Shuyooshi's Hanami Sake🌸
The bottle design is cool
Reminiscent of cherry blossoms at night
Sake with a little sourness and a punch 🍶.
But it's very smooth and tasty 😋.
It's been warm and suddenly cold this year.
I can only watch the cherry blossoms.
But I'm happy to stay warm and drink at home 😃.
I went out yesterday to buy some and bought some Shuyoshi. The pop-up sign at the store reads "Dry". I was worried about it when I went there last week.
This sake is brewed with Akita Sake Komachi rice and Hoshi yeast. The alcohol content is 16%.
The aroma is subdued (a bit stuffy), and after a sip, you don't feel any acidity, but it passes down your throat with a nice vigor and spiciness.
I like dry sake, so it is very tasty.
Yamada Nishiki.
This is also aged, apparently.
The sweetness and umami are smooth.
The acidity combines in the mid-palate and finishes with a full-bodied umami.
It has a gorgeous aroma and flavor, and is very drinkable, as is typical of Hidariyoshi.
It has a strong presence that can be matched with strong dishes.
You've been drinking since Monday 😅.
100% Akitakomachi used,
Polishing ratio 65
Sake is sparkling with Inaniwa Udon noodles. It has a sweet and light taste with carbonation, so it goes well as a food sake. Delicious.
It seems to be a rare sake that is bottled only by reservation as a limited edition sake for the sake brewery opening.
It is so-so sweet, but with 18% alcohol by volume, it is indeed intoxicating...
1899 2025/3
Shuyooshi Cold-Shibori-Junmai Nama-Nama-Shu
Akita Sake Komachi 60
+3.5 1.5 1.2
Akita-style flower yeast, Hana-komachi yeast
17° 25/2 A+
Daisen City, Akita Suzuki Shuzoten
1800 2850
This is a Hideshiyoshi cold-brewed sake that was worth the effort of bringing back a bottle from Kakunodate 25 years ago.
I found it with the same label as back then, so I bought it without hesitation.
This time, the aroma is a bit more floral and you don't get a sense of the alcohol content.
But it has a strong, robust flavor, and the imbalance between the aroma and the taste is interesting, in a good way.
The aroma is not strong,
The aroma is mild, full, and sweet.
In the mouth, there is a sweet flavor and a sour flavor (with a hint of spiciness and bitterness).
and acidity (with a hint of spiciness and bitterness in the background).
followed by acidity (with the presence of pungent bitterness in the background).
The mouth is then filled with acidity in the front,
The sweet and umami taste is felt three-dimensionally in the back of the mouth,
very tasty.
In a sentence, it sounds like
It is like a sweet and sour apricot wine, but the acidity is not as pronounced as in apricot wine.
The ratio of sweetness to sourness is much greater than that of apricot wine, and it is delicious 😋.
Because of the acidity, it is not sweet and dull,
It is also not boring to drink 👍.
It was delicious. Thank you very much for the food 😋😋.
What is a special sake? It is a honjozo sake, but it is not crispy. It has a slightly sweet, dashi broth-like flavor that makes you feel relaxed.
I wondered if this dashi flavor is what makes it a tokuso (special brew).
It can be served cold, but I think it tastes better warmed up.