Japanese breweries to start exporting draft sake with special keg english.kyodonews.net

KYODO NEWS - 1 hour ago - 16:54 | Lifestyle, Japan, AllA group of Japanese breweries plan to start exporting unprocessed draft sake this month with the help of a special keg that is capable of keeping the rice wine fresh for more than a year.
(Supplied photo shows a draft sake keg (C) and a serving tool)Sake production usually requires heat treatment for preservation, otherwise its quality will deteriorate within days.
As a result, only local people have had the privilege of tasting fresh sake when it is available, Watanabe said.
Draft sake in the keg is served with the aid of pressure from an internal cylinder of air that pushes the wine out of the container and up through a tube.
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