National Sake Fair 2025 Day 2 ㉜
Kumamoto 2
Yamamura Sake Brewery in Takamorimachi
I've never seen this sake in a liquor store, and I've only had it once in the past when I went out for a drink.
Polishing ratio undisclosed Hananishiki 13%, 2,200 yen
Sparkling sake with secondary fermentation in the bottle.
There are four different labels, but the contents are the same.
It tastes sweet, sparkling, and modern.
But I think 2200 yen is a bit expensive.
It's low alcohol, it will be empty in no time, and it's cosy 😅.
I wish there was a Sandesi.
Clear and colorless in appearance, with a hint of alcohol in the aroma.
The aroma is a little heavy in the mouth, but the aftertaste is refreshing and easy to drink.
The aftertaste is refreshing and easy to drink.
It is not my favorite, but I don't dislike it so much.
It was a 300ml bottle.
I found it to be empty.
Rating: ✭✭✭✩✩✩
The first Kumamoto sake I drank was a sweet type, so I was surprised at how refreshing it was, like white wine! The Japanese paper-like jacket is cute and I love it!
Rice flavor, rice aroma, strong, lingering rice flavor.
Junmai, as expected, but it is not a ginjo-shu, so the rice is in the foreground. But that is good.
It is not too much of a hindrance to meals because it is so refreshing!
This is a great sake for Japanese food.
It's good, just not the kind of sake you get used to as the star of the meal. However, this kind of sake makes me happy when I eat a meal. It is that kind of sake. It's such a sake.
The aroma is not that great.
In terms of the balance between sweetness, richness and sourness, it may be a little too sour. But the balance is good.
It also has a slight alcohol taste.
It is easy to drink, but if I were to drink this, I would probably drink mellow sake...
Slightly refreshing for a brew.
No aroma, I guess. Rice taste is quite good, a little bitterness is strong.
It would have been good lukewarm. I have to fix my habit of drinking everything cold.
Not much aroma.
Dry, good sharpness, not so much sweetness or acidity, water.
However, since it is a pure sake, the alcohol is quite strong.
I guess it would be better on the rocks, but...
I don't like to drink sake on the rocks because I don't want the ice to melt too much and dilute the sake.
Maybe I should try mixing it with mineral water?
Like full-bodied and tender.
Good balance of acidity and sweetness.
I don't know how to describe it, but it's the kind of sake that seems to fill your stomach...
But the aftertaste is refreshing.
It was a sake that I have not tasted very often.
I said a lot, but I quite liked this type.
Third kind of Reizan today.
It is so light that it almost seems like water. Although the alcohol content is 14 degrees.
After all, sake brewed in a place with pure water doesn't seem to have a high alcohol content.
Combined with dinner at the inn where you are staying.
Slightly sweet and gentle taste.
A good sake that goes well with food. Sake is also delicious because of the abundant supply of good water.
