The Tanaka Sake Brewery has a 380-year history and is located along the sea and mountains, close to Kenshin Uesugi's Kasuga Mountain and the Naoetsu Bathing Beach.
The name of the brewery is said to have originated from the initials of the store name "Notoya" (when sake was transported to Ishikawa Prefecture by ship) and the owner's motto from 1943, "A hawk with a hawk hides its talons.
While many bottles have a cool silhouette of a hawk on them, this bottle is an old-fashioned design honjozo.
The aroma is astringent and grain-like.
The clear astringency and bitterness,
It has a crisp, dry taste with a strong sake flavor.
It has a crisp, dry taste.
When warmed to lukewarm
The aroma is mild, with a hint of freshly pounded rice cake,
A slight sweetness is accentuated,
The acidity is soft and the taste is light and dry,
It goes in smoothly without any cloying taste.
It is a good sake to drink lukewarm.
===Rice
Ingredients: rice (domestic), rice malt (domestic), brewers' alcohol
Rice: Gohyakumangoku, Koshibuki
Rice polishing ratio: 65
Alcohol percentage: 15
2,310 yen per 1,800ml
=== The price
★★★☆☆☆☆
I bought this sake at a store in front of a station on a business trip to Joetsu, Niigata.
I bought this sake after much hesitation!
Light and dry sake
Well-balanced!
Would it go well with kiriboshi-daikon (dried radish)?
Aroma ★★⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎
Taste★★⭐︎ ⭐︎⭐︎
Sweetness★★⭐︎ ⭐︎⭐︎
Acidity★★★⭐︎⭐︎
Umami★★⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎
Lingering taste★★⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎
Yoshiike GW Series.
Nohtaka. The label is austere at first. It is not aiming at all.
It is very tasty with a full flavor!
It was delicious, sweet and spicy, typical of Niigata!
Drinking Iron Journey Part 3.
From Tokitetsu to Hokuriku Shinkansen
As the soft label suggests, this sake has a good balance of umami and acidity.
You can also taste a little bitterness.
When you eat an ekiben together, all those tastes seem to add up to the ekiben, and both the ekiben and sake taste superb.
After all, local sake and local cuisine are a perfect combination.
Second bottle of sake post today! Many people say it is dry, but for me it feels a bit sweet. The aroma and flavor are very strong! It's a bit fluffy in the mouth! It is not easy to drink. I didn't know the difference between junmai (pure rice) and brewer's alcohol, but maybe this is it? I'm proud to say that I have a stupid taste buds, but I think I understand a little...? I think I'm going to get drunk. Would it be easier to drink it hot? I thought so.
Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture, Tanaka Sake Brewery Co.
First Attack Junmai Daiginjo Araubashiri Unfiltered Nama Sake
Purchased at the Abeno Harukas Kintetsu main store.
Compared to the same Junmai Daiginjo from Nohtaka, I preferred the regular Junmai Daiginjo, but chose the Arabashiri because it was seasonal and the label looked good 🤣.
I chose the arabashiri because it was seasonal and the label looked good🤣.
The aroma is mild, slightly refreshing, and sweet, with a hint of alkaloa in the back.
The mouthfeel is clean and smooth with a hint of sweetness.
The taste is rough and cloying from the middle.
After swallowing, you feel a considerable bitterness.
Attack of bitterness! Attack! Attack! It's like 🤣.
Also tingling and dry spicy taste ❗
The freshness of the unfiltered raw sake and the complex roughness that is typical of arabashiri stands out 😊.
Ingredients: Rice (domestic), Rice malt (domestic)
Rice used: 100% Koshitanrei
Polishing ratio: 50%.
Alcohol content: 18%.
Good evening, Nemuchi🌇.
This label of the hawk is cool ❗️
I'd be tempted to buy a packet if I see it👍
And if it's a gem, I can't complain about the taste either 🤗.
Haruei Chichi, good evening 🌛It's a cool label, isn't it❗I bought the packet 😊I preferred the non-arabashiri junmai daiginjo that I tasted, but the label and limited time only made me lose 🤣I could feel the full arabashiri-ness of it👍.
The booth of Tanaka Shuzo "Noh Taka" in Niigata Prefecture.
The brewery's staff will be here tomorrow, so we were served by the sales staff, who were very enthusiastic in explaining the brewery's products.
Nohtaka Junmai Daiginjo First Attack
Nohtaka Junmai Daiginjo
The First Attack is the arabashiri version of the junmai daiginjo. It was interesting to compare the freshness and the rough complexity.
The easy drinking one is the calm and normal Jun Dai.