Sake is a rice brew that complements Japanese food in a fantastic way. We have Sweden's largest selection of sake, including our own sake. Feel free to book a sake tasting to learn more about this drink, contact us at info@yasuragi.se and we will help you.
We offer sake tasting every day of the week, contact us to book your sake tasting at info@yasuragi.se. Price SEK 295 per person.
Adjacent to Teppanyaki Restaurant you will find our Sake Bar. Here you will find the best selection of Japanese sake. Explore your way through the bottles and plunge into a world full of this fantastic rice brew. Our business-trained bar hosts guide you to a wonderful experience of the Japanese national drink. In true Izakaya spirit, there are even small Japanese snacks for your sake.
Sake is the Western name for the Japanese alcoholic beverage brewed from polished rice. In Japanese, the drink is called nihonshu 日本 酒; the word sake is used in Japanese about all alcoholic beverages.
Sake can be compared to a wine, but the production method is more similar to beer brewing. The most common is to drink your sake cold and then the temperature should be the same as for white wine: 10–14º. When used as an aperitif, there is often even an ice cube in the glass.
The alcohol content is like wine and at most like strong wine. If you want to learn more about sake, book a sake tasting where you can learn all about this rice brew.
Sake is divided into simpler futsū-shu (普通 酒) and finer tokutei meishōshu (特定 名称 酒). The latter is classified in four degrees:
