For this reason, the sake breweries which exhibited sake in the competition usually put efforts to make golden sake, which was just finished the joso process (extraction to separate the sake from sake lees by applying pressure), clearer by filtering.
このため出品する酒蔵は、たいてい黄金色がついている上槽したばかりの酒に濾過をほどこし、酒から色を抜くことに力をそそいだ。