Baijiu vs. Sake — What's the Difference?

Baijiu (Chinese: 白酒; pinyin: báijiǔ; lit. 'white (clear) liquor'), also known as shaojiu (烧酒/燒酒), is a colourless liquor typically coming in between 35% and 60% alcohol by volume (ABV).

Sake, also spelled saké ( SAH-kee, SAK-ay, also referred to as Japanese rice wine), is an alcoholic beverage made by fermenting rice that has been polished to remove the bran. Despite the name Japanese rice wine, sake, and indeed any East Asian rice wine (such as huangjiu and cheongju), is produced by a brewing process more akin to that of beer, where starch is converted into sugars which ferment into alcohol, whereas in wine, alcohol is produced by fermenting sugar that is naturally present in fruit, typically grapes.

A clear Chinese distilled alcoholic beverage, generally distilled from sorghum and about 40-60% alcohol by volume.

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A Japanese alcoholic beverage made from fermented rice.

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A traditional alcoholic drink of Japan. It is made from rice.

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Japanese alcoholic beverage made from fermented rice; usually served hot

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