Purchased for warming. It has a strong attack when served at room temperature, but the mouthfeel softens as it warms. It still has punch, with a mellow umami, followed by acidity and a bitter taste in the second half, and then it easily cools down.
It is a delicious sake with excellent cost performance and convenience.
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I wanted to drink Kuromatsu Kenrishi for the first time in a while, so I bought it at the supermarket.
It's as stable and delicious as I thought it would be...
Of course, I heated it up with a bottle of Kenrishi!
Easy to find, punchy flavor, and alcohol content make it the strongest classic sake as well as Kikusui Funaguchi!
Yamadanishiki produced in Hyogo Prefecture is used,
The blend is made with Yamada-Nishiki produced in Hyogo Prefecture and aged over 5 years.
The blend is made from only carefully selected old sake that has been aged for at least five years.
18° C.
Yamahai grows
Closing cup
It's still early, but there's nothing more to do, so we're done!
Purchased at a supermarket in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki.
We had it hot 🍶 while waiting for the Tsuchiura fireworks.
It was a summer day during the day, but once the sun went down, the wind was a bit chilly and it was warming and delicious🎶.
The pickings were yakisoba, takoyaki, yakitori, potatoes, and edamame.
Tasted with a 1-unit bottle. Purchased at Shinjuku Yamaya.
It was a little bit peculiar, but the end of the bottle was tasty. I hope to have another chance to drink it.
Kuromatsu Kenbishi, Kenbishi Shuzo
Two single-bottle bottles, each served cold and hot.
The bottles have a nice shape and are very heavy, like miniature whiskey bottles!
However, I was told that this bottle was designed to be the perfect shape for heating in a microwave oven.
But I couldn't beat the thermodynamics... I had to shake the bottle a bit to get the top hot and the bottom warm, and one minute at 500 watts doesn't seem to cause proper thermal convection.
Well, well, well, well, well... it tastes like pudding, custard pudding, not melon or banana as is often used as an analogy for ginjo-shu, but custard pudding.
It tastes the same cold or warmed up, so you can drink it however you like!
Also, this bottle is exactly one cup at the base of the neck, so it's convenient to wash it and store it... I think!
You can also chill it in the fridge for a delicious chilled sake, or microwave it for a delicious heated sake, making the Kuromatsu Kenrishi Ippongboto the perfect travel companion!