It was the Sunday of Silver Week.
Yoohee-san sent me a picture of a refrigerator at a liquor store.
I told him I was going there now, and he said he would wait for me until I came.
We arrived about 30-40 minutes later and met up with Yoohee-san.
This wine and coffee shop is located in Osaka's Tamawan Street. In front of the store, there were many luxury cars such as Maserati.
The brands they carry are
Naohiko Noguchi Institute, Tamagawa, Otters, W, Ki, Hanaboe, Goyuji, Yatsuka, Ehime Ichikai, Nihonshin, Banshu Ikken, Kuroemon XVI, Ko-Imari, Yukino Kayasha, Shinomine, Ishizuchi, Kazuhaku, Souzora, etc.
Sake seems to be relegated to the corner and not popular....
Some of them are out of date, so you need to check.
Behind the Sake corner, there is a high-end wine corner 😱.
Slightly effervescent, pineapple-like flavor, but not sweet and dry. It is not sweet-sweet, but dry, with a trace of spiciness in the second half of the bottle.
The higher the temperature, the less pungent it is and the more the rice flavor and sweetness increases.
I'm so mana-less 🤣.
Good morning, bouken-san!
I enjoyed the Fukushima-Noda Bouken course after that day 👟.
I see you drank it right away 💡.
The Junmai I bought was about 3 years old💦.
It wasn't twisted, but...
I drank it at home on April 15 this year.
This sake was one of three bottles sent to me as a return gift from a hometown tax payment.
I asked for a set of sake, which is very difficult to obtain in the Kansai region where I live.
This is my first experience of Furusato tax payment, but I am glad to be sent something that I cannot usually get.
I felt the taste was the clearest among the three types sent this time.
I think I will ask for Furusato tax payment again next year.
Ko-Imari Mae Junmai Ginjo
When I attended an off-line meeting in Fukuoka last year
I was recommended by Mr. Gura...
Ko-Imari
I bought it at Sumiyoshi Sake Brewery 😊.
It was very delicious... 😋.
I found the Koimari on Sake Kouzou's instagram
I found it on 👀
I went to buy it but... it was sold out😭
I wanted to bring Gura-san's recommended sake to the weekend party
I wanted to bring it to the weekend party 😅
The next day I went back home and went to a liquor store in Saitama...
Hanahayo...out of stock😭
Kangiku...out of stock😭
Eiko Fuji...out of stock😭
Nothing at all 😭
But...I found it 😆.
Ko-Imari Mae Junmai Ginjo ✌️
I couldn't buy it in Osaka but...
I couldn't get it in Osaka but... I could get it in Saitama at ............... 🤣
It's exactly the same Junmai Ginjyo as last time👍
I'm so excited to be able to get it for the first time in a while 🤩.
I opened the bottle immediately 🍾.
Very elegant and refined, just like Saga sake...
It's very elegant and refined, just like Saga sake... 😆.
Sweetness, roundness, acidity, lightness and sharpness... 😆 I can feel the umami of rice...
I can also taste the deliciousness of rice... 🤤.
Oh no 🙄⁉️ I drank it 😋...
What should I drink for offline meeting 🤔
Good morning Aladdin 😃.
Saga has a lot of good sake 😋Koimari is also a very good sake 👍Offline sake...I'll quit hinting because the esper secret agent will find out if I hint 🤣.
Good morning Rafa!
I remember Gula-san saying he got hooked on sake after drinking this ✨.
I couldn't make it to Sumiyoshi's main store last time I was there, so maybe I'll look for it next time I'm back in Kyushu 💡.
Hi Rafa 😃
I think it would be better to go to Nagata Shoten to see if they have any Ko-Imari in stock 🤔I'm sure they had some in stock 🙄I'll be looking forward to the off-line meeting because I'll have to guess the drinks on the day of the meeting 😊.
Hi Yoohee 😃
I went to the main store in Sumiyoshi before the offline meeting and bought only sundries without looking at most of the sake because I didn't have time 😅I bought the Ko-Imari at Sumiyoshi in Hakata station 😌 although there are less varieties in Hakata station 😁.
Hello Rafa 😊
You are indeed the god of sake, the prey you aim for will come to you... I can't believe you got the sake from Kyushu in Kanto, not Kansai 😵.
I'm still in the midst of a steady stream 😆.
Hi Masha 😃
I was surprised that I could buy it in Saitama the day after I couldn't buy it in Osaka 😳It's funny because I couldn't buy it where I expected and I could buy it where I didn't think about it at all 🤣.
Hello Rafa, ☀️
You are indeed a descending liquor god 🙏✨but the fact that you drank this one means you had a further descent 😊👍✨I'm looking forward to it 😆🎶.
Oh, I'll remember this drink too 🙏! I will remember this drink too 🙏.
Hello Ponchan 😃
It's not that kind of God ✨ that's the alcohol 😅 most of you will be like what is this alcohol 😳⁉️... 😅 if I talk any more bouken will find out...
Rafa papa, here's my email! Thank you very much for your purchase. It is well-balanced and delicious, isn't it? I hope you will continue to drink more Kyushu sake 🍶.
Good evening, Mr. Gura 😃.
It's been a while since I've had a good old Imari 😋It's not easy to find but I hope to drink it again 😌I like Kyushu sake and I drink a lot 😁.
Sake: Ogawa-san, meat: Shimizu Tokachi Waka Beef from Genki-san
■Rice: Omachi from Okayama Prefecture ■Polishing ratio: 65% ■Alcohol content: 15% There are two colors on the label and bottle cap: red and blue.
Imari flourished as a shipping port for Arita porcelain during the Edo period. Porcelain was called Imariyaki after the name of the shipping port, and was prized in Europe, where it was exported, under the names "IMARI" and "KOIMARI".
Ko-Imari Sake Brewery was founded in 1909, and the drapery shop that had been in business since the Edo period turned into a sake brewery at the end of the Meiji period (1868-1912).
The third generation named the brewery "Ko-Imari" and the fourth generation, Maeda, started the brand "Ko-Imari Mae/Koimari Saki" in order to move forward while respecting the history of the brewery and the region.
Rice polishing ratio 60
Alcohol content 15
Rice / Koji used Rice (domestic) / Koji (domestic), Brewing alcohol
Date of production: August 2023
Ko-Imari Brewery's wrestling-related brands
The name "Pareja" refers to the members of Los Ingobernables de Japón.
This bottle is named after Pareja, a member of Los Ingobernables de Japón.
The taste was notable for its curtness at the moment of putting it in the mouth