Sake tasting party ①
Today I went to a sake tasting party in Izumiotsu 😀.
It was a fun gathering of young and energetic toji (master brewers) 😀.
We were able to meet up with Aladdin-san at the venue and also met Mr. Kawada-san from Chuin 😀.
Ten breweries had prepared 70 bottles of sake, but Aladdin advised us to start with the limited edition sake that was likely to run out soon... so we started with Urasato's Kirizukuba award-winning commemorative sake 😀.
A commemorative photo with Mr. Chikara, the toji of Urasato 😀 He was a cool guy with a small face.
He was a cool guy with a small face, but all the sake was delicious 😀.
Just the other day, I was impressed by the light nigori 2, and now I'm an even bigger fan of the Blue Rose light nigori and others 😇.
Yasube & Kaorin, thank you very much for your time today😄.
I look forward to seeing how you and your wife have achieved your ambition of conquering 70 sake, and I look forward to seeing the results: ☺️
I may be a little slow in raising my sake crocodile😊.
Aladdin, good evening 😀.
Kino thanks for the advice 🙏.
We both had a combined limit of 40 sake and we both left drunk 😅.
These two restaurants are the limit for my comments, I'll leave the rest to you 🤣.
Good morning, bouken 😀
I had a great time at the sake tasting party this time because there was plenty of room to talk and take pictures with the master brewer 😇.
I enjoyed talking with Mr. Chikara and Blue Rose so much that I'm becoming a fan of Urasato more and more 😇.
My first impression was definitely Mikan🍊.
When I stopped by a liquor store on a business trip to Tsukuba to pick up some Urasato, I was recommended the Kiri-Tsukuba Fukuremikan, which is sold exclusively at this store, as a souvenir. The aroma and taste were strangely mikan🍊. The next day and the day after that, as time went by, the taste settled down. The rich sweetness seems to stay with you for a long time.
The dry type of Kiri-Tsukuba has been my favorite since I bought it in Tsukuba last year at this time of the year.
It has a melon-like sweetness on the palate, but at the same time it is firm, crisp, dry, and bitter. The perfect balance of this melon-like sweetness and dryness is what makes this sake so appealing.
I bought this sake at Sakepo Osonoe Shoten when I visited Oarai. This store mainly stocks sake from Ibaraki, and while it is very nice to have a place where you can buy sake from various places, I wonder if this is more appropriate for a local sake shop (not that Ibaraki is the only place to buy sake). I also bought a glass. I will drink Ibaraki sake in this way from now on. Maybe.
It has a slightly modern, yet refreshing taste, and I think it is better suited for a mealtime drink than as a stand-alone drink. I thought it went well with the mozzarella cheese I somehow bought. I would like to try the Urasato one next time.
Oarai was too far away to check in from my home...^-^ I thought I might be able to go there if I registered this liquor store as a spot, but no luck. I thought it might work if I registered this liquor store as a spot, but no luck.
Hello, freelancer first generation man 😃.
Kiri-Tsukuba! Now that's one I'd like to drink 😋I love the glass dedicated to Ibaraki sake 😄Next time, please have one dedicated to Tochigi sake 😆I hope you can do something soon about the out of range liquor stores not showing up 🤔.
Jay & Nobby, good evening ^-^.
I think the one I drank may have been too refreshing, so if there is a draft or something, that might be better. I would love to see the display of the liquor store, as it would add to the enjoyment of going to a liquor store far away....
GW Sake (2)
A test brew of a new rose yeast collected from roses in Ibaraki Prefecture🍶.
Misty nigori with well-mixed tailings.
Very nice aroma of sweet melon and banana, with powdery nuances and sweet and sour notes of koji.
Good sweet and refreshing aroma with a melon soda feel, with an occasional fresh greenness of melon.
The texture is rounded, and the entrance is dry and refreshingly acidic, spreading pleasantly with a gas shriek.
There is a mellow sweetness and umami, and a tight bitterness added to the overall taste, giving it a pear-like sensation 🍐.
There is also a freshness of blue melon sensation in the hint of aroma, while the chirichiri of gas and acidity are crisp as it goes through.
The lingering finish is medium, leaving a bitter astringency on the tongue.
Delicious. ☺️
The taste is similar to Kirizukuba's first pressing light nigori, but Blue Rose is more bitter on the palate and the aroma is gorgeous and sweet.
The clean, tight, refreshing pear-like mouthfeel with a gorgeous aroma makes it more gorgeous. ☺️
By the way, this sake also has brewing alcohol added, but you can almost never tell unless you are told😳.
It's a wonderful two-flower sake, and I got to add a little GW flair to it 🥀🌹.
Hi Aladdin 😃
Kiritsukuba is another one I'm interested in! This one has a beautiful label🌹😊Test brew with rose yeast😳This drinking comparison requires Aladdin's descriptive skills🤗Great 👍
Good evening Jay & Nobby 😃.
I thought the two bottles would be similar as they both have the same toji, same rice and yeast from roses, but they were totally different 😳.
I liked the opening changes and especially recommend this Blue Rose 😊.
Good morning, Aladdin 😀
It's like a gorgeous sake from a gorgeous bottle that fits perfectly 😀.
I've heard that the initial blueprint of the master brewer determines the direction of the flavor of the sake, and the master brewer who can make this difference is amazing😇.
Hi Yasubeyesan 😃.
I can't say it all here, so please ask Mr. Kawada of chuin or Mr. Chikara Urasato for more details if you have a chance, but I think his sake quality design and brewing skills are amazing 😉.
My GW Sake (1)
Junmai Daiginjo made from rice Milky Queen, brewed with Princess Michiko's rose yeast.
The fruity aroma of sour pineapple and ripe melon is covered with a fine, chile-like acidity with perfumed powdery nuances.
There are also raw material aromas like rice before polishing and white dumplings.
The texture is round and round.
The sweetness is understated and fine, with an elegant bitterness. The acidity with a spectacular chirichiri-feeling spreads in the mouth and passes from the back of the throat to the nose, where it finishes.
The lingering aftertaste is long.
Leaves a light astringency on the tongue.
As the temperature rises, the intensity of the sweetness increases, and it has an interesting balance that harmonizes with the bitterness and core acidity.
It is strange that the bitterness does not remain after swallowing, even though it is rather bitter when the sake is contained.
When the bottle was first opened, it had a slightly peculiar bitterness, but on the fourth day after opening, when the bottle was cooled down, the bitterness and difficulty in drinking subsided and the balance of the flavors came together at a high level, making it very good. ☺️
The image that came to mind as I sipped the wine was as if I was drinking a perfume.
(Not ethyl caproate or isoamyl acetate, that's just an image.)
Hi Aladdin 😃🌹🌹
I remember seeing the Kone rose at the Expo park.... I like the image of Aladdin's perfume, as if he is drinking it. Yes, I got the message 😉.
Good evening, koge2!
I think the label of Princess Michiko of Sakura Sho is a very good effort because most of Urasato Brewery's sake, both Kirizukuba and Urasato, have unfashionable labels like the brand name in Kanji characters 😁.
Good evening, Luteltemi 😃.
So there is a Princess Michiko in Expo Park 🤔.
I think I have seen it before, but this drink made me want to see and smell the Princess Michiko flowers again🌹.
It has a taste that falls somewhere between the moderate mellow melon before it becomes too ripe and the fresh and lush sweetness of a moist banana.
You can feel the depth in its youthfulness.
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