Choosing a jacket!
I see! So this is how Muscat is often represented here?
It's light! Fruity! Slightly spicy or refreshing or spicy, it seems to be suitable for everyone!
There is also a slight sweetness! But it's refreshing at the end!
Niigata Prefecture. Nagaoka City. Koshi Meibun K.K.
Koshinotsuru Bessen Normal Sake
Purchased at the Sake Expo at the Kintetsu Main Store in Abeno Harukas.
I kept it in the refrigerator and drank it cold.
The color is clear with a slight yellow tinge.
The nose has a strong alcoholic and acidic aroma, with a hint of apple.
Not much umami and little sweetness. The bitterness comes out at the end.
The flavor profile is blurred when the sake is cold, so it should be brought to room temperature before drinking.
When the sake is brought to room temperature, it has a mild umami, a little sourness, a tangy alcohol taste, and a sharp aftertaste. There is not much bitterness.
It is best to drink it at room temperature. This regular sake is delicious.
Ingredients: rice (domestic), rice malt (domestic), brewers' alcohol
Alcohol content: 15%.
The aroma is of iso-type fresh apple.
The taste is fruity and soft, as only a ginjo can be. Refreshingly fruity. The taste has a certain density. It is more delicious than expected.
Personally, I prefer a ginjo-style sake that is as light as this.
Since it is a Tochio sake, we served it with Tochio fried tofu.
Please try it.
Niigata Prefecture. Nagaoka City. Koshi Meisho Brewery Co.
Koshinotsuru Honjo Junmai Ginjo Unfiltered Maehara Sake Kameguchi Nao-tori
Purchased at the Sake Expo in Harukas.
It is served cold.
When the bottle is opened, there is a slight gas sound.
When poured into a glass, fine bubbles adhere to the glass.
The color is clear and almost colorless.
The top aroma is mild, slightly citrusy and alcoholic.
The mouthfeel is fruity and gassy.
The taste is juicy and has a firm sweet flavor, finishing with a clear and pleasant bitterness that keeps it from becoming sweet and sluggish. The harmony of mellowness and clarity is nice.
As bouken mentioned, if it is too cold, the outline becomes blurred, so I prefer it when the temperature rises a little.
On the second day after opening the bottle, the gaseous sensation settled down, and after the initial feeling of light and clear, it started to swell up with a slightly sweet and juicy flavor.
Ingredients:Rice(domestic), Rice malt(domestic)
Rice used: 100% Gohyakumangoku produced in Nagaoka
Rice polishing ratio: 55
Alcohol content: 16
I'm late to the party...
We participated in the annual "Niigata Sake-no-jin (Niigata Sake Festival)" 😆.
The first time I participated was in 2012...
I've attended every year except for 2020-2022 when I couldn't attend due to some kind of infectious disease....
I don't know why I've been going so much, but this was the first time I've participated since I got really into sake, so I enjoyed it more and more as my resolution went up 🥰.
I was worried about my physical condition, so I carefully checked the list in advance and carefully selected the sake 😋.
I picked out a few of the drinks I tasted that day, mainly the paid tasting drinks ✨.
First of all...
I went to the booth for Ichikozo 21, which I tasted and bought last year and the year before, but it was so good that I bought it immediately 💸.
It tasted mellower and richer than Ichikozo 21.
I guess I have a weakness for kuro-hozuri, shizukuri, tobin-tori, and non-pressure pressed types...