Temperature and timing is critical in making SAKΞ.
In the Kōji Room (製麹室), a custom, enclosed environment is utilized to encourage the perfect amount of Kōji Mold growth: the vital enzymatic lifeline of not only SAKΞ but soy sauce, miso and other products like cosmetics!
In 6 weeks time, I turned from a sake connoisseur to a sake “expert”
Thanx to @elliotjfaber of @sakecentral for the very informative @WSETglobal Sake Level 3 course at @WineMwm