Encounter at Mr. Sandai Sawa
Nakanori-san in Kiso Fukushima, Nagano Prefecture
Shuwa Shuwa refreshingly sweet low-alcohol sake.
Wow it's delicious - it was gone in an instant.
It took me about 5 minutes to open the bottle without overflowing a drop. Slowly, slowly.
As soon as I got back from my trip to Kiso on the 1st, I went on a business trip and ate out a lot, so I did not eat at home for a long time.
My wife boiled and froze the corn "Megumi" at my classmate's place.
Finally, I could eat it. It was still sweet 😋.
Paired it with Nakanori's Kazakoshi Aorashi that I bought in Kiso.
This is a fire-roasted version almost identical to the one we enjoyed at the sake brewery!
It has umami and sweetness, but it's light, not heavy.
A little citrusy acidity, but not too sour.
It's a little citrusy and sour, but not too acidic.
Delicious 🥰.
I also bought 4 oyaki, but my wife ate all of them 😭
Nakanori and Misuzu from Shinshu Jizake Hanpukai we drank last week: ‼️
I've been slacking on posting 🤣.
Well, both are delicious as Shinshu sake should be 😋.
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Ingredients: rice (domestic), rice koji (domestic)
Rice used: 100% Yamae-Nishiki
I drink 2 cups on Monday and 2 cups on Wednesday.
My stupid tongue that can't feel that much change is sad 🙂↕️ It starts out sweet and slightly carbonated and ends with a slight bitterness. It is very easy to drink.
I drink it with food on Mondays and by itself on Wednesdays. It goes well with both 😁.
However,
I drink it when I'm thirsty, so I think to myself that I shouldn't take the first sip in a big gulp 😅What do you mean by "enjoy"?
To Kiso with high school classmates (4)
After dinner at the pension, we had a party in another room.
The other guests canceled their reservations and we had the place to ourselves 🤣.
(The pensioner made soup with corn from my classmate's house, which was also delicious)
At Nakazen Sake Brewery, my classmate who was a driver and couldn't taste the sake opened a bottle of Fuetsu Aoarashi that he bought there because he was sorry he couldn't drink it!
This is the one I liked at the tasting!
It tastes like rice, but sweet and sour.
A little apricot taste, aroma?
I drank too much from morning till night, including some I didn't upload.
But until a few minutes ago, I never imagined myself hanging out with my high school classmates like this!
Finally, at night, there were so many stars, I've never seen so many stars in the sky ✨.
Good morning, Takashi 😊I'm glad you had a good time with your high school classmates, exchanging sake cups 😆♪ Youth 🤣.
I was worried about the typhoon 🌀, but it was free or reserved 👍I want to see the wonderful starry sky✨.
Thank you very much, Tsubu!
Truly, depending on how you look at it, I am more youthful than I was in high school🤣.
I am grateful for such friends and environment!
To Kiso with high school classmates (2)
Eight classmates, some of them drivers, not all of them drink, but we decided to go for it.
After lunch, we went to Nakanori and Zenkichi's Nakazen Sake Brewery in the pouring rain!
They told us that they have not given tours of the brewery since Corona, and that they were a bit short-staffed.
We tasted three kinds of sake in the beautiful store.
Fuetsu Seiarashi Junmai Ginjo Nama Genjyo
Nakanori-san Miyamanishiki Junmai Ginjo
Nakanori-san Junmai Daiginjo
We were told that if we ordered a set, we would get a better price if we added the Junmai Daiginjo to the set 😄.
The Junmai Daiginjo is a beautiful sake. The Junmai Daiginjo is a beautiful sake, clear, easy to drink, and delicious.
Everything was delicious! Personally, I also like the Fuetsu Seiran with sweet and sour taste 😋.
To Kiso with high school classmates (1)
One of my high school classmates lives in Kaida Kogen, Nagano, so we went to visit him on Saturday and Sunday. Total of 8 people.
We were worried about the typhoon, but we managed to leave!
We were divided into a train group and a car group, and the train group had various cups of sake and started drinking in the morning.
We took the "Azusa" train from Hachioji to Shiojiri,
On the train, we had a cup of sake from Nakanori-san for today's preview.
Tasteful, but not too sweet and clear.
Sake-like 😋.
Then we met up with the car group and had too much soba for lunch 🤣.
Good evening, Takashi 😃.
We are good friends and classmates 🤗We are also train group 🚃 if we are going to go, we are the type of people who do a good preparation 🍶😆.
Shinshu secret sake hanpukai - 8th bottle
The umami has a weak bitterness that is followed by acidity.
The bitterness lingers in the aftertaste.
This sake also becomes gentler after a little time than right after opening the bottle, so you can keep drinking it somehow.
Not Mr. Nakanori, but apparently Mr. Nakanori.
The aroma is mellow, like a cross between grapes and yogurt.
There is some bitterness in the mid-palate, but it has a good pull, so it is easy to drink.
Good with food.