Today we had a tasting and sale of "Okuroku" at Mekada Sake Brewery in Utsunomiya.
There was a tasting and sales event for Okuroku at the Megada Sake Brewery in Utsunomiya.
I couldn't go because of work.
Dora, who is a fan of "O-roku", went to the event 😄♪
From Iwate Meikozo
Mr. Oikawa, the managing director of Iwate Meikozo, visited the store 😊.
We drank "white beach" on Okuroku day (June 9) last year.
Dora-chan won the front hanging in the Okuroku Campaign.
Dora-chan took that jacket with her 😄.
The executive director was surprised ‼️
And he was so happy!
I got her autograph on the front of the jacket and took a picture ✍️
He shook hands with her 🤝🥰 and had a wonderful time 🥰 (too bad he couldn't taste the food 😢).
And I bought some 😆🙌⤴️
I drank it last year and it was so good!
"white beach"❣️
You have to drink this one now ☝️😆
So here it is!
Now it's time to open the bottle✨🥂✨
The aroma is slightly sour and fruity
On the palate
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm ❣️❣️
Sweet and sour and so delicious 😍
The matching of the citrus-like acidity unique to white malted rice and the rich sweetness is irresistible 😘♪♪
The matching of the rich sweetness is irresistible 😘♪
With an alcohol content of only 12 degrees, it can be drunk in large gulps like a juice.
You can drink it like a juice 😋.
I'm glad I could drink it again this year 😆💕.
Good evening, Tsubu!
I still respect you, Dora senior 😊💖.
I have to learn from you😅
I'm not even close to your feet yet...
Your review 📝 looks delicious and I'm drooling 🤤.
I envy you, for so many things😍.
Hi, Tsubu-chan 😀
I went to Mekada Sake Brewery after J&N told me about it on my GW trip to Tochigi😊It's a beautiful place with lots of sake 🤩I'd love to go back 👍.
Good evening, Tsubu 😃White beach, looks so delicious ❤️ after seeing Tsubu's post, my family is suddenly motivated to buy it too ❣️ hubby is on fire 😆💦 can't wait for it to come to our house too, white beach😁.
Hi, Tsubu-chan 🐥.
You are indeed a well-informed person, Dora-san. 👏🏻It's a shame I couldn't attend the tasting event so close by 😭white beachI've heard many times from Tsubu-chan that it's delicious ♡I'm off to Megada-san. 〰︎
Hi, Tsubu-chan 🐦.
I bet the executive director must have been so happy to see you with the front cover 😊Dora's personality is showing... ✨
I'm curious about this one too, but I haven't seen it 😂.
Good evening, Maechen!
I was surprised to see that you visited many liquor stores 😆♪ I was surprised to see that you visited many liquor stores too ‼️
We are now selling Okuroku at Mekada 😆♡♡♡ Please come visit us again 😉😉
Please come again 😉⭐︎
Good evening, Tsuyodai😄.
I see that the stores are now only available up to Aichi 🥺.
I hope it will be available to you soon 😌! It's a delicious sake, so I hope it will reach you soon 😌.
Good evening, Kotori!
When Dora brought the flyer for the tasting and sale, I couldn't go because I had to work 😭I wish you could have gone and tasted it too 😙.
Yes, white beach is ♡ delicious 😍.
Thanks a lot, Pon-chan!
He told me that it was the first time he had ever met someone who came to a tasting event with a apron 🥰 and he asked me to take a picture with him wearing the apron 📸 and it was a really good picture and I was so jealous 🥹.
I hope I can meet you!
Tsubu, I understand 🫡.
My junior would like to have a drink with you too, if it's convenient for you.
He wants you to call him ‼️
Dora-chan is awesome 😁.
Purchased at the Imadeya Chiba Station Ekinka tasting and sales event.
We purchased the best of the four products we tasted while listening to the executive director, who came from Iwate Prefecture to "let people know about Okuroku."
We enjoyed it paired with hamachi sashimi!
It was a little shwashy, a little dry and a little mellow, just the way I like it!
Okuroku, while there were also some refreshing-looking ones lined up, I chose the 90% polished classical, partly due to the remnants of the Japanese moon.
The color is golden. The aroma is like that of oak barrels, and the mouthfeel is sour like an apple and sweet like its honey. It also feels like sap oozing from the barrel. It had a refreshing image of Okuroku, but this one has a sense of heaviness. However, it is not dull, and the sharpness is still there. Rather than being spicy, it is more like a do-si-do, or like wielding a large sword or scythe.
It is a sake that needs to be kept chilled, but it would be interesting to warm it up.
If you feel like it, try heating sake. The apples and sweetness come out in a rounded way, and it is delicious! It also has a mild oaky flavor.
Also purchased at La Joumon.
We went to the Hiraizumi-ji temple across the street to see the Dainichi Nyorai Buddha's Gokaicho, the first time in 45 years, which was a rare experience 🙏 We also got a nice breeze.
I was curious about this sake: ❣️ I went to buy it today because the liquor store I usually go to has started carrying it and I saw a comment about how good it tastes at Sake-no-wa: ‼️ and opened the bottle immediately 🎉.
Today, when it feels like a summer day, we had a lunchtime drink on the balcony with Okuroku, a summer sake 👍.
It is refreshing, fruity, light and delicious 🥰, perfect for this situation.
Today, it can be served with french fries, salad, yakiniku, and yakisoba as it is 😊.
I think it would also go well with more western style meals!
I would like to try the other drinks as well 🥰 as I heard it is the sweetest fruity of all the Okuroku's.
Impressions on the sake by itself are in charge of shinsaku3💕.
Hi Pepho 😃Another nice balcony daytime drink today 🥰Deutsch, I wish I knew about it from Sake no Wawa and would like to drink it too ❣️ but I don't think there are any dealers in my neighborhood 😓Low alcohol and refreshing fruity is perfect for a daytime drink 💕.
HinaHanaMama❣️ continued to drink at night 🤭Hokke and Tororo over rice👍.
I hope the liquor store in my neighborhood will carry it 🙏 My favorite store may carry Kangiku but not Mama's recommendation 😢 difficult 🧐.
Hi Pekho 😃
It's great to see a new liquor store handling this new product ‼️ and the summer sake balcony lunchtime drink is great 😙 Please try the Okuroku Lotus we drank 👋.
Jay & Nobby 💕Hello, Lotus, I'm pretty sure I saw it in the fridge at the store 👏I'll go buy it next time 😃You said the sweetest one is this summer liquor, so it's another flavor 👍I look forward to Jay's recommendation: ❤️
Overall 9 (out of 10)
Pheho-san wanted to try this sake 🍶.
I went to buy it because the liquor store I often go to sells it 🚗.
This is my first time to try this sake!
According to the description
According to the description, it is "refreshing and evocative of calm waves and white sandy beaches.
according to the description.
Delicious ❣️😋👍
Light sweet ‼️😋👍
Slightly astringent with a slight wood vat type astringency in the back.
Not too sharp.
Very easy to drink, helped by its 12% alcohol content.
It is a dessert wine 🍷.
It was served chilled.
Pairing impressions were made by Mr. Pekho
Here are my personal impressions
Aroma
Sweet and delicious aroma👍
Taste sensation
The higher the number, the stronger the taste (5 is the maximum)
-Spiciness: 0 at the beginning → 0 in the aftertaste
-Sweetness: 4 at the beginning → 3 in the aftertaste
-Sourness: 0 at the beginning → 0 in the aftertaste
-Bitterness: 0 at the beginning → 0 lingering 0
-Astringency: 1 at the beginning → 1 lingering aftertaste
-Umami: 1 at the beginning → 1 lingering aftertaste
Mouthfeel】→3
Small number = light and smooth
Large number = thick and rich
(5 is the maximum)
Hi shinsaku3 😃Good afternoon drink on the balcony today 👌Okuoroku, I envy you because it was a drink I was interested in too 😍It looks sweet and delicious 😍I think it's my favorite ❣️ 😆 You are enjoying GW very much 🤗.
Good evening, HinaHanaMama 😃.
Thank you 😊
GW mostly stay at home 🏠.
It was a good GW 🏠☺️
I think you will like it, HinaHanaMama 😃.
It's a little sweet but delicious 😋.
Hello shinsaku3😃!
Oh! We haven't seen it here in Tochigi 🤗I'm jealous that the liquor store you frequent has it 🥲Kochira is a dessert wine type of wine, isn't it? I'll keep that in mind😄.
Good evening Jay & Nobby 😃.
It's very easy to drink, but you might find it a bit sweet 😅.
We chose the brand we got this time based on the recommendation of the liquor store, but next time we will try other brands 😃.
Spring Girls' Gathering🌸No.7
（Okuroku is there...
It has a full-bodied sweetness and an aroma reminiscent of fresh apples.
The light acidity accentuates the flavor, making it a good match for food as well as a mealtime sake, and it is not boring to drink by itself.
Just before the end of the party, Mr. Higu, who came to pick up Nanoha, appeared on the stage! Long time no see🤗.
We had a great girls' night out again with lots of chatting, drinking, and eating 🥰.
Good evening, Nanoha🐥.
It was great to see you all after a long time 🥹Higu came to pick me up 🚌🚃I'm sorry I left before you 🚃🙏🏻 I look forward to the next one 🤭and a little drink 😘
Following the recent trend of sakénawa (as far as I know, so it's a very narrow trend), I'd like to share Okuroku with you. We've been wanting to follow Okuroku ever since we had it with wagashi before, and happened to buy it at our beloved sake shop, Waya, when we went back to my parents' house for a bullet-toothed trip in March. Living here, I feel that the quickest way to get Tohoku sake is to buy it locally💦.
Anyway, I opened a full bottle of Okuroku Lotus🩷 along with some sashimi I cut myself, which is rare!
This is delicious💕😆!
Sweet and sour, then deliciousness, and finally deliciousness spreads 😋 This is the best kind. I'm sure it's the best one 👍
The husband seems to be satisfied with it and we both finished it before we realized 😅
It goes well not only with sashimi, but also with pickled quail eggs, which are very popular in our house. It goes with everything: ❤️
I later discovered that Colonel Lal was heating it up and regretted drinking it all up 💦.
It was really delicious ✨
Good morning, Wakata!
Surely you will see Okuroku ⤴️
And the acidic flavor that would go well with sashimi 🤤.
I have to drink this one someday! I've made up my mind after reading your review 😁✨.
Hi Wakata 😃.
Okuroku, it's so delicious 😋It's something great to go with Japanese sweets ❗️ I don't have the vocabulary to describe it... 😓 but I want to try drinking it 🥰I might try making pickled quail eggs too 😍.
Hello, Wakata 😃.
Oh! You've joined the narrow stream 😆 Recently, the circle of deliciousness has been spreading like a ripple from Tohoku to Kanto to Kansai, so the whole of Japan is already in that circle 🤗.
We who drink with our senses tend to kill them in the blink of an eye 😅.
Good evening, ma-ki-chan 😃I guess you see Okuroku, don't you? The times will never let Okuroku go, I'm sure 😆 Please have a drink sometime! You won't be disappointed. ❤️
Hi HinaHanaMama, good evening😃I started out by introducing Japanese sweets and sake, Ponchan, and I'm hooked ❤️ I recommend the pickles because you just marinate the quail eggs in a simple vinegar-based sauce...a drop of whiskey makes it even better🐎.
Good evening, Jay & Nobby 😃The expansion of the circle of deliciousness makes all Japanese happy ❤️ but you're right, we're all instinctive drinkers 💦we tend to empty our bottles when we notice 😅.
Tochigi Kenmin Kai 🌸Girls' Gathering 🌸Spring Banquet ⑦
This will be the last one 🥂.
It's almost time to say goodbye!
The teacher said "I have Okuroku" ❣️
"Okuroku⁉︎😀Drink drink drink drink 😚🙌
This is the same one we drank at the last winter party 😘.
Sweet and tasty and refreshing ☆♪
♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡
Although we drank only a few kinds of drinks
We actually drank a lot 😘.
The counter seats and the seat next to ours on the small floor
There was a customer who had a reservation.
We usually put them at the counter, but they put them at our table...
There was a bottle of sake that was placed on our table
so we poured and drank them as we pleased.
We were drinking 🤣😚😘😋.
The customers and the teacher were all kind of relaxed that day.
Everyone was kind of relaxed and we didn't want to say goodbye.
We didn't want to say goodbye
We didn't want to leave...
In the end, we delayed the train
We ended up delaying the train 😝.
As a result, we couldn't get to the nearest station (Tobu line).
（The last train leaves early in the countryside💦.)
Dora-chan picked me up from the station
Dora-chan picked me up from the station a little bit far away 🤣 (thanks ♡)
We had a very good time.
Four hours seems like a long time, but it's not. ‼️
We need more time ☝️
We agreed to have lunch next time 🥳.
We agreed to have lunch next time 🤣.
Now I'm looking forward to the next time😊♪
Good evening, Tsubu-chan😄.
I have read the last part of the article: ☺️
It's such a fun party that even if there were hours, it wouldn't be enough💕I don't want to leave...so sad 🥺I'm so jealous of such a wonderful relationship 🥰.
Hi, Tsubu 😃.
I knew it was going to be a fun party 🥳 and eventually a morning gathering overnight 🤣.
We finally got Okuroku's red Lotus at our house too 😋.
Good evening, HinaHanaMama!
Thank you for reading my post ☺️♡I really enjoyed it so much that I feel like pulling my hair back when I have to say goodbye every time 🥺Thanks to Sakenawa for letting me meet such wonderful friends 🥰.
Good evening, Jay & Nobby😄!
Ah ha 😆 A morning meeting and then an overnight stay 🤣.
This is going to be fun 🤣I can't sleep 😆🎶.
Oh ❣️ congrats on your first home drink🎉I'm off to check out your review....
Great job on the girls' post, Tsubu 😊.
Sounds like you'll have lots to chat about starting with lunch! Goodness 😆👍
I'd love to barge in sometime too 😁.
Good evening, Ms. Tsubu.
Time flies by so fast, as it should in any offline meeting 😁.
I think time passes too fast when I'm drunk 🤔.
I might have to go all out to be satisfied 🤣.
Hi Pon 😄♪
I was able to upload it earlier this time 😉.
We need plenty of time for a girls' night out 😆.
I think we will need 3 days and 2 nights once we welcome Pon 🤔🤣.
Hello bouken😄♪
I really had a great time and time went by too fast 😂.
I delayed my return train so it was only 5 hours this time, but it's not enough time at all 🤣We'll have a lot of people in Kansai and Tochigi, so it's going to be an all-out party soon 🤣.
Okuroku, which I have recently started to see.
Is it a new brand of Iwate Meikozo? If it has been around for a long time, it is my ignorance.
I have been a fan since I saw the "Oni Kenbai" event at Maezawa SA.
The red color is really cool.
The aroma is a citrusy aroma that makes you want to drink it.
The mouthfeel is very modern, with a clear and tasty acidity when drunk chilled.
When heated as recommended on the back label, it has a moist sweet acidity that is quite good.
As a result, both are delicious.
Don't abuse the sake language, it's self-explanatory.
〜Traditional arts must be passed on locally or they will die out.
Thank you very much for your hospitality!
Hi Colonel Lal 😃We also drank this Okuroku the other day! It was so delicious 😋I regret not heating it up after seeing your post 🥲I drank more and more of it just cold💦.
Good morning, Colonel Lal 😃.
We had this one last week 😋 and it was delicious, but like Wakata, I finished it quickly 😙I regret not trying the heated sake 🍶 too 🥲.
J&N, good morning 😁.
The timing of your post was also an odd coincidence: ✌️
I can see why you drank it all up so quickly. It's more than good enough cold 😋.
Please try it heated next time 🤘.
Polishing ratio 90
100% "Yunokou" produced in Oshu City, Iwate Prefecture
It goes well with both cheese and soba noodles.
Iwate is hot these days, especially in Shiwa Town.
I am confronted with a self-explanatory solution to the problem of sake made with yeast No. 6, which I have not been able to touch on much until now.
Purchased at LaJomon in Hirakishimizu, Yamagata City. This is a representative sake shop of Yamagata that you must visit when you come to Yamagata.
Try it for yourself.
