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Happy New Year ㊗️!
New Year's Day is a day of good luck,
We had a limited edition of Shoryu Hourai, a raw sake directly from the vat! It has a slightly fizzy, fruity, pear-like taste on the palate, with a delightful finish that will make your tongue squeal at the back of your mouth.
It is a very enjoyable sake from a farm that is very particular about its farm and fresh production method.
I bought this sake when I was in Kamakura and would buy it again.
Happy New Year, takan 🌅.
We also had our first drink a while ago 😋! We had our first drink a while ago too 😋It's a very auspicious name for the New Year 👍I'd like to try the Zanso one too🤗.
We look forward to working with you again this year: 🙇🏻
Mr. Jay & Nobby,
Thanks for your comments! I'm still keeping my Senkou Snowball too.
I would like to drink it again on a cold day. Thank you again for your support this year!
I've been wanting to try this for a while! I got it at Isetan Shinjuku after lunch at epicurean a while ago👍This is the first time to drink Shoryu Yomogina at home🤗.
I'll make love to you!
I'll make love to you! I'm not sure what to expect, but I'm sure I'm going to have to wait until I get to the next one to find out.
Thank goodness we have the same taste buds 😚.
If our tastes and preferences didn't match, we would have been in constant trouble and bottles of sake would have been flying around every day 😱.
By the way, there was a little incident with the codfish that sat on the table that day💦.
One day I came home to find a delivery slip for a crab delivery with the sender's name Jay... but I don't remember it at all 🙄.
I thought 🤔 this might be a fraud 🤔 and looked at the internet information, and it seems that there is indeed such a thing, and if you look closely, the phone number of the sender is also suspicious 😰.
I called the courier to return it because I was scared.
I was talking about how glad I was that I didn't get cheated, and then my sister Jay, who had called to confirm just in case, called to say "I sent it as a surprise"...eh~⁉️😱 Oh no 💦.
I called the courier in a dash and succeeded in retrieving the crabs: 😮💨
Beware of mistakes, folks 😉.
Hi Jay & Nobby 🐦.
That's a magnificent 🦀😻Surprise to receive it and surprise to find out it was from your sister, that was too much of a surprise 😆.
You two are adults who know what bitterness tastes like 👍we're just kids 😂.
Hi Jay & Nobby, ☀️
It's important to have similar tastes 😁.
Especially for drinkers, the bottle is the murder weapon 🙄🙄.
I'm jealous of your surprise crab 🦀 🥹 our surprise was radishes 🤣.
Hi Jay & Nobby 😀
We have the same taste in alcohol in our family, so we manage to make it work, but it would be a disaster if we had different tastes 🤣.
It's really a sad world when we can't enjoy surprises 😅.
Hi Jay & Nobby 😃.
I see you have a good story to tell. I remember a long time ago, I received a phone call from a fat guy who sent a courier to my office and told me that he would send the young man if I didn't transfer the money 💦.
Hi Jay & Nobby 😃Hello 😃The sake here is +12 dry 😅I'm impressed 👍I still can't afford it 💦It's important for a couple to have compatible tastes and interests 💕But then again 🦀! A pleasant surprise would be very welcome 🦀❣️
Hi Jay & Nobby 😊.
Ascending Dragon Hourai, you went 🎉.
And by the way, you are a good couple 🥳.
Indeed, the crabs we didn't ask for are a bit scary 😱.
The washing machine that was supposed to come today AM at our house still hasn't arrived, 😩.
Hi Jay & Nobby 😆
That's a very lucky brand name 🐲.
It's a little bit Chinese restaurant 🤭.
I'm sure you are the best representative of a loving couple 🏆.
Safe to say that Mr. 🦀 didn't escape 💦.
Good evening, Jay & Nobby. 😊
In this day and age, you are right to be skeptical.
I am very sad to hear that, but it made me think about it.
I am so sorry for your loss. I was saved by a 😞 nice surprise.
I was saved by a nice surprise 😞. I was saved by a nice surprise 😂Roast beef? I'm curious about the roast beef.
I'm curious😍.
Good evening, Jay & Nobby 😃.
I envy your same hobbies and taste preferences 🥺.
My wife and I share the same taste in travel, but not in food and drink 😵.
Well, the food she cooks for us is delicious 😙.
Jay & Nobby Good evening😄Shenglong Hourai! I had never had it before. I guess it's important to have the same taste buds! And the crab was really good! Surprises are also something to think about.
Mr. Jay & Mrs. Nobby
Good evening...
Crab, I'm glad you got it safely 😅.
Shoryu Hourai's Oyataka sake brewery has a lot of dry sake.
I haven't had it for a few years now, but I can buy it anytime I want so it's hard to get my hands on it😅.
Good morning, Jay & Nobby.
You are indeed Jay's sister ⤴️
And the crab looks delicious 🦀.
Looks like it would go great with dry sake 🎵.
Glad you enjoyed it without all the sake bottles flying around 😁✨✨.
Hi Jay & Nobby!
I didn't know there was another "Shoryu Horai" besides "Zanso Horai"💦.
The splendid king crab 🦀 looks delicious, but you have to think carefully about the surprise or you might get into trouble 🤔.
Hi Yasbay 😃.
It must be hard if you and your wife drink and have opposite tastes 🥲I would have simply been happy if the sender was my sister's name 😅I didn't know what it was 😰... 😰.
Hello, @Mizuhashi!
I'm sorry, but I want to post a story with an ending right away 😅Yeah, I heard that I was charged for opening the door 😰... 😰I'm afraid.
Hi HinaHanaMama 😃
I think you might like to try it out for a drink outside as it has a sweetness to it 😋I would welcome a gift 🎁 that has a clear sender 🤗.
Hi Takashi 😃
As you can imagine it was to our liking 😋Next time I would like to taste the leftover grass too 🤗Yes, you don't know who it is 😨Did the washing machine come 😁?
Hi, Hanapin 😃.
You're right... it's sad that doubt comes first 😢I'm glad the outcome was ok🤗.
That's as expected! I had the roast beef with sprouts on top 😋.
Hi T.KISO 😃
It's true that ‼️ crab🦀 is prominent this time of the year and I want to eat it 😋I wonder if I can eat it one more time 🤔If not, I'll have a little expensive crabcakes 😆.
Hi Maechen 😃
I'm glad to hear from my sister so quickly 😮💨 I made a re-delivery for the next day, but the delivery came late and I had to check many times, just by the voice on the phone, it's crab, right? I could remember that 😅.
Hi Kojo 😃
If you think after the crab 🦀 has been returned 😱 I shudder to think...here, we were the first to see it, but I guess the locals are easy to get 🤗.
Hi ma-ki-😃.
I was happy to hear your sister's sentiments 🥹 but I wish you had named me 😆 A good dry sake and crab 🦀 would make for a peaceful evening 😌.
Hi Jive 😃
We also learned about it from Takashi's post 🤗I'd love to try the leftover yomogina 😙It was really a magnificent crab 🦀 and very satisfying 😋Surprise alert 😅.
Jay & Nobby, good evening 🌇oh! Ascending Dragon Hourai🐲Last month of the Year of the Dragon, maybe your luck will rise ⤴️ with the dragon for next year!
Sake of the Day
Shoryu Horai Kimoto Junmai Omachi 70
Directly from the tank, unfiltered, raw and unpasteurized sake
100% Omachi from Okayama Prefecture (Mame Farm)
Rice polishing ratio: 70
Alcohol content: 17%.
The next brand name is Shoryu Horai.
This sake is from the same brewery as Zanso Horai.
I drank it with that image in mind, but it was totally different.
If anything, it was a little dry and robust.
If I had to pick a favorite, I would say I prefer Zanzo-Horai.
Let's see, how many cups have I had? 😅
The 4th picture is the highlight of Ginjo Tuna Restaurant, Shijimi Soup.
For some reason, it goes very well with sake.
The store's signature soup.
comparing sake tasting
Three of my friends and I went to this Shoryu Horai🍶 and it became a favorite of all of us.
I guess I like acidic sake made with a traditional sake yeast yeast yeast yeast yeast yeast yeast yeast yeast yeast yeast yeast yeast yeast!
Yamada-Nishiki 75% low milled rice!
I want to drink it freshly opened next time!
Hello, Rinako-san 🥹!
I've been wondering about this for a while! I got it when I was in Tokyo the day before yesterday and it happened to be the same as this one 🤗I'm looking forward to drinking it 😋!
I have been impressed by Shoryu Hourai's fresh Omachi before, and I have not had it since.
It is a hiyaoroshi-goshi, so I assume it is once-hiked, but it has a robust, crisp dryness that would be subtly convincing if it were twice-hiked.
What is interesting, however, is that it is very much a "sake yeast" style! It has a strong acidity and a little, but not too much, dairy-like flavor.
And when it is freshly opened, the astringency gives it a heavy body in a good sense. So it can be used like a wine, and it goes well with cheese! I paired it with camembert and it was great...!
It was also served at room temperature at the restaurant, which is understandable! You can taste the freshness of the sake at room temperature, rather than drinking it cold and sharp. And if you warm it up lightly, it is unbelievably delicious! It is a flavor bomb and you can drink it with meals all the time.
I drank it in bottle #4, but it is also suitable for drinking in a bottle for a long period of time, so I may do so from next year onward.
I bought it to compare with Zanso Horai.
Shoryu Horai
Fresh! A little sweetness
Soft sourness
A little bit of schwarziness 🫧 Freshness
Delicious 😋.
Very different from Zanso Hourai.
Indeed, the alcohol content, sake level, and rice polishing ratio are different!
And this Shoryu Hourai is unfiltered raw sake.
I thought we were going to compare the sake, but the choice of combination this time was too obviously different...?
Both of them were delicious 🤔.
Still, if I had to say which one I prefer, I would say I prefer the Shoryu Hourai 😘.
Good evening, Mr. Takashi 😃.
I would like to try a bottle of Zanso Hourai but I didn't know there are two kinds of Hourai and Shoryu Hourai 😅I'm learning a lot 🤗I want to drink both of them 😙.
Thank you Jay & Nobby 😊.
Depending on what you drink, I have a feeling Jay & Nobby won't dislike it (based on your post, lol). I would love to try the Zanso Hourai as well as the Shoryu Hourai! 😋
Shoryu Hourai hiyaoroshi. A robust and solid autumn sake. I don't really like the expression "dry," but it is a dry, delicious, well-balanced sake with a good balance. I think I prefer Shoryu to Zanzou as an autumn sake. I wonder if the season favors heated sake?
Plump and rounded graininess.
It has the taste of taro and chestnuts.
It has a traditional, rich and spicy flavor.
It has acidity and spiciness, so it doesn't drip down.
Straightforward and good sake.
I like it.
My favorite degree☆4/5
Rice polishing ratio 60%, alcohol content 15%.
I was a bit hesitant to drink a dry sake because I don't often drink a sake with a traditional sake yeast yeast yeast yeast yeast yeast.