There was a recent event at Nagoya Lasik where 20 breweries from Niigata gathered, and I purchased this sake at the event.
This sake is only distributed to local sake stores and is not available outside of Niigata. It was brought specially for the event.
Koshitanrei is made from Yamadanishiki and Gohyakumangoku. It has the characteristics of its parents, and while it is full and soft, it is also light and wearable. It is a very good sake.
It is delicious. I like it. 😋😋😋😋😋
If I find it, I'll be sure to buy a repeat 👍.
Purchased at Haranobu in Uonuma. I wonder if it is shipped directly from the brewery and not widely available. Anyway, this is the first time I've seen it. I'm glad to see that there is a cosy setting for a sake brewed by Kozen. The taste...this is delicious! It's refreshing in the Kamizen style, but has the umami and fruity taste of nama-zake, with a bit of bitterness. It is lighter than Tsururei's nama-shu. It is a scary sake because it is too smooth. At any rate, I think this is the best tasting sake in the Kamizen brewery! It is a cheap sake, though.
5 bottles, capacity 300ml
Alcohol content15.0-16.0
IngredientsRice (domestic), rice malt (domestic)
Rice polishing rate 60
It is easy to drink like water. From the words of the old master, it represents a calm image with no unnecessary insistence. It certainly has no peculiar taste, good or bad.
Kozen Nyosui Junmai Ginjo
Alcohol content 14-15%.
Rice polishing ratio 55
Price: 1100 yen tax included
It was on sale at a drugstore at a discount price, so I brought it home!
I thought it was a great clear sake 30 years ago. It is not very fruity, but it is a clear, light, slightly spicy sake.
But it is easy to drink and I drank the whole bottle in one day!
Today's snacks are sashimi and dried hokke (hokke is a dried fish), so I took this out of the fridge, which I bought at Echigo Yuzawa station on a ski ⛷️ trip in February.
I used to drink Kouzen Nyosui whenever I went skiing, and I have the impression that it is really as light and dry as water, just like its name.
When I drank it, it had a sweet lychee-like aroma and mouthfeel that was firmly in the modern style. I'll give it a try 🤭.
The light and dry taste like in the past came after the sweet taste, giving the impression of twice the taste in one bottle (if you know this phrase, you know how old I am) 🤣.
★★★★☆