I got this sake at a 🈶 tasting.
I drank too much and don't remember what it tasted like😅.
It is aged for a short period of time, which is normally aged for about 3 years in the snow.
The owner said it is a very rare sake.
Okinawa (2)
A trip to Okinawa with my high school classmates,
I thought we wouldn't drink sake in Okinawa, but the next day 🍶.
In the morning of the second day, 3 of us joined the group and we became 7 full members. We went to Okinawa soba (Orion beer from noon 🍺) - Himeyuri no Toa - Saiba Utaki - Nago and went to an Okinawan restaurant in Nago.
Oops, they have Sake 😳I chose Hakkaisan from a few that I thought would be refreshing and not interfere with the meal!
Forgot to take a picture but it came out in a small kettle 😂.
This one is light and dry!
But is it softer than I expected?
Mellow?
Compared to Awamori, it goes down smoothly 😋.
We had agu pork, umi budou, foo chanpuru, mozuku tempura, and many more 😋 We started at around 7:00 and it was almost midnight before we realized 😱.
Of course we drank a lot of Awamori and Orion beer 🍺 We had a great time this day 🥰.
75 of Orion Beer means Nago Beer🧐.
Hi, Takashi 🐦.
It's nice - Okinawa with your friends! Sightseeing is one thing, but the food 😻I've never seen sea grapes in a bowl 😆💕.
It's also the first time from the kettle 🤣 and it makes me happy too 🎶.
Hello, Takashi-san!
7 people is quite a large party 🎵.
The Okinawan food looks delicious, and the sake too 😲.
I wonder what kind of sake comes out of a small kettle 😁.
It's a fun party 😋.
Hi Pon 😊
Members who had not visited Okinawa much or for the first time this time said that Okinawan food was better than expected 😋.
Not only did we drink too much, we ate a little too much😅.
Hi, ma-ki-chan 😊.
Not much variety, but about 3 izakayas I happened to visit had sake 🍶.
Is it normal? I'm not sure if the kettle has a certain taste, but I'm not sure 🤣. I guess 🤣.
Good evening, Takashi 😃.
Okinawa with my friends 😍 everyone seems to be having fun right back in the old days 🤗.
I'm going to rejoin the workforce in Okinawa before I retire! I'm kind of longing for it 🥹 but motivation is the key!
Good evening Jay & Nobby😊.
I feel like I'm lying about going to Okinawa to hang out with all these high school classmates, but we're having fun 🥰.
We were all jealous of you getting a new job in Okinawa😍.
Next, it is aged in a snow chamber for three years. We were also able to visit the site where the entire tank is stored. It was amazing that a lot of snow remains in the snow chamber without melting even after a year!
The taste is more mellow!
I wondered if I could tell the difference. I was skeptical, but no, the aroma was better and the rice was a bit mellower. There was also a sweetness from the rice, further improving the balance!
I then checked blind and could taste the difference.
Tonight I am drinking sake that I bought in Niigata with my father, mother, and second son!
We bought these 300ml bottles to compare after our visit to the Hakkai Sake Brewery.
We compared a Junmai Daiginjo and a Junmai Daiginjo that has also been stored in a snow cellar for three years.
First, the regular Junmai Daiginjo.
Steady deliciousness, light and dry. It is light and dry, with a crisp taste and a nice sharpness. The taste is also exceptional, perhaps because we toured the brewery.
Echigo de Kou (Aka Echigo) Junmai Daiginjo Shiboritate Nama-shu
Slightly sweet, slightly strong aroma (fruity), slightly strong attack, somewhat lacks thickness, mild, rich umami and acidity, short umami aftertaste, somewhat simple, not thick and sharp for a pure sake, unbalanced and disappointing, mellow sake
I went back to Niigata on Sunday and Monday for a three-day weekend, but I did not drink a drop of sake in Niigata,
I didn't drink a drop of sake in Niigata, just Hakkaisan Junmai-shu I bought at Harashin.
I think Yaoko also had a limited Hachikaisan Junmai sake 😅.
Never mind about that, it's good👍.
Rather, I think it is the essence of Hakkaisan to supply sake stably to major supermarkets and even make originals, which is the essence of Hakkaisan to supply quality sake stably to the market.
It's a good, clean, junmai sake,
I felt that regular sake and special honjozo were better at heating up sake, but I thought it was a sake that could be enjoyed with a wide range of foods 😊.
The fourth kind.
Hakkaisan, the iron plate! It's light and retains the original flavor of traditional sake.
I also drank this one in Tokyo on October 16.
Actually, I visited Hakkai Shuzo the day after drinking this sake and had a tour of the brewery, which was a lot of fun and informative. I learned a lot and had a lot of fun. They insist on handmade koji, which is the key to sake brewing. I was also impressed by the sake brewery's efforts to make high-quality sake that can be consumed anywhere in a stable manner.