 Bad Rice Year, All Things Yeast #9 # 48 October 2003 Nigori, History of Warmed Sake # 49 November 2003 Filtering and Steaming # 50 December 2003 Better Rice Milling

# 27 January 2002 Masu, Salt and Taru-zake # 28 February 2002 Koji in sake vs. Koji in other beverages # 29 March 2002 The Nihonshu-do; Acidity in Sake # 30 April 2002 Nihonshu-do and Acidity # 31 May 2002 Bubbles, Foam and Froth; Nara Sake # 32 June 2002 New Nat'l Tasting Competition # 33 July 2002 Some Sake History; Etymology # 34 Aug. 2002 Omachi Rice; Yamagata Sake # 35 Sept. 2002 Sparkling Sake; Organic Sake # 36 Oct. 2002 Lowdown on Koji; Sake of Fukuoka # 37 Nov. 2002 Sake Rice Grades # 38 Dec. 2002 New Year Sake & Yeast Madness

# 16 January 2001 Brewing Season's Hatsu Shibori # 17 February 2001 Water and Sake Brewing # 18 March 2001 Interview with a Brewer; Sake Kasu # 19 April 2001 Interview (continued); Pressing Sake # 20 May 2001 Interview (continued); Sake and Golf # 21 June 2001 Tasting Competition; Sake to Rice # 22 July 2001 Hatsunomikiri; Women Who Brew # 23 August 2001 Sake High School; Left-Over Sake # 24 September 2001 The Riedel Daiginjo Glass # 25 October 2001 Houraitsuru: Japan's Smallest Brewery # 26 November 2001 Aki-agari and Hiya-oroshi

# 05 January 2000 Silly Regulations (Part 1) # 06 February 2000 Nigori - That Cloudy White Sake # 07 March 2000 Silly Regulations (Part 2) # 08 April 2000 The Brewing Process - A Closer Look # 09 May 2000 Namazake - What is it all about? # 10 June 2000 Koji - All You Wanted to Know (Part 1) # 11 July 2000 Koji - All You Wanted to Know (Part 2) # 12 August 2000 Moto - The Yeast Starter (Part 1) # 13 September 2000 Moto - The Yeast Starter (Part 2) # 14 October 2000 Brewing Season Begins; Moto (Part 3) # 15 November 2000 Great Moments in Sake Brewing History

# 01 August 1999 What is Sake, Actually? # 02 September 1999 The Brewing Process, Step by Step # 03 October 1999 Sake Yeast # 04 November 1999 Hot versus Cold