Strong sweetness and aroma. I like it.
Choko (small cup) is very thick ⁉︎ and tasty ⁉︎, but you may be satisfied with a small amount. I feel I can drink more easily with a glass of wine.
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The second restaurant. Maybe it's been a while since Gokotsuru Hitokochi?
It's less sweet than Yamae or Yamada, closer to Miyama, but not as sour?
Well, Mikotsuru is delicious now!
The best sake of Mikotsuru in Suwa is this one brewed with local sake rice Yamae-nishiki.
This one is brewed with local sake rice Yamae Nishiki. ❗️
It's fresh, crisp, fruity and delicious!
Every time I drink this one, my heart is happy ❤️
Thank you Miko 😊.
Shimosuwa Hot Springs Collective Buying (1)
We went to Shimosuwa hot spring after watching the movie "The Land of the Deer" and wanted to visit the four Suwa shrines. Speaking of Shimosuwa, it is "Mikotsuru" ✨ It is a promise of our family to buy 6 bottles in bulk from the trip, but this time all of them are raw sake that needs to be refrigerated. ❣️
It is perfect with the <mellowness> and <fullness> that is typical of "Hitogokochi." ‼️ You can get the hi-ire version at a liquor store near my home, but there is a big difference between hi-ire and nama-zake. The freshness and fruity taste of nama-zake is really wonderful😍.
My daughter, who has tasted almost every bottle of sake we drink at home, raves that it is her favorite so far 😊 There were so many brands we wanted at the Shimosuwa Onsen liquor store that we had to limit Mikotsuru to 2 bottles in tears, but oh, I still wish we had bought 6 bottles at once at the brewery 😍⁉️
Anyway, I love it ❤️ Thanks for the treat 😋.
100% Miyamanishiki
50%, 16%.
Rounded sweetness in the mouth, which is replaced by a crisp acidity and a slight bitterness in the aftertaste.
It can be drunk endlessly on its own, and goes well with a meal.
After the sake tasting, we went for a single dish. We had a bottle of Mikotsuru, which is also a staple at this restaurant. Needless to say, it was fruity and delicious, and the three of us enjoyed it together.
Summer Nigorinpic 81
The Nama-shu Dai-open series has ended with Jigin-sama's Jungin Omachi Nama-shu, and today we are resuming the Nigorinpik 😀 We say summer, but there are many left over from the winter and spring Nigorinpiks 🤣.
Currently we have 14 bottles of nigori sake in stock, but we are still planning to collect summer nigori sake little by little, so I think we will be able to record our 100th bottle of nigori sake this season when the summer nigorinpic is over ❓🤣.
So the 80th bottle of nigori this season is my favorite Nagano sake, Gokotsuru's active nigori nama sake😇.
It has been sitting in our cellar since winter, but it is delicious and has a nice, robust, active flavor 😇.
The aroma and taste are very gorgeous among nigori sake 😀.
All of them were delicious, including the supernatant that was brought to room temperature and the one that was mixed 😇.
Good evening, Yasbay🦉.
It's the beginning of summer nigori 😊It's delicious in summer too! It's like it's good for you without a care in the world 😆And the top batter is Miko 😻 just like the two of you who love Shinshu sake😊👍
Good morning, Yasbay😃.
You are back on track for 100 ngolis ‼️ I think the more ngolis you drink the clearer and 🥹brighter🤩 your eyes are 🤗
Yikes 😆👌🍶🌟🌟
Good morning, Yasubeyesan 🌞The nigorin picks are back on in a short span of time ✨️ If you can achieve 100 nigori alone, it would be an unprecedented record 😳Gokotsuru is a Shinshu sake I would like to try and it looks delicious 🍶.
Hi, Pon-chan 😀
I'm going to start with the summer ones... but I have quite a few left over from the winter and spring 🤣.
I think it will be a little while before I can open the nigori type of summer sake 😀.
Hi Jay & Nobby 😀
I'm actually thinking of drinking as much nigori as I can this year and increasing the ratio of clear sake from next year, because if I drink only nigori type sake, I won't be able to practice sake tasting much 🤣.
Hi Nao888 😀
I still have quite a bit of nigori sake left over from winter and spring, so I have resumed trying to open those first 😀.
Of course, I plan to open a bottle of the nigori type summer sake that I recently purchased as well 😇.