Temperature 5°C
Taste 80
Color Pale brown
Nose: Slightly sweet with a hint of rice
Taste: The mouthfeel is tangy and spicy with a slight gasiness, followed by a soft sweetness. The aftertaste is crisp and dry, probably due to the high alcohol content.
Overall impression: Good on its own or with a meal.
A gift. This is the first sake I have ever known.
I like junmai sake, so I have never had much experience with ginjo-shu because of its light image, but this one is very tasty.
It is refreshing, but has umami flavor and does not interfere with meals.
I will try drinking ginjo-shu from now on.
A glass of sake at the Igarashi Sake Brewery Festival (3)
Left photo
I had wanted to drink this sake for a long time.
It has a light taste with a slight sweetness and bitterness, but it is very easy to drink and tastes great.
Alcohol content: 16%.
Rice polishing ratio: 37
Sake meter: ±0
Acidity: 1.3
Rice used:Yamadanishiki
Yeast used: M310
In addition, we also had Igarashi Hachitan-Nishiki Junmai Usu-Nigori, Igarashi Daiginjo, and Tenranzan Junmai Unfiltered Nama Sake.
A Drink at the Igarashi Sake Brewery Festival (2)
Middle photo
This sake is not for sale at the brewery festival.
The sweetness was only slightly perceptible, and the sake had a nice sharpness.
Alcohol content: 17%.
Rice polishing ratio: 50%.
Sake meter: +3
Acidity: 1.2
Rice used:Yamadanishiki
Yeast used: M310
I bought a bottle on my way home from a cherry blossom viewing trip to Lake Kamakita after receiving my bike, which had just had its regular inspection. I usually drink junmai sake, but I dared to choose honjozo. I heard it won a gold medal, and I had just changed the tire on my last bike, so I had just spent some money on it. Next week, Igarashi Sake Brewery is going to hold a brewery festival.
Nigori Ekiden, section 7.
I think I bought it for 1,400 or 1,600 yen... Last year I bought a pink-colored 8% sake called "Momoiro Nigori", but this year I bought a normal 15% active nigori. While the Momoiro Nigori was quite light and aimed at sake beginners and young people, I was looking forward to seeing how this one would taste!
When I opened it, bubbles rushed in from below, so much so that I thought it was going to blow up. It is so active that it is automatically stirred, which is easy lol.
Maybe my nose was stuffed up but the scent is pretty faint....not botanical and smells like grains and grass lol.
When you include it, you feel a slight sweetness for a moment, but then it quickly transforms into a food wine with the delicious taste of rice and a guttural bitterness that makes you crave a meal. It's like a person who has a friendly atmosphere but the moment you talk to him, you can tell he is a very solid person.... LOL!
It would go well with a bowl of rice topped with pickles, grilled fish with a strong flavor, omelette with minced meat and cheese, spare ribs with a meaty flavor, or a bowl of rice topped with beef or pork.
It is a locally distributed product by a well-known brewer of the Igarashi brand, but it is a great runner-up for the sectional award. Let's drink it again next year!
Tenranzan from Nocchi: ⛰️
I've been wanting to try Igarashi, and I knew Tenranzan existed, but it's the same brewery ‼️ I'm glad it's my first time 😁.
And I'm also happy because it's my first time to try Risshun Asa Shibori 😆.
We also got a lot of popular processed meats from Saitama Prefecture and even some local beer from a collaboration with the restaurant ❗
Thank you so much, Nochi-san 🙇!
It's so fresh and crispy 🎵It's so easy to eat 😋 It's the kind of thing you lose without even realizing it!
The local beer is also great with the sausage 🎵.
The rest of this post will be related to Nocchi-san 😁.
This year's Risshun morning squeeze. This one is delicious! It is easy to drink because of the sweetness and the shwashiness of the raw sake! I look forward to this every year.