Miki Mai
Cheesy aroma. Caramelized sweetness and bitterness. Light and soft. It flows in like white water. The sweetness is asserted once more in the throat. Interesting.
Purchased at a sake brewery. Limited edition at the brewery store.
Kamisuwa Highway Machiaruki Drinking Tour 10/5 I went last week.
The event is a big one, with five sake breweries drinking and walking along the national highway. The line for the sake tasting, which was long last year, was much smoother this time. While waiting in line, a folk song was performed by local citizens, and both customers and breweries joined in the chorus of "yosasayoi yosasayoi". It was a very good improvement.
But the speed of looping the queue increased, and I was tired because I had to walk quite a bit. This is my problem.
(♡˙³˙)🍶🍶🍶🍶
Nagano business trip part ㊵
I went on a sake brewery tour without a ticket to the Kamisuwa Highway Machiaruki Drinking Event 😀 Next up is Maihime Sake Brewery's exclusive Chimehime from their brewery store 😊.
The aroma is clean 😊The mouthfeel is nice with fruity acidity and a firm rice sweetness 😚👍It feels like a sweet and tasty sake 🥰It's pretty much my favorite 😘.
The 4th picture is the Tonkatsu set meal 🐷 I had lunch with a junior colleague the other day at the Matari Shokudo in Kamisuwa 😋The thick Tonkatsu with sauce was an excellent match 🤩This was a delicious guy who ranks high in the Tonkatsu ranking 🥳👍.
Maechen, good evening 🦉.
I hope you enjoyed the event 🍶👣I drank this sake when we toured and I liked it too ❣️ it had a sweet taste 😊.
The pork cutlet looks big and delicious😻
Maecin-san, good evening 🌙
Event + brewery limited sake is great 🤗Tonkatsu🐷 looks really delicious🤤I will try it if I have a chance to go to Kamisuwa ❗️
Hi Pon, hello ☀️😀
It's a 20 minute walk from my apartment🚶♂️ and I waded through a lot of people to get into the restaurant😙I'm a sucker for limited edition 🤣I had a delicious sake 🆗🙆♀️ and it's a delicious pork cutlet that will surely fill your stomach 🤤.
Hi Hiro, hello ☀️😀
I guess the word "limited edition" makes me reach for it 🤣Here is a delicious tonkatsu from a teishoku-ya (set meal restaurant) 🐷The specialty restaurant Maruichi is also delicious 😘.
Nagano, Suwa City. Maihime Corporation.
Shinshu Maihime Junmai Daiginjo Miyamanishiki
Purchased at the brewery during a tour of five Suwa breweries.
One of the 3 bottles (6/9) taken home on the trip.
It is served cold.
The color is clear and transparent.
The nose is rich and sweet, with a hint of ripe berry fruits.
The mouthfeel is surprisingly smooth.
On the palate, the acidity is well balanced with a gentle, full-bodied umami flavor. The sweetness is well balanced.
The overall impression is mellow, but the acidity is the most impressive.
Even though it is a junmai daiginjo, it has a firm, mellow acidity.
The aroma in the nose has a berry aroma.
I had the same impression when I tasted it, so I enjoyed it.
Ingredients: Rice (domestic), Rice malt (domestic)
Rice polishing ratio:49%.
Alcohol content: 16%.
Nagano, Suwa City. Maime Corporation.
Shinshu Maihime Junmai Ginjo
Purchased at the brewery during a tour of five Suwa breweries.
One of the 3 bottles (5/9) brought back from the trip.
It is served cold.
The color is a light yellow.
The first aroma is of softly fragrant apples and pears.
The mouthfeel is clear and smooth.
On the palate, a slight sweetness like fruit juice spreads over the tongue, and the umami of the rice gradually expands, giving it a richness that is not full-bodied.
The aftertaste has a light acidity and a little sake-like flavor, but the aftertaste is short.
Ingredients: rice (domestic), rice malt (domestic)
Rice polishing ratio: 59
Alcohol content: 15%.
This is the fourth of the five Suwa breweries. I bought this sake because it is a sweet sake. The alcohol content is 16 degrees and it is sweet and pleasant to the palate. 976 yen
Suwa Gokura Tour (5)
Maihime" Maihime Sake Brewery
You can get 5 coins and taste 5 kinds of sake from the sake server.
Shinshu Maihime Sen label Junmai Ginjo Summer Goldfish
The acidity is clear and a bit gaseous.
It has a slight sweetness and bitterness.
Suiro Junmai Ginjo Natural
Made with low-pesticide rice. It is super light and acidity is the main taste, but there is a mild sweetness and acidity.
Shinshu Maihime Junmai Daiginjo Omachi Chikahime
A junmai daiginjo with a gentle sweetness. This one was right on the money and delicious.
Shinshu Maihime Junmai Daiginjo Harasake Miyamanishiki Polishing 49
It has a sticky texture, a mellow taste, and is capped by the acidity. I like this one too.
Suiro Junmai Daiginjo Yamadanishiki, Polishing 39, Unfiltered Nama-shu
Light, clean taste, good water.
I bought 3 small bottles because it is my favorite type of sake and it was 5% off when I showed the sake tour coupon at the time of purchase 🤣.
I went around all of them in about 50 minutes, taking care of my family 😅.
Do you sell it in the Kansai area? I asked if it was sold in the Kansai area, but the answer was no because we are a small brewery💦.
At a 7-Eleven in the middle of Gokura Street, there was a full lineup of sake bottles from Suwa Gokura 😁.
Good morning, Nemuchi 🐥.
I saw your detailed review, as expected ✨I'm also an Enchihime Ichiban, and I preferred the Maihime label to the sweeter one 😋.
Seven is awesome 😳I wish I could have gone in there 😆.
Hello Nemuchi, ☀️
You drank very much this day! 😊
After all, I was only able to go to Honkin, Maihime, and Reijin streets 😭.
I would be so excited if there was such a sevice in Kansai 😁.
Hello Nemuchi-san!
It's amazing that a convenience store has a bottle of sake 😳
I wonder if it's a former liquor store 🤔Maihime, did they have any Shinshu Neko Masamune?
Good evening, Pon-chan 🌛I was in a big hurry to get the stamp coupon and I didn't know how to do it for the first time 😅I bought the Mai-Hime one here 🍶I stopped by 7-Eleven to buy ice cream for my kids 🤣.
Good evening, Ofuji-san 🌛I see you toured three breweries in Suwa 😊Please go around with "Gokuraku set" for revenge👍I should have tasted Masumi without worrying about my family 😁Seven is in the neighborhood so you can't favor them 🤣.
bouken-san, good evening🌛You're right, it's rare to see a bottle of Neko Masamune 😊It was a sight to see them all lined up 🤩Maihime had Shinshu Neko Masamune 🐱I asked her about it and she said she had inherited it🐾.
Miyamanishiki produced in Nagano Prefecture is carefully fermented at low temperature to produce this dry, crisp sake with a harmonious balance of flavor, a full ginjo aroma, and a delicious taste.
1800ml ￥3,250(tax not included)
Capacity: 1800ml, 720ml
Sake classification Junmai Ginjo
Alcohol content 16
Rice: Miyamanishiki
Polishing ratio 59
Visiting the Five Storehouses of Kami-suwa (1) Maihime
Shinshu Maihime Ougen label Junmai Ginjo Summer Goldfish
The aroma is of muscat, and the taste is moderate, with the umami coming later. The finish is crisp and accented with bitterness.
(2) Suiro Junmai Ginjo Natural
Smooth taste with a fruity sweet and sour flavor. However, it is not overly sweet, and the final taste is calm and lingering, with a good aroma and aftertaste.
Shinshu Maihime Junmai Daiginjo Omachi Chikuhime
It has the strongest aroma and fruity sweetness. The sweetness permeates the palate, spreading out just like the aroma. The umami of the rice lingers in the mouth for quite a long time.
Shinshu Maaihime Junmai Daiginjyo Harasake Miyamanishiki Polishing 49
It has a firm acidity, which is followed by a full-bodied and mild taste. It is the heaviest due to the fact that it is a pure sake.
(5) Suiro Junmai Daiginjyo Yamadanishiki Polishing 39, unfiltered, unadulterated, pure sake
Compared to the other two, this one has a sourness that goes through the nose. It is also light on the palate and goes down the throat quickly, but after that you can feel the alcohol taste.
In my opinion, I prefer ➂. Maihime is the most well-balanced and easy to drink among the five breweries in terms of both aroma and taste.
