Another reason why Johnson came here was to fulfill his wish was sake.

There are the best wineries here, and now there are more than 1,300 kinds of sake in the island country. In Cai Lan's words: In the 1980s and 1990s, the so-called Dainjo appeared. When the economy took off, the people of the island country were jealous of French red wine so valuable. They must make expensive wines to sell.

Especially the 14th generation of Dayinjiu, which is equivalent to Maotai national wine. It is regarded as the best thing for sake by Mr. Cai, and it is an excellent high-end sake.

The most important factor in the so-called sake brewing is rice. The degree of retention of impurities after grinding the outer rice layer of raw materials is called the refined rice step. The more the outer layer is polished, the smaller the refined rice step, and the more top-notch the wine brewed.

The most advanced one is about 35% of the rice step, that is, 65% of the rice is peeled off, and only 35% of the rice core after repeated grinding is used, without adding alcohol at all. It is respectfully called pure rice Dainjiu.

It is said that the fragrance emitted by rice when it is steamed into rice can easily disappear all at once. In order to retain this fragrance, a machine was invented to blow cold air when the rice emits steam, solidify the gas and fall back into the rice. This is the fragrance of Dainjo.

In the evening, I came to the most famous Ono Izakaya. The decoration was beautiful, focusing on sake and food, and taking the high-end route.

The appetizer is homemade tofu with green patio sake. When new friends meet, of course they have to start with light food.

I heard that as a raw storage sake, it only heats once and is only sterilized once when bottling, and the taste is light and elegant.

Unlike red wine, sake has a short shelf life. After opening the bottle, it must be stored in a refrigerated manner and drink it as soon as possible, otherwise the taste will be much worse after a week.

The second dish is Hokkaido Peony Shrimp King Sashimi with Eight Immortals Qingyinjiu. Son-Cheng-chan tastes it, it is full of sweet fruity aroma. When paired with raw food, it will further stimulate the fruity aroma of sake itself, leaving a scent of mouth and endless aftertaste...

The peony shrimp king must be in the mouth, the shrimp meat fills the entire mouth, it is soft and glutinous when chewing, and it is full of juice. It is indescribable to combine with sake!

The third dish is seaweed salad with Long Yin. The chef explained that the reason for the match is very simple, both are heavy-tasting.

Avocado is added to the seaweed salad, which is combined with the simple and continuous sweetness of Longyin. The meal and wine achieve a perfect symbiosis, complementing each other.

The atmosphere of Perilla Plum Sauce Needle Fish Roll with Jitu Pure Rice Wine instantly became hot. Although with the development of high-tech, New Pai Jitu began to polish the rice, many people still like the light and slightly spicy and fruity flavor of the old Pai Jitu.

Although all sake is divided into sweet and spicy wine, in Johnson's opinion, the so-called spicy and spicy wine is not really spicy, it is just not too sweet. Especially for the tried and tested Chinese people, this kind of gadget is not worth mentioning!

The charcoal fire skewers platter and the garrison pure rice ginjiu 60 are considered regular operations. This pair of good friends travel in various izakayas, which can be called a golden match for skewers after get off work!

The finale is on the stage, with tomato stewed beef tongue paired with Yamamoto's pure rice daini. This wine has very high storage requirements and must be stored at low temperature throughout the delivery process, so that before being on the dining table, I was bathed alone in an ice bucket.

Johnson took a sip and frowned slightly. Yamamoto's sake has a very clear sour taste. When cool flows through his tongue, people will unconsciously reflect their memories of white wine...

The tomato stewed beef tongue dish also focuses on sour mouth, and the combination of the meal and wine is very high. I heard that it is very famous, and even the first class international flights are specially designated.

The last one served was chicken meatball hotpot with Jumeiren pure rice wine. Jumeiren is also the only sake that is heated and drunk today.

The sake you heat and drink is called saury wine. It makes you feel warm and wrapped in one sip. Especially for chrysanthemum beauty, the heating method is called Feiqianying. Holding a thermometer, you need to heat it to 55 degrees before you can taste it.

At this temperature, she will exude the aroma of rice itself, warm in the mouth, and paired with the same warm hot pot, she will feel warm until she eats it, like a whisper of a beautiful woman, making her blood boil...

After three rounds of wine, Johnson slowly figured out the trick. In fact, it was just like the basis for wine classification, and the basis for sake classification is so grading, it can only be said to be two words:

Craftsmanship!

Sake is the most complex process among all brewed wines. There is no such thing as slight changes in the process, such as the reduction or increase in brewing process, and the flavors of the wines produced are very different.

The smaller the value of the precision rice step, the more time it takes to increase, while the craftsmen have to put in more effort and energy.

If you study it more pretentiously, sake is divided into five flavors: sweet, sour, spicy, bitter and astringent. Because the perception of various flavors by human taste buds will be affected by the inlet temperature.

For example, when it is cool, the taste buds will feel very slow to the sweetness.

As the temperature rises, the sweetness will become more and more obvious. When the temperature approaches 37 degrees of body temperature, the tongue feels a peak. Then it rises again, and the sweetness will not change much.

The bitter taste is the opposite. The temperature reaches above 37 degrees, and the bitter taste is almost impossible to taste. The astringent taste is also similar. The higher the temperature, the less obvious it is.

The strength of the sour taste does not change with the change of temperature, but its flavor will change drastically. Sake with rich malic acid is more suitable for drinking coldly to fully taste the refreshing taste.

Sake wine with a lot of lactic acid is suitable for drinking hot. If it is drunk cold, it will feel prickly in the mouth. If it is heated, the lactic acid taste will become gentle and smooth and extremely silky.

Without the recommendation of locals, it will be difficult for tourists to find good wine. The winemaking places can even drink locally unique raw wine. Because it has not been sterilized, it can only be stored for two months. It has a bit of domestic raw juice, but the degree is much lower.

Back then, 007 pretended to behave, and the waiter in the island country handed Bond a glass of sake instead of the dry vodka martini he always liked.

Just as everyone was waiting to watch the joke, they took the wine glass gracefully and said that he liked this kind of wine, and the wine was just right...

37 degrees Celsius!

In ancient times, the production of sake was very rare and precious in the Edo period, and only the imperial nobles could drink it. At that time, everyone poured wine with each other, deliberately trembling hands, and sprinkled everywhere, just to show off their wealth!

In the thirteenth episode of my first half of my life, He Han originally planned to propose to Tang Jing and specially held a banquet in Lao Zhuo's store.

Lao Zhuo treated Mr. He without any ambiguity. He gritted his teeth and took out the treasure he had treasured for many years - the 14th generation of Dayinyou.

After tasting all the wines, what surprised Johnson the most was the snow hut. Because of the ancient brewing process of Shanhuai, the taste is more layered and the fruity aroma is very strong. After careful savoring, there are many and complex sour and bitter tastes, which are endless aftertastes...

Close your eyes and imagine that on a moonlit night of snow, in front of the quaint thatched hut, I soaked in a hot spring and drank the snowy hut, the feeling...

Be more pretentious,
Chapter completed!