Listen "Junmai - Pure (Non)Sense"
Episode Synopsis
Time at last for Andy and Jim to tackle the beast that is the junmai ideology. This time the gents look at just how junmai became such a hot topic, what it really means for the brewing industry, and the figures behind its postwar “revival,” if that’s what it really is.
Vocabulary from this episode
Aruten - Brewer’s alcohol added. Short for arukoru tenka
Komedake no osake - sake made from only rice/rice koji/yeast.
Mutenka - Nothing added
Recommended Sake
Andy - Gokyo Kiokezukuri Junmai
Jim - Ryujinmaru Junmai Nama Genshu
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Vocabulary from this episode
Aruten - Brewer’s alcohol added. Short for arukoru tenka
Komedake no osake - sake made from only rice/rice koji/yeast.
Mutenka - Nothing added
Recommended Sake
Andy - Gokyo Kiokezukuri Junmai
Jim - Ryujinmaru Junmai Nama Genshu
Our theme music is from
Lotus Lane by The Loyalist - Preconceived Notions Available at https://soundcloud.com/preconceived-notions
Under a Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0
Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/lotus-lane
Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/1YVHRMVwwHg
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