Season 1, Episode 5. For every yin there is a yang, for every sunrise a sunset and for every Junmai sake classification, there is a Non-Junmai classification.  Alcohol added sake is referred to generally as "aruten" style sake. Just as we have 3 grades of premium sake for the Junmai "pure rice" styles, we have three grades of premium sake for the alcohol added styles.  In this episode we take a deep dive into understanding the alcohol added classifications including a tasting of two different aruten styles.  Along the way, we discover we may indeed be living in a golden age of sake.  And it goes without saying that the sake glass is half full.  Everyone knows that sake always finds a way.

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