There are many sake that are said to taste like apple, but this is truly apple juice.
It has the fruitiness, acidity, sweetness, and slightly acidic taste of apples.
To be honest, if someone were to serve this to you, you would probably mistake it for a fresh-squeezed apple sour.
The fact that it can be stored at room temperature is even more surprising.
It has a miraculous balance of the rich koji taste typical of Tsuchida and the crisp, traditional sake-like dryness without being unpleasant.
It has its own peculiarities, but I like it very much!
Good evening, I went to vote on time for the three-day weekend, but the heat got to me 🥵 and I left early to go home and cool down with a drink here 🆒🍶🍶.
Tsuchida Tsuchida 99 Active Nigori Nama UA ver. 2024BY
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This is the third collaboration between Tsuchida and UNITED ARROWS.
It seems to be a collaboration between Tsuchida and UNITED ARROWS, and is full of fascinating meta information: 99% koji, pure rice, active nigori raw sake, and No. 6 yeast 😊.
It's called "active" but has air holes, so it's quiet when you open the bottle, as if it's lost its schwarziness. It's hard to tell if the bubbles are small or not, but let's drink it from the top first.
The aroma is 99% koji, which means it has a brown ricey flavor and a lactic acidity that is quite fermented. The taste has a strong sourness that is stimulating, like popsicles, and a refreshing wild grass and citrus flavor.
When the lees are mixed, the flavor of the rice and the roundness of the flavor come out and the overall balance improves.
I personally like the taste of this wine because it is made by a natural old-fashioned method.
But in terms of general acceptance, it is too edgy, which is typical of Tsuchida 😇.
At a standing bar at T station. Oh, this is delicious.
This is my first Tsuchida's summer sake. As the catchphrase says, it is gorgeous and juicy. I think I'll go buy a four-pack.
AAJI The reason for this purchase was the "rice shortage" that is making a fuss this year, and "Hatsushibori" seems to be made every year, but it might be a special sake, so I was excited to pay for it because it might be a memory, even though it was about twice the normal price when shipping was included. The sake is made from raw yeast without "yellow koji for shochu" or "white koji for shochu," and uses "non-standard rice hulls that are not distributed in the market. We challenged ourselves to see if we could still make a delicious sake. The melon-like aroma is quite strong. It reminds us of the spiciness of shochu (rice malt for shochu). The aftertaste is rich like old sake. I would like to drink a regular "Hatsushibori" someday.
I uploaded it just now, but the brand name seems to be a little different, so I rechecked it. My apologies.
Hello AAJI 😃
The rice shortage affects many places 😔.
Chuaai-san is also producing sake made from old rice🌾! Sake🍶industry is also in trouble🥲I can only support it by drinking it!
A very interesting sake that needs to be served at room temperature.
Of course, it is served at room temperature, but I would like to enjoy its aroma and lingering taste when chilled!
It's already sold out, though, so you can't buy it...
It has a sour, clean taste and a vinegar-like aroma. It is a low-alcoholic sake, but be careful not to drink too much, as it does not feel alcoholic at all.
Gunma Sake
Tsuchida TUCHIDA 12
This is the first time for me to drink this brand. To be exact, a friend of mine brought a bottle of Tsuchida Namikawashiroshi to a camping trip, but I was too drunk to remember what it tasted like.
This sake is a challenging sake with 12% alcohol by volume and 90% polished rice. It has a wild rice flavor with a hint of acidity afterwards. I didn't know such a sake existed. Amazing!
Degree of liking 9/10
