I drank it at a tasting in January. I was so distracted by the tasting at Hanshin Department Store that I completely missed Hankyu, but Kyuzo told me that Takarazan was coming 😁Thank you Kyuzo 🤗.
I know a lot of people make mistakes.
I think it's read as "Takarayama" instead of "Hozan" 🙄.
Be careful when you meet him in the future🤣.
I asked him if he had any fresh sake. I asked him if he had any nama-zake, and this is what he came up with.
Honjozo Nama-zake
19-20% alcohol by volume
The bottle has a special shape that makes storage a pain 🤣.
The price is 2000 yen even though it is a honjozo.
We tasted this sake despite all the negative elements.
What is it? It was very strong and it hit my throat.
I can't really taste it because of the high alcohol content 🤔It probably would have been too spicy!
I think it's better to drink it on the rocks😅.
I decided not to buy it for the above reasons but bought Junmai Ginjo made with Koshihikari rice.
Hello bouken, Tomino Hozan is a potato shochu I used to drink a lot when I was in college 😆 This one is read as Hozan, so it's easy to mistake it for something else 🥺.
2000 yen for the honjozo is a very aggressive price. ‼️ I guess it's in the bottle price 😂.
Hello, bouken-san!
It's not "Hozan", it's "Takarayama".
My grandfather also called the staff "Hozan".
I'm sorry 🍶 I tasted three different kinds.
It's delicious, but a little pricey?
I think so 🍶.
Good evening Mr. Manachie 😃
I know, because they are famous for shochu, so drinkers read it as hozan 😁I can't agree unless you think it's the cost of the bottle, but the other ones were also fairly expensive 😅.
Every time....
I bought this at Hankyu in the past.
I tasted it and I liked it, but I was influenced by the rarity of it.
I think it's expensive and inconvenient, so I wouldn't buy it now.
Shinjo, thank you every time 🙋.
The taste was definitely not bad 😅.
I have quite a bit of junmai nama sake left that was made in August last year in Niigata 😁 this one wasn't that expensive 💸.
This is made with the finest quality green tea from the brewery and pure sake from the brewery's own brewery. (Excerpt from the product page)
I bought this tea at an exhibition and drank it with milk as recommended.
The taste is both bitter and sweet, with a deep aroma and a refined sweetness.
Whenever I have business in Iwamuro, I always stop by Hozan Sake Brewery
On the cover of Takarazan's sake, there is a fantastic cap with a design that reads "People, Sake, Talking".
It's not easy to get one, so I asked the proprietress about it at the store, and she told me that for various reasons, they no longer make them.
As a sake cap collector, I was very disappointed...
She told us that she loves Niigata sake and collects sake caps from all over the prefecture, and for some reason we got into a conversation about the situation in Ukraine...
After a short chat with the proprietress, who loves to talk a lot, we decided to go back to the brewery, which was a shame, but we had to do it.
I bought a bottle of sake with the proprietress's label, which was only available at the brewery, and said I would come back again...I started the engine in the parking lot, and the proprietress brought a sample sake bottle for display and asked me if I would like to take the lid of that fantastic bottle, which was rarely seen in the store. She asked me if I wanted to take it. She cut the bottle and gave me the lid right then and there ‼️😭 is that ok! I'm so happy!
Nishigamaku sake brewery, complete!
A treasure trove! I'm going back! I'll be back! Characters
=== Ingredients: Rice (domestic), rice malt (domestic), rice wine (domestic)
Ingredients: rice (domestic), rice malt (domestic), brewing alcohol
Blend ratio: Normal sake (30%), Junmai sake (50%), Junmai ginjo (20%) Alcohol content: 15% 720ml 2,100 yen
Sake
Congratulations to Kinekomama for completing the sake lid in Xi'ura district ㊗️I didn't know there was such a thing as a rare sake lid 😂I hadn't really looked at the lid properly❗️
Manachie, thank you for your maniacal blessing! The proprietress also said that this is the first time she has been told I am interested in lids😅surprising!
I'm not using the original design in some places, so it's tough to get a full complement!
Kinekomama, congratulations on your Nishigamaku sake lid comp 😆㊗️You have lids from a super geeky area ‼️The proprietress is a nice lady❣️I know she works in the Iwamura area, right? I remember my friends in high school, they were all kind people 😊.
Thank you, Yukachin! The proprietress is the best ✨Iwamuro is a peaceful place with great hot springs and scenic views such as Mt. I guess it makes my personality calmer too!
The second souvenir of my husband from Niigata.
It is not a modern taste, but close to the nostalgic taste I was made to drink when I was a child in my parents' hometown in Akita, Japan.
It has a strong rice flavor and acidity, but it is refreshing, just like Niigata.
A souvenir of my husband's trip to Niigata.
We stayed at Iwamuro Onsen, so we stopped by the brewery and bought it.
It looks dark and cloudy, but the taste is dry and refreshing, so it is good as a food sake.
It's that time of year when you want to drink cloudy sake 😊.
