Welcome 🤗Menchan!
I don't know what Mr. Menshuoh is doing in Tokyo (he says it's a business trip), but anyway, welcome to the Menchan Kai!
On the first day, we had a toast with MAJ, Ane-san, Nochi-san and 5 others 🍻.
I'm sure there are better shellfish in Hokkaido, but we were attracted by the all-you-can-drink sake offer, so we went to Kaaimi.
The best sake we had was Akirika Nigori (cloudy) 😋 We drank more and more of it. It was cloudy but not too sweet and refreshing ✨.
It was a very short 2 hours.
See you Wednesday 👋
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Akishika Junmai Sake Aragoshi Nama Shu
Akebono 70%
+7 2.0 1.7 601
16% 24/12 A+
Nose-machi, Osaka Akishika Shuzo
720 1375
The first Akishika in a while was a nigori.
When I turned on the perforated cap, there was no fizz at all.
But since we are here, we had a clear sake for the first drink.
There is no effervescence, but the acidity is pleasantly refreshing and dry, but the taste is firm.
When I mixed it with thick lees, it became a little more robust, but it was not sweet, so the cup went on drinking.
It might have been different if it had a fizzy taste, but I think I preferred the clear sake this time.
Akishika Junmai Unfiltered Nama-hai Yamahai
Rice polishing ratio 70%. This sake is golden in color and you can feel the rice itself. It was the first sake from a brewery in Osaka.
It does not have much aroma, but the flavor spreads when you take a sip. The aftertaste also leaves an amino feeling rather than a sake feeling. It is nigori, but seems to go well with meals.
I usually don't choose sake myself, but my companion wanted to drink it, so I chose it. My companion wanted to drink it, so we chose it.
It was a solid nigori.
It is dry, sharp, and shwashy. It is very easy to drink with acidity and light sweetness.
Let's try it again without being disgusted.
A bottle of Sumino Sake Shop's July hanpukai 🍾.
Pesticide-free cyclical agriculture self-grown rice field omachi🌾 No.7 yeast🫧.
I haven't had Akizuka in a few years since I drank it before Sake no Wayaaru🦌.
It has a magic feeling and a gusto of sweetness like Wasanbon, and pulls away with a bit of bitterness.
It tastes better at room temperature when the temperature rises.
It's a pretty peculiar sake, and I thought it doesn't need to be refrigerated if it's of this quality 💧.
720 mL ¥ 2,100
Good evening, Mr. Yoohee 😊.
I've bought some room temperature aged sake from a brewery a long time ago, but it was definitely not the right quality for cold sake💦.
I think Akizuka can be stored at room temperature 🤔.
Good morning, bouken. ☀︎
I'm not sure if it's a good idea to buy it myself and leave it at room temperature for a summer, but I'm not sure I have the courage to do it.
I'm curious to see what would happen if I buy it myself and leave it at room temperature for a summer, but I don't have the courage to do it 💧.
I love it too much. Fall Deer, Part 3.
Oh no, it's still amazing. It's the extreme land of dry, sour, rich sake. Somehow, you can also taste the flavor of blue fruits. With grilled sardines in one hand and a bottle in the other, this is what I call "evening drinking," and there's nothing better than evening drinking.
Last week, I went to Tokyo for the first time in a long time. It was tiring because there were so many people. Fuji on the Shinkansen was beautiful.