This is the first Koei-Kiku Snow Crescent of the season.
Kouei Kiku is one of the Hall of Fame brands in our family, but it all started with this Yamadanishiki Snow Crescent that we had a year ago.
I really love its sparkling, fresh, fruity, sweet, umami, bitter, astringent, and complex flavors, including woody nuances like a hint of oak.
I have had many different Kouei Kiku sakes over the past year, but Snow Crescent is probably my favorite. We tend to finish all of the Koei-Kiku in one sitting, and this time we finished the Snow Crescent in no time at all.
Last season, Yamadanishiki was followed by Sagabiyori and Yuyamanishiki, and I wonder if it will be the same this season. I would like to add another bottle of Yamada-Nishiki for now.
First drink at Kouei Kiku, SUKAI
Polishing rice 60
14% alcohol by volume
A refreshing ginjo aroma.
In the mouth, the acidity is assertive and gives it a pleasant throat and finish.
It has a slight sweetness that makes it easy to drink without getting tired of drinking 🤣.
The taste is typical of Koueikiku. I will enjoy 🍶 again today while watching the 🍶. 😳
Saga Prefecture Koueikiku SUKAI Seikai 2024
Special Junmai Unfiltered Nama Sake
Koueikiku Sake Brewing Co.
Rice polishing ratio 60
Alcohol content 14
Nearly colorless crystal with a transparent appearance.
The first impression of the aroma is mild
Muscat, lychee and a hint of white peach
First impression of the taste is quite light
Elegant sweetness, smooth acidity, moderate bitterness.
Smooth and fruity, with a balance of low alcohol content that allows for light and refreshing drinking.
Short aftertaste.
Fruity and low in alcohol, it is easy to recommend to those who say "I don't like sake".
I would like to drink it with fresh cheese and cool it down.
The second in a series of hoarding when returning home
The last shipment from Koueikiku Shuzo 2024
The foam.
The one that is not too sweet and has a slight sourness that is typical of Koeihiku, but you will run out of it before you know it.
Relatives' party, next up was a bottle of Koei Kiku
It is Ikubou, but it was pressed and bottled in the spring and stored in ice temperature until autumn.
The aroma is sweet like yellow peach.
The fresh fruitiness is followed by a mild acidity of lactic acid, and finally an astringent taste.
As the temperature loosens up, the juicy peach sweetness and lactic acidity balance each other out and the sweet and sourness is just right. ❤️
Koei Kiku is still delicious. It's an immutable theorem👍💕.
Oh, I realized that the bottle is about to be empty 💦My relatives liked it a lot too☺️
Good evening, Wakata😄.
Koei Kiku looks delicious 😍I can't find it in my local liquor store and it's hard to get it 😭 but I like sweet and sour sake 😭😮💨 I'd like to drink it sometime. The immutable theorem, I want to feel it. ❣️
Good evening, HinaHanaMama 😃I myself am not a fan of sweet chrysanthemums myself, so I was a little wary of this one too 😅I couldn't enjoy it except for Sunburst 💦but I quite like the lactic acidity of this one and would love for you to try it 😋.
Good morning, Wakata 😃.
New Year's is one of the most fun time to meet relatives 🤗 even though it's sometimes a hassle 😅.
And [honored chrysanthemum = delicious 😋] should be in the textbook 📗😁.
Jay & Nobby, Good evening 😃What can I say, it's fun to get together with relatives and drink a lot 😆.
Kouei chrysanthemum = delicious, let's put it on the list ✨It's a theorem to remember as much as the theorem of the three squares👍.
It was so good that I went out for a drink 😋 I found a four-pack to take home: ⤴️
Oh 😍😍Yummy 🎶🎶 indeed!
It's refreshing, yet fruity with a hint of greefiness❣️❣️😋😋😋😋😋😋.
I can drink more and more ⤴️⤴️
Rice polishing ratio 60
Alcohol content 14
Date of production: November 2024
Note the opening of the bottle: ⚠️ I almost overflowed... 😅
It has a mouthfeel like champagne and a grapefruit aroma that makes it hard to believe it's sake 🍶I tend to drink too much with the low 13% alcohol content, but I'll keep it chilled and drink it tomorrow.
The Koei Chrysanthemum I had previously had outside was quite sweet, but this sake was different.
The aroma you smell with your nose is a nice ginjo aroma: ❤️
The aroma through the nose after drinking it was blue, I thought it was the scent of wood.
I met another new taste of sake: ☺️
Delicious.
Thank you 🙏
Tonight, I'm opening a bottle of this classic sake to start off another cloudy day.
Koei Kiku SNOW CRESCENT 2024BY❄️❄️❄️
The first Snokure in two seasons, right? This is a sake that is synonymous with Koei Kiku. I'm excited about it. ⤴️
Opening the bottle was a surprise with a loud pop like a sparkling 🍾 😳 but the bottle didn't fly open or spill 😌 and it was safe 😌.
The taste is pleasantly gassy and gusty, and the sweet bitterness of the grenfre is addictive 😋😋😋😋😋😋.
I haven't had snoclet in a long time and it's very tasty 🤤😋😋.
I bought it at a liquor store in Gotemba City... The description said it was like Muscat, but it was more like a light Cabernet Sauvignon, with the umami of rice far away and not distracting from the food. It was my first time to try this sake and I would like to try many other kinds of sake.
13% alcohol by volume, 100% Yamadanishiki
The lid blew off while removing the rubber. I was surprised, but it tasted good again this year. Both acidity and sweetness are strong, and it has a fizzy feeling, so you can gobble it up.
