HAMAMATSU, Japan -- Sake is having a makeover in Japan. The traditional spirit brewed with fermented rice is going the way of craft beer and shedding its fusty image for funkier and fresher tastes.
Unique flavors stimulate fresh interest in traditional rice spirit

Doburoku is a form of cloudy sake that is made without the filtering process normally employed in making traditional sake. (Photo by Toshihide Takeda)
HAMAMATSU, Japan -- Sake is having a makeover in Japan. The traditional spirit brewed with fermented rice is going the way of craft beer and shedding its fusty image for funkier and fresher tastes.