The first drink of my recent drinking trip to Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture 🍶.
The restaurant was the famous oden izakaya Sanko in Katamachi 🍢☺️
The place was packed from the time it opened (16:00) even though it was a weekday... Are you guys sure you want to be drinking at this time of the night? (You too)
It's okay🙆♂️ everyone is happy to drink when they want to drink🎊
At first it's beer at first 🍻.
I had it in two sips😆.
And the first drink of the day ←?
I thought it would be a good idea to start with a sake from Ishikawa 😋, so I chose "Sogen" 🍶.
It has a mild yet fruity aroma, light mouthfeel, and a full-bodied umami flavor that is followed by a beautiful acidity that finishes off ✨.
It's a little dry, but it also goes well with oden 🍢.
It's so delicious 😆.
I love it when I make love to you!
We were there for about an hour, but the line was long enough to get out 💦.
Hi Joker, good evening!
It's a pleasant drinking trip to say it's a drinking trip 😁✨.
And the oden photo looks super delicious and the composition and the way you took it makes me drool 🤤!
Oden and sake are the best 🤗
Good morning, ma-ki-!
I'm going to go out for a drink 😆 I don't do anything else lol
It's almost oden season, so let's make ma-ki-san happy with his favorite sake ✨.
The 2.5 gouge is Sogen, first time
Here is a photo borrowed from a bar's order page
It's so yellow, you can tell it's full-bodied even in the smallest amount!
It is very classical! It's not easy to drink, but it's a sake that awakens the body at this time.
It's sweet, but it's definitely good for warming up!
When I looked at the manufacturer to upload it here, I saw Ishikawa Prefecture...
This is my first sake from Ishikawa Prefecture.
It's like a junmai sake.
I drank it cold, but it probably tastes better at a higher temperature. It smells full-bodied!
I'm going to drink it over a bonfire!
Purchased at FURUMAIYA in Atre, Kawasaki Station.
I am intrigued by and prefer the "locally drunk sake" of the honjozo class.
It is in the honjozo class of sake that the quality and individuality of a good brewery's sake can be seen.
This Sogen's Honjozo has a clean and refreshing taste,
It has a unique and distinctive flavor, with a refreshing mouthfeel that has a savory and slightly bitter sweetness, like caramel in pudding.
It is also deep enough to accept strong flavored dishes.
It is a high quality evening sake that warms up nicely.
Aroma of mellow and lustrous grain.
It has a sweet and sour taste.
It may be brandy or apple vinegar.
Smooth and mellow aroma spreads to the nose.
The attack is strong, but the texture is soft,
The end of the bottle is sharp and smooth.
It is very good.
Taste level 3.5/5
This is Sogen "Hachitan-Nishiki" Junmai Nama-shu!
We usually get Yamadanishiki, but the brewery ran out of stock 💦.
(I should have bought several bottles...(cry))
But this Hachitan-nishiki is also juicy and delicious!
It feels a little drier than Yamadanishiki!
(In a good way, it has a "rough" taste.)
(It has a "coarser" taste in a good sense.) So, as a food sake, I think this one is better than the other...
The glass was a good one with a thin, thin inokuchi.
You can feel the freshness that is typical of Sogen!
(We had it with puffer fish roe as a snack...)
It's delicious!
It is coherent. It's not blurred! It's like "It's not blurred! It went well with the chicken broth hot pot.
I received it as a souvenir from Noto.
On a trip to Kanazawa. Drank at an izakaya in Kanazawa and was surprised at how good it tasted. It goes incredibly well with sashimi from the Sea of Japan. I went around to all the liquor stores in Kanazawa to get some to keep at home, but they didn't have it. We are looking for more information. No, I will have it again at an izakaya on my next trip.