Thirsty Thursday Eve - Sake Gekkeikan
I'm not a weeb, but I think everybody should keep a bottle of sake on hand.
Name: Sake Gekkeikan
Source: Gekkeikan
Style: Sake
ABV: "15% to 16%"
Price: $5.99
Volume: 750ml
Price per oz: $0.24
Truthfully, I don't even really like sake all that much. As a rice wine, it sits with most other wine in my opinion: below most beer and FAR below most distilled spirits. I couldn't tell you why, but wine isn't really my bag. But something about the combination of sake AND Japanese food is just appropriate.
I listed $5.99 for a fifth because that's what Total Wine had available, but I personally only buy the little 180ml bottles because that's all I need. And I don't know the price for that size because I buy it so rarely.
Supposedly, sake can be enjoyed hot, cold, or room temperature, but I can't agree with that. Room temperature sake just feels like a lack of preparation and bad intentions. Hot sake is an experience, but I don't really like most hot beverages that aren't coffee or chamomile tea. Cold (almost frozen) is the best way to consume most beverages, and sake is no exception there.
Personally, I do like a sake bomb, and it feels especially fitting with my family when my cousins and I are trying to sneak alcohol around "the adults" (my mother and the rest of the older generation that tend to object to alcohol). We were at a local hibachi place a few years ago for someone's birthday, and I discovered that sake bombs were only $2.50 each at the bar. We took turns going to "the bathroom" and downing sake bombs, then coming back with glasses of water to make the delay seem plausible.
Name: Sake Gekkeikan
Source: Gekkeikan
Style: Sake
ABV: "15% to 16%"
Price: $5.99
Volume: 750ml
Price per oz: $0.24
Sake is a very... specific drink, for lack of a better term. I'm not opening up the liquor cabinet and arbitrarily landing on sake. And honestly, I don't ever get a craving out of the blue for sake. However, if I'm at a ramen shop? Sake hits the spot. Getting hibachi with the family? Sake would be great right now. It is very much associated specifically with Japanese cuisine for me.
Truthfully, I don't even really like sake all that much. As a rice wine, it sits with most other wine in my opinion: below most beer and FAR below most distilled spirits. I couldn't tell you why, but wine isn't really my bag. But something about the combination of sake AND Japanese food is just appropriate.
I listed $5.99 for a fifth because that's what Total Wine had available, but I personally only buy the little 180ml bottles because that's all I need. And I don't know the price for that size because I buy it so rarely.
Supposedly, sake can be enjoyed hot, cold, or room temperature, but I can't agree with that. Room temperature sake just feels like a lack of preparation and bad intentions. Hot sake is an experience, but I don't really like most hot beverages that aren't coffee or chamomile tea. Cold (almost frozen) is the best way to consume most beverages, and sake is no exception there.
Personally, I do like a sake bomb, and it feels especially fitting with my family when my cousins and I are trying to sneak alcohol around "the adults" (my mother and the rest of the older generation that tend to object to alcohol). We were at a local hibachi place a few years ago for someone's birthday, and I discovered that sake bombs were only $2.50 each at the bar. We took turns going to "the bathroom" and downing sake bombs, then coming back with glasses of water to make the delay seem plausible.
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