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Around the end of the year, new sake is released at once, and it's a fun time to choose from a refrigerator full of sake!
This time I picked up my first Garakudai, a lightly cloudy sake.
I had heard that it was rather strong when opened, so I was a bit wary, but a few days had passed since I bought it and it had been chilled for a while, so I opened the bottle without any problems.
It has a modest top shelf aroma, dry sweetness, a slight bitterness, and a lingering sourness, which is typical of Garakudai.
In the mouth, there is some gasiness, but it is not as strong as it seems when the bottle is opened and may almost disappear by the next day.
As the temperature rises, the aroma becomes more pronounced and the lactic acid taste is more easily perceived.
720, about 2200 yen
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