This is a mellow sake. However, the alcohol is a little persistent. The richness that spreads over the tongue as soon as it enters the mouth is very nice, but the taste disappears unexpectedly quickly, leaving no aftertaste. The top aroma is nutty.
The liquid has a slight yellow color, and there are few but long legs.
Next is a sake from a brewery I visited during my pilgrimage to the "Anohana" anime sanctuary. Honjozo, which I don't drink very often. The alcohol content is 20 degrees! The aroma is that of a robust sake. Yet, when you put it in your mouth, it doesn't have the robustness of honjozo, but has a sweetness, high alcohol flavor, and a nice sharpness! I think I have changed my perception of honjozo.
A jar of sake. The wild aroma spreads to the palate. It is a country sake, in the good sense of the word, with a strong mouthfeel. It is delicious and inexpensive (about 1,300 yen), so I have no complaints.
Yao Honten, Chichibu City, Saitama Prefecture
Special Junmai Nigori Nama Shu
Alcohol 15%.
Rice polishing ratio 60
Sake degree +2?
Yeast No. 9, Saitama G
Purchased at the booth in front of the station at the Chichibu Night Festival as last year.
It feels more effervescent than last year, so much so that the oriel inside rises when the bottle is opened.
Aroma, fruity, pear, melon, apple, isoamyl acetate and slightly caproic acid type aroma, refreshing and aromatic.
Taste: The supernatant portion is clean and light, with a strong fruity flavor that is refreshing and easy to drink.
When mixed with the oli, the lactic acidity becomes stronger and the mouthfeel mellows out. The aftertaste is slightly astringent and slightly dry. It has a strong melon taste with a hint of apple and pear. The sweetness is followed by lactic acidity, and the aftertaste is sharp and slightly astringent, giving it complexity.
The melon flavor seems to be from the No. 9 series, while the apple and pear flavors seem to be from Saitama G. It is fruity, but that is not all. It has a fruity but not only fruity taste, and it is very drinkable. This is delicious!
Taste 8/10
CHICHIBUNISHIKI CRAFT SAKE Junmai Ginjo Omachi Rampage
The round mouthfeel gives off a melon-like sensation. Slight sweetness. The aftertaste of bitterness.
I've never tasted Chichibu Nishiki before.
It is a 20% alcohol Honjozo (raw sake), but it was aged at room temperature and served warm 🍶.
The aroma on the nose is sweet with the aroma of heated sake.
It has a mild, full-bodied sweet flavor on the palate.
It did not feel like it had 20 degrees alcohol thanks to the mellowness from the aging process.
It was quite delicious 🍶😊.
Purchased at a roadside station when I went to my hometown Chichibu, Saitama for soba noodles. This year's new sake 🍶 was a sip when I opened the bottle! It's a soda drink with a 60% rice polishing ratio and delicious 😋 pure rice sake 🍶......with seasonal white shrimp....
New Adult Year-End Trip to Chichibu
3 of us old guys went to Chichibu!
We had a drink at Hormon from noon and visited Chichibu shrine ⛩️,
A drink at hotel Chichibu, a drink at Izakaya (izakaya), a drink at snack bar Chichibu, and a drink back at hotel Chichibu.
A drink at a snack bar, then a drink back at the hotel.
I don't know how many drinks we had, but it's a secret 🤫.
Speaking of Chichibu, Chichibu Nishiki ‼️ was delicious,
We had some oden and sashimi!
Details are unknown😅.
The next day I felt sick so I went to a day spa ♨️
I went home after sweating it out and eating Chichibu udon 😄.
It was fun ♪♪
