The "Supreme Sake SAKE COMPETITION Official Catalog 2025-2026" has been released. This catalog provides detailed information on 118 award-winning sakes carefully selected from across Japan, along with basic data, a taste chart, and recommended drinking temperatures.
The magazine also features numerous interviews with award-winning breweries and judges, sharing the thoughts of brewers and this year's trends, as well as providing easy-to-understand explanations of basic sake knowledge, such as the manufacturing process and how to read labels. The 2025 SAKE COMPETITION will see the creation of a new judging category for sake made using traditional methods, the "Modern Natural Division," adding a bronze award to the gold and silver categories. The magazine is also poised to highlight the fine sake produced through the ingenuity and ingenuity of brewers amid poor rice harvests due to recent climate change.
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