Merry Christmas!
So here is what I opened.
The sweet and sour taste is perfect for tonight's mood. It has a Sake degree of minus 40, but the acidity is refreshing and it goes down a treat.
I don't buy cakes anymore, but I want to keep having Christmas parties as long as my second son is in elementary school.
The neighborhood is a park, a little bit decorated, and that was enough to get me in the Christmas spirit.
Yearly Memory Forgetting Series (11)
In Tokyo
at Shimane Products Museum in Tokyo 😆.
Even though we only drank a little
They lined up the bottles for me.
very kind shopkeeper.
kind clerk 😊.
Here comes a brand I don't usually come across. I drank Ikezuki almost 10 years ago, but this is Honorary Ikezuki, so it is different! When I went to buy Shinomine, Kozaemon and Honorary Ikegetsu nigori were recommended to me. I don't drink either of them, or rather, I don't usually encounter them. I would not drink them even if I saw them without a recommendation, so I am very grateful for that. And the price tag of 1,300 yen is not bad, is it?
First of all...isn't there a lot of nigori in it? I was looking for something like this, so I'm honestly disappointed. I was looking for something like this, so I honestly have high expectations!
The foaming sensation was restrained. You don't feel the activity when you drink it, but there is a freshness to it.
It's refreshing and moderately thick! If you don't mix it well, it gets thicker and thicker towards the end, but it's also delicious. It is fun to enjoy the gradation, and I think it is also fun to mix it unevenly and just drink it creamy at the end, rather than mixing it tightly from the beginning.
This was really good as a flavor, and the costumers' egocentricity was tremendous! This is one I want to buy again next year. I was very impressed. I'd buy it in a bottle...!
Japanese sake? It smells and tastes like strawberry milk!
It smells and tastes like strawberry milk!
What is this?
No coloring at all, this was an unexpected, first time taste!
Delicious 😋.
Purchased at a roadside station in the mountains of Shimane. I had never heard of modified Omachi sake rice. I was surprised to find that it was not an old-fashioned sake, but had a nice riceiness and sophistication that was just right for sake lovers, despite being from such a rural area. I felt the power of Shimane's sake.
The aroma is mellow and sake-like.
When you drink it, it is very hot and spicy, which is typical of a super-hot sake.
The taste is powerful, and the flavor is more mature than expected.
The umami is strong.
The sharpness is good,
The sweet aroma swells up later and seems a bit clingy.
It would be better with yakitori with sauce or fatty meat.
Taste 2.5/5
Opened October 28, 2025
Purchased at Tobu Department Store
Refreshingly sour! Spicy but clear and refreshing 🎐.
But there is no unpleasant taste or feeling of lingering on the tongue, which is often the case with spicy sake!
It is silky and smooth on the tongue.
Good sake 🍶!
Next is Honorary Ikezuki
It looks like it was left at room temperature after acquisition.
Modified Omachi and No.7 yeast
A little matured and yellowish.
It has a light ripeness and gentle sweetness. Honorary Ikegetsu is really good!
Among Shimane sake, Eiyokegetsu is one of my favorites.
This bar was mainly sakes that we got on our trip or were given to us, not sakes that you can buy in stores.