Hatsushibori, or new sake.
It has a slightly mellow aroma, with a slight bitterness that starts to develop halfway through. It is on the heavy side. I paired it with motsu nabe (a hot pot of vegetables), but it was refreshing and drained off the fat.
Chikumanishiki Shuzo, Saku City, Nagano Prefecture, Japan Chikumanishiki Kuradashi Nama Shu Dry Special Junmai
It was purchased from the brewery. The aroma when opening the bottle is very full.
But it is very dry and sharp.
Tasted here also at Hanshin Department Store.
All three brands are made from Miyamanishiki.
Chikuma Nishiki Junmai Ginjo
The standard was the Junmai Ginjo. It had a rich, full-bodied taste, with a strong sweetness and umami flavor, and a slight rustic aftertaste.
Activated Junmai Nama Nama Sake, as squeezed.
I think they said it was a seasonal made-to-order.
It was a bit acidic, but not too strong.
Hatsushibori-Hatsu Shibori Dry Special Junmai Harajuku
This is also a seasonal product.
The sake is a little high in alcohol (17%) and has a sake strength of about +6, but it is not too spicy and is very refreshing.
Chikuma-Nishiki is sold at a one-coin price because Donki purchased and ordered a quantity of 10,000 bottles.
Good evening, Nemuchi-san 🦉.
Donkey Chikumagari Nishiki, that was never a funny thing 😊But still, 10,000 bottles is amazing! 100-200 koku is about the size of a small brewery 😳.
Hi Pon, I felt sorry for Chikuma Nishiki at Donki, but on the contrary, I'm glad that they purchased a large number of them 😁It sure is amazing that they can stock up on 10,000s of them 😆.
Saku City, Nagano Prefecture. Chikuma Nishiki Brewery Co.
Chikumanishiki Junmai Sake Betsuatsue
The other day, there was a news that the Furuya Sake Brewery, a sake brewery in Saku City, was destroyed by a fire.
Support is already spreading from sake breweries and others, and we wish for a speedy recovery 🙏.
Chikuma Nishiki is also from Saku City.
It's a Junmai bespoke, but it was on sale at Donki for the passionate price of 498 yen, so I felt sorry for the poor guy and brought it home with me.
I took it home with me.
The color is quite clear and almost colorless.
The top aroma is slightly citrusy with a strong alcoholic flavor.
The mouthfeel has a slight citrus acidity.
The palate has a citrusy acidity and then the sourness of the rice, typical of junmai sake. The umami spreads on the tongue after a short while.
After swallowing, an alcoholic aroma that goes into the nose envelops the umami, leaving a classical feeling at the end.
I thought it was a bit like a typical cup sake.
Ingredients: rice (domestic), rice malt (domestic)
Rice polishing ratio: 60
Alcohol content: 14%.
Hi Nemuchi 😃
We happened to pick it up on our Nagano sake trip the year before last and were surprised at how good it tasted 🫢Wa Wa Wa sake brewery 😥We would like to support you by buying some 😥 even though it's a small effort!
Good evening Jay & Nobby 🌛I was surprised to hear about the fire at the Wawa brewery, but I hope they will do well along with the support 📢I had a chance to talk and taste some at the Nagano event, so I will drink well and support them👍.
Good evening, Nemuchi🦉.
When you are about to ship the sake you made... it's tragic 😰I want to find it and support you 📣.
I thought it was the price of a sandesi, but it's a four-pack 😱.
Good evening, Pon-chan 🌛Koya Sake Brewery, too bad for you that you made such a good sake 😓I can only support you by drinking 👍I also took Chikuma-Nishiki home because I was sorry to pay 498 yen for Junmai Bessatsui 😅.
The day after we returned from our autumn drinking tour in Kyoto🌅, we decided to take a rest day.
I thought I would take a rest day since I drank a lot the day before, but my wife informed me that she bought a sashimi platter at a nice fish shop a few blocks away from our house.
Then I went to the liquor store to have a dry Sandesi to go with it 🚙.
I found a new brand of sake in the cellar, and was trying to decide which one to buy.
Chikumonishiki Junmai Sake: Traveling Sake Series E7
The sake comes in a can with a plastic cup, and has a rather interesting silhouette!
The aroma of rice is robust and tasty like a Junmai sake, and the sweetness is soft and smooth behind the firm umami flavor, and then it finishes with a rough texture and a bitter taste.
The entrée was "yellowtail, sunfish, and tuna sashimi assortment" and "roast beef rice bowl".
Hi Gyve, good evening.
No reason not to drink if you have a delicious sashimi platter 😁✨✨.
I'm so jealous that you went poof and went back to Sandesi sake in Nagano ✨.
A robust junmai sake would go well with the snacks 😊.
Good morning, Jive 🐥.
It's nice to come back from a trip and have a drink to accompany the trip 👍and a stylish can ✨It's not as solid as it looks 😆 That's also good! The yellowtail looks delicious😻
Good morning, ma-ki-san!
I had sashimi from this fish shop before and it was so delicious that I was disappointed that I couldn't drink sake, so I paired it with sandeshi this time 😁.
It's the only Shinshu sake at the liquor store I usually go to ✨.
Good morning, Pon-chan!
I first saw the silhouette of the sake and thought it looked strange, but when I removed the exterior, I found it was an aluminum can container with a lid, which is often seen in tea 🤣.
The catch of yellowtail in Fukui this year is very good, so you can enjoy it deliciously and at a good price ✨.
My wife bought this sake from Nagano Prefecture.
The trial size of 300 ml was surprisingly good.
Immediately after opening the bottle, there was an aroma of rice.
It tastes like white wine.
First, there is acidity and a hint of astringency. Sweetness.
We are wine lovers, and this is a sake that we would like to keep in our memories as a good choice.
