Gohyakumangoku [農村だより2011]
14 November 2011 Monday
Sake rice variety "Gohyakumangoku"
This variety was developed at the Niigata Agriculture Research Institute
in 1957. It is one of the sake rice varieties representing Niigata today.
It was named after a bumper crop of more than 5 million "Koku" ( a
Japanese volume unit, equivalent to 180 liters ) in that year. It was
disignated as a premium variety to encourage it to be grown and brewed
in 1973. This variety has unique, superior characteristics such as easy
"Koji" preparing and adequate dissolving in the fermenting-mash, or
"Moromi." It yields sake with a not heavy, refreshing, clean and
smooth character, and a mellow taste even in dry sake.
Since 1975, a table rice variety "Koshihikari" has gained great popularity
among consumers as well as its farmers. As a result, farmers have lost
interest in a premium sake rice variety "Gohyakumangoku," causing
concerns in the sake industry over stable supplies of sake rice. Then
the Niigata Sake Brewers Association tried to assure sake rice supply
by agglomerating farmlands or providing subsidies secure supplies in
cooperation with the National Federation of Agricultural Cooperative
Associations. This variety is ranked the No.1 sake rice with more than
90 percent of sake rice planting in Niigata. It is also grown in other
areas such as Fukui, Toyama, Hyogo and Ishikawa prefectures,
representing the major sake rice along with another sake rice variety,
"Yamadanishiki."
Sake rice variety "Gohyakumangoku"
This variety was developed at the Niigata Agriculture Research Institute
in 1957. It is one of the sake rice varieties representing Niigata today.
It was named after a bumper crop of more than 5 million "Koku" ( a
Japanese volume unit, equivalent to 180 liters ) in that year. It was
disignated as a premium variety to encourage it to be grown and brewed
in 1973. This variety has unique, superior characteristics such as easy
"Koji" preparing and adequate dissolving in the fermenting-mash, or
"Moromi." It yields sake with a not heavy, refreshing, clean and
smooth character, and a mellow taste even in dry sake.
Since 1975, a table rice variety "Koshihikari" has gained great popularity
among consumers as well as its farmers. As a result, farmers have lost
interest in a premium sake rice variety "Gohyakumangoku," causing
concerns in the sake industry over stable supplies of sake rice. Then
the Niigata Sake Brewers Association tried to assure sake rice supply
by agglomerating farmlands or providing subsidies secure supplies in
cooperation with the National Federation of Agricultural Cooperative
Associations. This variety is ranked the No.1 sake rice with more than
90 percent of sake rice planting in Niigata. It is also grown in other
areas such as Fukui, Toyama, Hyogo and Ishikawa prefectures,
representing the major sake rice along with another sake rice variety,
"Yamadanishiki."
2011-11-14 08:42
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