Mutou All Star Junmai Ginjyo Blended Genshu Fire-aged
Rated 4.4
55% rice grown in Ueda City, Nagano Prefecture, 16% alcohol by volume
A blend of the Muto-no-Kyuumei series, an all-star lineup of star players, starters, relievers, suppressors, hidden balls, and summer youth.
What kind of flavors will be shown, exactly a dream ball game, with a bittersweet acidity that tightens and sharpens.
White wine-like flavor with a hint of melon, strawberry, and lychee. It becomes rounded with aging. The finish is round, yet slightly dry. It will become more rounded with time.
Mutou SENSHU JUNMAI GINJO NAMAHARA SAKE
Next is Mutou!
The sharpest or solidest of the bunch.
This combination is good 🙆.
Yakitori: I shared a set of 10 with my senpai. The sake is delicious, and the sauce is strictly forbidden to be marinated twice.
The restaurant has about 8 seats at the counter only?
This time we visited without a reservation, but they said they would call me on my cell phone when a seat became available.
We waited in the waiting room of the station right in front of the restaurant, but it was not a bother at all.
Good morning @Mizuhashi🌞.
I'm actually planning to stay 2 nights in Ueda next month, and was wondering about Yakitori Bancho's sake selection, which is not like a chain restaurant.
It looks pretty good, but do you have any other Ueda recommendations?
Good evening, Matsuchiyo-san 🌆.
Actually, this is my first time to stay in Ueda, and I always stay in Tateshina or Tateshina on the way to the hotel, so I don't have much information about the nightlife in Ueda 😭.
I learned about Yakitori Banchou from President Okazaki's X information 😉.
Matsuchiyo, continued.
This time, I stayed at a rustic inn in front of the station. I felt that this is a town that is metabolizing, with many small, clean stores open at night. I recommend President Okazaki's X information 🥰.
Mutual Go 2024 Closer Nagano C Junmai Ginjyo Hi-iru Nama Sake
Rating 4.4
Rice: Hitogokochi, Rice polishing ratio: 55%, Alcohol: 16%, Sake: -6, Acidity: 1.7
Manufactured April 2025, shipped August 2025
After about four months of aging, it has a ripe, apple-like aroma. Although the acidity is moderate, it is mild and easy to pair with autumn dishes.
At the sake festival in Araki-cho Shinshu Ueda. Hiroyuki, the brewery's toji (master brewer), poured it for us. This is a banana, melon, and vinegar iso-style beautiful sake. I like this one too.
At the sake festival in Araki-cho Shinshu Ueda. Hiroyuki, the brewery's toji (master brewer), poured it for us. It is a beautiful sake with a green apple-like acidity. I like it.
Mutou Oshoe Junmai Ginjyo Nama Genjyo
Rated 4.4
Rice: Hitogokochi, Polishing ratio 55%, Sake meter -6, Acidity 1.7, Yeast: Nagano C yeast (Alpine yeast)
Umami, aroma, Delicious apple-like, honey-like peach aroma. The taste is heavy and heavy, like smoked silver. All Shinshu sake rice. The core flavor of the sake rice "Hitogokochi" seems to come straight from the rice, and the fine acidity finishes with a sharp edge. The core flavor and the fine acidity characteristic of Kutsukake Sake Brewery co-star together.
Aroma of ripe melon, taste is refreshing with a little acidity.
The second half of the palate is tightened by the acidity and a gentle astringent bitterness.
I went to a liquor store because I wanted "nigori". The only one that had it was this "light nigori". I had never heard of it. Is it a light nigori?
However, it is very tasty! It tastes like calpis. It has just the right amount of gas. 100% Hitokochochi
Fresh, fruity aroma, with a hint of rice in the mouth.
Strong acidity with sweetness.
The aftertaste is very tasty, but it does not stay in the mouth.
I like it very much!
Part 1: 2025 Amateur Sake Tasting Championship Ueda Preliminary Round
Part 2: Tasting Ueda's Sake and Talking with Sake Brewers 2025: Ueda's 6 Sake Breweries All Together
Hello, boy Tetsu 😊.
Thank you very much for all your support.
If you are Boya Tetsu-san, you can leave Shinshu Kamerei to us at ‼︎ 🤭After the excitement of the sake tasting championship, the second part was a great event...talking with the brewery 🤗.
Hello Kotori 😊 Thank you for your comment! Shinshu Kamerei is my high and stable favorite 😅 It's nice to see the face of the brewery 🎵I use Kotori's post as a reference for outside drinking👍.
I was curious about the brand name of Kutsugake Sake Brewery in Ueda City.
Mutual.
Junmai Ginjyo with Hitogokochi, light nigori (light nigori).
The aroma is indeed melon, as described on the back of the bottle.
The mouthfeel is smooth with a refreshing gasiness.
The taste is very juicy, sweet and sour!
When mixed well with the Origori, the creaminess, complex umami and bitterness add depth to the aftertaste and are very delicious. ✨️
Exploring a brewery that has never been drunk. Nagano is Kutsugake Shuzo's Mutual, Baseball Series. The concept is quite interesting. Enjoy the variation of acidity! This one brewed with Yamae-Nishiki is a hidden ball, and the apple yeast gives it an elegant sweet and sour taste. Just when you let your guard down at third base, you are out! It's a nice surprise. I wonder if it has the sweetness of Yamae-nishiki as well.
Iridescent clouds at the end of the 7th inning
Acid bitter. Sharp. Bitter is noticeable. Light. Goes well with food. Aroma of blue melon skin. 86 points
Sweetness: 2.2
Acidity: 3
Dryness: 2.7
Hinted aroma: 2.6
