Hyakuban is made by Iwate Prefecture's Ichinoseki City's Iwanoi Sake Brewery. This is the first time I have had Hyakuban, and it is a notable sake brewery that has won a feeler at this year's New Japanese Sake Competition. I found out that it is a very small sake brewery.
The aroma is fruity, sweet, and fresh. When you drink it, you can feel the unique sweetness of Ginga on your tongue. The sweet aroma lingers in the nose for a long time. It is a sweet sake that goes well with food, but it is also a delicious sake on its own.
Ingredients: Ginga from Iwate Prefecture
Alcohol content: 16%.
Rice polishing ratio: 50%.
Yeast: Yuko no Soukoui
Price: 3190 yen/1800ml
This is not "hyakuiwa" but "hyakuban".
The top aroma is a modest sweet aroma.
When you take a sip, the sweetness, flavor, and richness of the rice, like amazake, spreads in your mouth.
It has a similar mouthfeel to the Kawanakajima Genmai special pure Yamadanishiki that I drank before.
It was delicious 🍶.
Good morning, Matsuchiyo-san😄
I also like Iwanoi Hyakuban.
Sake in Iwate is rather unique and it is hard to find "this is the standard Junmai", but I think this is it 😁.
Good evening, Kab!
I think the rice flavor and the richness of the rice are well expressed in the Shihuuki and Drunken Emon 🤔.
Well, I haven't drank enough Iwate sake to be able to say that 😅I'll have to try a lot of them.
I bought this Iwate sake at the nearby Takahashi Sake Shop when I visited a friend in Ichinoseki City, Iwate Prefecture.
It has a gentle fruity aroma. The taste is also gentle and fruity, with a strong umami flavor and a light acidity and bitterness, making it crisp and light. The low alcohol content makes it easy to drink.
Sake rice→100% Ginginga produced in Iwate Prefecture
Polishing ratio→50
Alcohol content→14%.
Yeast → Yuko no Soukoui
Toji→Tatsuya Sato
The third group of the Sake Rice and Yeast Association is Gintome and Yuko's Idea from Iwate Prefecture. Iwate is often named after the pure-heartedness of the Tohoku region or after Kenji Miyazawa, and the rice is Gintome, which is a Gin user. Yuko, the yeast, seems to be named after the developer, Ms. Yuko Yamashita of the Iwate Prefectural Industrial Technology Center.
It is a clear, dry sake. Sake from Iwate is interesting in many ways. To be continued.
Drinking place] Asamizu
Accompanied by sashimi.
The richness, sweetness, and faint tangy taste are pleasant, and it is very easy to drink because it does not linger unnecessarily. This is the type of sake that can be stocked as a staple in the refrigerator at home.
Rating: A
Made with 100% Ginotome from Iwate Prefecture.
Brewing year 2016 sake brewing year (2016-2017).
Roasted aroma and sweetness.
Strong alcohol taste.
Bitter and lingering aftertaste all the way through.
I personally prefer this to Ginga, which has the same specs but different rice.
I personally prefer this one.
Date of production: February 2023
