This is the drink I had at the event that went down....
I'm going to throw them in a row, but I'm sorry I can't remember what they tasted like❗
But it was all delicious ✨
The apple wine was cider-like.
Dessert sake.
5/27-5/28 Nagano liquor store tour (1)
The day started slowly.
First we headed to Shimizuya in Saku City ❣️
Arrived around 13:00🚙.
We got a bottle of Shinshu Kamerei Tanada Rice Hitogokochi 😆👍.
Then we decided to have the sake tasting we were looking forward to 😋!
This day was sake with flower yeast 💐.
The first one is Sekizen 🍶.
From the introduction by Shimizuya
The first one is Sekizen, which is characterized by a thick acidity and a full-bodied flavor with a crisp finish. It goes well with meals.
The moment I put it in my mouth, the unique sourness rushed over me. 〰︎‼︎
Next, we headed to Sakaeya: ❣️
It was a bit far from the restaurant, but Danna wanted to go there no matter what 😅.
but he wanted to go there no matter what 😅.
14:15 Arrival 🚙.
Sakaeya is located in a charming hot spring town called Kakeyu Onsen ♨️
We just wanted to look at the view for now 😂.
We had better hurry and head to Okazaki or we'll be gone by 16:00💦.
15:15 Arrive at Okazaki Sake Brewery🚙.
Ahhhh, the view is still so beautiful ✨.
We get the few remaining Tanadamai Hitogokochi and Kinmon Nishiki👍!
After that, I looked at Senbonzakura for Shinshu Kamerei Red Label, but of course they didn't have it 〰︎💦.
to be continued
Hi Tsubu-chan 😃
I'm going sightseeing at the end of the month and will refer to your Nagano liquor store tour: ☺️
But I wonder if I will have time to stop by 🥹.
Good evening, Tsubu!
I'm so excited and thrilled that you have a time schedule 😆🎶I've never seen such a delicious drink before, it's nice to travel after all! Looking forward to the rest of the story: ❣️
Tsubu, here too 😃.
I see you went to Sakaeya👍.
I also stopped by the same morning ✨
They had tanada rice in the morning, but I guess you didn't buy it?
I'm jealous of your tasting at Shimizu-ya 😆.
Good evening, Mr. Noodle and Sake King😄.
I don't know if it was a nice trip or not, but the sightseeing was secondary and the trip was mainly about visiting liquor stores anyway 🤣.
Thank you so much 😄I had a great trip even though some of the places I wanted to go were rejected 😁👍.
Good evening, 3KAN4ON😄.
I see you are going to Nagano for sightseeing ❣️
I don't know if this will be helpful, but I will try my best to post the rest as soon as possible 😁 I hope you can find a liquor store that you can visit in between sightseeing 😊♪
Good evening, Pon😄.
We left late this time so we were pressed for time😅.
It was a race against time🤣Dora won't give up where she wants to go 😂 but hey, they let us do the tasting so I guess we had to 😜.
Good evening, Mr. Sieg😄
I see you went to Sakaeya in the morning ❣️ Tanada rice was already gone when we were there💦Danna was hoping for it too 😢...
You need a driver to do the tasting 〰︎🥺
Jay & Nobby, thank you very much!
I was surprised to see a liquor store in the hot spring resort area since it was my first time there 😄♨️ guests came to choose drinks to drink in the room 😊I'd love to take a relaxing soak in ♨️ someday 😇.
Good evening, Rafa!
Visiting liquor stores in Nagano is fun but dangerous 🤣.
It's hard to put up with 💦 more precisely, it's hard to make you put up with 🤣 I have to put up with it all the time... 😝.
Mr. Sieg, perhaps Sakaeya is
Shinshu Kamerei is not kept out front? ⁉️
I left without asking because other customers and the store owner were talking all the time and I was in a hurry to get ahead 💦 maybe I did something wrong😱.
Good morning, Tsubu 😃.
This time the tanada rice was fire-ground, so it wasn't in the fridge!
It was randomly left in a cardboard box on the floor of the store!
I think they probably still had some in stock 😥.
Made with flower yeast
100% Hitokochi
The aroma is very refreshing, as is typical of summer sake!
Is it a summer sake for me personally? It seems a little heavy.
It's +3 degrees, so it would be classified as dry, but I felt it was sweet.
The aftertaste is perhaps characteristic of floral yeast, or perhaps there is a brewing sensation?
Personally, I didn't like it.
But when I drank it with sashimi, the aftertaste became refreshing and I felt it was a sake that went well with the dish!
accumulation of good deeds
Green apple-like aroma. Sweet but with a good amount of sourness bitterness. Slightly numbing. Good. It's very good.
This brewery is located next to Saigawa River and is only open on weekdays. Next to Higashiida Shuzo. They say they are not related to each other even back to the Edo period when records were kept.
This brewery brews sake with flower yeast. This is Tsurubara yeast. It does not have a rose aroma. But apple is a member of the rose family.
They have strong personalities next to each other. It's very nice.
The aroma is much more fruity and gorgeous.
Not so much gasiness.
Pineapple-like sweetness
Then bitterness.
Personally, I prefer a little less bitterness.
On the second day, the bitterness became less pronounced and more rounded. It became easier to drink.
Precious sake. The aroma is seriously bananas. It tastes like nigori sake despite its transparency, which is interesting! It is less peculiar than expected. It can be used as a food sake. Maybe with cheese?
