After work, we went to our usual izakaya that stocks sake from the Higashinada brewery in Katsuura👍.
It is fizzy and refreshing.
I've had it many times and it's good 😋.
I am weak in direct pumping. Very weak. I am as weak as Lupin who was begged by Fujiko Mine.
So, when I find a bottle of Naokumi at a liquor store, I buy it without any restraint.
That is why I bought "Narumi" this time. For some reason, I read it as "Naruka. It's "Narumi," isn't it?
It smells like a lactic acid bacteria drink. When you put it in your mouth, it is sour!
The balance is completely skewed to the sour side. I thought the brewing process had failed, but after about three sips, I gradually got used to it (but that didn't mean I liked it).
Maybe they didn't have the confidence to compete with the normal taste, or maybe they had a policy or grandma's will not to dare to make it with the normal taste.
Naturally, I think it was the latter, but it seems to me that he simply "didn't want" to make it with an ordinary taste. This is reflected in the reading of the brand name, "Naraka.
Last week I didn't drink sake for 6 days from Monday to Saturday 😑I had a highball 🥃 for one day, but it was almost like a week of rest 😙.
And on the weekend, Nobby went to Chiba on Friday 🚗 while Jay was away in Utsunomiya, and we met again on Sunday night for a party 🤗.
The sake of choice was Narumi, which Jay bought in Chiba a while ago! It's the first time I've seen a dry junmai usun nigori (light nigori) 🤗.
I thought it would be easy to drink if it was a 14% Narumi, so let's have a party 🍶! The aroma is fresh and dry 😌.
The first sip is a bit sour 😆.
It's like adding lemon🍋 to grapefruit juice.
Next, when I mixed in the Ori, the taste changed quite a bit 😳At once the bitterness was added and a dry and refreshing feeling was added 👍This was delicious 😋 and it went down smoothly, but when I looked at the label, it looked like it was also good warmed up 🍶!
We started drinking it early and as expected, we finished it before we could get our hands on the second bottle 😚.
By the way, the other day, I suddenly thought of playing "Animal Crossing" for the first time in a very long time, which I was addicted to when I was in the Corona disaster 😊There were many Gs in the house😱I exterminated them well and enjoyed the reunion with the villagers after 3 years🥹It was a well-made island, even for me 😌.
Good evening J&N 🍶.
Greffles + lemon sounds pretty good 😆.
I didn't go through with it because I was prioritizing buying raw sake, but I'll give it a try next time I see it 😋.
Jay & Nobby, good evening ^_^.
Banquet from a proper rest day✨
I love the look of it, but the Greffle + Lemon Dry also looks delicious ☺️
It would go well with meat dishes👍.
Good evening, Jay & Nobby 🦉.
I don't drink a lot of greeful or lemon type drinks, but in this heat it looks delicious 😻😻Narumi hasn't had it yet, so I want to try it 🎶.
Mr. Jay & Mrs. Nobby
Good evening.
So it's a sake with extra acidity 😍.
Adult greeful ponzu is perfect for the hot summer! Looks especially good since it was so hot today💦.
Good evening, Jay & Nobby!
Rest week, I want to learn from you 🫠().
Atsumori! I've been playing Atsumori for about 1500 hours since it was released and I still open it once a month for G-measure 😌.
Good morning, Jay & Nobby 😃.
Grapefruit, lemon 🍋 and 14 degrees 🍶.
Sounds like a good drink to start around noon in the hot summer 😊.
I'd love to try it: ❣️
Good evening, Mia 😃.
It was an unintended week of rest😅but the result was fine😆We were also up until midnight at Corona Disaster😆Atsumori was all over 🤗It's been too long and I didn't know how to operate it 🥲.
Good evening, Jay and Nobby!
As a resident of Chiba Prefecture, I have been interested in Narumi for a long time, so I am very envious of this brand;
There used to be a distributor near my work, but for some reason it was closed for a while, so I'll have to find somewhere else...
The aroma is yogurt, and the taste is a distinctive sourness and some bitterness in the aftertaste.
The alcohol content is 13, so it is relatively light and recommended for drinking cold in the summer!
This is part of the Concept workers Collection series, and is a limited distribution item. I had no idea this was the case, but it just happened to catch my eye and I bought it.
I am satisfied with it. I will repeat it!
Rating 8.8/10
I wanted to explore Chiba sake, so I bought a bottle of Narumi, which I had been curious about for a while.
A while ago I drank the "white" sake, but this time I went for the "blue" one.
The first aroma is softly sweet with a hint of acidity.
In the mouth, it has juicy sweetness and umami with mild acidity.
Depending on how you drink it, you may feel a heavy acidity like fruit vinegar made with grain vinegar.
My favorite acids are lactic acid like plain yogurt and citrusy fresh acid, so this is a little different, but it was delicious 🍶✨.
It's no surprise, but Narumi has a lot of different kinds.
I'll have to talk to the store about it 🤔.
Good morning, Mr. Matsuchiyo 😃.
We also had a bottle of Narumi's dry Junmai on Sunday 🤗It was the first time in a long time that we felt a strong acidity in a bottle, but Narumi really has a lot to offer: ‼️
I don't know if it is because it is fresh packed, but it is delicious with lots of acidity! Just right for summer. It is refreshing and easy to drink.
It's like a great sake made by the sea! 🏖️
The first sip is strongly acidic.
The sweetness is moderate, and as the label claims, it tastes like a fruit sour.
It is low in alcohol and I think women will like it too. 😉 😉
This is a dry junmai light nigori fire-aged sake based on "Narumi no Kaze".
It has a refreshing aroma typical of light nigori with No. 7 yeast. It has a moderate sweetness, a light nigori thickness, and a nice finish.
Although it is a summer sake, it is also made to be heated (55°C or higher),
Please try it hot.
Store Drinking.
The rice is 100% Fusakogane.
I had never heard of it before, but when I looked it up it was Chiba Prefecture's rice🌾🧐.
The color is light and cloudy.
The smell is almost nonexistent.
Mouthfeel is slightly carbonated🫧.
Taste is sweetness spreading to a base of yuzu-like flavor.
Later, a bitter sourness emerges and tightens it up.
The acidity is also good.
The acidity is just right, giving it a fresh, light sake like a yuzu sour 🍶.
Hi Jay & Nobby, ☀️
This was my first time to Narumi, and it was a refreshing drink with the elegant acidity typical of No. 7 yeast, and the wonderful harmony with the even sweeter taste, without feeling any ALC.
Please add it to your list of sake to drink sometime 😆.
After work, my classmate invited me out.
Let's go for a drink for an hour.
This izakaya has a selection of sake from the Higashinada (Narumi) brewery in Katsuura, Chiba Prefecture.
I asked if they had their usual direct bottles, and they said they had some interesting ones.
Gas pressure that makes it hard to open the bottle.
It's more on the dry side, but creamy fresh, refreshing, and delicious👍.
First Narumi!
I bought a lot of sake, mainly sake I've never had in Tokyo✨.
So it's "Narumi"? If you're from Tokai, you read it as "Narumi" 😊.
The taste is just like the label on the back,
It's so grapefruity ✨!
After the petit gassy sensation,
After the petit gassiness, a crisp acidity and bitterness appear, making it easy to drink 😋.
I didn't notice much sweetness!
This is the first time I've had a Chiba sake other than Kangiku 🤣.
Good evening, Jay & Nobby!
I'm grateful to have come across so many brands that are new to me lately 😊.
Narumi is all about sourness ✨ I'd love to try the rest of your lineup 😋.
