I went to the Ikoma Sake Shop on my way home from work and was able to drink some of the sake they served at the Sunday tasting!
I couldn't make it on Sunday, so I was very grateful 🙏.
Sake from the Japan Famous Sake Club's hanpukai!
Sake from the Japan Meimon Sake Club's hanpukai.
Muscat and grape like atmosphere.
The guy at the store said it tastes unlike Kamoizumi, but maybe all Kamoizumi I've had tastes like Kamoizumi 🤔.
Obtained at the Hankyu Brewery Festival
It is said to be a limited edition sake from a limited number of breweries (the label is limited to the brewery)
Kamoizumi is known for its dry taste, but this sake has a slight acidity, a slight sweetness, and a smooth sensation as it goes down your throat, with a sense of rice swelling and alcohol.
It is a dry type of sake, so it is good as a food sake, but it would be better with light food 😊.
Saijo sake festival I want to go to someday😄
A bottle from the Japan Meimon Sake Club hanpukai
14 degrees Celsius at room temperature. The nose is full of grape aroma, but it is crisp and refreshing.
The mouthfeel is a little thick but has a nice crispness.
Try drinking it warmed up to 45 degrees Celsius
The aroma changes to a milky aroma.
It has a moderate acidity and a good sharpness.
Kamoizumi is not filtered with activated charcoal, so it has a slightly golden color, which is also good.
A friend brought this back from Hiroshima. Aged for two years in shuzo under low temperature environment. It has successfully retained the fruity ginjo smell while the ageing has definiely smoothen the texture a bit, and giving the sake more ingridient smell and taste. Slight umami with lactic acid feel - smooth and easy to match.