The direct sales shop at Shotoku's sake brewery is only open on weekdays, so despite being in the neighborhood, I had not been able to go there.
I finally went there and bought a bottle of hiyaoroshi (freshly brewed sake), which had just come on sale.
The flavor spread rapidly as I rolled it around in my mouth, and it was a lot of fun.
It is delicious.
Kyoto every day
Today, I met again with the branch manager of a distributor who was a great help to me when I was working as a manager in Kyoto 16 years ago.
The power of SNS is amazing!
I made a reservation for a restaurant I wanted to visit and let him know.
To my surprise, the owner of the restaurant and the branch manager's son are best friends from the same high school club!
What a coincidence!
This restaurant serves duck dishes and sake from all 45 of Kyoto's sake breweries!
Tonight, the sake selection is left to the owner!
To start things off, he brought some kind of silver tank!
Hiyoroshi, which just arrived last Friday!
He poured it into our glasses with a swoosh!
At first it was cloudy, but after a while it turned into clear sake!
Fresh sake, so good!
It's a little spicy, but we enjoy it with the appetizers!
We reminisce about the good old days!
extensive knowledge
The new sake, which was young and rough when it was pressed, underwent a fire-quenching process just once and is now ready to drink after a period of maturation. After one summer in the bottle, the flavor components in the sake are brought out, resulting in a harmonious and mellow taste. This Junmai Ginjo Hi-ire Genshu has a slightly dry, full, and elegant flavor.
Alcohol content: 17%.
Rice polishing ratio: 60
Second bottle of Japanease sake subscription at my parents' house.
The sake rice is "Celebration" which I have never heard of.
This one also has a clean, daiginjo-style mouthfeel, but the aftertaste is gentle and clean. It also has a gentle aroma of rice!
I prefer this one. I like this one better. It seems to go well with everything, even as a food sake.
Thanks to my parents for the food this month 🙏😆.
Good morning, Tsutsumitate-san!
Two bottles of Junmai Daiginjo! That's amazing ✨and from your family home😊😊I'm so jealous!
Celebration is a sake rice produced in Kyoto and is often used for sake in Kyoto 😁, although it is a bit expensive
Japanease Sake Subscription Service at my parents' house
October is a set of two sake from Kyoto, Shotoku.
The first is Yamada-Nishiki.
It has a beautiful daiginjo-style mouthfeel, followed by a kick of bitter acidity. This is a sashimi! I want some sashimi! But I'm eating yakiniku today🤣but meat is meat and sake is sake, so no problem👍.
Let's go next time!
I drink on the Shinkansen on my way home from Shin-Osaka.
Drinking on the train is also very special.
Although it is labeled "junmai ginjo," I don't detect any ginjo aroma.
It is more like a honjozo or something.
It is a slightly aromatic dry sake with an effective acidity.
