The liquor store in Kuise went out of business and we couldn't buy 100 rice bales, so we went to Furuki Sake-ten near Panasta.
The store was also promoting Gamba ⚽
The brands they carry are Kiyotsuru, Katano Sakura, Yamazaru, Sanzen, Daikoku Masamune, Yone Hyakutawara, Yosamusume, etc.
Yosamusume is a new brand!
It's not an easy place to get to because it's far from the station and up a steep hill 💦.
According to the official SNS, it is unfiltered and the rice is Takananishiki.
It has a mild sweetness and acidity with a dry astringency in the latter half.
The sweetness and sourness are both fluffy and cute 😽.
Overall, it is refreshing, but there is also a strong alcohol taste. Personally, I would like to see more sweetness and umami, but it was sweeter than I expected 🤔.
Soft sweetness and mouthfeel that conveys the feeling of rice. I like it for its lightness, but sake lovers may say it is like water. I drank it without cooling it down too much, but I think it is suitable for hot sake.
The dry base tone is very refreshing, but you can also taste the umami of the rice and the sweetness of the wine.
Rice 100 Bales
Aibaya Sake Brewery, which is mentioned in the recommendation comments of the advertisement for the sake heater "Nonbee Yokocho," recommends this sake from their brewery, Rice 100 Bales Junmai Sake.
Speaking of 100 bales of rice, the story of the Echigo Nagaoka Clan at the end of the Edo period (1603-1867) goes on and on... The story is that the impoverished Nagaoka Clan did not eat the 100 bales of rice delivered from a branch clan and immediately finished it, but instead contributed the proceeds from the sale to the establishment of an educational institution, an episode that taught the importance of education.
This is an anecdote about the importance of education.
In fact, it is connected to Niigata Prefectural Nagaoka High School.
Thanks for your comment, Jurian 😊.
That's exactly how I feel👍
It is within the range of Niigata sake, but it has an unobtainable rice flavor.
It has a very good flavor.