This is a very wild sake with a 90% rice polishing ratio and no yeast added. It is a highly perfected sake with a taste called "miscellaneous flavors" that makes it delicious.
With its unique, rich flavor and crisp acidity, even those who are not so accustomed to drinking sake will enjoy it. It is an excellent match for dishes with strong flavors!
Today we have the Macho 💪 series from our favorite sake brewery, Makino Sake Brewery.
I'm sure I'm going to get a lot of "you're buying too much ⁉️" but this year I'm going for it lol 🤣!
And that brings us to today's Yamada Nishiki 🌾.
Yamada-Nishiki is the standard of all sake rice ❗️The standard ‼️
What can we talk about ⁉️ without brewing this rice 🤔
I'm curious to see what kind of flavor the gory macho💪 has created with this standard rice 😁.
I used less than 200 words just for the preface lol.
So I'll report quickly 🤣.
When I opened the bottle...it was almost as rough as edible rice with 80% milling ratio. The aroma is not that strong 🤔When I pour it into the glass, the fresh fruity aroma is a bit unique ❓Is this the aroma of macho💪 lol😆😆.
I took a sip...... "This is it!
I thought it was a fire-entry 🔥 the moment I took a sip.... I think....it's a juiciness....
While the juiciness and umami are in a nice balance, there is also a bit of bitterness and a little bit of miscellaneous taste due to the low milled rice 🤔.
However, this bitterness is not unpleasant and easy to drink. ❗️
I guess it's because the rice milling ratio is close to that of edible rice, so it tastes more like the rice we usually eat 👍
I think I might like Gorilla🦍>Tokujun>Yamada Nishiki lol
Purchased at usual liquor store.
I had high expectations since I enjoyed the Shakamacho I drank before!
The aroma is very fruity with a strong sourness, just like the last time!
The carbonation is quite strong.
After taking it into the mouth, the mellow aroma passed through my nose, and I could taste a strong white wine-like flavor.
I am not a fan of wine in general, but this wine is easy to drink, almost like a sparkling wine.
The aftertaste is juicy, and the richness of the wine is like the white wine I used to drink at Okura's Genryu!
Ohbai's macho, he seems to like it.
Alcohol 15%.
Rice polishing ratio 80
Color Colorless
Preference ★★★★☆
Osakazaki Gori-Macho Junmai Koshiki Kimoto 90
Osakazaki Gori-Macho Junmai Koshiki Kimoto 90
Rice polishing ratio 90
Alcohol 15
Seimaibuai 90
Alcohol 15
Almost like a watery Yakult
Great with chicken wings
Interesting match with salt grilled swordfish
2025/09/12 Washoku Shokuba Iroha Fujioka, Gunma, Japan
Osakazaki Macho Junmai Fusion Yamadanishiki x Aiyama 80
Osakazaki Macho Junmai Fusion Yamadanishiki x Aiyama 80
Rice: 48% Yamadanishiki, 52% Aiyama
Polishing ratio 80
Alcohol 15%.
Rice: Yamadanishiki 48%, Aiyama 52
Seimaibuai 80
Alcohol 15
This is a great taste 😋. Collaboration of Aiyama's guts and Yamadanishiki. It tastes so good that I have to keep rubbing the bottle. It is suitable for me as a sake alone or as a food sake.
Tangy melon flavor with a banana aftertaste.
2025/09/12 Washoku Shokuba Iroha Fujioka, Gunma
It's been a long time since I've had this macho 💪 It has a refined mouthfeel that you would not expect from a 90% polished rice ratio, a sweet aroma of rice, and a rich, sweet flavor of rice 😋 It's really delicious 😋...I'm enjoying it with sashimi as a snack 😋 I'll be back for more.
Hello brother, I like the composition of macho looking more enthusiastic in front of the sashimi in the first picture 😁 I have never had macho drink yet and would like to have it once... Sashimi and 😆.
Hello 😃This is my 3rd time to drink Macho 😃Omachi is also the most delicious 😋I didn't expect much at first because of the jokey label and high rice polishing ratio...but...the rich rice flavor, the smooth taste...I recommend it!
OHABAI ART DECO Junmai Ginjo NOUVEAU [Gunma Prefecture, Makino Shuzo].
Sourness and sweetness with a hint of apple, and a slight gasiness. I like it a lot.
Ingredients: rice (domestic), rice malt (domestic)
Rice polishing ratio: 60
Alcohol content: 14%.
It's September... and summer is in full swing: ☀️
It seems that this unusual high temperature is no longer an anomaly, but a normal temperature that always happens every year... 🥵.
So, before we dry out, don't we drinkers need to make sure we have a good supply of al 🍶? 🤭
Well, tonight we opened a bottle of Ohibai Macho💪 Masked Man🍶.
I've been hooked on Macho since my first drink... but I can't find anything better than that gorilla🦍😭, so I'm going to drink Macho to the hilt😏.
The aroma is a bit apple-like... but not too strong 🤔.
Pouring it into the glass, it's not too strong..................................first sip! The moment I take a sip, there is a sweetness and a bit of bitterness at the same time + a unique Macho juiciness 🫧... but I think there is a bit too much of a tangy taste due to the low milled rice 🌾. I think there is a little bit of a tangy taste......but the sharpness is first 🙆🙆.
The overall finish is one of my personal favorites 😆.
......‼️ still not over the gorilla 😅
I think I made a mistake in a sense when I drank from Gorilla as my first macho drink 😅 lol
I guess I ended up with a monkey🐒 origin, which is the origin of human beings. ⁉️
Anyway...looking forward to tomorrow's taste change✨
ps. I recommend THE MOON to you by far among all the restaurants I've tried recently 👌👌.
Day 2: 🗒️
I feel like the flavor has increased slightly ⤴️... but the alu feeling has increased and may be more subtle 😭
