00:00:19Show Opening
00:04:17Back To Basics: What is Honjozo
00:11:03Sake Tasting: Atago no Matsu Tokubetsu Honjozo
00:36:03Show Closing
ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Episode 190. Honjozo sometimes gets a bad rap. Somewhere along the way, "added alcohol" sake became viewed skeptically by some and Junmai sake wound up with all the glory. On Episode 190, John and Tim go back to basics to mount a defense of honjozo because as John puts it, "ginjo doesn't need a hero". In the glass we are sipping Atago no Matsu Tokubetsu Honjozo from Niizawa Jozo in Miyagi, a bottle that quietly flexes Grade A Yamadanishiki from Hyogo milled all the way down to 60%. It drinks like it — creamy, grippy, gently nutty, with a dryness that never raises its voice. Along the way we talk about what tokubetsu means and why exactly is it that Honjozo grade sakes are less common to find in the U.S. vs. in Japan. Join us as we go back to basics on honjozo and BYO Tonkatsu!
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