<p></p><p>In a perfect follow up to the pressing episode, Andy and Jim try to clear the water on a murky issue: nigori sake. What is it? WHY is it? How do they make it? And how should I drink it? Listen, and all the clouds will be lifted. Kanpai!</p><p><em>Vocab for this episode</em></p><p>Kassei nigori 活性にごり - “active” nigori sake with living yeast still making alcohol and, importantly, CO2. Can be explosive on opening.</p><p>Nigori にごり・濁り - Literally “cloudy.” Here, we’re talking about sake with visible rice residue. It can range from only slight cloudy to thick, creamy white.</p><p>Ori おり・澱 - Lees, sediment, dregs… The very fine rice solids still left in sake after pressing.</p><p>Oribiki おり引き - A practice of allowing sake to rest in the tank after pressing so that the ori settles to the bottom. Clear sake is drained off the upper level, with the ori-rich sake still left at the bottom.</p><p>Origarami/Orizake おりがらみ・おり酒 - Sake taken from the lower levels of an oribiki tank. This sake has lots of residual solids, which not only makes the sake “cloudy” but also brings complexity and heft.</p><p>Sasanigori ささ濁り・佐々濁り - Very lightly cloudy sake.</p><p>Usunigori うすにごり・薄濁り - Lightly cloudy sake</p><p><em>Recommendations:</em></p><p>Andy - <a href="http://www.maboroshi.co.jp/post_prd/seikyo_junmainigori/"><u>Seikyo Junmai Nigorizake 誠鏡 純米にごり酒</u></a></p><p>Jim - <a href="https://nakashima-shop.com/?pid=178657564"><u>Nakashimaya Junmai Nigori 中島屋純米にごり</u></a></p><p>Don’t forget to support us on Patreon at <a href="https://www.patreon.com/SakeDeepDive"><u>https://www.patreon.com/SakeDeepDive</u></a> </p><p>Also, check out Andy’s website at: <a href="https://www.originsaketours.com/"><u>https://www.originsake.com/</u></a> </p><p>And buy Jim’s book, Discovering Yamaguchi Sake wherever you order your books (print and ebook available)!</p><p>Our theme music is from </p><p>Lotus Lane by The Loyalist - Preconceived Notions Available at https://soundcloud.com/preconceived-notions</p><p>Under a Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0</p><p>Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/lotus-lane</p><p>Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/1YVHRMVwwHg </p><p><br></p>
