I found another great sake ♫
I want to say, "I found another great sake!
It is a fresh, fruity, and quite sweet sake. The subtle petitiveness just before the slight foaming sensation is very enticing to the palate.
And the alcohol content is 19%, so you get a big thump right after drinking it!
We're all going to have a good time getting drunk today! and opened a bottle of this one, and we all toasted with glasses full of it! Let's go drink it up!
I thought to myself, "If I could do this with ......... when I was in my late 20s or early 30s, it would be a happy party...".
I've heard that there are a lot of sake in Nagano (not just wine), and I think it has high potential.
The peaceful scenery of Kawakami-cho in Minamisaku-gun is one of my precious things.
I'd love to drink there again.
lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
Aroma of cooked rice. Light and dry. Slightly ginjo aroma. Mmmm.
Purchased at Maruto Otsuka, a liquor store in front of Nakagome Station. The first generation of the family served an apprenticeship at Kurosawa Shuzo, and the name of the brewery, Maruto, is said to have been given to them. It is a local specialty.
Picture 3 is Izutsucho's Iekei Ramen with Sake Lees. The aroma of the pork bone and sake is combined, and I think it tastes better than last year. This year, too, the event is a collaboration between a sake brewery and a ramen shop in Saku. This year, a confectionary shop also participated. I am going to Saku again every day.
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The waitress said, "This is delicious 😁".
Very deep sweetness😊.
Just swallowing it, you can smell the ginjo aroma 😚.
It has a clear sweetness, but also thickness.
The sweetness is well balanced and the ginjo aroma is wonderful👍.
It is the kind of sake that makes you want to drink it often 🍶🍶🍶🍶.
Opened December 1, 2024
Purchased at the brewery for love of tasting.
Clean and dry!
However, it is thick, as is the case with nama-shu!
The sweetness of the body as well as the bitterness at the end is indescribable ^ ^.
It's really fresh and delicious!
Because it is spicy, it goes well with food 🍳.
Kurosawa Sake Brewery in Nagano Prefecture. It is one of my favorite sake breweries.
It is said that the sake is matured in the Yonome Dam (not underwater).
[Aroma.
Ginjo aroma. Aroma: Apple and pineapple. Fruity aroma.
Taste
It is smooth on the palate and easy to drink fruity sake. It is easy to drink and fruity.
From the middle, the umami of rice and the spiciness of sake swell up in the mouth and nostrils.
In other words, it is "fruity and dry.
It is a very greedy taste.
I think it is in the plus range of sake.
Summary
It has a fruity aroma and taste.
But from the middle, you can also enjoy the umami of rice and the spiciness of sake.
You can enjoy the three-dimensional taste of this sake.
It is the season for hiyaoroshi.
◎I went nearby to stop by Kurosawa Shuzo, but they were closed on Sundays, so I bought a bottle of Kurosawa Shuzo "Izutsucho" Namahoshi Junmai㋣ at a nearby supermarket.
It comes in a slim 500 ml bottle, and the label, which looks like four ㋣s coming out of a gourd, has a fun atmosphere. It is said to be made from 100% Yamae-Nishiki from Nagano Prefecture.
It has a light, summery flavor, and at 12.5°, it has a bit of a rummy feel, perhaps due to the low alcohol content. It is delicious.
lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
Nigori, effervescent. Slightly sweet and firm taste. Weak acidity, bitterness on the tongue. I rather like it.
The label on the back of the bottle says it is supposed to be heated to O, but I warmed it up. It was cold. It is very easy to drink, but it is not impressive. Certainly O.
Purchased at a sake brewery. Limited edition at the brewery shop.
A magnificent house. The shop is spacious and sells not only sake, but other goods as well. There is also a cafe and event space. The museum is open to the public, and you can see the old tools, sake containers, signboards, and so on. The name of the shop is said to mean "chief (osa) of a well. I had never heard of it before.
Picture 4 is a back fatty pork bone ramen with Kurosawa Sake Kasu (sake lees). It tasted like a big fight between the aroma of sake and pork bone. The collaboration between a ramen shop and a sake brewery in Saku is now being held - 2/12.
I bought it at a drugstore in Nagano. It has a strong and mild taste, with a moderate aroma and acidity. It has a clean taste with no lingering aftertaste.
Today I left home early in the morning and climbed the outer rim of Mt. Asama, one of Japan's 100 most famous mountains, from Takamine Plateau on the border of Nagano and Gunma prefectures (Mt. Asama itself is off limits to visitors due to climbing regulations).
After descending the mountain, we took a hot spring bath at Nunobiki Onsen in Komoro City while viewing Mt. Asama, and then checked into a hotel in Saku-daira.
Well, as usual, the preamble is long, but for dinner in Sakuhira, we went to "Soba Dining Uenakaya" at the north exit of Sakuhira Station.
The restaurant was quite crowded due to the Bon holidays. Despite my Type O temperament, which does not like to wait in line, I did my best to wait 20 minutes to enter the restaurant, since I had come so far and did not know when I would be able to come back next.
First, I quenched my thirst with a draft beer, and then moved on to sake. I wanted to drink Asamatake in honor of the Mt. Asama trip, but they only had a bottle of No. 4, and it was too hard for me to drink alone.
Speaking of Izutsunaga, I was personally impressed by this sake when I first drank it at a buckwheat noodle shop in the town in front of the temple when I visited Zenkoji Temple in Nagano.
The appearance is slightly brownish.
The aroma is subdued, but when you take a sip, the mildly sweet, spicy, and well-balanced mellow flavor spreads in your mouth and is pleasantly pleasant.
It went well with duck nanban soba noodles and dashimaki tamago (rolled egg).
Hello, Kaikoma 😃.
After sweating 💦 by climbing up the mountain, we went to a hot spring ♨️ and had a beer 🍺 at a soba noodle restaurant and finished with sake 🍶.
A great way to spend the day early in the morning 🤗.
Today.
Kurosawa Shuzo and Daisetsukei Shuzo collaborated to produce
Junmai Ginjo Towa
This sake is a blend of two breweries' toji
produced by Kurosawa Shuzo.
The aroma is mild.
The taste is dry and light.
This is an interesting initiative! There have been examples of whiskey blends and collaborations like this, but this may be the first time I've seen this in sake.
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