National Sake Fair 2024🍶⑥
Saitama Prefecture's booth.
When I was wondering what to drink...
Please try our sake.
Gonda Shuzo? Naozane?
I've never heard of this brewery or their sake 👀.
Well, let's try it!
Oh ❣️ it's so delicious ♡♡♡!
Aruzome, 17 degrees, slightly dry.
I later looked at the label on the back and realized that it was.
I thought so when I saw the label on the back of the bottle.
It was very easy to drink and delicious.
The brewer was very pleased and gave me a pamphlet
He gave me a pamphlet as a business card 😊.
He also said to come visit the brewery.
I hope to visit one day!
In addition to the pamphlet
Bunraku Junmai Ginjo" by Kitanishi Shuzo
Igarashi Shuzo "Igarashi Kuramoto Limited Junmai-shu
Igarashi Yamahai Junmai Jikkumi
and others 😋.
Good morning, Tsubu 😃.
Gonda Sake Brewery, I've never heard of them before!
It looks delicious ❣️
I checked and it's about an hour away by car 🚗 so I'd like to visit next time 😃.
Hi Tsubu 🐦.
Sake from Saitama is hard to come by, so just the others I've had are new to me! Besides, I've never seen the brewery & brand here 😳‼️ I'm glad to discover the deliciousness and it's only possible at the event 😊.
Good evening, shinsaku3!
I knew it was your first time 💡.
It was a unique encounter at an event like this: ☺️
shinsaku3, are you going to be able to go 🚙I hope so...it's in Kumagaya, I'd like to visit there someday 😊.
Good evening, Pon-chan😄.
I'm not sure what to drink 😅I wish I could sample them all, but I'd have to travel all over the country 🤣.
I wish I could sample all of them, but I have to travel all over the country 🤣.
I wish I could sample all of them, but I have to travel all over the country 🤣 At that time, the brewer approached me and said
A happy encounter 🤗
Today's menu is also vegetable-based.
Enjoying vegetables is the key to surviving the hot summer.
A week ago, I got this Naozane from Kumagaya at the Saitama Prefecture product exhibition in Omiya Station.
It is freshly brewed sake.
It is smooth, glossy, and has a glimpse of sweetness, but it is calm and crisp.
Cucumber and deep-fried zucchini.
Deep-fried potato with butter 🥔.
pickled cucumber🥒.
chilled tomato 🍅.
Below right is Saibok Ham's croquette.
It is going to be a hot July with the start of the high school baseball summer tournaments.
Thank goodness we now have virtual high school baseball, where we can watch all the games live from all over the country.
Kumagaya City. Local rice sake Musashi is used.
It is a junmai sake with a taste typical of sake.
It is easy to drink without being cloying and has a robust flavor, making it a good sake to drink as a mealtime drink.
The brand that won the gold medal at the National New Sake Competition on the same day.
When you put it in your mouth, the elegant and gentle sweetness spreads, and the sharpness of the alcohol gradually takes effect.
There are no hints of miscellaneous flavors.
I have always preferred to drink dry sake on the + side (the higher the better), but this was an opportunity for me to broaden my horizons.
Kumitate" means "freshly brewed" and the toji tastes it and bottles it! I went to the brewery to get a sake seal! The young and energetic brothers were working hard. Othello, the signboard buchineko (cat), was also there.
When drunk chilled, it had a bitter aftertaste from clear. It also had a strong alcohol taste.
As it approached room temperature, it was delicious with a refreshing muscat-like sweetness.
Unfortunately, I couldn't drink it warmed 😭
So I did my best to warm it up by hand. LOL!
This sake seems to have more flavor at higher temperatures 😊.