Nigori-ish koji-like aroma.
When you drink it, it is juicy with lychee and grapefruit-like flavor.
Fruity acidity.
The umami spreads.
It slowly tightens up with bitterness and lands on the palate.
Impressive.
4/5 stars for my favorite.
Hanaboe 4-dan light nigori (unpasteurized) sake
Sake brewing that liberates acidity.
Miyoshino Brewery brews such a sake, Hanaboe
I really like the pleasantness of this acidity.
Usually sake is made in a three-stage brewing process.
This is a four-stage brewing process.
The sweetness comes out more strongly.
It has a mild aroma, sweetness and acidity, and a wide range of umami from the sweetness of the four-stage brewing process.
It has a richness that reminds one of brown sugar.
The taste may be far from "sake-like", but it is a sake with different vectors of goodness that are well matched.
It has sweetness and acidity.
But you will never get bored of it!
Hanaboe 4-step brewing
It's a good sake.
This sake was served with a recommendation of sweet sake.
While sweet, it has a strong and refreshing taste with a good sharpness. One sip and you will want to drink another.
Sweet and acidic, with a slightly strong sweetness.
Slightly tangy acidity lingers in the second half, and a slight bitterness lingers in the long aftertaste.