Moto-zukuri, or starter-making, is an essential step in the sake brewing process. The starter (moto/shubo) cultivates lactic acid, sterilizing the yeast and protecting it from dangerous microbes. Methods of starter-making have evolved over time as the science behind the process became understood. Bodaimoto The first documented method of lactic acid cultivation is the bodaimoto method, named in honor of the… Read moreRead moreThe Science of Starter-Making: Bodaimoto, Kimoto, Yamahai, and Sokujo