Thanks again for a great week!
Only one week left of summer vacation! That's a little fast, isn't it?
Does that mean summer sake is almost over?
It seems that the release of hiyaoroshi is getting earlier and earlier every year... I'd like to enjoy summer sake a little more... ✴️
So today I'm going to enjoy Banshu Issen's Natsu-Shin (summer spicy sake)!
It's my first time to drink summer spicy sake!
It is crisp and delicious!
It is introduced as white grape, but I personally thought it was not so fruity, but rather quite firm and dry 😎♥️
Slightly spicy, slightly carbonated.
Sake like sake.
Thank you all for your hard work!
There are a lot of things going on, but you all are working hard, as am I!
You are great! Too great!
We had a bottle of Banshu Issen Junmai Ginjo Aizan from Sanyo Bai Shuzo, one of our favorite sake breweries. It was my first time to taste a sake brewed with Banshu Issen's Aiyama rice.
The aroma on the nose is mild, but in the mouth it has a fruity sweetness like green apples and a sourness that spreads across the palate. Perhaps it is because the rice is made from "shin-gin" polished rice, but it has a nice, clear and smooth texture.
Aiyama" sake rice is used 100%. Aiyama is a crossbreed between Omachi and Yamada-Nishiki, and is known as a sake rice that is characterized by the ease with which the rice melts and expresses rich umami and sweetness.
The label describes it as having "a green apple-like aroma and a well-balanced taste of sweetness and acidity" and "a clear, light mouthfeel achieved by our unique gravity system.
The characteristic flavor and sweetness of Aizan rice is combined with a fresh green apple-like aroma and acidity, resulting in a clean and clear mouthfeel.
With its fruity aroma, balanced sweetness and acidity, and clear taste, this is a bottle that can be enjoyed by a wide range of people, from sake beginners to avid drinkers.
It is a versatile sake that can be served as the main ingredient or as an in-between-dinner drink, and everyone will find it delicious🍶.
Second one at Kumamoto Travel Hotel! First time here too!
Brand name. I shopped at a liquor store with my family for the first time and they said they had never seen such a happy face before 😅I'm actually having fun, what's up? 🤣.
I can't get enough of the sense of immorality and luxury of coming all the way to Kumamoto to drink sake from outside the prefecture.
A good sake that is both tasty and beautiful! I was quite drunk, but I could tell it was delicious.
When you get drunk, your appetite explodes, and even though it was late at night, we were drinking while eating yakisoba noodles😄.
Freedom💃.
Hello, Tsutsukitate 😃.
When I walk into a liquor store, I smile like a child walking into a toy store 🤗This is my true face! I might as well tell you that 😆.
Freedom‼️🥳
The sweetness of the melon flavor is a delicious taste that everyone will enjoy.
The spicy aftertaste will leave you wanting more sweetness and wanting to drink it again!
Banshu Issen Junmai Ginjo Aizan
Rating 4.4
Rice: 100% Aiyama (Shin Gin Seibai), Polishing ratio: 50%, Alcohol content: 14%.
The lovely strawberry-like fruit flavors of Aizan are brought out well, but with a minerality unique to the brewery, making it sharp, clear, and refreshing on the palate.
Drinking famous sake! The first Banshu Ikkan from Hyogo! Banshu Issen is the most popular sake brewery in Hyogo, a famous sake production area in Japan. This sake is made from Aizan, a popular sake rice also from Hyogo! By the way, what is Gravity System? It's a system that allows the sake to be
Full-bodied and transparent! Floral and 🍏 aroma!
This is delicious! Slightly carbonated with just the right amount of sweet and sourness! Tropical feeling escapes your nose when you drink it! Full-bodied and juicy! The sharpness is also strong!
This is a delicious sake, I said it twice because it is so important. I am curious about other Banshu Ikkyo!
I think this sake could be rated a little higher in both SAKETIMO and SAKENOWA, but the brewery does not seem to be very big, so I wonder if the distribution affects the number of ratings.
2025-054
drinking at home
I had an image of Banshu Ikkyo as a dry and sharp sake from my impression of it, but when I bought it because of the light nigori, it was completely different.
It had a pear-like sweet aroma, a refreshing sweetness with just the right amount of acidity, and a light nigori (light nigori) taste. It was the perfect sake for summer.
