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Honjozo and futsu-shu (sake with added brewer's alcohol)本醸造
Honjozo is sake brewed from rice polished to 70 % or less of its weight, with a small amount of distilled brewer's alcohol added to the main mash just before pressing. The alcohol, less than 10 % of the rice weight, draws out aroma and gives a lighter taste. Futsu-shu, ordinary sake, follows the same pattern with larger additions and no polishing rule. Made in 9 steps over 6.9 months – 13 months. The longest step, mature, dilute and bottle, takes 6–12 months (Japan Sake and Shochu Makers Association and…). Aspergillus oryzae and Saccharomyces cerevisiae sake yeast do most of the fermenting.
Amounts from a sourceRatios for one main mash as the National Research Institute of Brewing gives them; a tank holds from under 1 t to over 10 t of rice. The alcohol limit is the legal one for honjozo.
80
Steamed polished rice · Standard mash ratio, counted as polished rice[nrib2011]
20
Rice koji (kome-koji) · Koji rice must be at least 15 % of all polished rice for a special designation[nrib2011][nta-label]
Yeast starter (shubo) · Goes in with the first addition on day 1[nrib2011]
Less than 10 % of the polished-rice weight
Brewer's alcohol (jozo-alcohol), made from starch or sugar sources · Usually added as a 30 % alcohol solution[nta-label][nrib2011]
Starter
koji/qu/mold-starter (rice koji) plus a yeast starter (shubo)
Total time across the recorded steps: 6.9 months – 13 months
Start
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What changes:A roller grinds away at least the outer 30 % of each grain
Step 1 of 9
Polish the rice
Time
Not documented
Temperature
Not documented
Salt
None given
Acidity
Not documented
Which microbes the steps name, step by step
Aspergillus oryzae
Yeasts
Moulds
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Output: polished white rice.
Flavour
Not documented
Texture
the outer layers, rich in protein, fat and minerals, are ground away
Colour
Not documented
Microbes at work in this step
Not documented for this step.
Method
Measured measured in a studySet fixed by a specification or tested recipeReported one source reports itTypical a general value, not sourced for this fermentUnconfirmed not yet checked against a source
What makes this one different
Honjozo follows the base sake flow but adds distilled brewer's alcohol to the ripe mash just before pressing, which junmai sake never does. Its rice must be polished to 70 % or less, against 60 % or less for ginjo.
Polishing
70 % or less remains for honjozo; futsu-shu averages around 70 % with no legal limit
Added alcohol
Less than 10 % of the polished-rice weight for honjozo; around 20 % on average for futsu-shu
Share of production
Special-designation sakes are around 30 % of production; the rest is futsu-shu
Tokubetsu honjozoRice polished to 60 % or less, or a special process that the label must explain.
Futsu-shu (ordinary sake)No special designation. Rice is polished to around 70 % on average and brewer's alcohol averages around 20 % of the rice weight. Shochu, sugars, organic acids, amino-acid salts, sake and sake kasu may also be added, less than 50 % of the rice weight in all, and the label must say so.
Safety
Pasteurised sake keeps well because of its alcohol. The added alcohol also helps keep hiochi bacteria, which spoil sake, from growing.
The National Tax Agency set the sake labelling standard in November 1989, in force from April 1990, because many new sake types were on sale with no rules for their labels. A 2003 revision added the rule that koji rice must be at least 15 % of the rice.