The 6th Japanese Sake Festival @ Osaka Bay Tower ⑫
Eigashima Sake Brewery / "Spirit of Japan" Hyogo Prefecture
At the HYOGO SAKE EXPO 2023, we were allowed to enjoy "Kamitaka", and this time we tasted "Nihon Kotama", a metamorphic sake that was the main attraction of the festival.
We were told to start with the first one, so we took it in order.
Nihon Soul Junmai Mizumoto-shikkuri.
It is easy to drink with a firm but calm acidity.
Bouken-san and I kept saying how delicious it was. We heard that many people come back to this place after drinking all of them 😁The warmed sake also has a great acidity.
Nihon Soul Junmai Namaizukashi Special II.
It has a strong sweet acidity and tastes good, but I think it's a bit too much 😅.
In the end, bouken seemed to like this one the best and I'm still convinced he's a pervert🤣.
Japanese Soul AGED BY THE SEASIDE Oak Barrel Aged
Akashi Whiskey from the outside. This is a sake made by aging Nippon Soul for a year and a half. The aroma is like Shaoxing sake. It's a little bit gruesome when you drink it😅It's supposed to be good warmed up, but I didn't go to the warming booth and haven't tasted it yet.
It is amazing that they can make such a variety of sake with the same rice polishing ratio of 70%, yeast No. 6, and alcohol content of 17%.
The 6th Japanese Sake Festival @ Osaka Bay Tower ⑫
Kamitaka followed Kobe Hankyu and Tenshiba's Sake Monogatari. This time, I did not drink Kamitaka, but was allowed to drink Nihon Soul.
I drank
Nihon Soul Junmai Namaishi Mizuhashirokomi
It is not so peculiar and easy to drink. I think it is a perverted sake though 🤣.
Nihon Soul AGED BY THE SEASIDE Aged in oak barrels
This sake is made from mizu-hashiroshi sake and aged in oak barrels for about a year. It has a very dark color and a strong sense of maturity even though it has only been aged for about a year.
I would like to try it on the rocks or with soda.
Nihon Soul Junmai Namae Namae Mizuhashi Special II
Personally, I like this one the best! It is sweet and sour and delicious.
Nemuchi-san said it was too much 🤣.
Hello bouken!
I guess the two of you who dare to drink a strong and peculiar drink are still perverted drinkers lol.
I think the person who drinks this on a regular basis must be very peculiar lol
Hi Yoohee!
I'm sure you'll love it if you're a Omune freak 🤣you can also buy it at Omune 😁.
The Japanese soul fan who was at the booth of Kobe Hankyu was very peculiar 🤣.
bouken. Good evening 😀
I'm struggling too😅.
I know there are 10 breweries participating, but none of them are from Niigata, my favorite sake brewery😅.
I would definitely participate if there was an Abe-chan or a Takachiyo-kun 😅.
bouken, good evening 🌛I'm just about the right kind of pervert for the Mizuhashi Special, but since you said that the Mizuhashi Special II was the best, I knew that bouken was still quite a pervert 🤣.
Good evening, Nemuchi 😃
I like sweet and sour, so I quite like Mizusake Special II, but I can't understand why I'm quite a pervert 🤣.
All Kansai people who say "Ranzake Umaa" are quite perverted 🤣.
Japanese Sake Fest @ Osaka Bay Tower (・ω・`)
The effect of oak barrels, or something quite close to whiskey, but the mellowness and acidity of sake is also alive!
I know it's just my imagination, but I feel it's similar to the whiskey akashi.
Of course, if I didn't know any better, I wouldn't have thought so.
I also had a bottle of Junmai Namae in the heated sake corner, but my memory is a little fuzzy on whether or not my brain was getting the alcohol when I got here!
I do remember that it was meant to be heated, but that's about it.
1764 2023/10
Spirit of Japan Karakuchi Seven
Junmai Unfiltered Nama Sake
Hyogo rice 65
+7 Association No.7 17° 23/10 A+
Eigashima Shuzo, Akashi City, Hyogo
1800 2970
The brewery is said to be the brewery of Kamitaka and Akashi whiskey.
The main brewery is said to be a mizu-hashiroshi brewery, but since we also purchased a mizu-hashiroshi aged sake, we went with this fast brewer for the raw sake.
The taste is quite rich and delicious with a raw flavor.
When I tried it lukewarm, it became a little softer, but I slowly enjoyed its rich flavor while it was still cold.
Yesterday I drank a lot of strange drinks at my favorite bar with a maniacal owner.
First up was a Japanese Soul 🍶 with an acidity of 6.8, made with white malted rice.
A golden liquid is poured into the glass... 🥃.
The top aroma is sweet with a hint of acidity.
When you put it in your mouth, the sweet and sour taste is followed by the umami of rice, but it is sour until the end.
The overtone aroma is like a mixture of koji rice and white wine.
Thank you for the sake 🍶.
Yamato Damashii Unfiltered Karakuchi Seven
You can feel the taste change if you leave it for a day after opening the bottle; the second day is recommended.
Hmmm, not my favorite because of the acidity😅.
Rice polishing ratio 70%.
I feel like I went to bury Hyogo Prefecture 🤣.
The countdown to national domination will begin soon!
. 3.
Impression of the drink
Very sour.
Memo
Information
Nihon-Soul Junmai Mizumoto Special ii
Nihonbare
Rice polishing ratio 70
Degree of alcohol 17
Sake degree -8
Acidity 6.8
Temperature
Refrigerated
Taste
Sweetness 1
Sourness 5
Umami 1
Bitter1
Pungency1.5
Stimulus1
Booths of "Nippon Spirit" and "Kamitaka" from Eigasaki Sake Brewery, Hyogo Prefecture.
I didn't know this company even though I live in the Kansai area, so I had to learn about it before I arrived.
At first, I appealed to them to give me "Akashi" 🤣.
This is the brewery that left the biggest impact and impression on me this time.
If you want to drink beautiful and delicious sake, please line up at Saku! This is the kind of sake that perverts drink! If it's the kind of sake that perverts who have had their fill of sake and have come full circle, we have it!"
And this is the first line 😁.
Kamitaka Junmai-shu Mizumoto-brewed 🔴.
Nihon Soul Junmai-Sake Mizumoto-Shikkomi
Nihon Soul Junmai Namaisake Mizumoto Special II
Sake AGED BY THE SEASIDE" 🔴 "Sake AGED BY THE SEASIDE
First time drinkers will be served this and "Kamitaka", followed by the perverted sake 😁.
The "Nihon-Soul Junmai-Namaizu-Mizumoto-Shigiri" is strangely tasty even though it is called a perverted sake.
The "Nihon-Soul Junmai-Namaisei Mizumoto Special II" had an acidity of 6.8, which was too acidic... I said "a bit too much" 🤣.
Sake AGED BY THE SEASIDE" is a junmai sake aged and stored in a whiskey "Akashi" bottle. I don't remember how long it has been aged, but even the color is amber.
Nemuchi, good evening 😃.
I'm a pervert and I'd like to drink Mizu-Hashimoto Special II 🤣.
I drank Kamitaka mizu-hashiroshi before and I couldn't drink all of it because of the strong matured aroma. I bought it at a supermarket so it might be a management problem...
bouken, good evening 🌛If you are a pervert, you should drink it 🤣The Kamitaka didn't feel aged-like, the fermented sourness was impressive and not unpleasant 😋The Junmai Namae was addictive and delicious 🤣I am also a pervert
Good morning Nemuchi 😃
I haven't come full circle yet so I think it's a little too early to drink 😅I'm curious about the perverted drinks 😆Nemuchi and bouken you were perverted after all 🤣.
Hi Rafa papa 😊It's a peculiar feeling, you might be surprised 😁This booth was the most exciting for me, I won't deny that I'm perverted, but I think bouken's perversion level is higher 🤣🤣.
5th cup
Another challenge with the same water yeast 💪.
It's called "Nihon Soul", which means "Japanese Soul" in Japanese.
The label is a huge cherry blossom 🌸!
It's a bit of a wild ride 🤣.
70% polished Hyogo rice, 13% alcohol by volume.
Sake degree is -56‼️.
It's a good thing they call themselves "Nandoro" 🥹.
It's lower alcohol than the previous one, and it's also raw sake, but it has the same matured aroma (well, it's still raw sake 😅).
The sweetness is like honey or caramel.
It's like an after-dinner drink!
I learned a lot!
ymdaz, here we go 😊.
It's nice to drink outside as if you are tasting sake you don't know 😊This place is also nice with Shinmasa's New Year Junmai Hatsushibori ✨Are you still abstaining from sake? Good luck with your abstinence!
Yu🎶, this was another charming store 😉.
The selection is 💮, but the atmosphere was wonderful as sake lovers gather and naturally start conversations with other customers 🥹.
