Today is the first nice day in a long time: ☀️
My daughter is out of town for an Easter event, so the hubby and I are quietly enjoying a garden barbecue 🍖 (even though we have a drinking party at work in the evening💦).
I opened a bottle of Aki Tiger Foam, "Soto", with the intention of drinking it lightly. It seems to be made with Kankanmaru, a yeast originally developed by Kochi Prefecture.
Well, take a sip. The first sip is a strong, shwashy, bitter taste that hits you hard. But as you slowly down it, the sourness and sweetness come in a flurry, leaving a refreshing aftertaste. It's quite a good balance, as you would expect 😊.
I started with a skewer of firefly squid I saw on Instagram. The bitterness of this Aki Tiger goes great with the depth of the firefly squid's wata 😋💕It matched the salty meat and made me happy for lunch on a nice day ☺️🩷
Hi Wakata-san. I thought it was beer, but it's sake 😳I'm also curious about the yeast called kankanmaru 😍A wonderful spring day lunch with seared firefly squid: ☀️
Hi Hirupeko, good evening 😃Yes, it looked like a gut beer, but it was a delicious nigori fizzy one😍.
I looked up Kan Kan Maru and found that it has a balance of sourness and sweetness. Sounds like a delicious description 😆👍.
ma-ki-, good evening 😃This bottle looks like something you would find in a craft beer 😁Drinking alcohol in the daytime is somehow delicious, and I think it's doubled when you drink outside 😅We tend to drink outside when we want to drink in the daytime.
Hi Wakata 😃.
I'm so glad you had a great day off 😙 absorbing the sunshine and sake element during the day 😁 in preparation for the evening drinks 🥰I'm going to learn from you!
Hi Jay & Nobby 😃It was a great day, idyllic spring sunshine and drinks 😆💕Drinking at night, we had Jigikin and Jyushidai, but I couldn't touch them because we had all-you-can-drink, and the beer tasted like tears 😭.
Hi Waka 🐦.
The fuzzy tiger is a nice touch 😊 and the shwash is great for drinking on a sunny lunch day 😆👍I love firefly squid but I've never had a seared one 😳 Looks delicious 😻
Good evening, Ponchan 😃This tiger has a lot of flavor 😁Seared firefly squid with mayonnaise and shichimi goes very well with mayonnaise and shichimi. ‼️ Please give it a try. ‼️
Next up is another Aki Tiger✨
It's been a long time since CEL24 in Aki Tiger 😊.
The aroma is like a flower, not too sweet... delicious 😁.
In case you are wondering, it was brewed under the leadership of Aki Tiger's daughter: ☝️
Kano, congratulations on your 600 check-ins & thanks for posting the event 🎉!
You are still very strong 😆 You took notes, didn't you? I'm impressed because I always give up halfway through my notes and posts ✨.
Thank you, Ponchan ✨I was quite busy drinking, taking brief notes, and taking pictures 😅I would have just taken pictures if the variety wasn't so small ✨I almost got tired of posting the stones 😂.
Masaaki Sapporo, good morning and thank you😊There are a surprising number of sake brewed with CEL24 yeast, but the sweet and fruity taste is the same for each company, each brewery has its own character: ☝️
Good morning, Kano!
Congratulations on your belated 600 check-in 🎉.
Kano-san looks delicious while you are abstaining from drinking until the 22nd 😋.
I always enjoy seeing your posts where you drink a lot 😊.
Next up, another Aki Tiger ✨.
It's a sparkling sake, but it's slightly carbonated and has a gentle sweetness that makes it easy to drink 😁.
It's a delicious sake 😊.