I was at a liquor store 20-30 minutes away by bike and bought two different ones when I was going to buy another one 😵I noticed it at the register! I must be getting blurry 🤣.
I did get curious when I saw it at the liquor store..,
I bought a bottle of Kushira... which I've never had before.
Shinomine or some other sake from the Chiyo sake brewery.
The company's president, who used to make wine, started making sake with the same sense of grape growing (or not?). They use only Yamada-nishiki, which they grew themselves.
Slightly shwashy taste.
Slightly sweet and tasty? It also has a sourness.
Not a fruity sourness.
Not in a weird way, but a slightly unique taste? How can I describe it?
By the second day, the peculiarity faded, and it became more of a sweet/amami type with a bit of sourness?
It's supposed to be "not too tasty," but it was tasty enough 😋.
Good morning, Takashi 😃I often go to the liquor store and don't buy what I was going to buy, but something different 😅It's strange. I could relate to this very much 😆 "Aim for a drink that is not too tasty" resonated with me 🥰.
Thank you, HinaHanaMama 😊.
It's true, you don't realize it until you see the alcohol lined up in front of you to pay at the cash register! 🤣
I'm sure it was "fate"! I'm just going to keep on going 😙.
Yamada Nishiki.
The fullness of acidity and umami from around the perimeter to the mid-palate.
It has a slightly fresh feel and is released in a refreshing manner.
I arrived in Nara, my favorite city.
This is the izakaya where I first encountered sake.
First, I had "Kushira".
It was refreshing and delicious!
It was a very easy to drink sake~!
Osaka Takashimaya] The 7th Takashimaya Sake Festival⑭.
The booths of 【Kushira】and 【Shinomine】.
Tetsuya Sakai, the brewery's toji, used to be a winemaker, and he is now making sake with more style and less amino acid content.
◉櫛羅 純米 80 Unfiltered Nama Sake
Made from rice grown in herbicide-free rice paddies. The alcohol content is 14%. Fresh and clear with a strong umami flavor. Delicious 😋.
◉Kushira Junmai 66 Unfiltered Nama Sake
Creamy with a lactic acid taste. Sourness and a hint of sweetness.
Kushira Junmai Ginjo Nakadori Nama-shu
Fresh and slightly fruity. Gassy and full-bodied.
◉Shinomine Omachi Junmai Ginjo Autumn Color Nama Sake
A very fresh, slightly gassy and full-bodied sake, with a strong umami of Omachi and a tangy aftertaste.
When I showed the female brewer a picture of Shinomine and Tetsuya Sakai, the master brewer, that I had had before, she burst out laughing and said, "Wow! and she laughed hysterically 😁.
Kushira" is a limited-edition brand of Chiyo Shuzo, named after the area where it is brewed and made exclusively with Yamadanishiki grown in the private rice paddies surrounding the brewery.
It is brewed with 80% low-polishing rice.
It is characterized by the strong flavor of Yamada-Nishiki and the sharp sharpness that is typical of the Chiyo Shuzo brewery.
The alcohol content is in the 14% range, so it is a very drinkable sake that will not make you tired of drinking, and you may easily drink too much of it during dinner.
I like Chiyo Shuzo itself quite a bit, but it was my favorite cloudy sake, and it was also Kushira no nigori, which I drank last year and enjoyed immensely. I bought it at the beginning of the year and kept it until June. Last year, I drank it right away, so I didn't care about the flavor, but I dare say that Kushira is a sake to be enjoyed for its flavor, so I persisted until now. How does it taste?
The aroma is alcoholic, like magic ink. At this point, I think it is not for beginners, but once you drink it, you will find that it is a wonderful sake with a sweet, delicious, acidic, and bitter taste that is easy to understand.
The sweetness is low, and although it is suitable as a food sake, it can also be drunk on its own. Is it from the muddiness of the sake?
It has a strong umami flavor, which is outstandingly delicious! It is really delicious!
It is not a bit too "swishy" for my taste. I feel that the acidity and sourness play a role in the freshness, which makes it easy to drink.
Bitterness appears at the end, but some may not mind it at all. It is such a well-balanced sake.
It tastes like a strong "abe," which is my favorite strain of sake! I was very impressed! I am planning to buy another bottle next year and let it mature a little more.
