Sawahime Junmai Gold 85
Purchased at Sake Brewery Rakurakkasai
Surprisingly gold!
Room temperature. Honey-like sweetness with a clean aftertaste.
It also goes well lukewarm or on the rocks 😲.
This sake has a strong character and is made with 80% koji rice, which is four times the normal amount.
I think it would go well with chocolate, cake, something sweet, or white stew 🤔.
Tried and drank at lunchtime on a holiday.
I went to a local liquor store with Mr. Yoohee and bought this one on the way back from an off-line meeting with Jay & Nobby in Osaka.
Tochigi Ai 🥰 immediately after returning from the Off-line meeting.
Low-alcohol sake.
I chose this one because I had brought it to the Hankyu Sake Brewer's Festival but hadn't drunk it.
Soft and gentle on the palate. It is slightly sweet and sour and round. It is not a floral sake, so it would be good as a food sake.
It is light and very easy to drink.
Good morning, bouken 😃.
Already more than a month ago! Time flies by so fast 😌 getting Sawahime on your way home from the offline meeting is a Guinness record for Tochigi Ai🥰 😁 low al sake! I'd love to have a quick one with my meal 😋.
Jay & Nobby, it's been over a month since then 🥺😵.
I was attracted to this drink even more because I couldn't drink Tochigi that day 🥰 It was a gentle drink with a low alcohol content ✨.
Inoue Seikichi Shoten
Sawahime Special Junmai
True Local Sake Declaration Premium
A brewery in Utsunomiya City, Tochigi Prefecture.
60% polished "Yumesasara" rice produced in Tochigi Prefecture.
Fresh and fruity aroma,
Fresh and fruity aroma, refreshing acidity, and gentle rice flavor,
Soft, fresh and elegant finish.
#Japanese Sake
100% Hitogochi from Tochigi Prefecture, 50% polished rice
Rich aroma, slight acidity and green apple-like flavor. Delicious with Western food in a glass of wine.
A liquor store in my neighborhood started selling Sawa Hime, so I bought some on my way home from the HYOGO SAKE EXPO.
I found out from a post on SAKE WA that a liquor store in my neighborhood had started carrying Sawahime 😳.
I had a good impression of this sake at the spring event at Hankyu Department Store.
It has a mellow, sweet flavor that pulls together with just the right amount of sake. This is a high level of sake for a brewery's standard sake.
I think it has a little cinnamon taste 🤔.
Love Tochigi from a corner of Hyogo 🥰.
Jay & Nobby, good evening 😃.
I'm glad you can now buy Sawahime near my house 😍
They were selling well and had several varieties, but when I went the next week they were almost sold out😳
Junmai Gold Junmai Sake! Junmai Gold
Super mellow brewing
Purchased on the recommendation of the owner of a liquor store!
Sake strength -28😳
Never seen this before on the back label 😳
It's sake, but it's not sake.
I guess it's a sake for sipping on while eating.
I heard it can be warmed up.
I will drink it lukewarm tomorrow 😤🤤🤤.
Clear and colorless. Fruity aroma reminiscent of banana. The aroma is reminiscent of vanilla custard cream. The intensity of the aroma is medium. The mouthfeel is sharp. The hint of aroma is also reminiscent of bananas. A lingering umami flavor. Slightly strong astringency. Medium lingering aftertaste. It is a fragrant and mellow sake.
The 8th member is Tsubu-chan!
She is one year older than me.
She is in charge of the photos of the Kenmin-kai and works very quickly!
Her moderate Tochigi accent makes me feel at home when she talks 😊.
I deeply appreciate her thoughtfulness in bringing me a special souvenir from Doraemon's 4-dimensional pocket: ❗️
Can I call you Mother of Tochigi from now on 😁.
Now for the fourth (and last) drink of the after-party!
Sawahime Special Junmai
Beta Alanine ordered the opposite of Matsu no Kotobuki and we shared 😊.
This one has a flavor centered on the deliciousness of the rice!
As the name suggests, it has a ladylike finish 👸.
It's the type of sake that goes down smoothly.
It seems to be good as a food sake👍
Well, it was fun!
Thank you very much to all the participants of the prefectural party: ❗️
Oh, there is one person I haven't introduced yet💦.
But don't worry!
I'm wearing them!
I'm not saying that I'm not wearing them, I'm just saying that I'm ready for my turn 😄.
Enjoy 👋
More to come on Tochigi Love: ❤️
Thank you for the introduction, Chichi 😊♪ I'm sorry, Tochigi residents, for the title of "Mother of Tochigi"? I got it 🤣 I'm called "mother" by everyone at work even though everyone else is my mother 🤣Let's have a drink again, Chichi-san 👋.
Good evening, Chichi 😃.
The meeting wouldn't be possible without Tsubu-chan 😁 she is really a very thoughtful "Mother of Tochigi" 🤗.
I'm a very thoughtful "mother of Tochigi" 🤗! Let's drink again 👋.
Tsubu, here we go again😊.
Even at work? ❗️
That's what I'm talking about, everyone is counting on you👍.
I'd love to have another drink with my mom in Tochigi🤗
Jay & Nobby, here again 😊.
Tsubu is everyone's mom, you can count on her👍.
We'll be there again ❗️
I'm still trying to master it... 😄
Keep up the Tochigi love ❤️
The girls' talk that is still going on.
Parents, children, partners.
Everyone has their own difficulties,
We can laugh and talk about it.
We are happy.
Next up is Sawa Hime [True Local Sake Manifesto].
I am attracted to this subtitle!
The rice flavor is strong, but the aftertaste is clean.
But the aftertaste is refreshing.
Menma, sake, menma, sake...
Each drink has its own flavor.
Sawa-hime Ginjo-shu [True Local Sake Declaration
Inoue Seikichi Shoten, Utsunomiya City, Tochigi Prefecture
IWC2022 Champion Sake Winner (2nd time)
Gorgeous aroma right after opening the bottle. It makes me want to punch myself for being so preoccupied with Junmai. The wonderful aroma due to the brewer's skill is a direct hit.
The mouthfeel reaches the throat quickly and easily. The sharpness is like ripples on the surface of the water. The aroma and a little bit of alcohol also penetrate the nose. It is a new genre of "ooze" that has been created. Because of its gentle sharpness, I wondered whether to match it with oily food.
I drank it with fresh baby sardines (ginger and soy sauce).
Please try it.
（Purchased at Yodogawa Sake Shop (Utsunomiya City).
Good evening, Sake My Life😃!
Great expression to enhance Sawahime 🥹If you read this, you will all want to drink it 🤗.
Did you come all the way to Yodogawa-san ⁉️
