For the 8th bottle of the Sake Rice Study Group, I wanted to have one that the fierce participants had never had, so I offered this one, which I had purchased on a trip to Hikone, at a liquor store called Hayashiya. The entire bottle is pressed in a wooden tank bag, the rice is low-polished, and the rice is Hinohikari produced in Omi. It is full of stories. Hinohikari was developed by Miyazaki Prefecture 35 years ago to replace Koshihikari in the hot Kyushu region. It is a wonderful rice that anticipates the current heat wave. It is moving further and further north.
As for the sake, hmmm, this is totally different from Shinmasa, etc. Caramel type? Certainly sweet. Ripe fruit aroma. It was a unique world view.
splendid alfonsino (Beryx splendens)
Slightly habitual aroma. Something drooling in the mouth, whether it is a slight sweetness and sourness or umami. Finally, I felt a sensation like that of candy. It was delicious. It would probably taste good heated up.
I drank it at a soba restaurant in Otsu station, but the relationship between the name of the restaurant and the sake is unknown.
We are now traveling around Lake Biwa in safety and health. Day 2 Otsu via Kinomoto, Takashima, Konan, Koga, and Shigaraki. Quite tired.
We crossed the Lake Biwa Bridge, so we failed to complete the round-the-lake trip.
When I went to Okamura Honke at the beginning of the year to buy freshly squeezed sake, I also found nigori and bought it!
I was surprised at how sweet it was.
It was delicious!
But I think I prefer the dry one 🍶.
This year, I went to purchase sake on the 1st, and although I had a hard time deciding between Fujii Honke and Okamura Honke, I went to Okamura Honke!
I bought a new sake Shiboritate of my favorite Kinkame.
It is dark!
Yum!
I'll take it slowly.
The third and last cup.
Although it is low milled at 80%, this cup has a banana-like sweetness and finishes with an astringent aftertaste.
All three cups were delicious in their own way!
With my wife at the desk on the balcony.
The brand name is from a sake brewery near my parents' house.
I don't have a picture of it, but the accompaniment was funazushi, a specialty of Shiga Prefecture. The breeze was pleasant and we were in a drunken mood.
If it gets a little colder, we'll have it hot. ☺️
Comparison of different polished rice
You can only do this at the store. You can enjoy the difference between the explanation and the way your tongue feels.
I overwhelmingly like brown rice and 70!
