Fukui is home to many famous sake breweries such as Kuroryu, Ippongi, Bon, and Kitanosho. This time, we chose the well-known Hanagaki. This is the standard Hanagaki. It is a jungin made from 55% polished rice of Gohyakumangoku.
It was delicious with a clean, fresh, dry taste that is typical of Hokuriku sake.
Today, while working on my day off, my wife is going back to her parents' house after the kids' daycare, so it's time to work on local drinking activities for a long time 🌟.
Yes [I've been waiting for this moment!] I feel like shouting "I've been waiting for this moment!
So I took advantage of my day off to leave early, took a bath at a bathing facility, and then went to Matsumoto Shoten in the Fukui Yatai Mura (Fukui food stall village), which opens early, and toasted with beer and yakiniku (grilled meat) first 🍻.
Next, we went to Sumi no En, a yakitori restaurant next door, and ordered some hot sake because it was cold.
They have a rare brand of heated sake, so I chose this one!
Hanagaki Super Spicy Junmai.
Aroma of heated grain, gentle flavor and a hint of sweetness, and a calm and serene aftertaste!
The sweetness that is typical of Hanagaki has been heated up, resulting in an intoxicating mouthfeel.
I've never had Hanagaki heated before, but it has a clear Junmai sake-like flavor 😋.
This heat and flavor is unbearable this time of year when the outside temperature is below 10℃. ✨️
I'm off to a sake event at a restaurant I often visit after this 🚶.
Good evening, Jive😄.
I've been waiting for this day! I'm full of feelings 😆 Please enjoy and drink as much as you can today! Let's blow away our daily fatigue ☺️ I'm looking forward to seeing what kind of lineup you have lined up 🥰.
Gyve, good evening 🌇I like yakiniku by myself. ❗️ It's not many places where you can yakiniku by yourself at the counter like this, so it's very useful...I thought 🤣 after taking a bath and then yakiniku...the order is reversed 🤣.
Good morning, HinaHanaMama ☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀.
This is definitely a word I can't let my wife hear, but I think it's important to take the limiter off sometimes 🤣.
This time the lineup is a little more one-of-a-kind 🥰.
Good morning, Mr. Manachie!
I even chose this restaurant for a quick opening [Akahoshi], but I haven't had beef in a long time, so this flavor was unparalleled 😋.
［I wanted to work up a sweat before drinking the Akaboshi.
My favorite sake from Fukui Prefecture, Hanagaki's Super Spicy Junmai.
Fully fermented, with a Sake meter of +12, it has little sweetness, but a strong rice flavor. Not too classic, but delicious with a refined flavor. Because it is dry, it went well with gyoza as expected.
The tangy, spicy taste is accompanied by a strong sense of rice flavor.
The slight effervescence keeps the taste from becoming too rich and mellow.
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The refreshing acidity brings the wine together in a well-balanced manner.
The sweetness is "slightly sweet to medium" and clean without being sticky.
A slight bitterness finishes the aftertaste, and it disappears quickly without any lingering aftertaste.
As its dark white appearance suggests, the sake has a mildly sweet mouthfeel, but the aftertaste is firmly spicy, with a lingering sweetness and umami flavor that lingers on the palate.
I asked the owner to recommend a sake that would go well with the plums, which he is particular about.
that would go well with the plums.
It's good...
The flavor and sweetness is like a matured sake!
I wonder if it's the one that feels sweeter because it's drunk with plums.
