Purchased from a brewery
Aroma Not much, but a little alcoholic
Taste Spicy. The aftertaste is bitter on the tongue.
Alcoholic taste Yes
Next purchase No
I bought it directly from the Nagasawa Sake Brewery. The price was 1100 yen, and I enjoyed it cold.
I went there around 3:00 p.m. and they were sold out of sake manju, but I was able to buy sake kasu (sake lees). The sake lees was also delicious, so I recommend it.
Since it was around the time of Hinamatsuri (Girls' Festival) when I bought the sake kasu, there were several sets of dolls that had been bought in different periods and passed down from generation to generation displayed in the storehouse next to the store.
For the first time, I tasted at the same time unfiltered raw sake (18% alcohol by volume) and filtered and watered sake (15% alcohol by volume), both of which were originally the same sake. I was surprised at the difference in aroma and taste.
The gusty taste has changed to a soft, mellow, gentle taste.