Autumn Dyed with Niigata Sake (7)
This autumn, we are holding a campaign on our own initiative to dye ourselves in Niigata sake.
Since the weather has finally turned late autumn-like, this is the final installment.
(7) Tsuru no Tomo Bessen
This is the last one!
This is the sake I got in Niigata.
Actually, on the day I got it, I had an appointment to have a drink with Aladdin, who also gave me a bottle of Tsuru no Tomo as a gift (and we even bought it together at Niigata-no-Kome!).
And it was the same one I bought at Niigata Kokome! We started our drinking session with two bottles of Tsuru no Tomo and a big smile on our faces. (For more details, please see Aladdin-san)
I'm amazed at your insight, Aladdin-san 🙇.
I think I'll bring one of them to the next offline meeting. 🤣
First at room temperature.
Almost transparent color.
Sweet banana, melon, and rice cake aroma with a green bamboo feeling.
The taste is light sweetness to creamy rice with a rich umami that rides well on the tongue. It has a moderate bitterness and spiciness, and finishes with a lingering creamy umami.
We prefer to warm it up to lukewarm. I like the plumpness of the rice.
It is also good at room temperature,
It is a regular sake that can be drunk endlessly anyway.
And during the fair, I thought of all the things to go with Niigata sake, but I had to go with kaki-no-tane.
It's a Niigata specialty that can be found anywhere in the country 😊.
A rare and rare sake from Tsuru no Tomo ✨.
You might be able to find it at Yashichi in Uchino Shikaku, Nishi-ku, Niigata, but this time I found it at Niigata Antenna Shop in Ginza and bought it right away 🤣.
The taste is very elegant, mellow and soft on the palate 😊.
The last part of the taste has a sharpness that is typical of Niigata. It has more mellow sweetness than the Bessen and has a Junmai Daiginjo feel to it.
It's a very typical Niigata sake, and it's really good because it's a local sake 😋.
Is this the first sake whose name you have heard in your life? If you were to ask me, I would immediately answer: Tsuru no Tomo🍶 from the Higi Sake Brewery.
I have very good memories of the delicious aroma of rice cooked in the morning at the sake brewery that was on my way to elementary school 😊.
I was also a part of the social studies field trip in elementary school ✨That's all I have to say about the Tsuru no Tomo that was always kept at my parents' house, so much for memories lol.
As for the taste, it's a refreshing, watery sake that's really easy to drink at first sip 🍶 It's a typical Niigata sake with a strong sense of rice! If you like a more sharp and dry sake, I recommend Tokusen, and if you like a mellow, umami sake, I recommend Kamigoto Morohaku ✨I will review it later!
