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菊勇菊勇
吉川醸造Kanagawa
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キラタソ
Tonight, our first series, Kikuyu by Yoshikawa Brewery from Isehara City, Kanagawa Prefecture. It is 100% Dewa Sanzu, Junmai Nama-no-Hajime made with Kyoukai No. 6 yeast. It has a ginjo aroma between cucumber and pear, and the first sip is clear with a full sweetness, but later on, a strong bitterness and alcohol taste follows, making it dry and smooth.
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キラタソ
Tonight, we decided to open a new sake once in a while, so we had this one from the Yoshikawa Sake Brewery in Kanagawa Prefecture. Junmai Nigori Sake - Luxurious Aragoshi ✨✨✨✨. The sake seems to have been bottled after the new sake unrefined sake has been roughly fermented 😄. The aroma has a hint of pear and apple. When you take a sip, you can feel the gasiness and acidity, but it is juicy and delicious 😋😋😋😋 When you mix the lees, you can feel the sweetness of the rice and the creaminess increases, which is also delicious 😋😋. This was definitely one to repeat 🤗
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湘南の漢
A bottle I bought on my first visit at the beginning of the year. It has been a long time since I have had a bottle with a dry, Han-like taste. It has a strong alcohol taste. If you warm it too much, the strength will increase, It is best to warm it up to lukewarm to get the right roundness. It was cold, so we had it with oden.
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681 Gōdo, Isehara-shi, KanagawaOpen in Google Maps

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菊勇雨降大山純米酒
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Takashi
Kikuyu, a sake from Yoshikawa Brewery (originally a local brand, it seems). I have to drink local Kanagawa sake from time to time! So I bought some to see what it was like 😘. It's a bit drier than Amefall, isn't it? (I haven't drunk that much of Amefall either, but...) I can feel the rice. (I haven't drank that much of rainfall, but...) I have an image of a solid sake. It also has acidity, but I don't think it is fresh. On the second day, More acidity? A little more softness. It's a little different from what I imagine rainfall to be, but it's not so bad. Is it a dry sake with a sense of rice? Would it be good warmed up? I thought about it, but ended up drinking it all cold 😝.
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ma-ki-
Good morning, Takashi! I've never had a chance to meet any sake from Kanagawa Prefecture, so this is a good reference for me. I've had Yoshikawa Brewery's Amefall, but I haven't had Kikuyu yet, so I'm very interested in it 😋. It's also good warmed up 😁✨✨.
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Takashi
Good morning, ma-ki-San 😊. Sake from Kanagawa is not so major, especially in Kansai. It really feels like the season for heating sake has suddenly arrived 🍶 warming up 🔥.
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chika
Rainfall is delicious 😋. It's a special sake 😍🍶✨✨
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Takashi
Good morning, chika 😊 Rainfall, it's delicious 😋I like it too 😘. Kikuyu was a little bit different but also 👍
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gon78gon78
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1954 2025/11 Kikuyu Amezure Daisen Junmai Sake Junmai Namaishu 65% 16° 25/10 A Isehara City, Kanagawa 1800 3420 I thought it was "Kiku Isami", but it was "Kiku Yuu". I thought it was "Kikuyu". I never had a chance to pick it up because I was under the impression that Ameyu was low-alcohol, but when I looked at the label, I saw that it was 16%, so I decided to give it a try, thinking this was a chance of some sort. The first sip had an acidity that preceded the taste, but I was a little concerned about the aftertaste. The next day, however, the acidity subsided, and when I tried heating it up, it became softer and more drinkable. If it weren't so low-alcohol, I'd probably try the rainfall, but some people want that, and I guess each person should choose the sake they like best. On a side note, I would have liked to drink the 36th draft sake again....
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Jumpei :-)Jumpei :-)
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Jumpei :-)
⭐️⭐️⭐️ Fruit? It's a sake that you can enjoy the aroma like. It's a little smooth and tastes like a good sake. It's a feeling I haven't had much of before, so good good good good.
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ハム
Fresh and gorgeous! Aromas of green apple, pear, and white peach. Even though the alcohol is a bit strong, the impression is sweet and fresh. In the mouth, there is a slightly carbonated, piquant sensation characteristic of freshly squeezed sake. It is juicy with a rich rice flavor and a moderate acidity.
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It has a softness that does not make you feel the 18% alcohol content. The first sip has a mild umami flavor, followed by a light astringency and acidity. It has a "calm depth" that is typical of autumn sake, but the aftertaste is crisp and clean.
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菊勇ももくらうど　純米純米
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パーム農家
Today, I participated in the "Kanagawa 12 Breweries Autumn Thanksgiving Festival 2025". The most impressive sake among the various tastings was Momokurado by Yoshikawa Brewery. It is a very sweet and acidic junmai sake with a sake degree of -35 at 90% rice polishing ratio. The impact of such a drastic sake is strong.
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菊勇雨降大山　亀の尾
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アツ0053
Alcohol content 13%. Polishing ratio 90 100% Iwate-grown Kame-no-o rice As "Kame-no-o" approached the modern age, its characteristics such as "susceptibility to pests" and "brittleness when grown with chemical fertilizers" made it unsuitable for modern farming methods, and its descendants gradually took over the cultivation area. In fact, by the 1970s, Koshihikari and other varieties had completely replaced it. Finally, it was no longer cultivated at all, and before its revival in the 1980s, "Kame-no-o" was even referred to as a "phantom variety. It has a slightly alcoholic taste.
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fokkumafokkuma
菊勇いつもの純米酒
吉川醸造Kanagawa
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fokkuma
I started sniffling after the first sip (so for future reference when drinking) dry taste (for reference when drinking in the future)
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さっこさっこ
菊勇辛口純米酒純米
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さっこ
It has a gentle and gentle feeling with a hint of warmth! I was told that it would be better at room temperature, but I finished it cold..! I only regret that I drank it all while it was cold...
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菊勇ながつた宿Afuri

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TamajimanSimilar Characteristics
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AcidityFizzyUmamiDryBitterness
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