Purchased at Nishinomiya Hankyu Department Store
It is a small brewery in Nishinomiya prefecture. The label is a nice nostalgic design. It has a strong dry taste, so I wonder if it would be good as a summer sake.
I would like to try it heated when it gets cooler.
The one that was kept for about half a month at Icoma Sake Shop.
It doesn't say it, but according to the official website, it's Junmai Ginjo Nama Sake.
Shuwashu and dry. It is not very sweet, but you can really taste the flavor of rice. The acidity is quite strong.
I wonder if it should be drunk like champagne.
I think it is the best toast.
This month's hanpukai
Okutanba Mokufuda no Mukotsu Nakadori (bag-hanging?) Limited Sake
The aroma is gorgeous and has a strong apple flavor.
The acidity is low and sweet, probably due to the use of Ogawa yeast.
The taste is sweet and umami with fullness.
The taste is lighter than expected without being too sweet while keeping the acidity low.
There is a bit of bitterness and complexity from the ingredients, but it is not unpleasant and is a good accent.
It is a very drinkable and tasty sake.
This was also purchased at Ikoma Sake Shop😊.
Okutanba rate is also high these days😅
It was very hard to open it because it spewed so much 💦.
I'd love to see this sake compete with Nemuchi, a professional bottle opener 😏.
It doesn't say, but according to the official website, it's junmai ginjo sake!
You can fully enjoy the sweetness and umami of the concentrated rice with the shwashiness.
Dry but moderately sweet.
This brewery also seems to be one that mainly uses Ogawa yeast 🤔I saw on instagram that Chikara from Kiri-Tsukuba visited the brewery!
The Kijoshu was so good that I bought this one at Ikoma Sake Shop. It is not very sweet, but I can taste the flavor of sherry. I've never had sherry before though 🙄 It tastes like oriental liquor.
I wonder what I should marry this with🤔.
It's easier to drink than oak barrels, but it has a little bit of a habit.
This is one that I had been laying in the fridge, thinking I had to drink it soon.
It is fresh, fruity, and sharp,
It has a clear taste and is delicious.
I drank Chitose from the same brewery about 2 years ago, but it's been 4 years since I've had Okutanba itself.
Hyogo Sake85 is a series of sake made with Hyogo's next generation sake rice called "Eighty-Five". The next generation rice was born 39 years ago, which is the same age as myself.
I bought it together with 8-year-old Ichinokura at Ikoma Sake Shop.
It's rare to find a kijoshu that is a nama yeast yeast yeast yeast yeast yeast yeast.
I thought it was rare to find a kijoshu that was a "kinohashimoto" sake 💦.
The palate is refreshing, but soon after the rich ripe fruit-like sweetness bursts forth. However, it is relatively easy to drink, and not as harsh as most kijo-shu. I'm getting interested in sherry cask too.
The sweetness is a bit like the URAZATO PROTOTYPE 4 I had the other day. It's like a darker version of URAZATO PROTOTYPE 4.
It's one of the best kijo sake I've ever had.
It's a kijoshu, but the official website says it's a junmai ginjo.
After a few days, it starts to get banana-like.
Hello, bouken 🐦!
A kijoshu with a raw yeast yeast yeast yeast yeast yeast! I love Yonotori so I'm so caught up 😁It might take me another 2 years, but I'd love to drink it if I find it ❣️Ikoma, you put some rare ones 😳.
Good evening, Ponchan 😃.
Perverted specs! I bought it thinking that it was a "perverted specs" but later I realized that there is also a Yonotori 🤣.
You can't buy Yonotori very often these days 🤔.
I'm glad to know that not many stores in Hyogo carry Okutanba 😌.
No, this is classy too.
It's the first sake I've ever encountered.
I drank it while savoring it, thinking it was delicious!
I saw information that it is at its best around the beginning of the year, so I wonder if it would be different if I drank it at that time of the year.
1831 2024/6
Okutamba Natural Sake -Ameshu
Junmai Ginjo Unfiltered Nama Sake
Organic Omachi from Bicchu Kurashiki Yamada Farm
60% 15° 24/3 A
Tanba City, Hyogo
720 1980
Soft aroma and elegant mouthfeel.
Although it is 15%, it has a good umami taste as it is a draft sake.
If I had to say something, I would say it could be a little more powerful.
A side note: Recently, low-alcohol (low alcohol content) sake has been on the rise, but I wonder if there is still a lot of demand for such sake.
Of course, there are some good low-alcohol sake, but there are also sake brands and product names that have become completely different from their predecessors, even though they are still called sake....
I suppose the purpose is to increase the number of new sake fans, but we also have to be careful not to lose the existing fans.
Japanese sake
Ingredients: Rice (domestic), Rice malt (domestic)
Rice polishing ratio: 50
Alcohol content: 16%.
I bought it because one of the few Okutanba drinkers, haniwa56, said it was delicious. This sake is brewed by Mr. Takuo Aoki, a toji (master brewer) who grows his own sake rice.
It is delicious.
I thought it was a typical sake when drunk before a meal, but when drunk during a meal it was sweet, and when drunk after a meal it was crisp, which I thought was characteristic of Okutamba. Good luck to the Tamba Toji!
I can't help reading Taku as "Suguru" if you are a baseball fan 😅 even if you are a Hanshin fan.
I'm going to see my first farm game tomorrow. I'm surprised that it's so much smaller than the first team!
Good evening, Ane-san ^_^
You are a "monster", Mr. Taku Egawa, aren't you?
The taste of sake changes depending on the situation in which you drink it👍
I've been drinking Ichimonji sake lately, so I'd like to try this one too 😊.
Hi Ane. I was happy to see your comment about Takumami.
I hope you will continue to make delicious sake.
I also went to see a farm game at Koshien the other day. It was great to be able to see the game from a seat that I normally can't afford.
Good morning, Manta 😁.
I have a strong impression of Genichiro Takahashi and his show where he just keeps losing at horse races (who knows 🤣).
I'm sure the taste will be different depending on your physical condition and basically I want to make sure you are fully prepared 😊.
Good morning, haniwa56 😃.
I'm glad you told me about it because when I look at the online store lineup, I don't see it in the ICHIOKO section ☺️ I still have the wooden tag left.
I like the farm in Koshien 🐯 best!