WSET LEVEL 1 SAKE LATEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM 180 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
What is sake? - (answer) An alcoholic beverage made from Rice
What are the four main ingredients in sake? - (answer) rice, koji, water, yeast
What is an optional ingredient in Sake - (answer) high strength distilled alcohol
What is koji? - (answer) Steamed rice that grows mold, needed to make alcohol
Why do you need koji to make sake? - (answer) Koji creates enzymes to convert starch to sugar
What is parallel fermentation (unique to sake)? - (answer) Enzymes create sugars at the same time as
the yeast eat the sugar
What is the general abv after the first fermentation of sake? - (answer) 20% abv
Japanese name of basic sake - (answer) futsu-shu
Premium Sakes with pure floral and fruity aromas - (answer) ginjo and/or daiginjo
What does the word junmai mean? - (answer) "Pure Rice," used when there is no distilled alcohol
added before filtration
What are the four stages of creating steamed white rice? - (answer) polishing, washing, soaking,
steaming
What are common flavors found when less layers are polished away? - (answer) acidity, umami, cereal,
lactic
What are common flavors found when more layers are polished away? - (answer) fruity, floral
What is sake? - (answer) An alcoholic beverage made from Rice
What are the four main ingredients in sake? - (answer) rice, koji, water, yeast
What is an optional ingredient in Sake - (answer) high strength distilled alcohol
What is koji? - (answer) Steamed rice that grows mold, needed to make alcohol
Why do you need koji to make sake? - (answer) Koji creates enzymes to convert starch to sugar
What is parallel fermentation (unique to sake)? - (answer) Enzymes create sugars at the same time as
the yeast eat the sugar
What is the general abv after the first fermentation of sake? - (answer) 20% abv
Japanese name of basic sake - (answer) futsu-shu
Premium Sakes with pure floral and fruity aromas - (answer) ginjo and/or daiginjo
What does the word junmai mean? - (answer) "Pure Rice," used when there is no distilled alcohol
added before filtration
What are the four stages of creating steamed white rice? - (answer) polishing, washing, soaking,
steaming
What are common flavors found when less layers are polished away? - (answer) acidity, umami, cereal,
lactic
What are common flavors found when more layers are polished away? - (answer) fruity, floral
