Three cheers for the new blog! The setup actually worked and I didn't have to plead with the IT gods in the process....
Drink enough of the sake, and the new years celebration of a new blog will be pleasant for sure... at least until the next morning. I've been told that contrary to popular belief, good sake is ALWAYS served cold, especially junmai-shu and honjozo-shu. I think the idea behind the iced vs. heated sake is that lower grades of sake are heated to disguise the less appealing taste. Sure, I'll buy that.
Of course, my experience has been great both ways, heated or cold, however, despite not being a sake connoisseur, I did note a marked difference between "regular" grade sake and the premium junmai-shu. As an example, I compared a bottle of Gekkeikan sake (regular) to an expensive bottle of Onikoroshi (a junmai-ginjo sake) and the difference was very clear. The junmai-shu had a much more "refined" taste and goes down much smoother than the "regular" stuff, but then again, for $40-60 a bottle (as opposed to the $12 a bottle for the Gekkeikan), I sure as hell hope so.
