Kamerei Junmai
Koha 92
When it is cold, it seems to be a modern sake with fruity acidity,
But as the temperature rises a little, the classic flavor comes out.
It is not unpleasant and can be matched with Japanese food.
Different 🐢 from the one I had on Wednesday.
Kamerei in Saijo, Higashi-Hiroshima City, is a sake brewery!
The liquor store where I bought this sake gives you a paper describing the taste as shown in the picture so you can predict the taste 😁.
I don't often buy sake from this brewery for drinking at home because of the image of dry sake, but I found a label that insisted on the polishing method 😳.
I was curious and looked at this paper carefully and they let me taste it 😋.
I guess it is still classified as dry, but the sweetness of the rice in the mouth is delicious 🥰.
After that, the taste quickly wears off with a light bitterness and spiciness 🥰🥰.
I bought it because I liked it so much at the tasting, and now I'm drinking it, and my impression is the same as the one at the tasting: a sake that can be enjoyed on its own or with food!
I have no idea how much of a difference the polishing makes, but this sake is delicious 🥰.
[Tonight is Yamada😄]
Sake Sho Yamada limited edition that I bought and drank during my trip to Hiroshima: ✌️
Yamada" is a new sake made from "Yamada" Nishiki, which is bought in tanks and aged for nearly a year before shipping 😍.
The mellow but clean sweetness, the spiciness in the aftertaste, and the melon-like aroma are exactly what you would expect from a Saijo sake 😋.
I wonder if it's due to the aging process, but it has a flavor that doesn't lose to meat dishes, so I think it's easy to pair with western food as well 😆.
Special Junmai Genshu Houkame
Sake rice: Senbon Nishiki
Polishing ratio 60
Alcohol content 17
To Hiroshima to visit an old friend
On the way back to Hiroshima, we took a side trip and visited a sake brewery street in Saijo. However, because it was the Bon Festival, nearly half of the breweries were closed. Kamerei, which I was looking for, was also closed. As we were about to leave, a local sake shop was opening on the outskirts of Saijo Sake Brewery Street. When I entered the store, I found that it was full of locally brewed sake. I immediately asked the shopkeeper if he had any recommendations for Kamerei sake, and he recommended this sake. I was told that this sake is not sold outside of the city and is only brewed for sale at local liquor stores, so I immediately purchased it.
The aroma was strong and nutty, with a hint of pear, and the color was crystal with a slight yellow tinge. The first sip reveals a refreshing acidity and sweetness. The robust flavor is impressive. It was a good decision to buy it. It would go well with dried horse mackerel.
Aroma ★★★★⭐︎⭐︎
Taste ★★★★⭐︎⭐︎
Sweetness★★★⭐︎⭐︎
Acidity★★★⭐︎⭐︎
Lingering ★★★★⭐︎
The aroma is of rice with a fresh fruit-like sweetness.
The taste is juicy, with a rich sweetness, light acidity, and a slight astringency.
Melon nuances and a hint of malted rice later on.
A lingering, firm finish with a slight bitterness that is pleasant.
The rice polishing ratio is 80% and the alcohol content is 17%, both of which are high, but it is so easy to drink that you don't feel it and it is very delicious!
Rice: Domestic rice
Polishing ratio: 80
Alc.: 17%.