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Brewing Saké in Texas for Fun and Profit (Video)

Posted by Roblimo on from the there-is-nothing-like-the-heady-arome-of-sake-in-the-morning dept.

Let's say you are an IT stud named Yoed Anis, you spent a year in Japan and decided you really like Saké, and you're back home in Austin, Texas. Since Texas, like Japan, grows lots of rice, you obviously need to start the Texas Saké Company to produce Rising Star and Whooping Crane Sakés, which you sell online and through a number of Texas restaurants and retailers. But whatever we can say in print pales beside a two-part brewery tour conducted by Toji Yoed himself, accompanied by Timothy Lord and his trusty camcorder. Yes, there's a transcription. But the video tour itself is better, even though it regretfully does not include the delightful aroma of Saké being made. (Someday, perhaps, Slashdot Studios will be equipped for Smell-O-Vision, but that's at least a few years off.)

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  1. ohh man by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I can smell the weaboo off this

  2. It's Japanese, not French by neurovish · · Score: 4, Informative

    Sake...no accent. If you're going to be pretentious and pedantic, then at least do it right.*

    *Not typed in Kanji or Hiragana for those more pedantic than I because I am lazy

    1. Re:It's Japanese, not French by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Not typed in Kanji or Hiragana for those more pedantic than I because I am lazy

      I thought it was because slashdot hates Unicode.

    2. Re:It's Japanese, not French by Zadaz · · Score: 2

      If you want to be properly pedantic it's pronounced "nihonshu". Sake pretty much means "alcohol" in Japanese. Walking into a Japanese bar and ordering sake is like walking into an american bar and saying "One alcohol, please!"

    3. Re:It's Japanese, not French by ElectricTurtle · · Score: 2

      They're in English dictionaries and are considered valid words in English, even if they are loan words.

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  3. IT Stud? by Harold+Halloway · · Score: 4, Funny

    What's an 'IT stud'? Is it the geek with the biggest hard drive?

    1. Re:IT Stud? by sl4shd0rk · · Score: 2

      What's an 'IT stud'?

      That's a reference to an IT Supervisor -- the dude in the server room who leans against the wall when fires are being put out.

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    2. Re:IT Stud? by Anubis+IV · · Score: 3, Funny

      No, of course not, and I thought the term was self-explanatory.

      As most of us are aware, it's unusual for those in IT and related professions to have sex. The reason for this is that sexual encounters are managed through a controlled breeding program, wherein the "stud" is paired with numerous females, just as you might see in cattle herds or the like. This is done in order to ensure the healthiest offspring possible, as well as the largest number of offspring (domestic breeding shortfalls in recent years have led to relying on offshore breeding programs to supplement our own).

      Of course, there can be issues with this approach, such as propagating a particular condition into a population on account of them having a common ancestor. We see this rather often, with a number of individuals in these populations exhibiting issues with poor eyesight, spinal conditions, or excessive fatty buildup around the abdomen. Even so, this is fairly common practice in animal husbandry, so I'm surprised there's not more awareness of it among us.

    3. Re:IT Stud? by amiga3D · · Score: 2

      The one with the most RAM.

  4. really? by geekoid · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I've been programming computers for 30 years, and this morning I took a dump that had a wide array of browns in it. Maybe that should be a /. article?

    Do you think if I went to a Sake* website, do you think they would talk about this guys IT work because he also happened to make sake?

    If everything is going to qualify as news for nerds, whey not just call it dumb ass random internet stories for dumb as random people?

    *note the 'e', idiot.

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  5. Why in Texas? by Sez+Zero · · Score: 2

    Why do they grow rice in Texas (a drought state)? There's always a big hubbub in Austin when the LCRA releases water to the south Texas rice farmers when we're in the middle of a drought.

    Don't grow rice in a desert!

    1. Re:Why in Texas? by interval1066 · · Score: 2

      Don't grow rice in a desert!

      Texas has only had problems within the last few years, the Rio Grand is still one of the biggest, fertile waterways in the the mid south.

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  6. re: rice and water by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I'll just note that at least in Central Texas, which has been experiencing both a drought and unprecedented growth, there are some questions as to whether or not rice farming in our part of The Great State should continue.

  7. smell-o-vision?! by Cyko_01 · · Score: 2

    How about we get proper html5 video first, instead of this flash player nonsense

  8. Re:Merchandise ahead of (or on par with) product? by nospam007 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    "This guy fits in well with Texas as a whole - do your own thing, make money at it, have fun."

    And whatever you do, use highly subsidized corn, rice or wheat do do your stuff, so that we taxpayers can add our share to your success, even if we don't like your product.