The first sake I came across in my search for local sake in Okayama, Ishichi๐ถ.
It was fruity, easy to drink, and made me sad that I had not yet encountered such a delicious sake ๐.
Souvenirs from Kurashiki
A drinking set purchased at the station
Dry and easy to drink!
Alcohol content 15
Polishing ratio 55
100% Yamadanishiki produced in Okayama Prefecture
Hiroshima Regional Taxation Bureau Sake Competition "Superior Prize
In short, it is a sake intended to be submitted to a sake competition and does not have a barcode or other label on it. There are only about 40 bottles of this sake available in Japan. It is very difficult for sake made from Omachi to be selected for the sake competition at the time of the competition, but this sake was awarded with an honorable mention.
This is... very, very tasty, lol!
This is my first brand. It has a gorgeous ginjo aroma and is juicy and very delicious. It is a well-balanced sake with a good taste of rice.
It's fun to pioneer!
Participated in the "Autumn Sake Festival" organized by the Okayama Retail Sake Seller's Association.
The second brewer was Kurashiki's oldest brewery. The rice used is Omachi rice. Unlike Yamada-Nishiki, the aroma is weak, but the flavor of the rice can be felt. The first taste is unique with some acidity, but it goes down the throat nicely. This is a sake that has been judged by the Japan Sake Competition.
This store has many brands of ISHICHI 7.
In the cold storage room, there are different colored labels of Ishichi.
The master recommended a delicious hiyaoroshi.
It doesn't feel so matured, but it's easy to drink!
It was a good selection!
The sourness and sake go well together again.
I enjoy Okayama's sake alone tonight with a groan!
The master and the customer next door were discussing about Sake while enjoying the snacks ๐!
Knowledge
Mr. Sakabayashi here!
It seems that they also sell sake, so I searched for this sake on the internet and found it!
Since its establishment in 1716 in the middle of the Edo period (1603-1868) by Ishichi Araya, Sakabayashi has been dedicated to sake brewing. It is an easy-to-drink sake made with 100% groundwater from the mountains behind the brewery. Kumaya Sake Brewery uses a mixture of slightly soft and slightly hard water from different wells on the premises for their brewing water. The ratio is a trade secret. There is the tomb of Prince Yorinin, the fourth prince of Emperor Go-Toba, near the brewery, and Prince Yorinin was called Reisen-no-miya, which may have brought soft and hard water to this area.
I received this as a gift from my father. It is a Junmai Daiginjo and has a generous mouthfeel for an Omachi. As you can see in the picture, the sweetness and spiciness level is dry, but I think it is too sweet for me. Thank you for the good sake, father.
ISHICHI Junmai Ginjo Asahimai
Made with water from the headwaters of the Takahashi River
Unfiltered unpasteurized sake
Price: 1,345 yen (tax included)
October 06, 2022
Purchased at Tenmanya Kurashiki
I bought this bottle on a business trip to Okayama.
This is my first bottle of "Ishichi" Asahi rice, one of the brands that got me into the sake swamp.
It has a nutty, savory, full-bodied flavor with a strong impression of rice sweetness rather than a fruity sweetness ๐คค.
I knew it!
Great cosmetics too ๐.
Okayama Kumaya Shuzo
Iori (Bizen Omachi Junmai Daiginjo)
Probably limited to Tenmaya and Takashimaya?
It was the most delicious of all the Iori.
You can taste the delicious rice flavor at first, and it has a nice sharpness at the end.
Very tasty and easy to drink!