From a senior member of the company
I recently started drinking sake, and this was one of the items he gave me because he hadn't been drinking it 😆.
It is labeled as "light and dry", but it is not that light and dry, and I could feel the umami with a moderate sweetness 😊.
It has a sharpness to it.
Tonight I had it with hot bean curd and it made my mouth feel refreshed 🤤.
Yoshinuma, Tsukuba City.
I drank it at room temperature.
It has a moderate aroma of cedar and is refreshing.
It does not have a strong alcoholic smell or peculiarity, so it is easy to drink with meals. Easy to drink.
Next to 🍋, there are mandarin oranges 🍊🤗.
It's just like 🍊 delicious isn't it 💕
I've been wanting to try this one ❣️
✨🥂✨When I opened the bottle
I could smell the aroma of 🍊mikan😘.
Sweet and sour and fruity ♪
It's rather sweet...
Refreshing and very delicious ♡♡♡♡
The aftertaste is slightly bitter and refreshing
Delicious 😋💕
Good evening, Mr. Muro😄.
I know you're curious about ❣️ 🤭.
I've always wanted to try it because everyone who drank it last year said it was so good 😚.
I recommend it 😉👍
Tsubuchan here: 🙇♂️
My wife is so excited her nostrils are about to swell 😁.
Never seen this sake before.
We are talking about going to Ibaraki someday so if we ever go I want to take some home 😊.
Good evening, Tsubu-chan 😃.
I thought I had a rather comprehensive list of Urasato Brewery's sake, but I'm not sure about the local limited edition sake... 😌.
This is the first time I've seen this 😳
Interesting experiment 🤔expression of mandarin oranges with sourness and slight bitterness....would love to try it 🍊
Manta, thanks 😊♪
🍊Doesn't it look delicious 😆I was drinking it while I was impressed that I could get so much 🍊 feeling out of it instead of liqueur 😚I hope I can find it when I visit Ibaraki ❣️ I hope your wife can drink it too 🤗!
Good evening, Aladdin!
I've been curious about this beer since last year when everyone in Ibaraki was drinking it 🍊It was brewed with the image of Fukurai mandarin oranges, and when I opened the bottle, I could really smell the 🍊 aroma 🍊.
The taste is also sweet and sour with a slight bitterness in the aftertaste...🍊 and I'm impressed😆.
Hi Tsubu 😃.
I'm trying to get Kirizukuba for the first squeeze of new sake recommended by Aladdin 😋Kochira has been on my mind since I gave you Manachie 🤗I've never seen it for sale though 🥲.
Hello, Manachie😄.
Yes, you are a handsome handsome man!
What's next is 🍍 pineapple ❣️
Is it sweet and dark 🍍⁉︎ Dora might buy it if she feels like it 😜.
Hi Jay & Nobby😄!
Yes ❣️ I've been curious about it since I saw Manachie's review too 😙 It was delicious 😘 Maybe I should go to Ibaraki for Foggy Tsukuba 🚙.
Hello, Wakata!
🍊It looks delicious 😘It's hard to get it because it's only available in Ibaraki 🥲The next time you go back home, you'll have to go south to Ibaraki 💦........................it's hard to get it, isn't it💦.
I hope I can come across it someday 🙏.
I'm on the limited express heading north to Sendai.
I got a bottle of Kiri-Tsukuba at a liquor store by the ticket gate at Mito station.
I'm having a Friday night out with this kind of sake.
They gave me a plastic cup at the store, but I seem to have dropped it 😢.
The first sip had an alcohol-like sensation? I had a feeling of alcohol in the first sip, but it changed to a gentle taste when I got to Hitachi area.
Am I drunk? I am...
It's a nice trip...
I bought it because it was brewed by Chikara Urasato, a toji I guess.
I have been drinking it since the other day and finished it yesterday.
Here are my notes from the first day of drinking.
The appearance is a pale yellow-green.
The nose is youthful and fresh, with blue melon and freshly peeled banana.
The nose has a coolness of chervil and sweet rice aroma like white dumplings.
Smooth texture.
Dark sweetness and a firm umami taste, then a dryness that leaves with the stimulation of alcohol sensation.
The finish is crisp with a hint of bitterness while retaining the flavor.
The aftertaste is short and medium.
It is different from the "light dry" type of sake, and is a dry sake with a strong umami taste, which is different from the watery type of sake.
It seems to go well with all kinds of food.
It is a sake that can be easily drunk at any time of the day.
I also compared it with Shirakiku Honjozo+ from Okunoto to go with the meat and tofu with hot egg on top, but they all have different qualities and intoxicating feeling. ☺️
Yesterday, the 9th day after opening the bottle, I felt the bitterness in the aftertaste was a little more pronounced than before, but it was delicious.
Thank you for the treat 🍶.
Hi Aladdin 😀
I have recently received some sake with alcohol content for sake tasting practice, and while I am now able to identify alcohol content quite well with the sake I use for practice, I cannot identify it at all with a delicious sake like Kirizukuba 😀.
Good evening, Yasubeyesan 😃.
I would recommend the first pressing Kirizukuba light nigori which should be available as new sake in the future!
Last time it wasn't even honjozo (= over 10%) but I really didn't know unless you told me 😁 It's delicious so please do 🍶.
Good evening, Mr. Manachie 😃.
Even I, who by nature likes sweet and tasty sake, could understand the goodness of the deliciously dry sake: ☺️
I think it's a drunken sake that you want to drink in a bottle, in a good, messy way 🍶.
I wish they would release a taiko by a handsome toji too 😁.
Good evening Jay & Nobby 😃.
I just finished drinking it yesterday and the timing was perfect!
It is a deliciously dry sake that will surely satisfy you 🍶.
Kiri-Tsukuba is originally a local sake, so it may be easier to find in the Kanto area 🤔I hope you will try it!
I recommended it to a friend and she said she was hooked. The first sip has a melon🍈 aroma and taste, and then it flutters away. It's a good feeling. Urasato is delicious, but I think the classic Kirizukuba is also delicious!
Weekend bullet return 🌀I'm back in Shikoku.
My parents' house 🍥Drinking 🍶.
The drink is Uraigiri Chikuwa 🌾.
Good job by my mother👩👍 who understands.
Thanks 👩
Wild manager of the local crazy liquor store👌
He had some recommended nigori sake for us 🙏.
The aroma is clean and fresh, and comes from the rose yeast of Tokyo University of Agriculture. A clean aroma derived from Tokyo University of Agriculture rose yeast?
It has a refreshing sweetness of rice,
The aftertaste is a bitterness that lingers on the palate.
The lingering bitterness in the aftertaste enhances the dish.
Souvenirs from a local sushi bar
Souvenir eel ball rolls and sea bream with arabesque sauce: ✌️
Good morning, Asanami 😊The bottles are so osale✨! The eel and egg rolls look delicious 😋The best time to visit my parents' house is when I can go back home, even if it's a bullet 👍.
Good morning, Yucachin 🤗I want to go back to my parents' house when I can, even if it's on a bullet train 😊I know what you mean! I almost always stop by Urasato's favorite liquor store when I go back and I never miss it 👍.
I want to drink last year's dry junmai again!
but not this year 😭
Anyway, I bought the one I'm looking forward to since this one is also delicious every year👍
The aroma is mild, with a slight melon aroma typical of Kiritsukuba if you sniff carefully.
The attack is slightly sweet with low acidity, and the umami spreads out softly, followed by a nice hint of aluzoe and a clean crispness!
It's not really dry, but rather a little bit dry. It's a good introduction to dry sake. ❤️
It's so delicious! ❤️
I would like you to drink it with sashimi and Japanese food.
Uzaku book came out last month🀄️
I'm great at what I'm studying: ‼️‼️‼️
Good evening, Mr. Manachie 😃.
Dry Junmai...sounds good...I'm sure you'll find a good dry Kiritsukuba that the president of the Dry Brewery has given his seal of approval 💮 👍I'll get it when I see it.
Nobby's mom is also studying Mahjong 🀄️ ‼️ and seems to be pretty strong 😅
Hi Jay & Nobby 😃This is the perfect foodie drink for those who like spicy food 🙌.
Mahjong is all the rage these days with elementary school kids and grandparents because it's just good for exercising the brain ‼️
Manachie, good evening ⭐I was waiting for the super dry Kirizukuba but it's not out 😭I'll try this next time 😊.
I learned mahjong from Takeo Kojima ✨I enjoy the problem of which to cut in the display 🎶.
I recently purchased this sake at a brewery in Ibaraki.
It was my first time seeing and tasting this sake, but I had a good encounter with a light, dry sake of my liking, which I think is a result of the characteristics of No. 10 yeast and the raw water.
I tasted a honjozo and a daiginjo at the brewery, but this junmai is the one I buy for home.
It is a dry sake with a nice taste, and it is a perfect food sake.
Where is the nearest store that carries this sake?