Purchased at a supermarket in Karuizawa. I did not expect much...but I experienced the power of Nagano sake🍶...aroma: a faint sweet aroma of rice, a clear sweet bitterness...the bitterness is just right and does not bother me...it is delicious😋...but it is also delicious😋 when drunk as is... ...but it really comes into its own as a food sake! It's a very beautiful sake that doesn't interfere with food 🍶♪ I'm sipping it with a side dish of inada I caught in Sagami Bay 😋♪ This is delicious 😋♪....
Oh, Annikie!
What is this fatty and fatty sashimi?
I couldn't help but google it, but it's called "inada" there.
I'm sure you can get it for fishing. I'm sure you also ride ......, right?
I'm actually halfway through the ditch.
sake-run-san It was a delicious 😋inada...it is the child of yellowtail......the name may be different depending on the region. I am a poor person with many hobbies like fishing🎣biking🏍️running🏃and drinking🍶.
Asamatake is a sake that I have been paying attention to recently. I am not a big fan of sake made with flower yeast because the aroma is too strong in a way, but the owner recommended it to me as a beautifully brewed sake, and I thought I would give it a try if it was Asamatake.
The nose is quite strong, with a honey-like sweetness mixed in with the ginjo aroma. It is made with cosmos flower yeast, but I don't understand what it is called 🌸cosmos🌸, but on the contrary, it is an aroma that is not strange to me.
The taste is quite reasonable for the aroma. It has a good balance of umami and alcohol, but not too strong, and it has acidity and a nice sharpness.
Perhaps it is characteristic of flower yeast, but as the temperature begins to rise, there is a sense of slight bitterness.
It was a flower yeast sake, but I personally felt no discomfort and enjoyed it. ☺️
Karuizawa Hatsuchi City Yard purchase, 2nd bottle.
Asamatake Junmai Ginjo 100% Hitogochi from Nagano Prefecture
Refreshing and a little fruity. Some acidity and bitterness.
The aroma is subdued (or is it "mild" in the sake sense?). The taste is light, with a hint of water.
I thought it could use a little more umami.
But when I paired it with Japanese food, I felt more of the aroma and the umami of the rice. It is a wonder.
Maybe it was because it was freshly removed from the vegetable room that I felt it was so light.
In my opinion, it tastes better when it is at room temperature.
I was so impressed with Asamatake that I finally found a store that sells it. ☺️ I was a little disappointed to see it again in the fall because I had the impression that it was sweet and refreshing, but I was more pleased to find it and bought it.
I followed the recommendation and served it at room temperature. The aroma is mellow and sweet, like freshly cooked rice. It has a slightly sweet taste on the palate, and its clean structure is delicious even after drinking it again.
Now that I have found a distributor, I wonder if I can buy the new sake next time 😊.
Drink cold
Slightly cloudy white
Very mild aroma
Tastes like old-fashioned sake with woody nuances
Taste quickly fades away, followed by a slight tingling dryness.
Strange that it tastes more intense when served with snacks
I missed out on buying this sake last year and was able to obtain it for the first time this year. I had high expectations for this sake because it is one of my favorite brands.
When I poured it into the glass, a moderate aroma of maturity rose to the surface. It has an elegant aroma of rice, like that of koshinko, and a strong smell of alcohol, even though it is a pure sake (17%).
The taste is mildly sweet and spicy. When cold, it is refreshing and crisp, and you will never get tired of drinking it.
As the temperature rises slightly, it becomes more mature and even more delicious.
For snacks, we served it with stewed pork cubes. It matched the matured taste of autumn sake.
Today is summer vacation.
Mom and elementary school students are on an overseas expedition, so I took my two junior high school sons and my mom's parents home for a bullet trip (even though mom is not here 😊).
We also went to Okazaki Sake Brewery😌.
We bought some items there as souvenirs and had this for the evening. This is the first time I'm having it.
Modest aroma.
At first, the sweetness was a bit overwhelming.
I thought it was very sweet.
As the second and third sips progressed, the rice became more and more delicious.
The spiciness and slight bitterness.
The more you drink, the more the aroma of rice and the sweet, sour, and bitter tastes become well balanced and go well with meals. ‼️
After 3 cups for 2 people, you will start to feel the lingering aroma of Nagano sake that you have missed.
Nagano sake with Nagano father in Nagano is the best‼️
By the way, there is a jinx that the father's choice is really never wrong and the rate of coming back in a few years is high 😌.
Seigo-san, good evening 😃.
Nice to have dinner with your father in Nagano from Okazaki-san on your bullet trip back home 🤗.
I'd love to have a list of your father's choice of Nagano sake 😁.
Good evening, Jay & Nobby 😌When I drink with my father in Nagano, I tend to go on. We have had Kamerei, Akanezasu, Saku no Hana, Kitaan Okuni, etc. over the years. Nagano sake is good after all. ‼️
Tonight, I opened a bottle of Asamatake at home, which I could not drink after yesterday's Mt.
The appearance is a shining crystal. The aroma is of refined rice flour. The taste is full and sweet, followed by spiciness and bitterness, with a nice sharpness.
The reddish brown color of the label reminds me of the lava rock surface of the outer rim of Mt. Asama while drinking.
I have been curious about Asamatake for a while and finally got to drink it.
I wonder if there are places in Kansai that sell it.
The rice is Yamae Nishiki.
It has a soft sweetness with a hint of muscat.
It is easy to drink and you can drink it lazily 🤣.
With this, we left Chuin and headed to the venue for the first meeting....
Good evening, bouken 🌘.
I saw your post and thought that you go to Chuin very often! I was thinking that all of them were the 0th meeting that day 😳.
And you drank a lot at the offline meeting, didn't you?
You are a heavy drinker 👏.
Hi Malu ☀☀☀☀☀☀.
No, no, this is about 45ml per kind since I'm drinking half of the same alcohol as Rafa 🙄.
Remote, some people open 2 bottles of 4 gouge, so it's not good 😁.
