おむすび
I wanted to try heating sake, so I bought a bottle of Niida Zenshuu's Kanatsurae, which was delicious the other day.
I've only had heated sake at izakaya (Japanese style pubs), and the smell of alcohol was so strong that I've always been afraid of it, but after today's experience, I think I'll be able to get rid of it.
After boiling the sake in hot water and waiting for a while, I could smell the aroma of rice.
It is different from the rice flavor of cold sake, and has a strong sweet rice aroma.
Is it amazake? The aroma was so warming that I thought it might be amazake.
It also has a lot of umami, which makes me think that it is like rice. (I love rice).
I wonder if this is what they call "Nama-moto brewing"?
Accompaniments were chicken ball soup, vinegared makari, and salted squid.
I think the salted squid was the best match for today's lineup.
Maybe it was because the sake flavor was strong and the rice flavor was good....
I had no traumatic experience of drinking hot sake. I was happy to be able to drink it in a relaxed atmosphere without the traumatic feeling of alcohol.
It doesn't make my stomach cold, and I think I'm going to be addicted to it.
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