Keihan Moriguchi Sake Festival (7)
Tenryo Sake Cup Booth #2
●Sae Daiginjo
They said it goes well with sushi. I heard that it is served at restaurants in Niigata for 1,000 yen per glass.
I thought it was refreshing, light and dry like Niigata.
It might be the most Niigata-like sake among the ones we drank this time 🤔.
Daiginjo Premium
Made with Koshitanrei. Pineapple aroma.
Gentle, mild and luxurious taste.
They used to use Hiroshima ginjo yeast, but it didn't work well with their yeast, so now they use Niigata yeast.
Forgot to take a picture💦.
Daiginjo Premium Nama Storage Sake
Daiginjo-Premium is aged for 2 years.
It still has the same pineapple flavor, but it has a more rounded and rounded taste.
When we talked about Ouroboros, I was surprised to hear that the base sake was aged for 10 years. When the sales staff first tasted it, they were surprised at the taste, which was hard to believe that it was a kijoshu!
Nemuchi-san bought two kinds of Tenryo Sake, but I decided to stick to one 😅.
I think there are a lot of duplicates of what the salesman told me, so I have abbreviated the story, so please see Nemuchi's post for more details 😌.
I also bought some Haniu walnuts, a famous confectionery in Fukui, because they are not available in Kansai 😊.
Keihan Department Store Moriguchi Sake Festival (6)
Tenryo Sake Cup Booth #1
Niigata Furusato Village had a booth at the Hokuriku-Shinetsu Good Food Festival, which was separate from the Sake Festival, and Tenryohai's sales staff visited the booth!
I heard that Tenryo Sake is delicious, so I came here! He seemed to know immediately that I was talking about you 😁.
Man Junmai Ginjo Unfiltered
It seems to be an unfiltered version of the Niigata Furusato Mura limited edition sake. He said it was a product with the playful spirit of a young brewer. It has a classic taste, but sweet and delicious.
Prototype 2025
It seems to be a sake using Sado Kinzan yeast, which has not yet been given an official name. It is sweet and fresh like a Ramune 😋 A little like Gagakuyo?
I think they said they only brought 60 bottles, but Nemuchi said 96 bottles, so does that mean only 60 bottles are available in Keihan?
Dry sake Honjozo
This is also a Furusato-mura limited product.
I can suggest it is wrapped in a local newspaper 🤔.
It has a strong, gassy taste.
Like Nemuchi, I couldn't detect any gas 💦.
They used to come to Hankyu and Hanshin for tasting and sales, but it seems the sales staff is too busy to come to Kansai 😥.
I'm going to split it up since it doesn't seem to fit in 500 words😅
Good evening, bouken!
I went to the Sake Festival first thing today 🎵.
I enjoyed it very much thanks to your information. Thank you 😋.
I also stopped by Tenryo Sake and took home a prototype and a daiginjo🤗.
bouken. Good evening ⭕️
I found out about this event and joined this evening and was able to drink "Katsuma", "Tasake", etc. and had a great time 😌Thank you very much 😊.
I took this sake home 🍶.
Good evening, Mr. Ticktock, thank you for your help.
I'm glad I could be of help 😊.
I regret that I should have drunk Katsuma too 😿.
I see that you also bought Tenryo sake cup 🤗.
Moriguchi Keihan Department Store, Hokuriku-Shinetsu Good Food Festival / Sake Festival (1-2)
◉Sado Daiginjo Premium
Made with Koshi-tanrei, Shizuku-kiri. Pineapple aroma, slightly mild and mellow taste.
The yeast used to be a Hiroshima Ginjo yeast, but the flavor was not very consistent, and even though there were 89 breweries in Niigata Prefecture, only a handful of them won gold medals at the National New Sake Competition. It seems that Niigata's sake rice and Niigata's yeast are more compatible. The combination of Koshitanrei and Niigata's new yeast (G74?) is becoming mainstream.
◉Sado Daiginjo Premium Nama-Shu
This sake is aged for two years in a cold storage cellar (-8°C) built at a cost of 400 million yen. It is too soft on the palate, with a mellow pineapple feel. It has an alcohol content of 18%, but it is mild and refreshing.
I stopped by to buy some on the way home and they let me drink it again 😆 They also talked about yeast for about 20 minutes. The brewer said he used to be a brewer and yeast maker, but when he became an old man, he was put in charge of sales. It was fun talking about koji.
At the end, he was talking with a Tohoku accent, so I guess we got to know each other a little better.
Hello bouken, ☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀, I warmed up the talk in advance that my friends would be here later 😁 she was easy to talk to 😊By the way, I brought home two bottles of Tenryo sake cup this time 🤣.
Moriguchi Keihan Department Store, Hokuriku-Shinetsu Good Food Festival / Sake Festival ①.
Tenryohai Sake Brewery booth, Niigata Prefecture.
For some reason, this booth was tucked away from the other tasting booths.
The brewery owner from Sado Island was there, and we were the first to be drawn in for a tasting, and had the longest conversation with him. This is a brewery where young brewers are taking on many challenges, and it seems that Garakudai is now the larger producer, while Tenryohai is the main local brewer.
◉Test brew 2025
Tenryo-haii is a local brewery that uses yeast from the tunnels of the Sado gold mine. It was developed in collaboration with a testing laboratory in Niigata. It has an aroma, a rummy and gaseous taste. It has the mouthfeel of a white wine, but in a modern style. Only 96 bottles available in Kansai.
Junmai Ginjo Man
This sake is only available at Niigata Furusato Mura, a roadside station. It has a slightly sweet taste and is a classic in the best sense of the word. It is slightly sweet and tasty with a nice classic flavor.
◉冴 Daiginjo
A refreshing sake, available at most restaurants for around 1,000 yen per glass. Sake level is around 7-8.
◉Honjozo dry sake
Another Niigata Furusato Mura limited edition. The newspaper-wrapped label is intriguing. The sake has a strong sake taste with an alcohol content of 18%. I could not detect any gaseous sensation.
Following...
This is a test brew by Tenryohaii Sake Brewery, version 2025. It is beautifully effervescent and has a strong umami flavor, with a moderate sweetness or fruity flavor. It also has a bit of bitterness, which I personally like perfectly! It is light at 13.5 degrees and has a strong flavor, so it is not easy to drink, but you can drink it with gusto. It is a limited edition of 1,000 bottles, and I am very happy to have it!
This sake bears the name of the brewery Tenryohai Sake Brewery, whose new president is making excellent sake, whether or not it is safe to say that he is a newcomer to Sado Island.
It is slightly carbonated and fruity. It is slightly carbonated and fruity, with a strong umami flavor. There is no bitterness or other tastes. It is very beautiful and has a wonderful finish. I am here. I never thought it could be this good. The raw sake is available only at the store where the brewery is located, and I am very lucky to be able to buy it. It is a hall of fame.
It is 16%, but it is juice. You can drink it drunkenly. And because it is so beautiful, it can also be used as a food sake. It's a great balance!
I participated in the Echigo Kenshin SAKE Festival on Saturday. The weather was ☀️.
Ayu Masamune, Chiyonomikari, Nohtaka, Kiminoi, Echigoya, Katafune, Myokayama, Kakushika, Gintagawa, Koshiji-no-Kohai, Ski Masamune, Iwanohara Wine, Echigo Bijin, Yukinakubai, Koshinohakuchubai, Tenryo Hai, Manotsuru, Kitayuki, Masumi, Jinya and Ikusiki Sama.
Including craft beers, we were able to drink at least 20 of the 30 breweries participating.
The photo shows the Tenryohai and Masumi booths. They are not from Joetsu, but from guest breweries.
As promised by Jay & Nobby, Masayo is adored in the sake brewery world as Masayo-san, not Garakudai (Utashiro)! I told the female staff, but she didn't get the message 😭.
The third picture is of GUN-CHAN Takada, Kaisen-don (seafood rice bowl), 1,100 yen.
Good morning, Jay & Nobby 😃.
Now that I think about it, I think it's hard to tell if the staff members are also helpers or warehouse owners. There seemed to be a lot of part time workers 😅.
I'll ask them next year 😄.
Purchased at Kuramae store on Sado Island
The first day evening, the shopkeeper was absent and could not enter, and revisited the next day.
I wanted to try Gagakuyo.
After reading the popup, I was curious about this Tenryo Sake, so I tasted it!
It has a chiri-chiri-ness of nama-shu, a soft acidity like a whey-like taste.
Calm umami, perfect for my taste 👌👌.
First sake in a while!
Tomorrow, I'll drink my first camp 🏕️, so I went to the liquor store 🚗.
The fluorescent yellow Noto caught my eye and I bought it. It's my favorite type of sake 😍I can drink it in gulps! I drank half of it right away 😋Thank you! Tenryohaii Shuzo ‼️Tsuruno Sake Brewery to support ‼️
Ponshukan Nagaoka Station Store Drinking Grui 12 drinks.
Used 2 coins.
The 3rd last month. I hesitated because the number had changed, but I chose it because it was a daiginjo.
Please check Misogihagi's page for some of the numbers that have jumped. 15 cups and that's it.
After staying one night in Nagaoka City, we went to Niigata City next.
Sake tasting at Ponshukan in Niigata Station.
The first cup was a Tenryo Saihei sake.
Polishing ratio 50%.
Alcohol content 15
Wow, this is dry 😲.
It retains the umami of the rice and of course has a nice sharpness.
Garakudai, made by the same brewery, is also light but more modern. Tenryohai follows the traditional light and dry taste of Niigata sake.
I think it was the spiciest sake I drank on this trip.
Moderate aroma, yet gorgeous.
Sweetness and a slight sourness on the palate with a light gassy feeling. The aftertaste is light and slightly pungent.
Japanliness: Normal
Acidity: Low
Alcohol 15%.
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