W60E Japanese Sake 101 (Zoom; OLLI @ ASU)
Zoom | Available (Membership Required)
Have you been yearning to know all about Japanese sake? Please join John Hornick, who holds several sake certifications and interned in the Daimon brewery near Osaka, Japan, to learn the types of premium sakes and what makes them “premium”. In addition, you will learn how premium sake ingredients affect taste, aroma, and regionality. We will go over the three main brewing methods and how they affect taste, the importance of rice polishing ratio, and sake terms you need to know. A list of recommended sakes will be provided after you sign up. John will lead a tasting of any sakes purchased by the course participants (but no purchase is necessary).
John Hornick holds a Japanese Sake Advisor certification from the Sake School of America and a Level 2 Sake Professional certification from the Sake Education Council. He is a former intern at Daimon Shuzo, a sake brewery near Osaka, Japan, and a graduate of the L’Academie de Cuisine cooking school. John is also the founder, host and instructor of the ChefsApprentice YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpiS9ynaxvw, where, in addition to offering a free cooking course and a Japanese Faves cooking series, he offers several sake-related video lessons.
*This registration item is ZOOM ONLY; there is not an in-person section of this course. It is offered and run by The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Arizona State University.*