Re:vive KUGA Unfiltered Unrefined Genshu
May 12 was a tour of liquor stores in Hokusetsu area 🚗 with Mr. Wakata and Mrs. Yuki.
With Mr. Wakata and Mrs. Yuki
We went to Hata Sake Shop for the first stop...
We chose Re:vive KUGA ✌️
I had already decided before we went there after seeing their instagram!
Hizume Hirai Residence, the place where Kiku no Tsukasa was founded.
Revived as a sake brewery 100 years after relocation
Craft saké due to liquor tax law
A portion of the moromi is fermented with glutinous rice germinated with brown rice malt
is added to fermentation
When poured into a cup, it is very smooth and clean.
It has a very clean and refreshing taste 😋.
Full sweetness and pleasant umami of rice
Delicate and fresh acidity 🤤.
Yuki-san is very good at getting the owner on board.
The sake tasting kept coming out one after another 🤣.
I didn't know you could sample this much... 😳
New discovery 💡.
I, the driver, was watching with my fingers in my mouth😅.
Hi Rafa papa 😀
Thank you so much for your hard work, driver: 🙆♂️
I never know when I'll be able to sample at Hata's, so I always walk there 🤣.
I've been curious about this drink for a while too, but I never get to it 😅.
Good morning Yasbay 😃.
I can't do tasting because I basically 🚗 when I buy alcohol 😅I drink most of the alcohol at Hata liquor store, so when a new brand comes in, I end up buying it 😁.
Good morning, Rafa papa 😃.
This is one I've never seen before 😳It's important to check social networking sites for information about liquor stores 🤗It looks really good 😋.
Good morning Eirin 😃
There were 3 types in the store and Wakata and Yuki tasted them for me so I could choose this one without hesitation 😁I usually drive to the store so it was a fresh and new discovery to be able to taste them 💡.
Good morning Jay & Nobby 😃.
When the liquor store I frequent starts carrying a new brand, I want to buy it 😁This sake is not classified as sake due to the liquor tax law, but it was very good 😋.
Bottom of bottle
Alcoholic aroma reminiscent of raspberry and disinfectant.
A slight cheese-like aroma.
Dark sweet and savory corn-like flavor.
Rounded acidity.
Vanilla essence and coffee in the back.
The transition of aromas is characteristic.
Two sips were out of stock, so I would like to drink more.
Kakura
Sake brought from a bamboo shoot dig at a friend's house
Craft sake using germinated brown rice as a secondary ingredient
Fresh and clean
Well-balanced sweetness and acidity
Easy to drink with an alcohol content of 14 degrees.
It is like a modern sweet and sour sake!
It was well received by all the participants on the day.
The brewer really wanted to make sake.
According to the website, the founder of the Kiku no Tsukasa Sake Brewery, who apparently went through a number of difficulties, has taken up the challenge of making sake again, and I would like to support him.
Rice used is something from Iwate Prefecture and germinated brown rice from Shiwa-machi glutinous rice
Classified under the Sake Tax Law as "Other Brewed Sake
It is a so-called craft saké, but it is no different from ordinary sake.
The fruity sweetness spreads quickly, and the umami is also conveyed clearly.
The citrusy bitterness tightens up the whole experience.
The lingering aftertaste seems to be slowly fading away.
It is not flashy, but it is good for a leisurely sipping.
However, 3,000 yen for a four-pack is a bit expensive!
Crowdfunded sake from Hiiroku Brewery, Iwate.
It is a craft saké sake using secondary ingredients, but since the secondary ingredient is germinated brown glutinous rice, it almost has a sake-like atmosphere.
It tastes sweet and is easy to drink. It has a mild flavor and a moderate acidity.
I hope they continue to make a variety of sake!
This craft saké employs glutinous rice germinated brown rice.
The store owner said it had a strong acidity, but it was not that bad.
It was a delicious sake with a tangy sweetness, sourness, and slight bitterness.
The brewery's website shows their strong desire and commitment to sake brewing.
Alcohol content: 14%.
Ingredients: rice, rice malt, germinated brown rice
Rice used: Iwate rice
All I had in my head was this symbol I saw in something, and when I found it for sale ❗️ I immediately bought it.
I immediately opened the package and tasted it.
The sweet and sour taste in the mouth was very good, and the alcohol taste that came out of the nose afterwards was very aromatic.
There was a slight spiciness that lingered on the tongue, and it was refreshing to drink.
This brewery seems to have just started up, so we have high expectations for the future.
canopy (of a picture)
First sip unma! Moderate aroma, like an organic solvent. Slightly dry. Slight fizziness. A little bitterness. Light.
Hiraoroku Brewing
This is the second bottle of the Craft Sake Re:vive series that uses glutinous brown germinated rice in the koji production process. It is said to be the counterpart of Muhai. It is indeed a pairing of Mukai.
I have been following the progress of the project to revive the 100-year-old brewery, from rice cultivation to sake brewing and obtaining a production license, for the past year, so the two-week time gap between the delivery of MUGAI and the receipt of MUGAI was again a bit of a surprise.
The practical use of the brewery yeast "Akatsuki" is also in progress. We look forward to the future more and more.
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Aroma like mint tablets deep in the grape. Acidity and bitterness are low and refreshing. After drinking, sweetness comes gradually. It has elegance.
Obtained through crowdfunding.
Hiraoroku Brewery
This craft saké was launched by a young president who retired from the Kikunoza Brewery and revived sake brewing at the family's birthplace, the Hirai Hizume residence in Shiwa Town, Iwate Prefecture.
Other brews that are as close to sake as possible, using glutinous brown germinated rice in the koji production process.
This was the reason I stopped in Shiwa Town on my way back from Aomori last year.