I had a drink at an izakaya at the end of February and thought it was the best sake I had this year! I was able to buy a bottle of sake that I thought was the best I've had this year after drinking it at a pub around the end of February ✨✨ so I'll take my time at home 👺.
First, it was chilled and served in a wine glass.
The entrance smells of freshly milled rice like Kamishinko, and a gentle sweet aroma like cotton candy.
The soft and sweet rice flavor spreads in the mouth in a beautiful volume in a clear mouthful ✨✨The acidity is also soft, yet firm and thick. This is still wonderful ✨✨.
The finish is gentle, with a slight bitterness coming in at the end.
It's still so delicious 🍶🍶🍶.
Sweet, gentle, soft and reassuring, with a solid and trustworthy structure throughout. This body is nice for a draft ✨I think it will be even better after about 3 days of aging now ✨.
Next, we warmed it up.
I warmed it up to about 45℃ while taking in the aroma in a hot water bath. I warmed it up a little beforehand in a tasting cup. The result was about 40 degrees (maybe).
At the entrance, the aroma is like that of a candy that reminds you of a lot of sweetness, overlapped with the acidic aroma of fermented yogurt. The aroma of alcohol volume is also present.
In the mouth, the warmed and even softer and gentler sweetness of the rice is combined with the thick acidity to spread through the mouth ✨✨Delicious 🍶.
I also want to drink Furozumi again.
Good evening, Yasu-san. I'm so glad you enjoyed Soma no Tengu at home and heated it up properly 😆 I want to bring it home next time I go back to my hometown 💕.
Hi Hirupeko, good evening 🌙
This one is still delicious ✨I love the core body in the drinkability of the raw sake 😊It's really amazing that it's a fast brewing 👍.
Please bring her home a lot 😆😆.
One of my favorite drinks. I got it for the first time this season. As usual, the umami flavor comes through quickly and easily. It's also good as heated sake.
It looks like a warehouse of Burozumi
I saw it on Insta and was curious.
I bought it 😆.
The light nigori seems to be a seasonal item.
It has a refreshing sweetness.
It finishes with a refreshing greenish taste.
It's refreshing and tasty at the same time.
What a delicious drink ✨👍
I'm going to try Furozumi next time!
Sake of the Day
Soma no Tengu
Junmai Ginjyo Light Nigori Nama-zake
Rice: 100% Yamadanishiki produced in Shiga Prefecture
Rice polishing ratio: 59
Alcohol content: 17%.
Sake meter rating: +3
Acidity: 2.0
Amino acidity: 1.3
Delicious! It is not cloudy!
I thought it would be strawberry-like sweetness, but it disappeared quickly and refreshingly!
Is there more and more easy-to-drink nigori lately...?
Continuing with the standing bars that only carry Shiga sake.
Soma no Tengu" is another brand from Uehara Shuzo, the sake brewery of our trusted "Furoisen". This is my first time drinking it 👺.
At the entrance, the aroma is sweet, like a mixture of refined koshinko and a little bit of mizuame.
When you put it in your mouth, the soft and gentle sweetness and umami of the rice will delight your palate with its mild and voluminous taste. The sharpness is achieved with a gentle but firm acidity and mild bitterness.
This is really delicious 🍶.
The cleanliness of the water, the presence of soft and gentle sweetness, the mellow and full flavor, the acidity that is there, albeit discreetly, and the mild bitterness of the sharpness. This is what you get when you balance the elements I like to look for in sake.
The temperature at which the gentle sweetness and full-bodied flavor characteristic of this sake can be felt most is when it has been chilled for some time and is slightly approaching room temperature.
This is the type of sake that you can open at home and enjoy the changes in flavor over a number of days (each day tastes different).
I've had quite a few different kinds since the beginning of this year, including many that I haven't been able to post here, and I think this might be my favorite of them all 🍶.
This is a great find 👺✨✨Takashima I knew it ✨✨.
Good evening, Yasu-san. Soma no Tengu is also delicious 😋Where is the standing bar that only serves Shiga sake? In Osaka city? Around Otsu area? I'd like to go there if I can!
Good evening, Hirupeco. It tastes so good even though you are drunk! I'm sure you're the one who remembers 😆 The restaurant is "Stand Bar Marutsu" in Abeno. Only sake from Shiga is really a man with good taste - a good boy ✨✨.
Please come by ✨✨"More water! It was a great place that was very friendly and accommodating to such a simple request 😆 I drink in Osaka often, so if you ever have the chance, please join me again ✨✨.
Here is the home drinking portion that I forgot to bring up.
First of all, it was served chilled.
The first aroma is of malted rice with a hint of sweetness.
In the mouth, there is a moderate sweetness and the umami of rice.
It is like dry rice juice.
Next, we warmed it up with lenching.
The next one was lenching warming 🍶, which seemed a bit dry, so we cooled it down a bit and drank it at human body temperature, which gave it a very nice sweetness.
I think I prefer it warmed 🍶.
It was delicious ✨
