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The 2nd National Sake Brewery Sake and Talk Event @ Kyoto Miyako Messe.
This is an annual sake event held by Kyoto's "Sake-taker Nissigawa" in cooperation with Koyama Shoten.
We had a lot of beautiful sake. ☺️
Here is the toast that was served first.
Azumamine sake brewer Azumamine Brewery created this sake for sake drinker Nissigawa as a PB sake for Koyama Shoten.
It is written "Nishi-Komine" (西小嶺), which means "Nishi-Mine" in Japanese.
At the standing tasting event-like venue, we received a cup of this sake at the entrance and took pictures of the sake before the start of the event to get in the mood while suppressing our eagerness to try it 📷
President Nishikawa gave the opening speech, followed immediately by the toast.
The toast was given by Mr. Motoi Sato, the brewer of Azumamine Shuzo.
I was impressed by the subtle atmosphere in the hall as he toasted with his wonderful talk about how a brewer must be honest, mixed with the worst kind of vulgar jokes 😅.
The sake was slightly pale yellow-gold in appearance.
The aroma is mild, but has a legitimate impression of koji sweetness and acidity typical of sake.
The taste is of a type where the sweetness and umami of the rice can be honestly felt, yet it is also very drinkable.
It was well chilled, which made it easy to drink, but I would like to try it heated.
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