Grade · 普通酒
Futsushu
“Ordinary sake” — anything outside the eight premium grades. Most sake made in Japan is futsushu.
- Rice left after polishing
- Not set
- Added alcohol
- Allowed
- Typical US price, 720 ml
- Not enough bottles
- Bottles at Tippsy
- 0
Futsushu (普通酒) covers every sake that doesn't meet the premium-grade rules: more added alcohol, unpolished or uninspected rice, or other ingredients. It ranges from cheap carton sake to well-made local table sake that simply isn't labeled with a grade.
Some brewers skip the grade system on purpose. A bottle without a grade isn't necessarily a lesser sake — check the polishing ratio and ingredients on the back label.
How to drink it: usually warm, with everyday food.
Other grades
Flavor profiles and rankings: Sakenowa (さけのわ) open data, built from drinkers' check-ins in Japan.