ねむち
Nara Pref. Nara City. Kuramoto Sake Brewery Co.
Bodai-zumi.
Sake made from Bodai yeast, which I was interested in.
And I visited "Bodai Hashiro Sake Festival" where a festival event of Bodai Hashiro is held 😄.
The event is held at Shouryakuji Temple, the birthplace of sake (there are various theories), where the sake mother, called Bodai Hashiroshi, is brewed at the temple.
Rice is steamed in lactic acid fermented water called "Soyashimizu" and tasted while being exposed to the unique fermentation aroma of cheese and yogurt 🤣.
The aroma of the upper part of the bottle has a very subtle cheese aroma at the back of the bottle.
It has a unique acidity and a solid sake feel that is not too robust and not too spicy.
Not modern but not too classic.
500 yen for a tasting cup 🍶.
Limited to 500 bottles a year, it was an unreasonable price to buy 😅.
I was grateful to have it, thinking that this is the origin of sake in the Muromachi period 🙏.
We also had 7 different kinds of sake brewed using the Bodai yeast for 500 yen (with a bowl of Kuramoto Sake Brewery's Narazuke) and a cup of sake lees soup for 100 yen each 😋.
Oh! Sweet sake lees soup, yummy! I thought, but this year it was made with sake lees from Kaze no Mori's Aburanaga Sake Brewery😋.
There used to be about 12 breweries that belonged to the "Nara Prefecture Bodhi Hashiwase Sake Brewery Study Group" but the number has been reduced to 7...
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ひるぺこ
Good evening, Nemuchi-san. I see you went to Shorekiji Temple. I was just regretting that I missed it when I saw the news. I envy you that you experienced that unique fermentation aroma 😆 It's a pity that the number of breweries in Nara that sell Bodhi Hashiroshi is decreasing 😢.
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ねむち
Hi Hirupeko, Good evening 🌉I went to Shoryakuji for the first time 🚗There were many TV cameras there so it must be a regular event in Nara 😊The unique fermented aroma was quite impressive 👍Please visit there as it is in early January every year😆.
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ポンちゃん
Good evening, Nemuchi!
I wish I could have been there when I saw it on the news too 💦 So much fun with all the different tastings, etc.! Was there a bus on this day?
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遥瑛チチ
Good evening, Nemuchi-san 🌇🌇.
I see you went to Shoreki-ji ❗️.
I️ seriously envy you for this ‼️.
I'm sad to hear about the decrease in the number of breweries you belong to...
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ルテルテミ
Good evening, Nemuchi😄.
I've been to Shoreki-ji to buy Bodhidharma sake, but I'd like to go to this event. Is the smell of yogurt too strong 😳
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麺酒王
Hello Nemuchi 😃
Bodhi yeast and mizu yeast are very interesting ❗It is wonderful that there are ingredients associated with sake such as sake lees soup and Nara zuke 🎵I felt again that sake brewing is benefiting from the power of nature❗
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ねむち
Hi Pon, I was wondering which TV crew ☀☀ TV crew, it was the news 😊I was able to taste 7 different types of Bodhi Hashiro plus Bodhi Spring 😄I was in a car driven by my wife, but I think there was a bus that day 🚌.
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ねむち
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ねむち
Hi Lutertemi, I see that Bodhidharma sake is also sold in the guest halls of Shorekiji 😊I personally found the yogurt-like fermented aroma strange and not unpleasant, like I've smelled it somewhere before but I'm not sure what it was 😆.
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ねむち
Hello Mr. Menshuoh, I'm always interested in the various ways of brewing sake and the various flavors that can be found here, thinking back to the Muromachi period long ago 😊I'm amazed at the ingenuity of people in the past using the bounty of nature 😆.
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