Today we are drinking out. I've been regretting forgetting to take pictures when I go out for drinks lately.
The master tempted me with a bottle of Nigori (nigori) sake from the predawn brewery, so let's have some... I really love predawn sake😍.
Now it's time to open the mouth!
I am a person who mixes well from the beginning.
The opening of the bottle with a nice sound!
Mouthfeel, it comes in quite sweet. It is mellow, unlike the usual pre-dawn. It is full of rice flavor. However, the next moment, it is crisp and clean. This is like...a good type of nigori has appeared. Delicious 😋.
The strong 18% alcohol content is a nice accent and well balanced.
I want to add this to Jikin's nigori, Senkou's Yukidaruma, Hirotogawa's nigori, and make a quartet: ❗️
Junmai Ginjo🍶Shizukuri Ver. Namaichibon Nama Sake✨Yamada Nishiki🌾.
Fruity. Refreshing ✨light nigori. Sweet and spicy. Fried horse mackerel, small but plump and delicious 😋.
wakasaya watanabe sake store @ urawa 20250301
100% Yamahye Nishiki
The wine is clean, full-flavored, dense, and reminiscent of a clear river.
It is sure to open up and become richer in flavor in the future.
Yoakemae Junmai Ginjo Nama Ippon Hiyoroshi
Rating 4.4
Alcohol level: 16; Sake meter: +2; Acidity: 1.3; Rice: Yamadanishiki; Rice polishing ratio: 55
Compared to the first bottles, it has a calmer, softer, and lighter taste. It has a slightly floral aroma (light melon-like aroma) derived from Yamadanishiki, and a subtle, gentle sweetness and umami. It also has a slightly mineral-like complex taste, but it is also an enjoyable autumn food sake, and may be served warmed.
I will have my favorite pre-dawn hiyaoroshi: ❗️
It has a rich rice flavor and a mild sweet aroma like fruit, but with a refreshing watery taste that I love. This will go well with all kinds of autumn foods. ❤️
I still love pre-dawn 😍.
When I was in college, I was a sake connoisseur and went to a sake shop in a prestigious sake club...
I remember visiting a sake shop on the outskirts of Takasaki when I heard that there was a delicious sake called "Yoakemae" that could be purchased at a liquor store in the suburbs of Takasaki.
At the time I had the impression that it was a modern sake, but now I remember that it tasted exactly like a sake from Shinshu 🤔.
It's been a while since I've had it, but I remembered that and popped it in 👇.
On the first day, the aroma of ripe green apples and a hint of grapes ❔.
As the temperature rises, the aroma of rice also softly comes through 🍚.
The taste is round and round in the mouth, and then it quickly breaks off, followed by a slight bitterness, and finally a rather strong astringency. ⚡️ Overall, it is refreshing, just like a sake from Shinshu 😌.
On the second day, the sweetness increases and it shows its full potential. ⤴️
The unfamiliar flavors that bothered me a little on the first day have receded 👍.
