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Thank you! That is what it appeared to be - it was all subsurface and in the sake liquid. That is a relief! I will continue on with it - I appreciate the input!

Please advise O Great Sake Brewers! I was finishing up a large batch of sake (8 cups dry rice) and about a week before pulling, I turned the jug to notice a large brown spot in the rice. I periodically checked the smell throughout the fermentation to see if it was off, but it smells sweet and...

All I wanted was alcohol.....

I have been getting some mold on top of the rice as it ferments. What is normal for mold as well as color ranges of mold. The first batch I had a little white fuzzy mold and the the last batch has been grey to almost black in places. Concerned I may have made some primordial soup.....

Thank you Arpolis - that helps considerably! I appreciate the time to answer and reference website. :)

I have 2 eight cups (dry) batches going a week apart. My counters are full! So in the interim I was reading up on the sake making process in Japan and other locations. We were baffled by our lack of "science" in the process and that our results are outstanding. Is there something in this method...

Just sampled my first batch last night - and holy wow it was great! We added blueberry juice to it initially and left some of the pure mixture in a smaller container - should have reversed that because the plain stuff is amazing! My husband was bummed out we didn't have more, then proceeded to...

My husband was just wondering if there was a rice wine thread on here and after reading this, we are both excited to make some just in time for Christmas! Thanks for all the research and experimentation! We have a 25 lb bag of jasmine rice and some leftover glutinous sweet rice we use for making...

Duh- it is so obvious now! LOL! Thank you!

So if you do, what happens - super yeasty flavor? Too much ..............? I tried it (through peer pressure) and am reconsidering what I was thinking and what the outcome will be. Any insight?

Just kicking off my first four batches of cider to find what tastes best. Using the Whole Foods 365 Organic juice (which normally tastes kind of weak and watered down) but experiments are always a learning experience, right? We are sitting on Day 2 with bubbles happily going along. My only...