Although in the case of beer, sweet wort is fermented after it is completely saccharified, this is a significant feature of sake brewing that a process in which saccharification and fermentation are carried out in parallelism, exists.
ビールの場合は、完全に麦汁を糖化させた後に発酵させるが、日本酒は糖化と発酵を並行して行う工程があることが大きな特徴である。