Enjoy an evening drink with sake from Niigata Meikozo, a sake brewery in my hometown of Ojiya.
It is fresh, smooth and rich in flavor.
I bought two bottles, and I want to enjoy the other one after letting it sit for a while.
Last Thursday, after work, I dropped by the sake tasting and sale at the Ikebukuro Tobu Department Store.
Just like last year and the year before, my two senior members of the baseball team at my junior high school in the countryside were giving a splendid talk as salesmen.
His reaction 😊 was, "Oh, I've been waiting for you to come for sure👍."
In addition to Chou's sticker,
In addition to Chou's sticker, we also received a cold sake glass of "Koshino-Kanchubai" 😌.
Thank you 😊.
We talked a lot and tasted all kinds of sake, and I bought two bottles of Black Cho-san's Nama-no-Harajiku.
I think it is a sake brewery in my hometown, and it has the added advantage that I am used to drinking it and feel comfortable with it, but...,
However, it is a brewery that has won a number of gold medals in sake competitions in Niigata Prefecture, and has the ability to brew a wide range of sake styles.
Local "Chojamori" "Brown Cho-san"
Junmai Daiginjo with 50% polished Kame-no-o.
This is another sake that is smooth with a glossy taste, and comes with both wild vegetables and meat dishes.
I wondered how I would feel about the sake that followed, since the first glass was a Kuroryu Ishidaya, but both Sanbana's Mashiko and Chojamori's Black Chosan were good sake, and I was glad that my fears were not unfounded.
Dry Chosan Choshamori
Niigata Meikozo Co.
Ojiya City
Rice, Rice Koji (Niigata Prefecture)
Polishing ratio 68
Alcohol 17%.
Manufactured: December 2023
Room temperature The aroma is not so strong, but when you drink it, it is fruity and dry.
The sun came out this afternoon and it was hot in Echigo-Yuzawa. On a day like this, I thought it would be nice to have a very cold drink, so I went to the cooler area. I remember drinking it last season and enjoying it, so I had a Choshamori again today. I like the way it's a bit chilled, and it fits my mood perfectly.
I was told that it is a limited-edition product, hand-packed on the day of the first tank.
I paired it with spinach with sesame paste and butterbur sprouts tempura. Wild vegetables are coming out soon. They are the best accompaniment for sake (or is it the other way around?!). It is the best accompaniment to sake (or is it the other way around?!).
It is a little bit strong, but not too strong. It has a strong flavor, so the bitterness of the butterbur doesn't overpower the sweetness of the sesame paste.
Since it is a pure sake, the alcohol content is a little high (17%).
It has been snowing since yesterday, and the ski slopes are in conditions that are hard to believe it is March. I went looking for heated sake and found this bottle. (I went looking for heated sake and found one.)
It was a Choujamori, which I had never seen before, and which is sold only in Niigata Prefecture. The moment I opened the bottle, the aroma was so sweet. When heated, the aroma became even sweeter.
The taste is robust, but has a light aftertaste.
We've included a photo of the back of the label. It's an all-around great sake that can be served at a variety of temperatures. It can be drunk at different temperatures depending on the situation.
A liquor I found at a liquor store in the city that focuses on western liquors, which I don't see much else. I've seen Mr. Black's chief somewhere else... 👀.
Next to it is a sweet 🍶 in a Choujamori boar cup found at a popular pastry store in the city.
It is a fresh chocolate made with N-888 Premium in collaboration with Niigata Meikozo 🍫.
It is fresh and has flavors like green apple and lychee? The fresh, green apple and lychee-like flavors and refreshing sake quality are common to all Chojamori. It is also very drinkable and has a sharp taste, followed by an assertive bitterness and astringency.
The impression is that it is truly a Niigata sake with the characteristics of Koshitanrei well expressed.
It is definitely delicious.
As for sweets, I'm not really good at sweets by nature... but this chocolate is smooth and elegant with a hint of sake ✨.
N-888 Premium is also made with Koshitanrei, so it's the same as sake 😅
Jurian, good evening😊.
I see you have navy: ❗️
I drank Dry and Delicious the other day.
The Choujamori boar cup, for a moment I thought it was my home 😅I had a sense of déjà vu.
Good evening, Mr. Hiraccio 🌙
I'm not sure how the Chosan series is positioned, but there are a lot of different ones ❕.
The store owner said that the navy~ is only available in the store and in the Ponchukan 😮.
Chosan series from Niigata famous brewery "Choshamori" in Ojiya.
We got it at the sake department of Yoshike in Ueno Okachimachi👍.
Dry.
Cold sake to room temperature is literally dry,
When heated,,
40℃, it becomes fruity.
50℃, it becomes more crisp.
What is Chosan?
Chosan" is a character that imitates Grandpa Hanasaki, a famous Japanese wine maker, who used to run a TV commercial for Chosamori in Niigata Prefecture.
Porgy in the field in the back 🎶.
Honest Grandpa digging 🎵
Natsukashii ❗️
I tasted many things at the Ponshukan in Echigo-Yuzawa (I spent two weeks there) and thought it was delicious anyway, so I bought it.
Crystal silver color with a slight yellow tone.
Aromas of banana, melon, etc., yogurt, lime. The ginjo aroma is very strong.
Slight sweetness, there is a relatively firm acidity and a full-bodied bitterness, and the overall image is clean, but at 17% alcohol, it is relatively high.
