This is Okura's Arabashiri.
This is the first time I've had arabashiri.
I had it cold 🍶.
The first aroma is slightly sweet.
In the mouth it has a juicy sweetness with a hint of sourness.
It is well-balanced and delicious 😊.
I think Okura is something you drink with a sense of excitement because it is tasty but a little peculiar, thick or sour, so I was disappointed in a good way lol.
Ponsyu Hall, Kiyosumi Shirakawa
Okura Honke (Sake Brewery in Nara)
We enjoyed the introduction of the brewery and explanation of sake with humor!
Okura Yamahai special junmai, directly pumped, four-stage brewing, unfiltered, raw, strong acidity (6 acidity, 17%)
Appetizer
Comparison of three non-standard dry sake (3)
The more I drink, the more I feel like I'm losing track of what I know about Sake. The more I drink, the more I feel like I don't understand sake anymore 😅...
The familiar JPEG degradation style label(?) The familiar JPEG degradation style label (?) of Okura.
Somehow, it smells like natto, paint, whiskey, and familiar smells.
When you drink it, the texture becomes thick and smooth.
It has a matured feeling, but the aroma is relatively soft and gentle.
It is like a black vinegar drink for beauty.
Taste level 3.5/5
This time, we had a rare Arabashiri made with yeast #77 from Okura, Nara Sake 🙏.
Like the label says, it is a yeast that produces malic acid 🍎.
I'm not sure if it's apple or not, but the fruitiness is very apparent 🍇🍇🍌🍎🍎.
It's refreshing, but also tasty and full-bodied like an Okura 😋😋.
Challenges like this are important ✨
I missed it! But then I saw a store that had it in late so I ran out to buy it 😁.
My mom and her friend opened the bottle in the daytime and drank it before I did😅.
They seemed to have an image that Okura = delicious sake, and they had a couple of refills 🤣.
The yellow label, which is not in the usual lineup, has an impact.
As rumored, it has an apricot-like taste with lactic acidity and a complex flavor typical of mizu-hashiro (water yeast). The sweet and sour taste is accented with a little bitterness.
I definitely prefer this to the malic acid that I had the other day.
It tastes better when it has been refrigerated for a while than when it is chilled to a crisp.