This is a limited edition sake with a hanging mouth made without filtration.
It has a very fruity taste with a clean aftertaste, and although it is unfiltered, it disappears easily.
The mouthfeel is filled with the sweet aroma of sake lees. It is delicious!
Last fall, on the way back from a roadside station in Kyoto for ayu fish catching & barbecue, I stopped by a kiln in Tanba Sasayama. There is a sake brewery near there, and a cold fresh straw! Fresh and spicy impression!
Sake from Tamba Sasayama City, Hyogo Prefecture
Located in the suburbs, the best time to sample sake in the city is when it is exhibited at events in the city.
It feels similar to Souzake.
It has a slightly candy-red color and a slight aroma of kijo sake.
It has a clean but strong flavor that goes well with sashimi of white fish.
It is nigori sake of Shugetsu 🍶.
I forgot to take a picture, so I borrowed it without permission from Ikoma Sake Shop's SNS 🙄.
This one was served cold.
The top aroma is a unique rice aroma like koji mold.
According to Iikoma-san, who came to the sake meeting, it has a brewer's peculiar aroma.
It is not such a strange aroma.
When you put it in your mouth, it has a mild rice flavor with a moderate sweetness.
It is not dry, so it is easy to drink.
It was delicious. ✨️
Next is Shugetsu's Morning First Shibori from Tanba Sasayama.
It does not have a specific name, so I wonder if this is also a regular sake.
First, it was served cold.
The first aroma is sweet with a hint of acidity.
It has the freshness of new sake in the mouth.
The sweetness is moderate and refreshing.
Next, warmed sake.
The top aroma is the sweet aroma of heated sake.
If you like heated sake, you'll agree with me 😂.
The sweetness expands in the mouth and it warms up beautifully.
It was delicious.
I've been looking for this sake on the net but only find it on the hometown tax 🤔.
The Junmai specs are all Special Junmai, so I think this one is Special Honjozo since it has the rice polishing ratio listed 🤔 Asa Shibori should have been around 2000 yen for 4 gos of sake.
Today I had the idea to drive out and buy a bottle of local sake, Shugetsu's Special Junmai. I saw on the shelf at the store that it had won some kind of award for lukewarm sake, so I bought it without hesitation.
I immediately warmed it up to lukewarm. The taste is dry but clean and beautiful.
Delicious.
I found Shugetsu at the tasting corner of Hankyu Sannomiya!
I try not to look at the tasting corner at Hankyu on my way home from work because I always end up buying something, but for some reason I did 💦.
I took all of the tasting and bought the following
Nigori 👍
I saw the bottle on the table and it was bubbling and bubbling.
I knew this was a buy and bought it immediately 😁.
Opened the bottle, being careful not to spill it ❗️
Finished safely. Is the gas weak this year?
It feels gassy, but it's okay.
It's not very stimulating 🤣.
It's a bit of a matte taste, but it's easy to drink because it tastes clean and has a good acidity 👍.
It is nigori, but it was brewed in the style of Shudzuki. ❗️
I really wanted to buy Shugetsu for New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, so I was thinking of going to buy it locally, but then I found it 😁.
I'm glad I was able to buy it nearby 👍
Purchased at a New Year's Eve tasting at Icoma Sake Shop.
It is slightly fruity and sweet, but the acidity is impressive. I felt I could taste the flavor better when it was closer to room temperature than when it was cold.
The fourth one is a cracker made by the Full Moon Pon company that I purchased at Dairy and Yeast. They sold fennel and rosemary, so I chose the fennel.
The fennel is kneaded into the dough of the full moon pon.
The taste is like unbaked bread, making the most of the ingredients.
I think the fennel aroma is so strong that some drinks will defeat the taste 🤔.
I think it would go well with darker and more flavorful drinks.
I mean, only Kansai people know what "mangetsu pon" means😅.
A few days after opening it, it tastes like apricots like Yoohee said before!
Good morning, bouken 🐥.
I reacted to the full moon pon🤣I didn't know there was such a stylish flavor 😳I haven't had it in a while 😋.
I see that mangetsu pon is only available in Kansai 😳I'm in the mood for the Kenmin show 😆.
Ponchan, good evening 🌃
It seems to be produced by an imported food company 🤔
I thought it was only in Kansai, but in Kanto, you can buy it at Daiso or something like that 😊.
Purchased at Ikoma Sake Shop with Jinya
It is said to be Nakakumi though it is not written.
The acidity is impressive.
When it's cold, it has a strong alcoholic taste and it feels spicy, but when it's near room temperature, it has a sweet and fruity taste. The second half of the bottle is quite strong.
It might be good to drink it on the rocks.
It's definitely better than when I ordered it a few years ago!
They must be improving the quality of their sake 🤔.
They are going to have a tasting on New Year's Eve and the brewer will be there so I'm looking forward to it 😆.
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100% Yamada Nishiki
Nutty, pineapple aroma
Sourness and rice flavor in the first sip
Unique grape-like flavor
Light and crisp
It would go well with sashimi of white meat fish.
Aroma ★★★★⭐︎⭐︎
Taste ★★★★⭐︎⭐︎
Sweetness★★★⭐︎⭐︎
Acidity★★★⭐︎⭐︎
Lingering taste★★★⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎
Purchased at Icoma Sake Shop
It has a slight, gentle sweetness and a little acidity.
It's the type of sake that you don't get tired of drinking, and it's very strong in a meal.
When I drank a lot of Shugetsu in the past, they were all subtle and tasteless, but I feel like the quality of sake is rapidly improving and I need to re-drink the ones I drank in the past 🤔.
As the label on the back says, it has a deep taste.
It tastes better a little longer after taking it out of the fridge.
I want to get the freshly squeezed one too 😆.
I thought I was going to take a break from sake for a while, but while talking to a local sake brewer who had a stall at a local event today, I got curious and bought this hiyaoroshi.
It was quite mellow when drunk chilled. The brewer recommended lukewarm heating, so I warmed it up.
The spiciness stands out, but it is certainly delicious.
I don't often buy local sake, but this is delicious.
I can't wait to take a break from drinking.