This is a test brew from the Urasato Sake Brewery. It is said to be brewed with a sake yeast called sanki amazake moto, which was discontinued during the Meiji era (1868-1912). This method involves making amazake and adding lactic acid bacteria to it. It has a rich, mellow taste with a strong sense of sourness, sweetness, and umami.
The label is cool, like a starry sky, typical of Tsukuba, a place associated with science and space. It has a fruity, mellow, melon-like flavor with a crisp, refreshing finish. It is still my favorite, delicious sake.
The 2nd lot I liked last year.
I was waiting for the 2 to come in at a nearby liquor store that handles Urasato, but it didn't come in, so I went a little farther to buy it. I'm glad they have some left.
When I opened the bottle, it didn't overflow, but the liquid level started to rise and sizzle. Dangerous...but it was safe! But the lees did get mixed in.
The aroma was of melon, a sharp melon.
When you drink it, you can feel the melon, but the sweetness of the young melon comes in a moment, followed immediately by the fizz and bitter acidity, and then it finishes with a sizzle.
It has a soft creamy rice mouthfeel, but it is not as dry as the 1st, so it goes well with fatty meat and fish dishes. I still prefer the 2nd.
We enjoyed it again this year.
After all, it seemed that the 2nd was not available at the nearby places. I will ask for it next year!
Second bullet 📝.
The initial taste is slightly off to my liking...
Impression close to Okura🤔.
It's punchy but a bit more acidic and not that expansive 😅
Explosion!
wake Chilli Chilli fizziness.
Sei Jwajuwa Too much foamy bubbles increase in volume. Nigori taste
TURN The stimulating sensation of bubbles strongly activates the taste buds and fits during eating, increasing sensitivity (although the bubbles are a bit too strong)
Conclusion: No aftertaste, but the thirst-quenching sensation of a carbonated juice!
No longer a Champagne 🍾.
I used to think that sake fermentation in the bottle was like a slightly carbonated juice, but I've updated my own sake!
★★★★
My memories of Ibaraki are of the natto gozen I had in the Mito Station area.
Jacket value ... 8/10
The green bottle + white background + silver letters are strong, and the blue background of "Honsei" is a nice accent.
Hue ... 17/20
Hue: clear, odor: koji malt smell with a hint of alc, if the sweetness doesn't come from this........
I'm not sure if it's a good idea or not... 20/20.
The sweet and savory taste is quite delicious with the combo of sweet and savory taste and Alc stimulation that seeps through from the core! There is no sense of discomfort that clings to the palate!
The change... 17/20
The sweetness and acidity continue to assert themselves, and it is pleasantly delicious on the tongue! I'd like to taste the sweet sublimation smell, but it's not a malted rice type... it's a green apple type ⁇ rumney type ⁇, which is not a bad guy, but it's also a mysterious and cheap one...
Yui... 18/20
The way the aroma and flavor are dropped is excellent! The sweet aftertaste seems to disappear, but it doesn't. In fact, this is important! The aroma is still good, but not as good as the taste.
Cospa ... 8/10
If your taste buds are important, you must drink it. ❗️
Aroma: Medium, but the taste can cover it all.
88 points
Speaking of Ibaraki, I would like to mention Mr. Yoshimitsu Taki, a guitarist hermit.
Not that there is anything wrong with the smell of sublimation, it's just that I was so captivated by the taste.
It's like fruit punch syrup with a touch of Alc and a little astringency.
It looks like the position will come around again in the next year or so😭.
but I'm a board member of the management association of my apartment 😅.
Today is the general meeting of the management association of the condominium.
Woke up 10 minutes before the start time 👀❗️😅 and dashed to attend!
I spent the whole morning doing this 👆.
In the afternoon, I went shopping
I had an inspiration to drink ‼️ for the first time in a while, so I took her home!
Yopa Memo_φ.
It's so shwashy🫧🫧🫧!
When I opened the bottle, I was looking away and felt something strange on my hand: ......
I was in a hurry to close the bottle when it started to overflow.
I completely forgot💦.
Not too spicy or sweet.
There's a good amount of acidity, but it doesn't really come to the forefront.
It's a bit schwashy, so it's nice and crisp.
It was delicious 😋😋😋😋.
Thanks for the food🎶🎶.
It's the season when pollen is very much in the air as the temperature rises 😷.
In the past few years, I've come to recognize hay fever and get over it with medication, and the symptoms have almost disappeared, but my skin gets worse💦.
I hope the pollen season will be over soon 😵.
Well, when I visited Nagoya the other day, I went to IMADEYA for the first time 🚶 and I opened this bottle I found there and had a drink 🍶.
Urasato Junmai Ginjo Hon Nama.
[I finally got to pick up the "Urasato" that Aladdin is promoting 😁I don't want to tell you that I had mistaken it for "Urakasumi" all along 🤣.
[Gugumimi.]
The aroma of full rice, the taste is clean and refined, and the bitterness on the tip of the tongue gives way to a fresh and gentle aftertaste.
[Mokkiri]
A clean and calm aroma of rice, a delicious flavor that quickly permeates the mouthfeel, and a pleasantly refreshing aftertaste that is refreshing and clean.
Both have in common the image of a gentle, refined, and beautiful sake.
The label on the back of the bottle reads "Sake brewing to master Ogawa yeast", which is the same name as the brewer who discovered the yeast, Chikara Urasato.
It makes you want to pay attention to the future of sake brewing.
The entrée was sashimi of [flatfish from Chiba] and [wild yellowtail from Kochi]. 🐟️
The fourth picture is a shot of the sake my dad was drinking when I visited my parents' house.
I took this picture because I thought it was rare to find "Masamune" in Fukui sake 😁.
[I wonder if Mr. Hiro, the "Masamune Hunter" will get it someday 🤣.
Hi Gyve, good evening.
I too am sweltering in pollen every day💧.
I am interested in this brewery because last year when I learned about Ogawa yeast, I was told that Urasato-san was the one to talk about Ogawa yeast 🎵.
Urasato-san is also at the top of my list to drink this year😊.
Good evening, Gyve 😃.
Thank you so much for the Urasato blue 😊I'm so happy to have you drinking my guess sake: ☺️
I haven't been able to drink Urasato lately either 😌I need to make some storage space soon😅.
I have no info on Fuchu Masamune at all 🤔.
Hello, bouken!
This one is brewed by Kitazen Shoten, the same brewer as "Seino Gyoyo" that you've been paying attention to. This is brewed by Kitazen Shoten, the same brewer as "Seino Gyoyo" that you are interested in ✨.
Maybe it's an OEM product, maybe it's a PB product somewhere 🤔.
Hi ma-ki-.
I was told there were fewer locals this year than usual, but it's still hard 💦.
I bought some sake from Kanto on my expedition because it's hard to find locally, but I'm curious about other specs too!
Hi Hirupeno!
I'm just a purely supportive fan of Hiro's "Masamune Hunter" 🤣.
I'm just a fan of your [Masamune Hunter] 🤣 I was thinking that there is no [Masamune] in Fukui. I'm just saying ✨.
Hi Aladdin!
I just came across a list of 3 types of Urasato at the same time that IMADEYA in Nagoya was promoting it, but I chose the most default one because it was the first one I tried 😁I'll try the others too✨.
Hello, Hiro-san ☀☀☀☀☀.
[I posted this because I want to support the "Masamune Hunter" activity 😁.
I can procure and ship if needed 🤣but I think there are still more "Masamune" buried in the ground 🤔.
Hi Jive, good evening 😃.
Not long ago I saw from the conference room of my office a bright yellow smoky pollen 😱 even my car was yellow and I felt despair 😩 I have to endure it 😤.
Urasato! You went to ‼️ Please try Fog Tsukuba next time 👋
Good evening, Jay & Nobby 🌛.
The cedar pollen has calmed down a bit, but now we will be hit with a double whammy of cypress pollen and yellow sand 😭.
After "Urasato", of course I want to go for "Kiri-Tsukuba", so I have to go to [IMADEYA] again!