A bottle that has been sitting in the fridge for a while. This is the first rice called Ginpu. I looked it up and found that it is a Hokkaido rice born in 2000 and seems to be a child of Hachitan-Nishiki. I thought it was a rare sake rice, but according to the website of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, it is one of the top 10 sake rice in Japan.
Yamadanishiki ranks first, followed by Gohyakumangoku and Miyamanishiki, the top three, and then Omachi, a rice produced in several prefectures. After that, there are many locally produced rices that are produced in specific prefectures and used in large quantities: Akita Sake Komachi from Akita Prefecture, Hachitan Nishiki from Hiroshima, Hitogokochi from Nagano, Dewa Sanzan from Yamagata Prefecture, and Ginpu from Hokkaido are the ninth most popular. I looked for Aizan and found it at number 13, Hyogo.
Looking at the list, one can see that each prefecture produces its own Yamadanishiki and Gohyakumangoku, but all the other prefectures are engaged in friendly competition to produce their own representative sake rice. I would like to continue drinking sake so that everyone can succeed in their endeavors.
https://www.maff.go.jp/j/seisaku_tokatu/kikaku/attach/pdf/sake_r5seisan-2.pdf
HANA-YOUKAKU THE PREMIUM
Bizen Omachi Origarami
At the Sake Cost Sake Brewery.
I was told there were only a few bottles left, so I ordered one without hesitation 🤘.
It had a pineapple-like floral and sweetness 🍍.
Because it's an ogara-mi? A little bitterness in the aftertaste.
Delicious 😋.
Hanahayo, Miyamanishiki Unfiltered Unrefined Nama Sake
A definite one, but it is very popular
but it is so popular that you can only find it once in a while😅.
Fruity aroma like a sake
Light, well-balanced and crisp.
Maybe a little sourness lingers
Overall 10 (out of 10)
On December 14 and 15, friends from Aichi came to visit us and we had a year-end party 🍻 at our house.
The second one is Hana-yosu 🍶.
This one was chosen as the first bottle from the toast of the year-end party😃.
Delicious 😋.
It is a sharp sweet and spicy with some sourness and spiciness 👍.
The image of the sweet taste and the spicy taste are well harmonized 👍
I had it chilled.
The aroma I felt was
-Aroma: Aroma of rice and a little bit of rummy 👍
-Aroma: Rice aroma and a little bitterness.
Taste sensation
The higher the number, the stronger the taste (5 is the maximum)
-Spiciness: 2 at the beginning → 1 in the aftertaste
-Sweetness: 2 at the beginning → 1 in the aftertaste
-Sourness: 0 at the beginning → 0 in the aftertaste
-Bitterness: 1 at the beginning → 1 lingering 1
-Astringency: Start 2→ Lingering 1
-Rice flavor: 3 at the beginning → 3 in the aftertaste
Mouthfeel I felt】→ 2
Smaller number = light and smooth
Large number = thick and rich
(5 is the maximum)
The toast was a hana-yori! We started drinking slowly at a good hour before sunset 🥰 while slowly picking up canapés topped with lafrance caprese, which I've been into lately, sakekasu cheese, corned beef, and kimchi nori tsukudani 🩷🙌😋.
Good evening, shinsaku3 & Pekho 😀
It looks like you and your friend had a good time with good sake and good pairings 😇.
I'm jealous that I don't have friends coming over to my house for drinks these days 😇
Good evening Yasbay🩷It's a rare treat for our family to have friends over 😍and it's fun! I can't stop getting excited thinking about drinks and food for days now! It's like many times better in one go ‼️
Drinking outside 🎵
Participating in a paid tasting at a liquor store ①.
First up was a special sake, Hana-yoso, which is not on the tasting list.
Just as well since it's not easy to buy these days😍.
Fruity and delicious 😋.
Good evening, Ao!
The paid tasting sounds like fun 🎵.
And you know a good liquor store to let us drink something that is not on the list: ⤴️
Hahoyo is one of my favorite sakes to try someday 😊.
Good evening, Ao-chan 🌛.
I visited Oyama-san the other day while strolling in Kyoto 😁.
My faint hope that there might be a "Hana-yosu" was dashed, but I gave up after wondering for a while whether to buy the "Ganki Sparkling" 🤣.
Good morning, ma-ki 😃.
It's fun to have a conversation about sake with a stranger 😁.
I think this is the only place in Kyoto that handles hanayoso! If you have a chance 👌
It is an ogoragami (a type of rice wine) made from 5hyakumangoku (five hundred million stone).
Even though it is an ogara-mi, it is a junmai daiginjo, so the aroma is mild.
It has a peachy-banana sweetness and smoothness. A little acidity finishes it off nicely. A stable brand.
I can feel just a little bit of fizz and a gorgeous aroma on the nose 🍶💐.
I could say tropical, I could say fruity, but I'm not sure if I'm being pulled in by the name "hana yang yu".
I feel the gorgeousness of the flowers 😂✨
It's insanely delicious! 🍶🩷.
HANAOYAKU Junmai Daiginjyo, bottle-enclosed, unfiltered, raw sake, bottle-warmed and fired, Yamadanishiki
The sweet mouthfeel gives way to a calm pineapple sensation. Strong lingering bitterness. Flashy and flamboyant.
