Table · dataset · 2026
Making a Sake-like Product Using Western Brewing Techniques
Listed in HKU DataHub and figshare and Loughborough Research Repository and UP Research Data Repository — shown once because both records carry DOI 10.6084/m9.figshare.34014811.v1
<p>Sake is a traditional Japanese beverage made with rice, water, yeast and koji.
Description
The global demand for sake has increased with exports rising over 23% in 2023–2024. Conventional sake brewing relies on koji-based simultaneous starch degradation and fermentation, extended processing times, and strict environmental control limiting accessibility for Western craft beverage producers.
This study evaluates employing a Western-style brewing staged production approach in which koji is replaced by exogenous enzymes for rice starch saccharification and the resulting wort is fermented with sake yeast. Laboratory-scale fermentations with worts made from 100% rice were used to assess the effects of polishing rate (50% and 60%) and three sake yeast strains on fermentation performance. Yeast #7 consistently exhibited faster fermentation kinetics and higher ethanol production than yeast #9 across all polishing levels.
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Pilot scale trials (∼15-20 L), also performed with the non-foaming yeast #1801, confirmed these trends. Chemical analyses showed sake treatments made through the western brewing approach aligned with commercial ginjo and daiginjo sake in alcohol by volume, Sake Meter Value, and total acidity while exhibiting drier profiles. GC-MS/MS analysis revealed comparable concentrations of key aroma volatiles.
Complementary sensory evaluation indicated subtle differences in balance and aroma. These results demonstrate that a western brewingapproach can be a scalable and technically viable pathway for producing sake-like beverages.</p>
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- DOI doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.34014811.v1 ↗
DOI / persistent id · from datahub hku hk
Catalogue records · 1
- OAI-PMH record api.figshare.com/v2/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_dc&identifier=oai%3Af… ↗
metadata API · from datahub hku hk
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Provenance · 4 source records, 57 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| HKU DataHub | oai:figshare.com:article/34014811 | 12 d ago | JSON v1 |
| figshare | oai:figshare.com:article/34014811 | 12 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Loughborough Research Repository | oai:figshare.com:article/34014811 | 12 d ago | JSON v1 |
| UP Research Data Repository | oai:figshare.com:article/34014811 | 11 d ago | JSON v1 |
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|---|---|---|---|
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| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:3101 | mapping · figshare com | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['Cell Biology'] |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:3101 | mapping · researchdata up ac za | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['Cell Biology'] |
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| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:3104 | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['Evolutionary Biology'] |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:3104 | mapping · figshare com | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['Evolutionary Biology'] |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:3107 | mapping · datahub hku hk | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['Microbiology'] |
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| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:3107 | mapping · figshare com | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['Microbiology'] |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:3107 | mapping · researchdata up ac za | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['Microbiology'] |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:4410 | mapping · datahub hku hk | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['Sociology'] |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:4410 | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['Sociology'] |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:4410 | mapping · figshare com | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['Sociology'] |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:4410 | mapping · researchdata up ac za | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['Sociology'] |
| concepts[field].local:field:astronomy | mapping · datahub hku hk | connector:datahub_hku_hk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:astronomy | mapping · figshare com | connector:figshare_com@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:astronomy | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | connector:repository_lboro_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:astronomy | mapping · researchdata up ac za | connector:researchdata_up_ac_za@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:chemistry | mapping · datahub hku hk | connector:datahub_hku_hk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:chemistry | mapping · researchdata up ac za | connector:researchdata_up_ac_za@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:chemistry | mapping · figshare com | connector:figshare_com@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:chemistry | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | connector:repository_lboro_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:computer-science-ai | mapping · figshare com | connector:figshare_com@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:computer-science-ai | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | connector:repository_lboro_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · datahub hku hk | connector:datahub_hku_hk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · researchdata up ac za | connector:researchdata_up_ac_za@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | connector:repository_lboro_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · figshare com | connector:figshare_com@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:economics-finance | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | connector:repository_lboro_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:economics-finance | mapping · figshare com | connector:figshare_com@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:engineering | mapping · researchdata up ac za | connector:researchdata_up_ac_za@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:engineering | mapping · figshare com | connector:figshare_com@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:engineering | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | connector:repository_lboro_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:humanities | mapping · figshare com | connector:figshare_com@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:humanities | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | connector:repository_lboro_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:humanities | mapping · researchdata up ac za | connector:researchdata_up_ac_za@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:life-sciences | mapping · figshare com | connector:figshare_com@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:life-sciences | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | connector:repository_lboro_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:life-sciences | mapping · datahub hku hk | connector:datahub_hku_hk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:life-sciences | mapping · researchdata up ac za | connector:researchdata_up_ac_za@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:materials-science | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | connector:repository_lboro_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:mathematics-statistics | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | connector:repository_lboro_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:medicine-health | mapping · figshare com | connector:figshare_com@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:medicine-health | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | connector:repository_lboro_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:ocean-atmospheric | mapping · figshare com | connector:figshare_com@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:psychology-behavioral | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | connector:repository_lboro_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:social-science | mapping · datahub hku hk | connector:datahub_hku_hk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:social-science | mapping · figshare com | connector:figshare_com@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:social-science | mapping · researchdata up ac za | connector:researchdata_up_ac_za@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:social-science | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | connector:repository_lboro_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
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