SSC

How long does it take to develop a new rice strain?

10 years.

1 ºdH = how many ppm?

17.8 ppm.

Yeast #6 was developed at Aramasa in which year?

1936

When was the 'Ginjo Boom'?

1970's

When did the Yayoi period start?

300 BCE

Dewasansan rice makes up ____% of all rice produced in Yamagata.

56%

How many islands are in Japan?

6,852.

Other names for Akitaryu Hana Kobo

AK-1/1501

The key river of Fukushima is the

Abukuma River.

The key group of breweries in Aizu, Fukushuima is called:

Aiz's Eyes.

The three regions of Fukushima are:

Aizu, Nakadori, Hamadori

Mount Chokai and Mount Daisen are key mountains of which prefecture?

Akita

Name a key table rice of Akita

Akita Komachi

Name the key sake rice of Akita Prefecture

Akita Sake Komachi

Akita water is typically ____ with the exception of ____ brewery.

Akita water is typically soft with the exception of Aramasa who uses their own hard water.

Two key areas for hard water and good Yamahai production are:

Akita, Ishikawa.

Kodama Shuzo's Taiheizan located in ______ is famous for which style of sake?

Akita, Kimoto

Key rules of the Sannai Toji include:

Always genshu, always muroka, never mix tanks. (THREE FEATURES = SANnai).

Which volcanic soils are prevalent in Miyagi?

Andosol volcanic soils.

Which prefecture translates into "Blue Pine Forest"

Aomori

The six prefectures which make up Tohoku are:

Aomori, Akita, Iwate, Fukushima, Yamagata, Miyagi.

Lake Towada is located in:

Aomori.

Which breweries make up the next 5?

Aramasa, Yuki no Bijin, Ippaku Suisei, Yamamoto, Harukasumi

Key features of Akita Sake Komachi

Cold Resistant, Large Grains, Good for Ginjo style

Describe the Siberian High.

Cold air collects on lake Baikal and moves toward Japan, mixing with humid air at Sea of Japan to create extreme cold, snowy conditions.

Yuki Megami is used for ____ style sake in which prefecture?

Daiginjo style in Yamagata.

Miyagi is famous for which sake promoting samurai?

Date Masamune

The name for Yamagata in the Nara period was:

Dewa

_______ rice is used largely for Junmai sake in Yamagata.

Dewa no sato.

Which sake rice was developed in the Shonai area of Yamagata?

Dewasansan

Shin Amakara-do measures:

Dryness against Acidity.

The dominating Toji guild in Fukushima is

Echigo toji because of their proximity to Niigata.

When was water power introduced and where?

Edo Era in Nadagogo

Name the elements of Sake Regionality?

Environment, Rice, Human Element, Regionality, Water, Microbes, Culture.

Apple Aromas come from_____, Banana Aromas come from____.

Ethyl Caproate, Isoamyl Acetate.

The pre-Edo name for Hokkaido is:

Ezo

Tondenhei are:

Former samurai, settled in Hokkaido.

Key Rice/Yeast combo of Iwate is:

Giovanni Yeast and Ginginga Rice

Yamadanishiki X Tohoku 140 =

Hananokura Rice, developed in Miyagi

The Tokyo Axis refers to:

Hardness of rice north of Tokyo. Harder rice tends to make more crisp, clean and dry sake - melts more slowly into moromi. Softer rice tends to melt more easily into moromi for slightly sweeter, richer styles.

Why does Japan have soft water?

High limestone and chalk contents. Fast moving rivers, low absorbing.

Name the key regions for Yamadanishiki, Miyamannishiki, Gohyakumangoku.

Hyogo, Nagano, Niigata.

Japan's 4th largest lake is ____ and located in ____.

Inawashiro in Fukushima.

Two negative elements in a soil are:

Iron, Manganese

Mutsu and Nambu are the pre-Edo names for

Iwate Prefecture.

Inawashiro is....

Japan's 4th largest lake.

The three primary plains of Honshu are:

Kanto, Nobi, Kansai

_____ in Akita is known for their 60 day yamahai sake.

Kariho

The parents of Gohyakumangoku are:

Kikusui and Shin No. 200

Daishichi in Fukushima is known for their

Kimoto style.

Kodama Shuzo is known for which type of moto?

Kimoto.

The longest river in Tohoku is:

Kitakami River

Key river basin of Iwate?

Kitakami River Basin.

Key river flowing from Iwate into Miyagi?

Kitakami river

The name for an ambient yeast that lives in the brewery is:

Kuratsuki

Which yeast was discovered in Miyagi in 1986?

Kyokai Yeast #12 - Urakasumi Yeast.

Which yeast is defined was discovered at Iwate in 1993?

Kyokai Yeast #2

The world's largest and oldest fresh lake located in Russia is called:

Lake Baikal.

Japan's Largest Crater Lake is:

Lake Towada.

Name a feature of the high limestone content in Miyamizu?

Limestone and hard mineral water helps with sanitation - soft water void of minerals has a higher risk of spoilage.

In 1918, ________ style brewing was developed in Akita.

Low temperature fermentation brewing.

Three positive elements in a fertile soil are:

Magnesium, Potassium, Limestone (Chalk and Clay)

Three elements of hard water:

Magnesium, Potassium, Phosphorous.

During which period was the Muramai Seido developed?

Meiji Period.

Name the famous yeast of Miyagi.

Miyagimai Kobo MY3102

The main mountain of the Nakadori region in, Fukushima is

Mt. Adatama.

The highest peak of Yamagata is:

Mt. Gassan (1984 m).

Rules of being classified as Dewa 33 sake:

Must be made from Dewasansan rice, must be 55% Seimaibuai, must be Junmai Ginjo.

The pre-Edo name for Aomori is:

Mutsu

Pre-Edo names for Akita include

Mutsu, Dewa

Before being called Fukushima, the area was referred to as

Mutsu.

Which Toji guild calls Iwate its home?

Nambu

Iwate has soft water besides which key brewery?

Nambu Bijin.

Which yeast was discovered in Akita prefecture and where?

Number 6 Yeast at Aramasa.

Omachi rice is the parent of which two key sake rice varieties?

Omachi and Yamadanishiki.

Taisetsu mountain water feeds which major Hokkaido Sake Brewery?

Otokoyama.

The key mountain range which runs from Aomori to Fukushima is:

Ou Mountains.

The Kuroshio Current comes in from _______ and passes through ______?

Philippines, Kochi.

Omono, Koyoshi, Yoneshiro are three key ___ of ___ prefecture.

Rivers of Akita

______ Toji Guild is located around Yokote City in Akita.

Sannai Toji.

MS-3 Yeast is....

The Kuratsuki ambient yeast propagated and used at Okuda Shuzo in Akita.

The current which flows from Korea into the Sea of Japan via Kyushu and Honshu is called:

The Tsushima Current.

What is lodging resistance?

The ability for a rice plant to not topple in the wind.

Dewasansan is named for:

The three highest mountains of the Dewa Mountain Range.

The etymology of Yamadanishiki comes from:

To brocade or weave together, referring to the cross breeding of rice varieties.

True or False: Akita is a major producer of Yamahai/Kimoto styles.

True

The strait separating northern Honshu from Hokkaido is called:

Tsugaru straight.

Name the warm winds that come out of the Sea of Japan via Korea. There is a current with the same name.

Tsushima Winds.

What is Murmai Seido?

Village Rice System

The parents of Yamadanishiki Rice are:

Wataribune and Yamada Bo

Kosui and Nansui refer to:

Water hardness. Kosui is hard water, Nansui is soft water.

Kanzukuri refers to:

Winter Sake Brewing.

The Mogami river is located in which prefecture?

Yamagata

The first GI for sake was awarded to:

Yamagata Prefecture in 2016

When and where was the first GI for sake?

Yamagata, 2016. Shochu GIs were introduced in 1995.

Suehiro Brewery in Fukushima is known for their

Yamahai style.

Name the period where Sake History started.

Yayoi period.

The Konno Moyashi Akita is...

an institute which produces local yeast and koji.

Snow melt water coming from the Dewa mountains of Yamagata is predominantly...

soft.

What is the term used for brewing water and how is it measured?

ºdH, German Degree System measures calcium and magnesium into calcium oxide.