Kirakucho Junmai Ginjo Yurukan
Kita Shuzo
A bottle that I had kept since I bought it at the beginning of this year.
Hot sake. It is a dry, umakuchi (flavorful) sake that hits you immediately. I like to drink it while eating rice.
Polishing ratio 55
Alcohol content 15%.
Shiga is Kirakucho Autumn Agari. It is made from Shiga Watabune, a revived rice. It is the father of Yamada-Nishiki, and you can feel the unkempt rice flavor. The umami spreads further when heated.
Dry Junmai Ginjo-shu
Quite sharp. The dry taste. Slightly bitter. Soft on the palate.
I'm drinking it cold, but it seems to change a little when the temperature changes. It may be served lukewarm or warmed.
This is my favorite drink
Strong drinking taste
Full-bodied sweetness in a
No one but long aftertaste
The punch that can only be found in undiluted sake
Sweet Mouth. It has been a long time since I have had sweet taste!
Purchased at a roadside station in Shiga Prefecture.
It has a pleasant taste and is easy to drink.
Kirakucho Towa, produced by Kita Shuzo, a well-known brewery in Higashiomi City, Shiga, has a mellow, fruity aroma and juicy flavor. The soft mouthfeel is harmonized with the sweetness of the rice, and the aftertaste is clean and elegant. It is also an excellent food sake.
I bought this year's "Tawawa" after reading a post on Sake-no-Wawa that it was well made this year.
Alcoholic taste is strong.
It has a slight scent of old age.
Not my favorite type.
I guess it's good warmed up.
I'm not good at it.
Shiga Sake Festival in Otsu 2025⑧
Kita Sake Brewery and Kirakucho booth.
Quite a few people lined up at this booth.
◉Kirakucho Josen Nama-nazake
Another retro label caught my eye. I tend to respond to retro labels these days.
Served at room temperature. A standard old-fashioned sake with a robust umami flavor. It has a good umami and a slightly mellow sweetness. A limited edition sake from last year. Sold only in one bottle, it is a dangerous sake with an alcohol content of 20 degrees Celsius, although it is so good that you can drink it all the time.
◉Kirakucho Junmai-shu second
Second is an evolution of first. The second second is an evolution of the first, with a gentle citric acidity and a sweet, sour and refreshing taste. It is the first of its kind at this brewery.
◉Kirakucho Junmai Ginjo-shu first
The concept of first is to make sake that even first-timers can enjoy. The aroma is gorgeous and the taste is sweet. Mineral and a little loose.
◉Kirakucho Junmai Daiginjo Chukkumi kore
A premium sake with a clean, elegant flavor that can be drunk like water. It also has a pleasant bitter aftertaste.
>Aroma: Fruity and mellow, like a kiwi fruit,
The fresh sweetness and acidity of plums in early autumn spreads out.
It has a light and refreshing taste with a good aftertaste that will make you want to drink more and more.
It is recommended to enjoy it with oysters and bonito grilled on the straw, which are autumnal delicacies.
