Rice polishing ratio 70%.
Alcohol content 14%.
One of the four brands selected for the Ibaraki Prefecture "Sake Young Sake Breweries Revitalization Project" ✨.
This is the "Sugi" version of "Ibafore", which you can taste your favorite keg-style sake by adding "Sugi" or "Hinoki" sticks.
I bought a 300ml bottle of this one, so I decided to add a stick without tasting it, assuming that the sake would be the same as the "Hinoki". 1 day, the aroma was slightly woody with a strong sour impression, 3 days, the aroma was stronger and more refreshing, and on the 6th day, a slight astringency seemed to have been added. It tastes completely different from "Hinoki", maybe not only the stick but also the sake was different? It makes me think😅.
Rice polishing ratio 70%.
Alcohol content 14%.
One of the four brands selected for Ibaraki Prefecture's "Sake Young Sake Breweries Revitalization Project.
This is the "Hinoki" version of "Ibafore," a sake made with either "Sugi" (Japanese cedar) or "Hinoki" (Japanese cypress) sticks, allowing you to enjoy your favorite barrel-style sake.
Tasting the opened bottle, the taste is clear with no peculiarities. On the first day after putting the stick in, it smelled like drinking from a Masu, and on the third day, I took the stick out, feeling that it was completely barrel sake. I wish I could have tried it for a few more days 😁, although my husband is not a big fan of wood-scented sake, so that's not an option.
Purchased from a warehouse
No aroma. Yellowish color.
Sweet in the mouth. The aftertaste is a little spicy, but not as spicy as it is described as dry.
I don't know the standard for sweet and spicy.
At a presentation and tasting of product ideas from young breweries in Ibaraki Prefecture
One of the four participating breweries
Sake with the theme of effective use of thinned wood
Junmai sake made from 70% polished Hitachi-Nishiki rice
Soak wood chips from thinning for a few days to add aroma to the sake and drink it while feeling the forest.
Ibaraki's forest, hence Ibafore.
It's a groundbreaking idea.
They sell it as a set with sake and a piece of wood.
You can enjoy two kinds of sake, one made from cypress and the other from cedar.
The one served this day was soaked for 3 days.
It has more than enough aroma.
The smell of cedar and hinoki is very obvious!
The cedar is more fruity and refreshing.
The cypress has a nice aroma that blends well with the sake.
Both are refreshing and light to drink.
Unexpectedly interesting project
Guest Shinya Tasaki commented, "I think it will be a hit at hot spring resorts.
I would like to buy a set and drink it while enjoying the difference in aroma.
🐟.
The day before we went to Mito Kairakuen🌸, we stopped by
I made love to him at "Ibaraki Jizake Bar Mito".
I saw it at Sake-no-wa
I was quite curious about it.
I was quite curious about it since I saw it at Sakewa, but the label and the mackerel are gold 😳🤔🤩.
After Saba (38).
1 out of 380 bottles
They say it's a gold mackerel label 🎊🎉🙌😆.
The label reads
Saba sake for mackerel
It can be served with various mackerel dishes such as vinegared mackerel, grilled mackerel
Please enjoy it with various mackerel dishes.
Please enjoy it with various mackerel dishes.
It is written, "Enjoy with various mackerel dishes.
First, a sip by itself✨
Refreshing and slightly dry.
It's easy to drink, but it's not enough somehow 🤔.
but somehow it's not enough 🤔.
After eating grilled mackerel
I'll try to drink Sabadesh after eating grilled mackerel...
I see... ˃˃ ⁾⁾ ♬♬*゜
It washes away the fat of the mackerel
mackerel -> sake -> mackerel -> sake... and so on...
Endless loop ♾😆😆.
Great with fatty mackerel ⤴︎⤴︎⤴︎👍✨
I'm going to try the mackerel with the sashimi too 😋.
I bought natto rice crackers, natto chipotle, etc. at Mito station
I bought them and made love to them
Yu🎶, good morning ☀You had a great time in Mito 😆❗️ By the way, if you want natto, I recommend natto soboro (fermented soybeans), although it needs to be refrigerated 😉 Try it when you come back next time 😋.
Hi Yu🎶😃
I had a drink in Ikebukuro last year ❗️
I learned then for the first time that Ibaraki is a mackerel producing area...
I'm learning a lot when I'm doing sakewa👍.
Hi Manachie 😊
I enjoyed Mito with Kairakuen garden, local sake bar, anko-zushi, and Hitachiniku beef 😆👍 Soboro natto seems to be sold at an antenna store in Ginza, so I will buy it next time 😋😋.
Hi Chichi 😊
I see that Ibaraki prefecture has the largest mackerel catch in Japan 🥇I also learned about it for the first time 😅I'm learning a lot of things about sakewa, and I'm enjoying the sake I want to taste, food, and places I want to visit more 😊.
Yu🎶chan konbanhā 🥺.
I was looking for this but couldn't find it 🥺.
I often catch mackerel so I wanted to try to match it once 🐟.
But the reviews made me think I drank it 😁.
Hello Eririn, ☀️
Mackerel is delicious in any dish 😋 I bet the mackerel you caught yourself tastes exceptional 😍 I would love to see Erin's review of that mackerel and saba desu marinated 💕.
Hi Pon, ☀️
I was curious about this sake and it has a gold label so I jumped on it 😆 I know this makes it seem less rare, but I heard that March 8 was Saba day and they shipped a lot of it so all the Saba Desh in the store had gold labels🤣.
🌸
The day before going to Mito Kairakuen
Lunch at Anko Sushi
→Ibaraki Jizake bar
→and dinner here 💁♀️
We decided to eat something local.
We went to a restaurant that serves steak and hamburger steak made from Hitachiniku beef 🍴.
I didn't see any sake on the menu...
I looked at the drink menu.
I looked at the drink menu and saw that they had "delicious local sake in a wine glass"!
😳😆😍😍There was a "delicious local sake in a wine glass"! 😳😆😍😍
🌾100% Miyamanishiki from Ibaraki Prefecture
On the menu
Delicious with a glass of wine
Sake Award Gold Prize Winner" 🏅.
Great!
Gentle flavor spreads softly.
Slightly bitter.
Slightly dry.
It went well with the food 😋.
Yu🎶, good morning 😃your food looks delicious✨I've never seen this sake before, but I didn't know it won a gold medal 😳There's really a wide variety of sake!
Good morning, Yu🎶, good morning to you ☀The hamburgers here are delicious ☺️ but you know it well 👍.
I never had an image of a good glass of wine for one dish, I'll try it next time 😉.
Good evening, Yuka-Chin 🌙
I was looking for sake while looking at the drink menu, thinking "We don't have any sake"...isn't that funny 🤣 These were the only two types of sake available, but they went well with the food 😋.
Good evening, Manachie-san 🌙
Manachie-san knows about this place and I went there after reading ❣️ Rurubu ♬ I loved the stylish restaurant and the food was delicious 😋 Thanks to Manachie-san's review of Jizake Bar that inspired my trip to Mito 😉.
For cheap and tasty drinks 🍶✨.
This time from Ibaraki Prefecture 🍶Yoshikubo Sake Brewery 🎶.
Ippin Hatsushibori Nigori Junsei Sake
Alcohol content 17%.
Rice polishing ratio 65
Sake degree -11
We enjoyed it so much the last time we drank it that we bought it again 🎶.
It is thick, silky and smooth 😋 It has a sweetness so I like to drink it with soda to refresh my taste buds 🎵.
I will buy it again when the weather gets colder 😁.
