Abstract: A method of bottling SAKE and the resulting bottled SAKE are disclosed. The bottling method includes placing SAKE and an ear of rice, preferably of the same variety from which the SAKE was brewed, inside a translucent bottle. The bottling method may further include separate pasteurization of the SAKE and ear of rice to eliminate bacteria, yeast, and other organisms associated with the ear of rice without impacting the SAKE quality. Seeing the variety of rice may permit the customers to recognize high quality rice as opposed to inexpensive varieties that yield undesirable SAKE.