3rd cup
The first one was "Nigori, is it OK?
and out came Harukoi!
Oh shit ❗️
I ate the strawberry cream cheese 😱.
If I had known this was coming out I would have left it 😭
60% polished domestic rice, 11% alcohol by volume
(The pink color is not from red yeast)
I haven't had this in a year.
I realized once again that it was also quite acidic.
I recognized it again!
The nigorigo is also delicious!
Good morning, Pon 😃.
Actually, I tried to combine 🍓 cream cheese and Hououmida strawberries at home the other day, but the sake was too sweet 🆖😓.
I still prefer Haruko-ai.
For cheap and tasty drinks 🎵🍶.
This time from Miyagi Prefecture 🍶🍶 from Shinzawa Brewery ✨.
Atago no Matsu Betsujikomi Honjyo
Polishing ratio 60
Alcohol content 15%.
Light and clean mouthfeel you wouldn't expect from the classic label 😌Clear and fruity taste 😋A little short on its own, but good to drink as a mid-meal drink 🎵This is refreshing and delicious, and best of all, it's very cost effective at 2,200 yen including tax ✨.
Aroma is calm, like banana 🍌.
Slight sweetness like grapes🍇.
Smooth and full 🎶.
Mild acidity wraps it up at the end 😄.
Among several brewing tanks, the tank that produced the best quality sake was the "No. 63 tank" 😉.
On this day, we exchanged information with good friends in the same position in the same industry. We left the brand name to the restaurant for the sake tasting set. The first was this combination. It had a pink label and pink nigori inside. The spring-like color and taste was refreshing with sweet acidity and light effervescence. It was a good starter.
It was chosen for my daughter's 20th birthday celebration. This sake has a refreshing sweet and sour taste with a thick nigori. It is low-alcoholic but firm and drinkable, which is good for spring.
First, fillet sake: ‼️
We were served with quite a fine fillet.
It gradually mellowed out and I had another serving.
I wish I had drank fillet sake earlier...
Sometimes I use Google Maps to find a liquor store within a 30 minute bike ride and go there.
This past Saturday, I found a liquor store surprisingly close by. I've passed by it many times, but never noticed it. I went there immediately.
There is no signboard, and the name is not "Fatty's Liquor Store" or anything like that.
But it surely looks like a proper liquor store.
The refrigerated cases on the front of this liquor store are about 3/4 full of sake bottles (roughly), and there are only a few 4-gou bottles. I'm on a bicycle, so I can't afford to buy a bottle of sake.
Among the few bottles, the one that caught my eye was "Harukoi".
After a brief lecture from the store staff on how to open the bottle, I put it in my backpack and was asked, "Is it OK? Isn't it slanted? I ended up putting it in the outside water bottle container and left.
I carefully opened the bottle while watching a YouTube video of the Shinzawa Brewing Company.
It went so well that I was almost disconcerted! LOL!
Fresh acidity when you drink it, indeed, if you say so, not citrusy, strawberry?
A lingering feeling on the palate and a slight bitterness.
Sourness prevails over sweetness.
The alcohol content is low, so it goes down smoothly.
The last sip was a bit foamy. Maybe I should have stirred it in the middle? I drank it in no time at all.