Why is Sake considered healthy alcohol? or is it.. compared to others?!
Why is Sake considered healthy alcohol? or is it.. compared to others?
and what is it in other alcohols that give me such a bad hangover when sake gives hardly any
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Sake comes in several forms. Sake, although often called 'rice wine' does not have to be made from rice and is not really a wine. The form of sake most common in the west is a spirit distilled from fermented rice or sweet potato. This is a very clean, clear spirit and is usually heavily filtered, leaving few impurities. As this sake is often served warm, this will cause some of the alcohol to evaporate, making the drink weaker and therefore leaving less opportunity for raging hangovers.
The most common form of 'sake' in the far east is known as 'Nihon-shuri' and is made from rice and grain in a similar method to Western ales, with multiple parallel fermentations, although spirit alcohol is normally added after fermentation for strength and flavour extraction, producing a strong, smooth drink that is a cloudy grey colour.
The main factor that is causing your hangovers with other drinks is alcohol. It sounds obvious, but it's true. Whilst impurities in the drink can have an effect and will often make you feel sicker the next day, the inflammatory and dehydrative properties of the alcohol are doing you the most damage. The best way to avoid a nasty hangover is to not drink on an empty stomach, have a soft (and caffeine-free) drink BETWEEN each alcoholic drink (not just a mixer with your spirits) and, above all, not drink so much alcohol in the first place.
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Sake (Japanese: 酒; pronounced [sa.k?] Listen (help・info)) is a Japanese word meaning "alcoholic beverage", which in English has come to refer to a specific alcoholic beverage brewed mainly from rice and known in Japan as either nihonshu (日本酒 "Japanese alcohol") or sake. This article uses the word "sake" as it is used in English.
Sake is widely referred to in English as "rice wine". However, this designation is not accurate. The production of alcoholic beverages by multiple fermentation is more characteristic of beer than wine. Also, there are other beverages known as "rice wine" that are significantly different from nihonshu.
I don't think that sake is more healthy than any other alcoholic drink, but your comment about hangovers being less from sake is probably due to sake having lower alcohol content.
The average sake is about 5% alcohol, compared with wines which will be at least twice that (11-15%) and spirits which are around 40%
So you can drink twice as much sake as wine and consume less alcochol -- hence less hangover.