I happened to find a Kumamoto sake tasting and sale at a supermarket in the basement of Luxe Aire 😁.
They were selling Zuitaka, Koro, Reizan, Chiyozonoen, and Kameyama, but only Zuitaka was available for tasting!
Too bad they didn't have Bishonen, Tsuijun, or Hana no Kaori.
There was a guy who looked like a brewery owner who said he came from Kumamoto, but I wonder if he was from Mizutaka 🤔.
Kissho Zuizaka Ginjo
Polishing ratio 58% Yamadanishiki/Hananishiki Sake degree +5
The label is cool. Modern type with gorgeous aroma.
I don't think there are many people who drink it...
Sake: Junmai Ginjo
Polishing ratio 58%, Sake degree +5
I've had the unfiltered raw sake in the past, but the hi-ire version is quite dry... It's been about 6 years, so I'm not sure, but I remember the raw version was a bit sweeter 🤔...
Nana Sour Sour Sake
Polishing ratio 65%, Kumamoto yeast
I was expecting the most since it is a sweet sake with a sake strength of -11, but it tasted a bit messy and was a little too subtle for me personally...
I heard they have a draft of this one, so I'd like to try it if I have the chance.
I think they sell the raw version at Keihan department store in Moriguchi 🤔.
I was most impressed with Kissho Zuitaka, so I bought this one.
I wish I could have tasted it!
I wonder if I can drink Reizan at the brewer's festival next week.
November 4, 2025
Moved the day before on a business trip to Kumamoto.
Purchased at Sunny Suizenji store.
For sleeping sake as I had a fried oyster set meal at Midori-tei.
Mizutaka Daiginjo Shizukutori Shizukudori YK35
Rating 4.5-4.6
Ingredients: rice (domestic), rice malt (domestic), brewers' alcohol [100% Yamadanishiki], 17% alcohol by volume, 35% milled rice, Sake meter degree +6
A luxurious product with a clear, uncluttered taste. This daiginjo-shu is made by brewing all the rice with Yamadanishiki (Y), Kumamoto yeast (K), and YK35, which has a milling ratio of 35% (35), and then using the limpid Kumamoto underground water to make the sake. The unpressurized pressing gives the sake a delicate and refined flavor with no cloying taste.
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Saijo Sake Festival 2025🍶.
Sake Hiroba ⛲️
It is now evening and time for the "Sake Hiroba".
Sake Hiroba is a paid area where you have to buy tickets in advance 🎫. You can enjoy sake from all over the country in the area surrounding the plaza 😁.
Last year, all you had to do was pay the admission fee and then you could drink as much as you wanted, but this year it was a per drink ticket system 🎫.
Geez, they are getting commercial 😣.
Since there was a time limit, we were given a list of the sake on display at the entrance and we started with the sake that caught our eye 😌.
It has a strong throat sensation.
It is a walnut type with a strong sweetness.
Even the junmai sake has a strong alcohol taste 🍶.
Kumamoto is a place of birth these days.
However, the company was founded in Keio 3, the year of the Great Seihokan, here in Zuitaka.
Well, it's mellow!
I like it hot.
Ingredients: rice (domestic), rice malt (domestic)
Rice used: Hananishiki, etc.
Alcohol content 15
Rice polishing ratio 65
Sake degree +5
Yumeshu Shibuya
