I received a bottle of white sake.
Among the several types of Imi, the White is a variant brewed with white koji malt as part of the ingredients. White is brewed with white malted rice.
There is a common nuance that we always feel when we drink Sake made by Imi, and it may be the individuality of the brewing water.
It has a strong sweetness that is typical of Imi, but compared to the Blue Label Junmai Ginjo that I drank most recently, which had a rich sweetness and umami, this sake has a slightly lighter flavor, with a sharp acidity that seems to come from the white malted rice added to it.
All of the bottles have been delicious so far.
This season we were lucky enough to get the black and pink as well. I would like to taste each of them to see what kind of personality they have.
Rice polishing ratio 60%, alcohol content 16%, 100% Ibinohomare
It has been a long time since I have tasted Imi. It has a good heady aroma and a nice sweetness that spreads nicely when you drink it. We rediscovered the deliciousness of Imi.
While everyone was opening the No. 6 sake in honor of the 6th, I'm going to give you the second sake from somewhere else 💪.
This is Imi's Strawberry 🍓If you read the label on the back, you'll be led into a strawberry mood, but the taste...yeah. Strawberry🍓😍Sweet and sour with a strong sweetness. The sourness is fresh, so I wonder if it is strawberry 🤫.
It was a very tasty sake with a gorgeous aftertaste that is typical of Imi 😋.
The label says, "It's been 10 years since we made a low-polished rice sake, and it didn't turn out the way we envisioned..." and the difficulty of making the sake can be felt.
It is lightly nigori (light nigori).
The aroma is fragrant and sweet, with a hint of grain. It has a slightly grain-like overtone. The aroma is a little bit sweet and sweet, and the spiciness develops suddenly after the spread of the umami. The aftertaste is spicy〰︎⁈😳The sweetness, umami, and bitterness change in the mouth. It was a complex and interesting flavor that reminded me of a strange face 🤗Thank you 600CI.
Good morning, Kotori!
㊗️600 check-in✅✨
Congratulations 🥳🎉🎊
I haven't been able to open a bottle of 🍶😅.
I can't wait to experience the interesting taste ❣️
Good morning, Kotori!
Congratulations on your 600 check-ins㊗️🎉🎊Congratulations on your celebratory sake, another great drink🙌I've never had it but I'd love to try it soooo much❣️I'm looking forward to more reviews🥰.
Good morning, Kotori 😊.
Congratulations on your 600 check-ins ㊗️🎉
You are a great person!
I'm too lazy to open it and let it sit in my cellar, but now I want to drink it 🤣.
Good morning, Kotori 😊.
Congratulations on your 600 check-ins 🎉🎉.
Imi, that's nice 😋 I'm jealous 😆.
I drank out in Gifu once, but how can I get it? I haven't come across it at all!
Hi Kotori, ☀️
Congratulations on your 600CI 🎉㊗️🎈
Kotori-san's flowing writing makes the 🤤射美 look even more delicious 🤤I would love to drink it, it tastes like a funny face ♬♬.
I hope you continue to enjoy drinking 🥳.
Congratulations on your 600 CI, Kotori 🎉!
I didn't know there was such a thing as ikimi BLACK 🥲.
I'd like to try it but I can't find it 🥲.
Sweet, sweet, bitter and spicy alternatively 🤔 sounds interesting 🤔...
Congratulations on your 600 check-in, Kotori 🎉🎊Congratulations on your precious eimi, Kiri number, that's wonderful 😆It sounds like a very complex and interesting drink, I'm very curious 😊It's rarely available so I can't experience it 🤣.
Congratulations to Kotori on the number ㊗️🎊Is it a trend these days to tell the number of check-ins at the end of a review lol Im jealous because I don't get them often 😍I want to taste the sweet and bitter 😋.
Congratulations on your 600 check-ins, Kotori 🎊🎉!
I hardly ever see even the eimi, but the black one. ‼️ I'd love to try it 🥹!
The only way I can think of to get it is to buy a white one and paint it with magic 🤣.
Good evening, Kotori 😃.
We've been waiting for you 🤗Congratulations on your 600 check-in ㊗️㊗️㊗️㊗️㊗️㊗️ with your sweet, tasty, bitter, spicy and ever-changing imi 🎉Let's keep drinking and having fun 👋
Congratulations on your 600 check-ins, Kotori! ㊗️🎉🎊You made it BLACK 😆🙌Nice kill number 😉✨We just drank 🤍🩷's Inumi 😋♪🖤 is waiting too, looking forward to reading your review, Kotori ♫
Hello Kotori ^_^
Congratulations on your 600 check-ins 🎉!
Delicious ✨ at ikimi!
I wonder if there will be a time when I can drink the hard-to-find ikimi...
Good evening, Mr. Muro 🐥Thank you 😊I'm impressed that you even have BLACK IBI in reserve 😏I wonder how Mr. Muro and his juniors feel about this... 🤭Look forward to your review!
Good evening, Mr. Swissisusan 🐥Thank you 😊IBI is like a ranger ✨I know 😏Well, I wonder if the big release and review will be on the anniversary or the last day ⁇🤭I'll look forward to seeing you!
Good evening, Takashi 🐥Thank you 😊IBI for the outside drink 😉 Hope you can time the release date and lottery for the special store 🥹Good luck with your antennae! Here's the lottery sale 🎯winning item 🤭.
Good evening, Kotaro 🐥Thank you 😊Pardon me for comparing it to a funny face 😂The complexity of BLACK IBI was a valuable experience for me. I hope to continue to enjoy encountering different flavors of alcohol 🤭.
Good evening, Mr. Bousuke 🐥Thank you very much 😊It is said that this is the first time in 10 years that it is made. I've never seen it before 🧐It has a rather robust and mature taste 🤗Maybe there will be a time when you can drink it at Chasamaru🤭⁇🤭.
Good evening, Nemuchi 🐥Thank you 😊I was surprised to find myself able to drink even complex tasting sake and I took my time to taste it 🤗In my case IBI I have only encountered it in lottery sales 🤫.
Good evening, studying 🐥Thank you 😊CI was modest at the end of the sentence... ⁇🤭I think the astringent taste of the five flavors might have been lurking 🤔The lingering pungent taste was very impressive, just like 〰︎ 😌.
Good morning, Kozou 🐥Thank you 😊IBI I will drink home someday 〰︎‼︎ enthusiasm is important 🤗Every time I see your 🐎 target🎯 news, I feel like I have shared my luck ⤴️ 🤭✨.
Hiro, good morning 🐥Thank you 😊Oh, ⁇ you have an IBI🤍 coming up? I didn't think of painting it with 🤭magic 😂It's great that you are traveling so energetically around the world 👍🏻 I look forward to your wonderful posts!
Good morning Jay & Nobby 🐥Thank you 😊When you get to 600, you can enjoy even the miracle flavors 😆I will continue to keep my antenna up like you two and enjoy the drinking 🤗
Good morning, Tsubu 🐥Thank you 😊I was surprised to hear from you because I thought I had missed this one 😳I was treated to a 🩷 spring girls' night out 🙏🏻😌 and then later on, to my surprise, ‼︎ was also 🤍🩷🎯🤭🤭Tubu's I'm looking forward to seeing your review ♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡.
Good morning, Manta 🐥Thank you 😊I haven't been able to go for ramen much since my checkup and I'm healed by Manta's 🍜professional skills 📷 that could be mistaken for a catalog 🤤🚙You might meet IBI during your trip 🤭.
Kotori, thank you as always 👍Congratulations on the 600 check-in 🎊Congratulations on the rare sake of ikimi, it's a good number 😋 I haven't seen any ikimi here and haven't had it yet 😅.
Masaaki Sapporo, good evening 🐥Thank you for your continued patronage 😊If you are in the Northland, where there are many great liquor stores and eateries, you may unexpectedly find the owner's back menu ⁇🤭BLACK was a unique flavor.
Followed by pink 🩷 strawberry 🍓.
from your preconceived notions.
I can smell the 🍓 in the fruity aroma😘.
I drank it once at the Tochigi Prefectural Women's Association.
I feel the sourness is stronger than that time.
Maybe it's because it's after the White 🤔.
I can feel the bitterness in the sourness.
But it's still sweet and tasty ♡.
Very easy to drink 😋.
But this one is also 16 degrees 🤣.
I will drink too much tonight 🤤.
Congratulations, Muro 😚😚😚.
（I'm already drunk 🤣.
Dora went to bed 🤣)
Muro, we both got drunk last night 🤣great drinks 😋💕.
Sake-no-wa-no-wa-no-wa circle🙆♂️🙆♀️🙆I'm the best❣️
Sake 🍶 is the best 🍶❣️Muro-chan is the best 🍶❣️
Keep up the good work 🙇♀️🙇
To celebrate Mr. Muro's promotion to the second grade
I'll drink a toast with red and white (but pink) shot 🎉.
Congratulations 😆🥂🥂😆
I'll start with white 🤍.
Nice fruity aroma 🥍🥍🥍.
When you take a sip
Sweet and fruity, sweet and fruity, very tasty 💕.
Sweet, fruity and very tasty💕
I can drink it in large gulps.
It's 16 degrees ❗️
I have to be careful...
But I can drink it 🤣
Hey Mr. Muro!
I'm so happy to see you here 😁and I'm No.6 😘, so I got up and drank again ❓🤣.
I took advantage of Muro's celebration and opened 2 bottles of Imi 😆🙌!
Drinking at home 🍓🍓.
First time drinking at home 🍶I was not able to taste the strawberry 🍓 as described on the label, but the sweetness is very elegant👌I enjoyed the quality very much 💖.
I will be happy to come across this sake again 🍶.
2025 0530
☆☆☆☆☆
Ibi
Tankoba Unfiltered Nama Sake
Special Junmai Sake
Since 1892
The smallest sake brewery in Japan
Rice polishing ratio 60
Sugihara Sake Brewery
Ono-cho, Ibi-gun, Gifu Prefecture
Sweet and sour, delicious cold, room temperature 113100
Full of flavor, dry mouthfeel, slight bubbly sensation
Is it hard to recognize the picture because the label is black?
Report 7📝 of the September 2024 Sakai Offsite Meeting
Speaking of Imi, bouken brought this ❗️ ✨(sorry for the rough picture 🙏)
It has a good balance of strawberry-like sweetness and flavor, and can be enjoyed on its own 🍾.
It's a rare sake that tastes good no matter how many times you drink it, thanks for the treat!
We received a bottle of Junmai Ginjo Blue Label from Imi.
It was one of the first bottles I drank last year that was shockingly delicious, and I was lucky enough to have it again this year.
Last year I had the impression that it was a very sweet sake, but this year it was not so sweet and I wondered if my memory was wrong. I thought it was a bit sweet last year, but when the temperature rose a little, it was still sweet.
This year, too, the rich sweetness was combined with sourness and a pineapple-like nuance, while the latter half was bitter, which is right in the middle of my personal tastes.
It is good to drink it cold right after it is stored below freezing, but it seems that you can taste the true flavor of the sake after it is left at room temperature for a little while.
