Toji: Yukari Iwase, First Shiboritate of the Season 720ml
Rice polishing ratio 60
Alcohol content 15%.
So this is already the fourth season since the proprietress became the toji 👀.
Oh, what? It's really delicious.
It has a combination of umami and acidity, and is fresh.
Maybe this is the kind of sake she originally wanted to make, given the yuzu sparkling trend.
I can't wait to see how the other sakes this season will change 😋.
Purchased at Hankyu Kuragen Matsuri (2)
This was recommended in response to a request for a warm and tasty dry sake... This was recommended to me as a request.
It was sweeter than when I tasted it, but what the heck.
It was a good food sake with no aftertaste.
Toyama's Kokokuharu Sake Brewery was a pop-up at the Takashimaya Department Store in Nihonbashi. I tasted and unexpectedly purchased a bottle of Gen no Taki Junmai Ginjo Hiyoroshi.
Two months after I bought it, I opened the bottle.
The acidity is firm, followed by the umami of the rice. The brewing water is Iwase family's fresh water from the Kurobe River fan spring, one of the 100 best waters in Japan.
It is delicious.
Ingredients: Rice (domestic), Rice Koji (domestic)
Alcohol content 15
Rice polishing ratio 60
The 25th Hankyu Brewery Festival⑱.
The booth of "Phantom Waterfall".
This time it was the sales person in charge of the department store. And then, Eiji-san came and joined us here.
◉Junmai Ginjyo Yami Dry Limited Nama
Marine yeast is used. It has a mineral taste. It has a refreshing taste with a tangy acidity. Unique and delicious.
◉Junmai Ginjyo Unfiltered Nama
Fresh and standard type, also favorable.
Honjozo
A clear, crisp ginjo-style sake that goes well with sashimi. The toji-san created this sake with the image of the sea in mind. I forgot to take a picture...
Junmai Daiginjo Yuyamanishiki Shizukusyu
Sold only once in October. It has a sharp, clean mouthfeel with an even more delicious flavor. The cost is good at around 3,500 yen for the Shizukutori. I prefer this one.
◉Junmai Daiginjo Yamadanishiki Shizukusake
This sake is also sold only once in October. This is a refreshingly tasty water. This one also has a nice breadth. The price is less than 4,000 yen for a Shizukutori Yamadanishiki, which is also very cost-effective.
I did not drink Toyama sake very often because it has a light and refreshing taste, but I thought that you need to drink a variety of sake to understand the taste.
I am "Iwase Sake Brewery". The brewery was founded a long time ago, and it is not certain when the brewery was born. It used to be called "Iwase Sake Brewery" after the founder, but the name was changed to the current "Koukoku-haru" during the Meiji period (1868-1912). The origin of the name "Phantom Waterfall" is said to be "Ken-Otaki" located in the upper reaches of the Kurobe River, at the very end of the Kurobe Gorge, which is called "Phantom Waterfall" because it is hard to reach due to its steep terrain, even though the sound can be heard.
When I first put it in my mouth, I thought, "Oh, it's a beautiful sake," but as soon as I swallowed it, the aftertaste that came up came out, and I wondered how peculiar it was! It is a rather sweet sake, but the aftertaste that lingers in the throat is dry. It is rather sweet, but the aftertaste that lingers in the throat is dry.
This is the 633rd bottle of the one-cup, one-pack festival.
Classic type
Slightly amber in color
Aromatic, slightly heavy, chocolate and roasted nutty flavor
Not my favorite type, but delicious when heated.
Cold→Negative
Heated→Fat
Degree of preference: ★★☆☆☆☆
A bottle purchased at a supermarket. It is a local sake from Kurobe.
We had it with kama-age shirasu (dried young sardines) and shishamo (dried shrimps). It was a sake that goes well with seafood, which is typical of Toyama sake.
