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5. Kinds or Brands 



Many different brands varying in color, 

 taste, alcoholic percentage, ash percentage, 

 etc. The alcoholic percentage ranges from 

 i-S to 6. The ash percentage is about 8. 



Different brands varying in quality. 

 The alcoholic percentage ranges from 14 

 to 18. There is a sweet variety [Mirin) 

 and a white variety {Shiro). Ash percent- 

 age about 3, frequently less. 



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Pic 75.— Sak6 making. A, B, Rice eel's entirely filled with starch granules; C, 

 nee cells after steaming, the starch granules are broken up; D, rice starch granules a,, 

 dextrmized, b, normal. 



6. Use and Properties 



A beverage, usually taken in compara- 

 tively large doses, producing a mild form 

 of intoxication. 



Usually taken in small amounts, pro- 

 ducing a speedy, though transient, form of 

 intoxication. Taken as a wine. In Japan. 

 sak6 is usually heated before drinking. 



