Charcoal Grilled Chicken and Good Sake Tate-Aoi
We continued with Miyamanishiki Jungin Yamahai.
This was also served warmed 🍶.
The first aroma is slightly sweet with a hint of acidity from the Yamahai process.
The first aroma is slightly sweet with a hint of Yamahai acidity.
The acidity of the Yamahai is combined with a light umami and sweetness.
It is not twisted at all.
The fourth picture is a monument of the martyrdom of the Nagashima Ikkyu Ikkyu Putsch at Nagashima-zan Ganshoji Temple, the head temple of the Ise Nagashima Ikkyu Putsch.
Yonemune Kasumi Yamahai Junmai Nigori Harajuku
We had it at Tateoi in Sakae for charcoal grilled chicken and good sake 🍶.
Heated sake of course 😊.
The nose is sweet with a hint of acidity and nigori.
The first aroma is slightly sweet with a hint of acidity and nigori.
It's not that heavy because the umami is elegant and gentle like dried bonito flakes or kelp (the flavor is not dried bonito flakes or kelp).
It's a 2020BY, but it's a solid sake with strong acidity, so it's not twisted at all, as expected. ✨️
After this, I ended up going to Tateoi for two days in a row to have all 8 types of Yonemune heated up 😌.
The fourth picture is the ruins of Nagashima Castle, one of the strongholds of the Ise Nagashima revolt.
It is now used as Nagashima Elementary School and Nagashima Junior High School.
@Tempura and Sake Asuigen
Yonemune by Aoki Shuzo in Aisai City, Aichi Prefecture.
21.9 on the label is the alcohol content 😆.
No yeast added, acidity 2.9, Sake degree +25, and a doctored sake 😤.
The owner of a yakitori restaurant I went to later in the day, which mainly serves hot sake, told me that the alcohol content is only possible because of Yonemune's brewer's yeast, not an association yeast.
I had it cold 🍶.
The first aroma has a slight acidity.
In the mouth, you can taste acidity and sweetness accompanied by umami.
It may be because I usually drink high alcohol content nama sake, but the umami is so thick that you don't feel the 21.5% alcohol content.
I could taste a glimpse of the umami in the cold sake, but I definitely think this sake should be heated up. I made a mistake 😌.
The third and fourth pictures are of Yonemune's brewery, about a 10-minute cab ride from Kintetsu Yatomi Station on the Kintetsu Nagoya Line (or Yatomi Station on the JR Kansai Main Line).
While I was taking pictures, Mr. Toji Aoki happened to come outside while I was working and we had a chance to chat, if only to say hello 😊.
The spicy feeling I guessed from the specs and the store owner's description lasted until the first half of the bottle. I thought it was a so-called "juwa" sake, but for some reason, the second half had a refreshing green-vegetable feel to it. Interesting!
Warmed up. by is it 2019? Amber in color. It has a sense of maturity, but the acidity of Yamahai is strong.
The acidity becomes milder when paired with Karimori (photo #4), which is pickled with Yonemune's sake lees.
The alcohol content is 21.9 degrees, which is just barely considered sake under the law. The color is a little yellow.
When heated, it has a mellowness and a sharpness with the acidity of Yamahai. The taste is what you would expect at room temperature.
This sake was recommended to me because it has 21.9 degrees Celsius. The label said to grow it yourself for three years.
But he said he would drink it.
It was served hot and with hiya.
It is a yellow sake, but the hiya is very refreshing.
The hot sake has its original peculiarity.
At 22 degrees Celsius, it is not a sake but a miscellaneous sake.
I will use this as a talking point to say that I drank sake with the strongest alcohol content.
A strange drink. Tastes like a rubber boat, smells like a 6.5mm wetsuit, black rubber not brown, for rubber fetishists, sesame scented.
Some people recommend this drink, so maybe I just don't get it and it's flavorful.
1850 2024/9
Yonemune Yamahai Hashi Special Junmai Unfiltered Nama-shu
Fully fermented, 60% Yamadanishiki from Aichi, Japan
+4 3.2 3 Kura-Yeast 21.3° 24/8 A
Aichi-Aisai City Aoki Shuzo
1800 3850
I didn't hesitate to drink this one because it is 21°.
It has a mild, aged aroma, and the acidic taste is a bit peculiar, but it is soft for its high alcohol content.
It reminded me of AFS 1975, which I had never tasted before, but for some reason I felt nostalgic.
When heated, the flavor becomes mellower and less fruity.
I enjoyed it slowly, sometimes warmed, sometimes cold.
The label is not like Yonemune's, and gives the impression of summer.
The color is yellow like Yonemune. When you drink it, you will feel a strong thump! The label says it is 21 degrees Celsius. I drank it on the rocks. Next time, I'll try heating it up.
