The first drink I ordered after attending Izumiya's Sushi Sake party for a long time.
Gassan from Shimane!
It had been a while since I had had it. Aromatic, but simple and delicious.
Ingredients: Rice (domestic), rice malt (domestic)
100% domestic sake brewing rice
Rice polishing ratio 70%.
Alcohol content 15
Location Shimane Prefecture
Rice type Gohyakumangoku
Type of sake Junmai Ginjo
Rice polishing 60
Alcohol content 15°.
Sake Mother Unknown
Sake degree 0
Acidity 1.5
Rating Tasting cup
(Aroma) +1 Steamed rice, banana
(Appearance) Slightly yellowish crystal
(Taste) Slightly yellowish crystal
Body 2
Acid 2 Almost lactic acid
Sweetness 1.5
Umami 2
Bitterness 2
Lingering Alcoholic spiciness and bitterness
Impression Tasty, medium dry
The aroma is quite subdued. Heavy aroma like banana. Taste is umakuchi type with some body. Although the sake level is 0, it is rather spicy. It goes well with strong flavors and strong dishes, making it a good mid-meal sake.
Personally, I prefer Gassan's blue, clear, dry version.
Repeat Score 1.5
I would like to repeat if there were salted fish or cheese.
There is no ginjo aroma, but there is a little fresh topping aroma that foreshadows sourness.
The gasiness is strong and fresh on the palate.
The balance of umami acidity and bitterness is a little more acidic. And it's clean and crisp. 😋😋😋😋
It has a bit of body, and the sweetness and spiciness are dry.
Serve cold 😆.
This is the best summer sake for eating 👍.
2,500 yen without tax
I bought this on my way back from visiting Izumo Taisha shrine in Shimane: ☺️
I've always been curious about Gassan.
I had a hard time deciding which one to buy, so I bought this one because it's a seasonal sake 💕
It's refreshing and very tasty!
It has a sour and citrusy taste.
The aroma and taste are both refreshing and clean! Delicious 🥰!
Purchased on 2025.04.30
I have a friend who got into sake last year, and we decided to go shopping for premium sake with him, but neither of us is only interested in that, and we both wanted to buy other sake as well, so we decided to introduce each other's sake recommendations. Here is one of them.
It has a gorgeous tropical aroma, as recommended by my friend who loves hana-yori. Surprisingly, it also has an alcoholic aroma, so it seems to be tasty and drinkable!
It has a freshness that may or may not come with a slight sizzle. It has a cider-like flavor, which may be due to the characteristics of the alcohol. It also has a pineapple cider-like flavor due to the capoechi-style ginjo aroma that everyone loves.
At first impression, it was a typical good pineapple type sake, but once I discovered the cider taste, the saké went on and on and on and on. Sake like this tends to peak at the beginning, but I was surprised at how the flavor increased!
So this was a Gassan brewery to begin with! I had avoided drinking sake since I drank a classic hi-iru sake when I first started drinking sake, but as expected from a famous brewery, it was delicious!