baya
When you drink the top clear part of the bottle cold, it has a clear sweet and bitter taste with a gaseous sensation and a crisp aftertaste.
When mixed with the lees, it has a great sweet-umami taste. It is delicious cold, but as it becomes hiya, the sweet-umami taste increases and becomes more balanced to your liking.
It has a slightly bitter aftertaste with a good sharpness.
When lukewarm, the bitterness subsides and the sweetness and acidity increase.
I prefer it lukewarm.
It has a sweet umami, but it also has bitterness, making it taste like a modern medium body, not light.
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