The 25th Hankyu Brewery Festival (6)
It's rare for Raifuku to come to a department store, and I've never had a regular type of sake, so I thought I'd take this opportunity to try some.
Junmai Hachitan-Nishiki
It seems to be a standard sake of the brewery.
It is not modern, but sweet.
It's nice that this is a standard sake.
Junmai Shunyo
4MP, just because it is made from Shunyo.
Muscat flavor, sweet and light.
Junmai Ginjo Aizan
Less sweet than the raw sake we have had in the past.
MELLOW Nama Sake
MELLOW Nama-zake is a pure sake of Kijo-zake.
It has a rich sweet taste. It's very thick. Delicious 😋.
Junmai Ginjo Raifuku X Kuro Nama Sake
Sake with undisclosed specs.
Not gory and sweet, but just right.
I've been wanting to try this one for quite some time 😋.
Junmai Daiginjo Betsuatsurae
Very sweet, juicy, and super tasty!
After drinking it, you realize it's Aizan😅.
Chikusei City.
Purchased by weight at Daikichi Kura, a store attached to a sake brewery. So there is no label.
It has a nice aroma, a fresh feeling, and a refreshing sweetness. It has a good aftertaste, and the sweetness is properly perceived and delicious.
It is good as a mealtime sake, easy to match with light dishes.
The 25th Hankyu Brewery Festival (1-2)
Raifuku's booth.
◉Raifuku X [Black
A raw sake originally made only for restaurants. It has a sweet, dark, rich and slightly nutty complexity. I wasn't impressed with the X because the Wakamizu was so good before, but it's really good.
◉Betsuatsurai Junmai Daiginjo
29% polished Aizan. Aizan 29% polished Junmai Daiginjo. The water is so rich and delicious. The price of 6,600 yen for a bottle of Aizan, polished to such a high level, is unbeatable.
◉MELLOW
A sweet and very strong kijoshu, but not too rich. ◉MELLOW
◉Pear liqueur
A 6% alcohole, with a definite pear taste. It definitely has a hint of pear.
There was another 8% polished Hitanishiki for 15,000 yen, but as expected, there was no tasting, so no photos. Apparently it takes 5 days just to polish the rice. Apparently, they have many repeat customers. It seems to be a good luck charm because it is 8% polished rice, which means "coming good luck" and "the end of the world". The 92% polished rice is used to make rice powder, which is used to make sweets.
The president of the company will be here from Saturday, but I wonder if he will stay until the last day.
He will be here several times after this, but for now, let's move on to the next.
I went to the Hankyu Brewery Festival because of the publicity announcement.
The 25th Hankyu Kuramoto Festival (1)-1
The booth of Raifuku.
It was the female brewer who had served us at the tasting event we held in September. It was the second time I met her, but she seemed to remember me somehow when she saw me taking notes on my smartphone.
She said it was her first time opening a booth, but technically she had once opened a booth for charity about 8 years ago during the flooding in Ibaraki.
We visited here a total of 4 times that day🤣.
Junmai Ginjo Aizan
Aizan is a brewery that specializes in Aizan, and this is a staple among the four standard types alone. The aroma is sweet and fruity. It has an elegant sweet flavor that is not too sweet. I didn't know that Raifuku was known for Aizan...
◉Junmai Ginjo Super Dry +18
Clean and minerally. Sharp and dry aftertaste, but dry without sweetness.
Junmai Shunyo
The nose has a muscat aroma with a strong 4MP aroma. It is slightly dry with a refreshing acidity.
Junmai-shu Hachitan-Nishiki
A refreshing junmai sake with a slightly dry aftertaste. It used to be served as a heated sake.
We tasted a lot of it, so we will continue...
sake brewed without addition of saccharides and no more than 120 litres of seed alcohol per tonne
Sweetness and umami in the mouth
Long, lingering sweetness.
Sweet and easy to drink
Delicious!
Simple label and rugged.
It is said to be a floral yeast marigold.
The one I wanted to drink but failed to choose at Fishweed.
Aroma: Aromatic rice aroma.
It is moderately sweet and has a delicious grain rice body!
After that, there is a koji-like flavor.
It has a classical acidity that is typical of Yamahai.
It is a good combination with chicken liver simmered with ginger.
If you drink with it, the aftertaste might be a little bit bland.
I would like to drink it at a different temperature.
Degree of preference ☆3.5/5
Compare with Saiyan
According to my wife
Saiali is like shochu
and Laifuku is like a white wine.
Well, Raifuku has a heavier smell.
The taste of Raifuku has a slight tanginess
and the taste of Laifuku is heavier.
Both are delicious.
Raifuku has a stronger taste.
Raifuku is delicious!
When there is no Takachiyo or Kangiku on sale
I have more choices now!
Refreshing, refreshing, fruity🌸🍶✨
Tochigi's eternal rival Ibaraki sake - ⤴️🍶
Raifuku is always delicious,
It's strawberry milk flavored and super oicy ❕.
Tochigi Ai 🥰 is not to be outdone by Ibaraki.
I enjoy it very much.
