This large bottle of karatanba sake is a honjozo grade sake which means that it is a good standard sake made with rice water koji mold and a very small amount of pure distilled alcohol brewers alcohol to help extract the natural flavours and aroma it is a popular sake as it is a light mildly fragrant and easy to drink dry sake of 1516 alocoholsake is the traditional alcoholic drink of japan it is a strong rice wine and can be drunk hot or cold it is made from polished sake rice which