I tasted it at the store and enjoyed it so much that I bought a non-filtered, non-nama sake for the first time in a long time. It tastes good even if you drink it at home. I think it is better to chill it rather tightly.
Booth of "Umenoyado", Nara Prefecture Umenoyado Sake Brewery.
How many times have you been to this event?
Unfeigned SAKE Cuvee
Unfolded SAKE Cuvee" 🔴 "Aragoshi Pineapple" 🔴 "Umenoyado Sake Cuvee
Aragoshi Pineapple
Personally, I feel that Umenoyado's Aragoshi-Series has been completed.
I drank "Irodori Junmai Red Label" at a previous brewer's festival, but it didn't really appeal to me, so I didn't have high expectations for it.
Both have a gorgeous aroma, fruity flavor, and a good balance of sweetness and umami.
The labels are stylish, but I can't read them in foreign languages 🤣.
I mean, it's a mix of English, Japanese and French 😳.
The "Aragoshi Pineapple" is still a solid pineapple👍!
I forgot to take a picture of the "Aragoshi Pineapple"💦.
Sweetness comes, but no aftertaste.
Alcoholic but tasteless.
This is from a line called Yamafuka, before the Un series, and was shipped 5 years ago.
A friend of mine found this bottle in the refrigerator case at Koami-Naka and bought it for fun, saying it was old sake.
It was just a hassle that had lost its taste and aroma.
720 mL
Junmai Ginjo Nama Sake Unfeigned Sake
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Seasonal version of Umenoyado Un series
Polishing ratio 60%, ALC 14%.
I was sent information about a newly arrived brand, so I had an after-party by myself on the way home from a social gathering. I entered the restaurant just before the last order and ordered sake and light snacks.
The aroma was subtle and sweet, and the taste was slightly mild.
It is a bit heavy if you drink it alone, but I think it is a very tasty sake as a food sake.
Chigasaki Chirori: 20230310
The aroma is of dashi broth, like kombu-shime.
In the mouth, it has a texture like a ripe melon, with a sweet aftertaste.
It is a very intense sake. The impression is similar to port wine.
Here is another one I forgot to post.
This is the brewer of "Aragoshi Umeshu," which I used to love and drink a lot back in the days when I could not drink sake like I do now.
This is the first time I've had a sake from this brewery that is not a fruit sake 😌.
I stumbled across it this time and got it👍.
The taste is very light and easy to drink 😆.
I like sweet sake, but I can also enjoy this sake 🍶.
Dry but never tasted before. Dry from the aroma.
As the brand name suggests, it is unadorned, refreshing, and sharp!
Refreshing and not disturbing even during a meal.
It's been a while since all my nieces and nephews gathered for a joint birthday party of mother, sister and nephews at a nice teppanyaki restaurant at my nephew's request 🍴.
We had a glass of Umenoyado Honjozo, the only sake from outside of the prefecture that was available at the meat-centered restaurant, with my father's favorite sake, Tobikiri Heated 🍶.
The sake was heated to a tobikiri (a special kind of warmed sake), which gave the sake a nice spread of umami, followed by an alcoholic feeling and then a soft finish.
Good with the beef stew and squid butter grilled as snacks 😁.
The image of the bottle is borrowed from the official website.
I thought I would have first conquered Nara's sake around Mimuro Sugi, Kaze no Mori, and Shinomine, but I was surprised to find an unexpected surprise!
I would like to pay a visit to Ookami shrine someday. ⛩️
The second and third pictures are of a Belgian beer called "Reefman" that I ordered before going for the hot sake, but it was more like a sparkling wine than a beer because it was low-alcohol, full of berries, and rock style 🥂.