A while ago I drank Mitsui no Kotobuki with malic acid yeast, and this is a nigori version of it 🍶.
The initial aroma is of malted rice and acidity.
In the mouth, as with the dry Mitsui no Kotobuki, there is almost no sweetness, but there is no bitterness, and the mild milky rice flavor is nice 😋.
It was quite delicious 🍶✨.
The spoils of my recent business trip to Fukuoka. Today is Mitsui's Kotobuki.
It is basically light and dry, while retaining some umami. The label says it is very dry, but it is not that dry. However, if you want to drink it, it should be served cold. It is not smooth at room temperature. It is a somewhat bland sake. That is why it is a good sake to drink at a bar with a glass of chilled sake.
Where has the sparkle of the sake I drank there gone? Is it the kind of delicious sake that can only be enjoyed at restaurants?
It was delicious when I drank it at an izakaya in Kokura, but now I feel indigestion.
Slamdunk!
Mitsui is a very strong image of a high school debutante.
Eh! Am I the only one who thinks so?
It's written that it's very dry, and I can't help it.
Tonight, there were several empty bottles that had not been opened yet!
I asked the manager if I could open these too.
He said it's ok 🙆♀️
We were so happy 😃!
Now, let's open them 🍶!
The bottom of the bottle is full of oriels 🈵.
Stirring slowly slowly slowly
I thought it would be spicy, but it's a sweet cloudy sake!
This is delicious 😋!
Let's go one after another!
Knowledge
Cicara" means cicada in Italian, and the new "Cicara" has a green bottle with a green line on the label, which is designed to resemble a bear cicada.
Rice: 100% Yume-Ichiken
Rice polishing ratio: 60
Sake strength: 15
Sake degree: ±1
Acidity: 2.1
Amino acidity: 1.3
Yeast: High malic acid producing strain of yeast
A sweet and sour liquor with a fruity acidity.
I see that cicala is cicada in Italian.
But when I saw Mitsui no Kotobuki (Mitsui no Hisashi), all I could think of was slam dunk 😅.