Sake Handbook, The

John Gauntner

Tuttle Publishing, Nov 15, 2002 - Cooking - 247 pages

A compact guidebook to Japan's national beverage, The Sake Handbook is the perfect introduction to the history, brewing, and merits of a variety of sake. Gauntner gives readers all the information they need to become sake experts. Now revised with updated sake recommendations and pubs, this book includes a detailed explanation of the sake brewing process and profiles of over fifty Japanese izakaya (sake pubs) in Tokyo. There are also reviews of over one hundred sake brands, sake labels for easy identification and a list of specialty liquor shops throughout Japan, with addresses and phone numbers, where readers can purchase hard-to-find sake brands.

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Review: The Sake Handbook

User Review  - Zhifei Ge - Goodreads

Hope to find a better authoritative compilation on sake.

Review: The Sake Handbook

User Review  - E Smith - Goodreads

didn't help me figure out what the funk is coming off my homebrew sake. good otherwise!

Contents

• I: 5
• II: 9
• III: 20
• IV: 21
• V: 23
• VI: 39
• VII: 45
• VIII: 61
• IX: 75
• X: 83
• XI: 193
• XII: 199
• XIII: 237
• XIV: 243

Bibliographic information

• Title: Sake Handbook, The
• Author: John Gauntner
• Edition: 2, illustrated, revised
• Publisher: Tuttle Publishing, 2002
• ISBN: 0804834253, 9780804834254
• Length: 247 pages
• Subjects: Cooking / Beverages / Beer; Cooking / Beverages / Wine & Spirits; Cooking / General; Cooking / Regional & Ethnic / Japanese