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September 3, 2023
Evening drink at home.
I open a bottle of sake to entertain my sister who is back home.
The theme of the evening was "sake that can never be drunk again.
I tried a selection of sake from breweries that are no longer in business.
The first was Koizumi Shuzo's Koinosei Ginjo from Yawatahama.
The second sake was Koizumi Shuzo's Koinose Ginjo from Yawatahama, Ehime Prefecture.
Ehime Sake Brewers Association website a while ago, so I was curious about it.
I was curious about it because the name disappeared from the Ehime Sake Brewers Association's website a while ago.
It seems that the brewery has been closed since the beginning of this year. There was one bottle left at my favorite liquor store.
I bought a bottle left at my favorite liquor store and opened it.
I bought a bottle left at my favorite liquor store and opened it. The bottle was made in December 2021, but it was well-preserved.
The bottle was well preserved, and like the first bottle of Kume no Ii, it was a good
It is in good condition and, like the first bottle of Kume no Ii, it does not differ greatly in taste from the impression it had when we drank it before.
The taste is the same as the first bottle of Kume no Ii. Nama
It has the gutsy, alcoholic taste of pure sake, a robust sweetness, and a bitter taste.
The taste is a bit bitter and sweet, with a strong alkol sensation that can only be found in nama-shu.
The taste is very similar to the impression we had when we drank it before. It also has a nice, slightly matured aroma and acidity.
and acidity, so the aftertaste is refreshingly clean and crisp.
The finish is refreshing and clean. As the name suggests, it is named after the vigor with which a carp climbs up a waterfall.
It is a powerful sake with a strong presence, as the name
It is a sake with a strong presence. It is a shame to see it fade away.
It is regrettable that this sake is also disappearing. I enjoyed it with jako-ten (fish cake) and bonito tataki (bonito flakes) from Yawatahama.
and bonito tataki.
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