Today, I review Hana Fuji Apple Sake. Sake is an alcoholic beverage made from rice where starch is converted into sugars that ferment into alcohol. I only drink it occasionally, usually when eating sushi. Hana Fuji Apple Sake is made by Takara Sake USA under the Hana line of flavored sakes. Takara Sake USA was established in Berkeley, CA in 1983. They also produce Mirin (cooking rice wine) and plum wine. According to the website on the interweb, Takara Sake USA has taken pure snow melt from the Sierra Nevada Mountains and superior rice from the fertile Sacramento Valley. To this, they apply traditional sake-making craftsmanship and modern technology to produce a sake worthy of the Takara mark. My advice to Takara USA, "Watch out where the huskies go and don't you use that yellow snow melt!"
Hana Fuji Apple Sake would be a good introduction for new sake drinkers. It has a sweet/tart apple flavor that works well served ice cold. The alcohol content is 9% which is low, sake ABV can range from 5% to 20%. The sweetness and low alcohol covers up the taste of rice quite a bit so I think someone who didn't much like sake could still dig this and might not even know what type of spirit it is. The liquid is almost completely clear, sake can be cloudy or completely white with the unfiltered variety. The bottle label was inspired by the Japanese Kimono.
Next time, I will tell you about Peck & Bushel Organic Fruit Co, an all organic apple orchard with a shit ton of apple varieties I've never heard of, several of which I will be reviewing. Crunch on, drink on, domo arigato!
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