Honjozo 🍶 (probably)
Kochi-Ehime - train trip 🚃Day 3
Slightly refreshing but with a mysterious umami taste. Slightly mellow. Slightly lactic. It is said to be super dry, but not so much. Ehime sake seems to be sweeter, so I wonder if it is relatively dry 🤔It is also a little spicy when paired with grilled conger eel. It goes well with the flavor of the conger eel. The soy sauce and a little bit of wasabi is delicious 😋.
Shiki Seto no Aji Tanita @ Matsuyama 20240518
This is a souvenir from a sake friend who went to Dogo Onsen. I heard it was the local people's favorite. It has a very nostalgic taste and aroma, like "The Express Sake" of the Showa era. It definitely goes well with the local cuisine at the onsen inn. ❗️ We enjoyed drinking it while talking about how sake used to be like this.
The fourth cup was "Kofuji"!
We will be having it with the famous hiwogi clams ✨.
The aroma is clean and almost scentless.
The mouthfeel is clean, crisp, dry, and ricey, just like a Japanese sake. The rice-derived full sweetness is a bit similar to the Ume Nishiki we drank this morning 🤔.
It is not so dry as to be super dry, but it has a fairly standard flavor and is very stable!
I'm going to take a hot spring bath after this, so that's it for today. There are many styles of sake that accompany meals, and I was able to enjoy them with Ehime's specialties 😊.
Today's runner-up in the Ehime sake drinking contest is from a brewery in Shizugawa, Toon City. It is smooth and easy to drink from the beginning to the end. After the throat, you can feel the spiciness. It is not unique, but is a perfect accompaniment to a meal. The ginjo aroma is weak.
Here is the description
Sake degree +6
Alcohol 15
This ginjo-shu is brewed with the finest quality sake rice, Yamadanishiki, and brewed with the utmost care. Its subtle aroma and mild acidity complement food, and while it is dry, you can also enjoy its umami flavor.