Brand name] Nitoshi Junmai Manzai Shichiju
Sake Brewer】MARUISHI JOJO K.K.(Okazaki City, Aichi Prefecture)
Type of sake】Junmai-shu
Rice] Manzai
Rice polishing ratio] 70% [Alcohol content] 16
Alcohol content】16%.
Sake Cup】Inoguchi
Aroma】+1.5 (green apple, a hint of nuts, light lactic acidity)
Appearance] Slightly yellowish crystal
[Taste] [Mouthfeel
Body: 2.0
Acidity: 2.0
Sweetness: 1.5
Umami: 1.5
Bitterness: 1.5
Lingering] Moderately sweet and umami.
Impression: A clean, mellow, dry sake with a modern flavor.
The aroma has a hint of rice due to the 70% polished rice, but there is also a hint of green apple-like ginjo aroma.
The taste is well-balanced without any harshness, and the acidity lightens the sweetness refreshingly.
Repeat Score] 2.0
Last year, I passed the second level of the Japanese Sake Certificate and last week, I passed the sake tasting test.
After passing the test, I opened my first bottle in Futanami. I am not sure what to expect 🐺.
This year's Ninani is seclet, I don't know the rice or the milling ratio.
Futani is an experimental sake from Futani Rabbit, every year we get a different sake. Last year, they released an extraordinary sake made from 80% polished Aizan rice.
This year's Futani has a slightly yellowish color. The aroma is not that strong and the taste is dry but full of umami.
I wonder if the rice is low-polished again this year, or if the rice is Okazaki Yamada, which was introduced this year. This is just a guess, so please don't rely on it.
But I like it, it's delicious. 😋😋😋😋😋
Good evening, NITO-san!
Congratulations on passing the sake tasting test 🎉!
That's great~⤴️
I haven't had a chance to drink at Nito, but after reading your delicious review, I'd love to take you out for a relaxing drink 😋.
Good evening ma-ki-san🌇.
Thank you very much. I love sake so much that I became a sake taster 😆.
It is delicious. I recommend it. Ni-Rabbit is an interesting change of pace👍
Good evening, NITO 😃.
Oh! Congratulations on passing the sake tasting test ㊗️ 🎉I thought you went to a sake 🍶 prep school since you were a second year student 😆 Actually, you are a wolf 🐺 and you are stepping up steadily ⤴️ 🤗Quite a feat!
Good evening, Jay & Nobby 🌇.
I managed to pass, thank you very much.
As soon as I uploaded it, I noticed the difference between Nani and Niwolf, stupid 😅.
Ni-wolf, not ni-nani, it's an interesting experimental sake, so please drink it 🐺.
Congratulations to NITO on passing the sake tasting test 🎉🎊!
It's really awesome that you studied & tried every year 😳👍✨.
Congratulations to nito-san on his two hares! I thought it would be two wolves 🐺 since you studied for 2 years 😂🙏.
NIRO 2025
Rating 4.4
Alcohol content 16%.
NIRO is a new style of sake brewed under the concept of two wolves "wearing rabbit skins and brewing sake on behalf of the rabbits. The theme for 2025 is "Secrets"! The theme of 2025 is "secrecy." The rice, the milling ratio, and the numerical values are all kept secret!
The quality of the sake has a slightly rugged, slightly dry taste that has not been found in previous Ni-Toshi. It is a sake that can be enjoyed in a different way from Ni-Toshi, which has focused on sweetness, acidity, and freshness. It is dry for a Ni-Rabbit. It has a slightly fresh taste. The sweetness and umami taste follows afterwards, making it a perfect mid-meal sake.
The concept is that a wolf wearing a rabbit's skin pretends to be a rabbit to make alcohol
Specs undisclosed
The first impact is a mildly spicy taste.
But that doesn't mean the taste is half-baked.
The bitterness also remains.
Thank you for the taste of autumn that can only be tasted this year!
Next, we will have two hares, two wolves.
This year's concept seems to be SECRET.
With no information other than the cute label, let's try it 🐺.
The aroma has a slight yogurt taste with a hint of sake yeast. The taste is mellow and umami, with a sourness that lingers on the tongue. It tastes sweeter when paired with salty snacks such as shellfish strings. Ni-Rabbit is an interesting change of taste. Delicious✨
The second bottle today is Erwolf, which I was able to get again this year. I am not sure of the difference from last year, but it tasted good as always. 2,310 yen.
It is an excellent sake with a fluffy aroma of rice that is robust but does not linger.
I can imagine it goes well with all kinds of food. This is a bargain food sake. Dangerous sake that can make you fat with too many snacks.
Brewed by Maruishi Brewery in Okazaki, Aichi
NIRO "NIRO" 2025
This is not "Two Rabbits" but "Two Wolves".
NIRO is a sake made by a wolf in a rabbit's skin.
The concept is that a wolf wearing a rabbit's skin made sake instead of a rabbit.
This year's theme was "Secret" 😆.
When I drank it, it reminded me of green apple 🍏 feeling.
It reminds me of a green apple 🍏 feeling and is wrapped up with a refreshing acidity.
Refreshing and crisp.
Very nice sake 😆😆😆.
It is different from usual Ni-Uto.
I discovered a new Maruishi.
So sparkling that you can't open the cork for a while.
The aroma is fruity.
In the mouth, you can feel the overflowing gas.
The gentle sweetness spreads gradually and is rounded off by a hint of nigari.
The aftertaste is refreshing with light acidity and gas.
