The second glass is also from Iwate, Horinoi.
This one is an easy-drinking sake with a subtle fruity flavor 🍶.
I like the feeling of not getting tired of drinking it. 🙆♂️
I had assumed from the label that it would be dry, but it was quite sweet and delicious.
I am ashamed to say that I did not know either Horinoi or Takahashi Shuzoten, but I appreciate the hanpukai for the opportunity to learn about various sakes.
Good evening, Mr. Maru.
I'm guessing that you are from Sukumasa?
I've only bought Horinoi once at an antenna store in Umeda, but now I can drink it on draft.
I wonder if I can buy it when I go there 🤔.
Good morning, Maru😇
It sounds like the taste is very different from what I imagined from the label 😀.
This will be my last distribution of that store and I'm glad I was able to close it well 🤣.
I guess I'll just go there once in a while from now on😅.
Maru, good morning 😃I have an image of Horinoi, a brewery in the neighborhood with the Purple Space brewery. I'm a former northeasterner who thinks that breweries in the mountains of Iwate make deep, sweet and delicious sake 😅But I almost forgot my memories of my parents' house, it's delicious 😋.
good morning, bouken!
This is Suku Masa's hanpukai. I went to get it at the end of January and I think it was there then. I wonder if they still have it? I'll be there next Saturday so I'll check it out.
Good morning, Mr. Sashu ☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀.
I thought it was going to taste very classical, but it wasn't, but not too close to modern either.
It's a great drink 😊.
Good morning, Yasubeyesan!
I'm sad to see the number of my Hanpukai friends decrease, but it's a little far from your place, isn't it?
I'll have to go back to the liquor store in that area.
Good morning, Wakata-san!
I checked and it was about 10 minutes by car from Shiwa Brewery. Really, very close😳.
Indeed, both are deep, sweet and nice sake👍Tohoku quality is astonishing😊.
Yamakita Junmai Daiginjo #Yu no Kou from #Takahashi Shuzoten, Shiwa-gun, Iwate Prefecture.
Slightly cider-like aroma and a very small amount of gassy freshness. It was sharp with a hint of sourness.
Very beautiful and tasty, newly released sake.
The third restaurant was Waya in Yotsuya Sanchome.
No, no, it is a national holiday, but they are open late, which is very helpful. Especially when I am with my friends who are drinkers.
Junmai Daiginjo, rice, yeast, all from Iwate Prefecture.
How does it taste?
It's hard for a third-timer to give an accurate assessment.
Alcohol content 15%.
IngredientsRice (domestic), Rice Koji (domestic)
Rice usedGin-Ginga 100%.
Polishing ratio 50%.
60%, Junmai-shu, Junmai-shu. Pleasant on the palate, not too spicy, not too sweet, easy to drink, perfect for warming sake. Best to drink when slightly sweet and tasty after warming up.
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I bought this at Ishidoriya Roadside Station 😀.
The taste is gentle on the palate😊Sourness? It's a bit sour but easy to drink 😚 It's a bit sweet but refreshing😇.
Today I had Tenho, a local ramen of Nagano prefecture 😋 I had the meat fried ramen🍜 and gyoza🥟😘The light ramen and gyoza went well together🥳Next I will try the dandanmen😙.
Good evening, Jay & Nobby 🌃😀 😀
After the holidays, Corona 🦠~Kanji~Nagano business trip, I'm accumulating Tohoku tour sake 😊I want to drink sake from Suwa, but I want to post Tohoku tour sake first ✨🥳.
I was the only one in Tohoku who had not checked in for Iwate sake, so I was able to purchase Horinoi, which I happened to meet at my usual Asahiya sake store.
Overall, the sake is easy to drink and has no habits. It is not a refreshing sake, but rather it rolls on the tongue. It has a full flavor.
The alcohol content of 17% is high for a sake that is made from pure rice, but it does not make you feel that way.
At 3,520 yen for 50% polished rice, it is a bargain.
Today we will enjoy it with bonito sashimi from Katsuura, where we stopped by after camping.
The owner's lecture is gospel to me.
I see, it is not an aroma that wafts to the nose, but a fragrance that reaches the nostrils by holding it in the mouth.
Thankfully, the owner's words became a device to connect my undeveloped sake brain synapses.
It's been a long time since I've had a draft sake.