Kiritsukuba (Urazato Shuzoten Ibaraki)

7/20/2025, 12:51:17 AM

7/12/2025

コタロー

I saw on SNS that Kiri-Tsukuba's prefecture limited edition sake was on sale, and impulsively decided to make a small expedition to Ibaraki to try the ultra-harsh sake! I was impulsive enough to make a small trip to Ibaraki...but only to the southernmost sake shop. The aroma is apple-like 🍎 and melon-like 🍈. I'm not sure 🍈. A little chili, apple flavor, and clarity. The final taste is bitter and smooth. Delicious! Full of apple flavor, but not too bitter, so it's the kind of thing that makes you go on. Not super dry at all, but perfect for a meal. It is a clear drink of sweet apples and rice 🍶 It is not alcoholic, and the slight bitterness is still a nice accent. The mouthfeel is very clear and fresh. When drunk with a meal, it seems to reset itself while repeating its umami. I hope they expand the sales channels outside of the prefecture. I am looking forward to the one I bought with it!

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Kiritsukuba本生純米うすにごり

7/17/2025, 1:37:08 PM

7/17/2025

家飲み部

First Junmai Usu Nigori in 3 years! Unlike the previous time, be careful because the cap will fly off! I was told that the cap would fly off, but it flew off even when it was cooled down to the perfect temperature. Left⬅️ this year Right➡️04 year

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Kiritsukuba吟醸あまざけ

7/15/2025, 10:03:43 PM

9/7/2024

家飲み部

Past painting.

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nakaaki

7/15/2025, 10:42:03 AM

nakaaki

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Awesome.

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Kiritsukubaまるでパイナップル

7/11/2025, 12:55:40 PM

8/27/2024

家飲み部

This is a past painting. Back label is dirty.

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Kiritsukuba桜翔　スパークリング

7/2/2025, 11:30:07 AM

7/2/2025

家飲み部

If I remember correctly, this is the first time I've had sparkling wine 🤔 I'll have to drink this one as an unauthorized self-appointed ambassador 🤪🤪🤪.

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Kiritsukuba超辛口純米吟醸

6/26/2025, 3:51:11 AM

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Now sold all year round♪ My favorite Kiri-Tsukuba super dry wine is now available all year round instead of seasonal! I'm too happy ❤️ It's super good every time and it's worth repeating 🤣I wonder if my feelings were conveyed to the toji-san 😆. The aroma is slightly melon. But quite mild. Slightly fresh mouthfeel. The sweet melon-like flavor comes out a little bit, and from there, the mouth is washed away cleanly and spastically. The throat and the aftertaste are somewhat like Canadian dry ginger. Kuso Tamesu: ‼️ If I were to rank the sake I'd like to keep on hand, I'd say it's as good as Nabeshima Green. I would like people who don't like dry sake to try it. ❤️ It's perfect with chilled tofu in hot summer. ☀️ It goes well with meat, fish, or anything 😊.

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T.KISO

It's now a year-round sale. ⁉️ I'm going to post it now! ...maybe ( ≖ᴗ≖ )grin

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Good morning, T.KISO 😃I think it's relatively easy to buy them if you use the online store of a liquor store in Ibaraki, so please buy 10 bottles or so: ‼️

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ジェイ&ノビィ

Good morning, Manachy 😃. This one is really one of the best 🙆🏻🙆🏻‍♀️ to drink 😙 certainly not trapped in the big dry 😅I hope everyone can drink it 🤗. Oh! I drank one third 🍺‼️ and it was also very good 😋.

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Hi Jay & Nobby😃This is a great product that I really want everyone to drink‼️ but it is distributed almost exclusively in Ibaraki Prefecture🤣. One third drank 👌I wish that one was available all year round ❤️

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コタロー

Good evening, Mr. Manachy 🌙 I've always wanted to drink this, but it's too limited distribution to sell 😫I wonder if you can expand the distribution channel throughout the year + a bit ✨I'll have to make an Ibaraki expedition 🤔. That said, I bought the one third too 💪 enjoy 😊.

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Kotaro-san, good evening 🌆Please drink this for real 🤣Ibaraki expedition, by all means, you can buy it at the local sake bar at Mito station: ❤️

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ペンギンブルー

Kiritsukuba本生特別純米酒

6/25/2025, 8:08:29 AM

SAKE BAR 華蔵

外飲み部

ペンギンブルー

Royal, sake-like aroma. Slightly alcoholic with a hint of rice flavor. The taste of rice is refreshing. A sense of freshness. Good balance of sweetness and acidity. Moderate and smooth texture. Slightly light, suitable for a medium-bodied sake. It is delicious without flaw. 4/5 stars for my favorite.

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gon78

Kiritsukuba特別純米生酒

6/23/2025, 8:34:57 PM

6/23/2025

家飲み部

gon78

1922 2025/6 KIRITSUKUBA Honnen Special Junmai Sake Gohyakumangoku 60 Ogawa yeast 15° A Tsukuba City, Ibaraki 1800 3465 This is the first Kiri-Tsukuba in a long time. I found a draft, so I didn't hesitate to drink it. I felt a slight bitterness in the back of my mouth when I first sipped it, but it disappeared as I continued drinking. The taste is soft and gentle, and the acidity is moderate, but it's good once in a while.

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KiritsukubaまるでGREEN APPLE

6/21/2025, 1:19:10 PM

6/21/2025

家飲み部

As if it were the third in a series. I think this one might be my favorite😍. I drink it chilled and sip it on a hot night!　I need to buy several bottles for my stock 🤪🤪.

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Masaaki　Sapporo

Good evening, Koniyama 🌙Congratulations on your 100 check-ins🎊Urasato here looks delicious 😋.

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Masaaki Thanks for your comment.　I noticed it today😅. I just found out today 😅This series is now a PB product of a certain liquor store.　I wish you all could drink it 😆.

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Kiritsukuba超辛口本生純米吟醸生酒

6/18/2025, 2:02:33 PM

6/14/2025

酒宴にて醸す心をたしなミーツ

National Sake Fair 2025 in Osaka (11) Ibaraki Prefecture Booth① Mr. Bouken was disappointed that there were only a few brands of sake from Ibaraki Prefecture when the sake list was announced, but when he went to the booth, he found a lot of sake that were not on the list. First up was the Urasato Sake Brewery, a classmate of the owner of the Crazy Salad Pavilion. The toji and his wife were available and we had a short chat with them. They had been staying in Osaka since last week for a series of events. ◉霧筑波超辛口本生 Junmai Ginjo I tasted it thinking I wouldn't buy it because of its dryness, but it had a refreshing mouthfeel with a decent sweetness and umami, and wasn't too spicy that I didn't like. When I asked about the difference between Urasato and Kiri-Tsukuba, I was told that Urasato is for the national market and Kiri-Tsukuba is 97% for the local market, and that outside of the prefecture, Crazy Salad House has a 3% share of the market. That's quite an impressive feat.

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まつちよ

Good evening Nemuchi-san 🍶. I think all of the remaining 3% is a lot of Sugi since the liquor store in the next station in Tokyo sometimes has Kirizukuba lol.

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Hi Manachy, ☀☀☀Kirizukuba is described as super dry, but I thought it was delicious, dry with a sweet and umami taste and a clean mouthfeel 😋.

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酒雑魚

6/18/2025, 1:05:55 PM

5/31/2025

Kiritsukuba超辛口本生純米吟醸原酒生酒

6/17/2025, 3:18:33 AM

6/14/2025

ATCホール

酒宴にて醸す心をたしなミーツ

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National Sake Fair 2025⑩ Ibaraki Prefecture① Finally, I went to the Ibaraki booth! The preliminary list showed only 3 kinds of sake, but when I went there on the day of the fair, I was surprised to see many kinds of sake on display. Urasato Sake Brewery in Tsukuba City Mr. Toji of Urasato Sake Brewery was there with his wife! It was like meeting a celebrity! They were in Osaka for the second week in a row for an event in the Kansai region. The president (Toji's father) was also at the event! I chose a super dry sake, which I had never had before! Ibaraki booth didn't have any information (or did they forget to give it to me?). So I used the specs based on the internet 😅. Polishing ratio 55%, Hitanishiki 15 degrees, Acidity 1.2, Sake degree undisclosed It's dry but has sweetness. I thought it might be dry because it's super spicy, but it's not. I can drink this kind of dry sake. Kiri-Tsukuba doesn't seem to sell outside of the prefecture, but they seem to sell it specially to the crazy salad hall, Tomekawa Sake Shop. I used to buy Kiri-Tsukuba as a matter of course, but I never realized how valuable it was💦.

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Hi bouken😃This is now a year-round sake sale starting this month! It's very good, isn't it? ❤️ I've heard that in the past, only liquor stores in the prefecture that had a view of Mt.

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アラジン

Hello bouken 😃 I am so envious that you got to meet Mr. and Mrs. Chikara, the master brewer, and drink Kirizukuba: ☺️ Kiri-Tsukuba is a deliciously dry and flavorful sake 🤤. Thanks to Mr. Tomekawa, I can also drink Kirizukuba while I am in Kansai 😊.

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Good evening, Mr. Manachy 🌃 I believe it used to come out around the beginning of the year 🤔. It's easy to drink and I hope there will be more dry wines like this one 😆. I think you can see pretty far since there doesn't seem to be too many tall buildings 😁.

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Good evening, Mr. Aladdin. As you said, it was not light, but deliciously dry 😋. I thought I should drink it more appreciatively 🥰.

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ユリべロス

Kiritsukuba純米大吟醸

6/15/2025, 6:54:48 PM

Treemaron

6/14/2025, 11:53:29 AM

ppp

6/14/2025, 11:52:22 AM

6/14/2025

きむっぺ

Kiritsukubaピュア茨城しずく無濾過

6/14/2025, 10:39:06 AM

6/14/2025

きむっぺ

It's been a while since I've had sake. Today is his birthday. It was my day off, but the store was open and they said it was okay, so I bought it. It tastes clean, in a good way, like sake, and is easy to drink and delicious.

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ジェイ&ノビィ

Hi Kimupe 😃. Happy birthday 🎂🎉! Nice liquor store 🤗.

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きむっぺ

Hello Jay & Nobby. Thank you very much. It was closed, but it was worth the trip to the brewery.

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Kiritsukuba特別純米無濾過

6/10/2025, 1:52:04 AM

6/5/2025

酒ギャラリーあまがい

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Burakuri 🏍️ first visit! Here is a bottle on the shelf in the liquor store. I was worried that I couldn't find the date of manufacture due to the strange code notation, but I wanted to try it, so I welcomed it! I had it at room temperature, and the fine chili sensation is pleasant on the tongue......slightly classical flavor, rich umami, mellow texture, and refreshing sharpness....

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ムロ

Good evening, Kotori-san 🤔. That is indeed a strange code notation 🤔. Not at all if you wanted to try it 🆗😁. I finally made my debut at Hitomi Sake Shop, Mashidaya and Saito Sake Shop 🥰. It was a great store 💖.

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ジェイ&ノビィ

ことりさん、こんにちは😃 バイク🏍️で酒屋さんの開拓！良いですね👍 茨城まで出張して霧筑波‼️我々も茨城の池ださんでの辛口ゲットでした🤗

Hello Mr. Muro 🐥. I remember that Sairai also has a code ⁇ for the year of production 🤔I hope you enjoyed your visit to Tochigi's famous liquor store 🚙🤗Hitomi Sake Brewery's handsome selection of Sentori is impressive even for a local ✨.

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Hi Jay and Nobby 🐥. I was so worried about the temperature and vibration until I brought it back home, and whether my luggage would shift and drop 😅I'm not used to this 😂 but pioneering is fun!

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あさ川

Kiritsukuba特別純米

6/3/2025, 3:09:56 AM

54号5454

Kiritsukuba純米