17% alcohol by volume. It is dry, rich, and full of flavor. 17% alcohol by volume, so it is dry, but the inside is very fruity. It is a dry sake, but it has a fruity taste inside. It is a rich type that will please those who like dry sake. Personally, I like this type of dry, thick sake very much. It tastes similar to the Tsururei's 17 degree series!
18 degrees alcohol. You would think it would be spicy from the degree, but it's sweet! It's rich and sweet. It is fruity or thick. This is the effect of direct pumping. 18 degrees is dangerous for this. A thick liquor with sweet juice. It is dangerous and delicious!
Today was Powder Day. However, I could not ski well. My mentality is weak for the real thing, and I am in full throttle.
I couldn't go home feeling like this, so I went to Nmaya (a cafe run by a ryokan) and bought a coffee rouro (a cake roll made with coffee brewed in Echigo-yuzawa hot spring), and then went to a food stall village to enjoy a hot sake and motsu-ni (a kind of stewed beef tongue). The motsu-ni was very sinking in.
I was encouraged again today by a cup of Chojamori hot sake. It's hot and warms you up gradually.
Let's do our best tomorrow.
Tomorrow is Powder Day, and it seems it will be for some time to come.
Please come to Echigo-Yuzawa to enjoy sake, hot springs, and snow sports. Sake tastes even better on a cold day.
The annual ski trip to Echigo-Yuzawa was enjoyed this year with lots of snow and nice weather.
As usual, we bought a limited-edition Choshamori sake as a souvenir at Ponshukan.
Even though it is a new sake, it has a strong flavor and the richness of Niigata rice. The finish is moderately dry and refreshing. This year's sake is also very tasty. Skiing, hot springs, and local sake, Niigata is heaven.
It was a beautiful day, a full day of snowboarding and sweating. It's getting colder and colder.
I couldn't stand it any longer, so I decided to have either amazake or heated sake, and heated sake won out.
At the Echigo Yuzawa Station food stall village, you can choose between cold and hot sake in a Choja cup for 400 yen. The cups are boiled in a pot. (What an efficient drink, I thought...).
Actually, I spent 30 minutes looking at the storefront to decide whether to buy amazake or heated sake. When I saw that no one was buying a cup of chosha, I said to myself, "In this situation, go for what you want to drink! I decided to go with the heated Choja Cup.
There were plenty of draft beer and amazake on tap, though.
I'm going to give a big shout out to the fact that many people may not know that you can get 200ml hot sake here for 400 yen (cold sake is also available). This sake has won a gold medal in the National Heated Sake Contest!
Chojazakari_⭐️⭐️⭐️Honjozo type
ALC 15 degrees, with alcohol
The aroma is almost imperceptible.
It is a light, slightly dry sake on the palate, but not for my taste 😅.
Niigata product exhibition in front of Chigasaki station: 20250114 purchased 20250117 opened
I went home for New Year's 🚅.
Here's the sake that was waiting for me 🍶.
Nagaoka's classic sake (1) 🎉
Fruity aroma similar to apple 🍎.
Sweet and spicy with a fruity taste 🎵.
A little sourness in the second half 😉.
Light and easy to drink✨
Junmai Ginjo Genshu ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Polishing ratio 55%, ALC 17%.
20241112-1114This is the sixth type of sake purchased on a trip to Kaigake Onsen and Muikamachi Onsen in Niigata 🤗.
The mildly sweet flavor spreads in the mouth with a hint of ginjo aroma.
Echigo-Yuzawa Takahashiya: 20241112 purchased 1210 opened