At Kimishimaya, we were treated to a comparison of two types of Ibaraki sake 🍂.
A bottle of the dry and delicious type 🍂 that is perfect for the autumn flavors.
It was the kind of bottle I'd like to pair with fatty grilled saury 🐟✨.
<Specs
Hyakusai: fully matured, Hiyoroshi (Hiyaoroshi)
Junmai-shu, 18% alcohol by volume, Sake degree +3, Acidity 1.9, Rice used (Tamakae)
<Taste
Aroma with a sense of maturity.
The mouthfeel is smooth, deliciously dry.
The inside is dry with a hint of acidity.
The aftertaste is slightly lingering with a deliciously dry impression.
Autumn Sake: Favorite Score: 8.0/10
Aroma: 2.0|Mouthfeel: 1.5|Middle taste: 1.0|Final taste: 1.5|Price: 2.0
Very traditional, a little rough around the edges. 18% alcohol. Expect no less from Ibaraki. Good by itself at the end of the meal. From internet search a seasonal product, hiyaroshi.
It has a hard taste with a firm pungency and a good straight flavor, but it has a unique aroma after you put it in your mouth.
It has a unique aroma in the mouth. The aroma lingers until the end.
It is a masculine sake that is unique but not glamorous, and I would even call it simple.
I wonder if this sake's partner would be arame or mezame.
5/10
A hundred year old summer sake with zero ginjo aroma written all over it.
It is firm, dry, and sharply drinkable at a sake strength of +12.
Although it is a summer sake, it can be enjoyed as a heated sake.
It is crisp on the palate and spreads a dryness that lingers on the tongue.
Even sake has different degrees of dryness.
This is a dry sake worthy of the term "dry.
Sweet *☆☆☆☆ dry
Rich★☆☆☆☆ light
Strong aroma★☆☆☆☆Weak aroma
Bitterness★☆☆☆☆
Acidity★☆☆☆☆☆☆
Recommendation⭐️⭐️⭐️
Tangy, dry and dry. Slightly sweet with a hint of astringency. It is a summer sake.
Rice : Nipponbare produced in Hitachiniku, Ibaraki
Rice polishing ratio : 70%.
Sake degree : +11
Acidity : 1.8
Alcohol content : 15
Produced in : Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan Yoshikubo Sake Brewery
We hope you will enjoy this sake for a long time until it is 100 years old.
The powerful flavor of the rice and the richness of the rice are the complex depths of "Hyakusai".