The fruity taste comes in with a bang at first, and then goes out with a dry taste at the end.
Easy to drink.
Goes well with meat.
Release date: December 2, 2023
Kikumasamune's Kinpak, a repeat.
It is so fresh and fruity that it is hard to believe it is a packaged sake.
I'll take this or Ginpak for my everyday cold sake.
Today's sake is a convenience store sake.
It's Kiku-Masamune from Nada, sealed in a paper cup with plastic film.
I will have it.
Yes, it has a sake-like aroma of sake.
It seems to have a mellow aroma.
I had it at room temperature, and it was light and sweet.
The volume is 180ml, so it is good for a nightcap sake.
It is good for a nightcap.
At my favorite izakaya (Japanese style bar) which serves delicious fish snacks. This is a restaurant dedicated to Kikumasamune.
It is freshly squeezed and goes well with sashimi of tuna and whelk, and homemade nukazuke (pickles).
At the Benten Sake Festival in Benten-cho.
First up was Kiku-Masamune's Hyakumoku.
It is an easy-drinking sake with sweetness and mildness 🍶.
It was a delicious sake that shows the seriousness of Kiku-Masamune. 🙆♂️
Kyoto Takashimaya Sake Festival ⑭
Kiku-Masamune Sake Brewery booth in Kyoto.
A well-known major sake brewer.
Daiginjo stored in sherry casks
The Daiginjo is stored in imported sherry casks for two months. The aroma of the sake is stronger than the whiskey aroma, so there is no whisky-like aroma at the top of the nose, which is interesting because it spreads after swallowing. Pulled by the aroma, the aftertaste was whisky, with a hint of Western-style sake. This time, only 18 bottles were brought as a limited edition.
◉Kahozo Masashi
This special junmai is made from 70% polished Yamada-Nishiki rice and is produced using the sake yeast. At 17.5% alcohol by volume, it is a very alcohole-like sake. It does not have much of a "sake yeast" feel to it.
◉Kahozo Gokujo
This is another 70% polished Yamadanishiki. A special honjozo with an alcohol content of 16%. I think they call it the original Kikumasamune's signature product.
I always think it's consistently good and very reasonably priced.
It's hot 🫠 so hot that I chilled the gimpak, which I usually drink cold, and mixed it with carbonated water to drink it as a so-called sake high 🍶.
I mixed it at 1:1. The sweetness of the sake disappeared and combined with the sizzle of the carbonation, it became a refreshing drink 😋 This is a nice touch.
I would like to try mixing it with lemon soda...