Seasonal employee Daichi Ushiyama, right, and part-time worker Tatsuya Ogawa take out sheets of "sake kasu," or lees, from a filtration unit in a sake making process at the Koten sake brewery in Okaya ...
As part of the sake-making process at his Proper Saké Co., Byron Stithem propagates a specific Japanese mold called koji to inoculate the rice that he ferments to create his delicious spirits. Chefs ...