Purchased at a convenience store on a business trip to Sapporo. To be honest, I did not expect it to be as good as I thought it would be. The aroma is restrained and the flavor is robust. It was a nice and refreshing drink.
I was very pleased with the taste.
Itami is located in the eastern part of Hyogo Prefecture, where sake brewing was prosperous for a long time until Nada took its place. Here, there used to be a sake brewery called "Kiwenya Yamamoto Honke" that wholesaled sake called "Gomenzake" for the shogunate. The brand name of this sake was "Otokoyama," and it is said that the name was derived from the mountain where Ishimizu Hachiman Shrine is located in Yawata City in the southern part of Kyoto and the area around the shrine, called Otokoyama. However, the cotton shop apparently went out of business at the end of the Edo period (1603-1867). About 100 years later, Yamazaki Shuzo, which opened a brewery in Asahikawa, officially took over the Otokoyama brand from a descendant of Kiwamaya. Yamamoto Honke Brewery in Kyoto does not seem to be related to Otokoyama.
It is a sparkling sake with added carbonation, but the bitterness of the carbonation is not so noticeable. It is a sweet and sour sake, but it is more on the sweet side. It is a sweet and sour sake, but it is more on the sweet side.
The label looks like it says "sake," but upon closer inspection, it could also be "bubbles" that resemble the word "sake," which is clever!
After the strong sweetness, there is a strong sake taste and bitterness. The mouthfeel is thick and mellow and quite tasty. It went well with Genghis Khan.
However, because of the added sugar, it is treated as a liqueur, not sake.
Dedicated to sushi.
The spiciness and umami of the first half of the bottle expands slowly until the middle part of the bottle.
The spiciness remains slightly sharp with a sharp aftertaste.
