WSET Sake Level 1 Exam Questions and Answers Latest 2024/2025 | 100% Correct (Graded A+)

WSET Sake Level 1 Exam Questions and Answers Latest 2024/2025 | 100% Correct (Graded A+) status - ANSWER under construction # Learning Outcome 1, Assessment Criteria - ANSWER 1. List and state the purpose of the main ingredients that are legally permitted in sake production. 2. List and state the purpose of the main production steps used to make sake List all main ingredients - ANSWER • Rice, • kōji, • kōbo (yeast), • water, • high strength distilled alcohol (optional) Rice preparation steps - ANSWER • Polishing (impact on style), • Washing, • Soaking, • Steaming Koji preparation steps - ANSWER • Cooling rice, • Spreading the mould, • Initial mould growth, • Controlling and stopping the mould growth Fermentation steps - ANSWER • Starter fermentation, • Main fermentation Fermentation types - ANSWER • Warm fermentation, • Cool fermentation (impact on style) Filtration and bottling steps - ANSWER • Addition of high strength distilled alcohol (optional), WSET Sake Level 1 Exam Questions and Answers Latest 2024/2025 | 100% Correct | Graded A+ • Filtration, • Dilution with water (optional), • Bottling, • Pasteurisation (optional) # Learning Outcome 2, Assessment Criteria 1 - ANSWER 1. Name *the principal categories and grades* of sakes and state their key characteristics. - 普通酒 (basic), Premium - 本醸造, 吟醸, 大吟醸, 純米, 純米吟醸, 純米大吟醸 Name and describe 2 principal Categories - ANSWER Premium ( 特定名称酒) (koji must be 15% or more), 普通酒 (all others) Name 6 Grades of premium sake (+2) - ANSWER • 本醸造, 吟醸, 大吟醸 • 純米, 純米吟醸, 純米大吟醸 (特別純米 & 本醸造) # Learning Outcome 2, Assessment Criteria 2 - ANSWER 2. Name some of the *speciality styles* of sake and state their key characteristics. - Nigori, sparkling sake, koshu, nama Name and describe 4 speciality styles - ANSWER • Nigori, • Sparkling sake, • Koshu, • Nama