I came on a trip to Oita!
Kaorucho, which I have drunk before,
I came here to find out that it was Oita's sake. ✏️
It has a robust sweetness like amazake and a rice-like texture.
It is a stable and deliciously sweet sake!
Rice polishing 65%
Gohyakumangoku, Hinohikari
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Evocative of a cherry liqueur or of cherries under spirit. Mellow and elegant, with no strong ‘rice’ flavor or aroma.
Sake from Kyushu.
Firm taste.
Aroma is small but typical of sake.
The aftertaste is dry and refreshing.
Tonight is New Year's Eve, and we will be serving it with sukiyaki.
Oita Prefecture
Junmai Ginjo
Polishing ratio 50%.
Alcohol 15
Today is New Year's Eve, so I opened a bottle of sake I bought in Oita Prefecture, where I was traveling.
It is a smooth, dry sake.
It has a strong alcohol taste compared to its alcohol content.
It goes well with oily fish such as tuna.
I think this is a common thing among drinkers, but every time I go out somewhere, I find an alcoholic drink that interests me and pick it up, so the number of bottles does not decrease at all, and if anything, it keeps increasing.
That's why I bought this one because of its appearance (๑-̀ㅁ-́ฅ)
It looks like strawberry yogurt, but it tastes much like strawberry yogurt too.
It has a gentle sweetness and sourness, and the low alcohol content made it easy to drink.
It tasted much more like strawberries than the previous strawberry (self-proclaimed).
After the special junmai, we continued with the junmai ginjo.
It had a melon-like slightly fruity aroma and a traditional sake alcohol taste. The mouthfeel was sweeter than the special junmai, with umami and a slight bitterness. It was a treat!
This was my first visit to Oita. First, we stopped in Hita to enjoy freshly brewed beer at the Sapporo Beer Hita factory, and then visited the brewery, Kuncho Sake Brewery. The brewery has a museum where old sake brewing tools are on display and can be viewed at your leisure. We purchased two small bottles to drink at the inn, and after a relaxing evening soak in the hot spring, we opened the special junmai first. It was dry and refreshing, with a slight yogurt-like fermentation and alcohol taste. It also had the feel of traditional sake. It was a treat 😄.
Second cup (*^^*)
Yes, this is my first aroma. Nice aroma, ethyl acetate aroma too.
So rice is tamaei, first time I drink it.
It has a bitter taste and a good amount of sweetness.
It's intoxicating 😃.
We had a mixture of the two.
The thickened yogurt and light pink liquid looked delicious.
When I drank it while eating the steamed buns, the spicy mustard condiments were very spicy.
It has a wonderfully mellow, matured flavor. It is gentle on the palate and has a gorgeous lingering aftertaste that lasts for a long time.
Accompanied by sesame tofu (homemade)