I was invited to Aladdin's favorite chuin's Shinmachi branch ✨.
I visited the main store in Nara once before Corona, maybe 5 years ago. I visited the main store in Nara once before Corona, maybe 5 years ago, and I think the owner, Mr. Kawada, took care of me then as well.
I didn't take notes on the day of my visit, but I remember the taste of this particular sake. I really like the kind of sake that sticks in my memory even when I'm drunk.
I had it heated.
The aroma at the entrance was elegant, sweet and savory, reminiscent of golden sugar or caramel candy.
In the mouth, the rich, fragrant sweetness spreads softly, supported by a thick, strong acidity, while maintaining the caramel sweetness and slight bitterness felt at the entrance.
It is sweet, mellow, and mellow.
While the sake is so rich that the overall impression is penetrating, the overall sense of balance is wonderful, and the acidity accentuates the sweetness of the fragrant rice. I really like drinking these sakes warm ✨✨.
I had this as my last drink, and every time I drink heated sake like this, I wish I had just had this from the start 😆😆😆! Every time 😆😆.
Warmed, sweet, rich and mellow.
I loved it 🍶.
Good morning, Yasu-san 🌞.
I like the caramel type Yamahai 😊.
I've heard that Kikuhime, Kuroemon and Katanozakura also have caramel type in them, but which one is the most similar?
Good morning ☀️Matsuchiyou liked it too 😊😊.
I think Kikuhime's Yamahai Junmai is close to it. I always have a hard time understanding these aged types because there is a big difference between likes and dislikes 😆.
Thank you very much, Yasusan😄.
I'm a cold sake drinker with a child's tongue, so I don't drink room temperature shelf sake on a regular basis, but I learned a lot by drinking aged sake and heated sake this day 🍶.
Someday I'll be able to venture into the world of heated & aged sake 😅.
Hi, Yasu-san. I see that Kinko's is similar to Kikuhime, that must be delicious😊 Actually, I personally haven't had Okura yet, I'll have to make a trip to Gotohido someday 💨
Aladdin, thank you very much! No problem, I hope everyone can be happy with their favorite sake ✨✨, but I'm still a little hesitant about warming sake 😆 I've been known to boil sake in hot water, then quench it in ice water, then boil it in hot water, and so on. I'm going to go into the world of matured heated sake 😆😆😆.
Hirupeko-san, good evening 🌙I somehow found the warmed up Kinpitsu to be the best, and in the end I only remembered this taste clearly 😆I would love to go to Okura Honke ✨I would love to go to a place where you can drink only Okura 🍶.
Kintsuko Junmai-shu -The Shirabe of the Ancient Capital
The aroma seems to have a strong umami taste.
The taste is quite sweet and thick! It has a very sweet and rich taste!
The sharpness is quite good and quickly disappears from the palate!
Yeast found at Horyuji temple? I heard it's made with yeast found in Horyuji Temple! There are so many different kinds of yeast 😉.
When I dropped by the Okura Honke on my trip to Nara last month, the wife of the brewer told me about how they pressed the light nigori of Kinzumi in the first week of November due to fermentation going too fast because of the heat this year, but it was released just about a month later.
I wonder if they were letting it sit to let the flavor settle?
Well, when I opened the bottle, I heard the sound of gas.
You can hear the sound of gas.
When you drink only the supernatant, you can taste the sweet and sour taste that is typical of No. 7 yeast.
When the lees are mixed in, the moderate sweet and sourness is further suppressed, and it becomes a dry nigorigo with a spiciness that feels like a shwash shwash shwash shwash shwash shwash.
We paired it with a light nigori cake with sake lees that was given to us by the brewer's wife when we dropped by Okura Honke.
It was delicious✨
Drums of Victory (Donga Donga)
So, this is my first Kintsuko!
I'll have it with a glass of Hana-iroi Usuhari!
First, the top clear liquid... the aroma is quite cemedine-like!
The taste is... dry again!
It's quite refreshing, not too sweet, and the bitterness is refreshingly refreshing.
When mixed with a little bitterness, it becomes more rounded, but the refreshing feeling is still there.
It can be drunk while eating without spoiling the taste of other foods.
This is a wonderful encounter...