The 3rd Bishu Competition 2025 Kansai Competition (3)
Brooklyn kura, a business and capital tie-up with Hakkaisan
Mr. Hakkaisan was there!
Some brewers from Hakkaisan are giving technical guidance.
Junmai Daiginjo standard sake, about 4,900 yen.
Yamadanishiki from Arkansas and soft water from the Catskill Mountains, which gave the sake its name, are used as brewing water.
It is one of the best sake from overseas.
It tastes not like wine or peculiar, but like sake, modern and acceptable to those who prefer wine.
Unlike Hakkaisan, it is quite sweet.
I've had Otter Blue before, but I prefer Brooklyn kura.
They have two other kinds of wine besides Catskill, and now they have all kinds of wine in Niigata.
I happened to find a sake bar in Tokyo Station, so I stopped by on my way home from a business trip and had a quick drink.
It was my first time to try this American-born sake. It is offered through a business partnership with Hakkai Brewery. It is clean, fruity, and refreshing. It's not at all inferior to Japanese sake. Try it!
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Here comes an American sake🍶 made with American Yamadanishiki🌾 🇺🇸
Its name is Brooklyn Kura: ❗️
Imported by Hakkaisan, so it seems to be related. They are indeed very generous👐.
There was a set of 3 different kinds of sake to compare, so that's what I would drink 😤.
🇺🇸 Brooklyn on the left
This is the only liqueur. Red grape juice 🍇 is added. It is red in color and is grape juice 🍇 It has a strong sweet but subdued flavor. This guy is a definite liqueur🍇.
🇺🇸 Brooklyn in the middle
Rice🌾 flavor and a bitter aftertaste. A dry type that makes you mmmmmm. This is a genuine unmixed sake dry 👍❗️ nice dry 👍
🇺🇸 right brooklyn
Sweet deliciousness and the sweet aroma of unrefined sake. Smooth sweetness with a hint of creaminess and a mellow throat. I wonder if it's close to Romain 🤔.
Japan is supposed to have soft water worldwide, but I can't say I'm surprised ⁉️ that they can make a soft water-like mouthfeel sake in the US 😳.
In terms of sake, it's right in the middle of modern 🎯.
Wow, even in America 🇺🇸 can make great sake!
Sainara 👋 Sainara 👋
Hi ma-ki-😃
Sake is also getting more and more foreign 🤔 I happened to come across it for the first time on a store menu. I hope it will be available in the Kansai area 🤗.
Hi Masaaki Sapporo 😃
On the endorsement, the importer is Hakkaisan. The clerk said it was an American company funded by Hakkaisan 🤩.
I don't know if it is Hakkaisan until the sale 🤔.
Hi Hiro, thanks for the help 😃
We, the rest of the world, didn't fill in the map 🤔.
Remember the "sayonara, sayonara, sayonara..." Sunday movie theater 😌 don't you know 😅
Makes me want to go to Yodogawa Brewery 😆.
One of the items we visited last month at Sakelabo Tokyo, but were prevented by the time limit 😂.
I didn't expect to see it in my hometown, so I was the first to order it 😁.
I was told that it was made in the US, so I guess it is suitable for the people over there.
It has the appearance of a sake without the so-called classicness, but is much milder.
It has a light mouthfeel with a thin spread of sweetness.
Overall, it is easy to drink, but it gives a vague impression.
I would drink it by itself with a lot of energy, or with something to accompany it.
I would prefer it to be more voluminous, but I would like to try the other two.
The taste is quite sweet and refreshing.
For better or worse, it is less sake-like.
Even those who do not usually drink sake will find it easy to drink.
Fine sake party at our usual bar!
We paired it with food and enjoyed it.
The second was with sake that is made in the U.S. by Americans.
They also make Yamada Nishiki on American soil and use that.
He said it is not pure sake, but a mixture of hops and other ingredients.
The dish was a terrine of summer vegetables.
The color was pink, and when I took a sip, it tasted a little hoppy, which was the first time I had tasted it. After a while, it tasted like wine and berries. It was an interesting taste.