Luke Short
21st June 2000, 23:02
A while back, I saw a TV show, semi science and mostly entertainment.
They had a guest who had a strange way to drink sake. Before heating it, or drinking it cold,he would shake it quickly up and down for about five minutes. He claimed that it tasted better and he never got a hangover from drinking a whole bottle... one of the big bottles.
They then had a Doctor of some sort explained that the shaking aerated the sake, thus changing the taste, and resulted in the body's increased ease in metabolizing the alcohol. The air helped the chemical breakdown in a way that didn't easily result in a hangover.
I have tried this, though not enough to have a hangover (sake hangovers are the worst for me! so I avoid them at all costs.), but the shaking does change the taste, and with some cheap sake, changes it for the better I have found.
Has anyone else even ever heard of this or tried it?
Maybe someone would be willing to do a little research and try it and report back to us on who it went.
They had a guest who had a strange way to drink sake. Before heating it, or drinking it cold,he would shake it quickly up and down for about five minutes. He claimed that it tasted better and he never got a hangover from drinking a whole bottle... one of the big bottles.
They then had a Doctor of some sort explained that the shaking aerated the sake, thus changing the taste, and resulted in the body's increased ease in metabolizing the alcohol. The air helped the chemical breakdown in a way that didn't easily result in a hangover.
I have tried this, though not enough to have a hangover (sake hangovers are the worst for me! so I avoid them at all costs.), but the shaking does change the taste, and with some cheap sake, changes it for the better I have found.
Has anyone else even ever heard of this or tried it?
Maybe someone would be willing to do a little research and try it and report back to us on who it went.