Fully fermented sake made with Dewa Sanzu
13% alcohol by volume for summer
Grain aroma
When you put it in your mouth, the umami flavor spreads, but you don't feel any unpleasant taste.
You can also taste chocolate and coffee.
It's hard to believe that the original sake, which is over 21 degrees Celsius, was watered down to 13 degrees Celsius.
You can really feel the buffering power of what Mr. Ishikawa says.
It's also great warmed up!
It gently sinks into your stomach after a long day of drinking and air-conditioning!
Let's get through the summer with heated sake!
Tsuki no I Shuzo is a sake brewery in Oarai, a port town overlooking the Pacific Ocean. The fantastic label with the "Torii of Kamiiso" at the Oarai Isomae Shrine near the brewery and the moon floating above the waves is eye-catching.
The bitterness is a little noticeable when drunk cold, but even though it is a junmai ginjo, this sake seems to be at its best when heated. The bitterness rounds out and the umami of the rice is enhanced, giving it a gentle taste. It reminds one of a quiet moonlit night.
The third one is a star-shaped gaku hydrangea that was blooming in the neighborhood. It is said to be a variety called "Sumida no Hanabi.
⚫︎Raw material rice: Yamadanishiki
⚫︎Polishing ratio: 50
⚫︎ Alcohol content: 16
Oarai no Tsuki no I recommended by the father of my favorite liquor store.
It has an alcohol content of 20 degrees. It has none of the modern sake flavor.
It made me feel that when I started drinking sake about 40 years ago, there were still many sake like this.
By the way, the kataguchi is made by Kyohei Nakagawa and the sake cup is made by the late Shizenbo Nakagawa's father and son.
After the aged kijoshu.
I washed the glass well.
As for the aroma, it was about 1/20th of the aroma of the kijo-zake I just drank, lol.
I may have been pulled in...
By coincidence, I wrote down a sentence from a book I read during my lunch break that day.
The Tsuki no I sake brewery is close to the sea. Sake that goes well with seafood has developed."
I didn't expect to see you a few hours later!
It was a full-bodied sake with a delicious flavor.
I would like to try it with sashimi next time.
