Mitsuko
Slight aroma of rice. A sweetness that doesn't linger, and just the right balance of sourness. A slight bitterness at the moment it goes down the throat. A woody flavor is also present as it settles into the room temperature.
Sake rice: Hatan Nishiki
Polishing ratio: 60% (original form of rice polishing)
ALC: 16.5 degrees
Yeast: Hiroshima Momiji Yeast
I heard this story when I visited the brewery last year.
In the past, there were more than 300 toji (master brewers) in Akitsu, and each of them took more than a dozen brewers to various parts of Japan and overseas, including Hawaii, to make sake. During the non-production season, they were involved in local farming. After work, they drank local sake. Mr. Karasan, who has had a brewery in his hometown of Akitsu for generations, said to these "fierce sake drinkers", "What's wrong with you, Karasan? He says that he worked hard to brew sake so that the sake masters would not say, "What kind of sake are you making?
I was struck by his spirit.
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