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I happened to stop by the sake department of Yokohama Takashimaya and was allowed to try a sample of GANKI. I tasted an unfiltered pure sake (No.1), a junmai ginjo (No.2), a junmai ginjo (Mizu no Wa), and finally a junmai ginjo (Hitotsubi), a junmai ginjo with a single heating. All were delicious, but it was fun to listen to the explanation and drink them in order to get a good sense of the difference between nama-shu and hi-iru, and between junmai and junmai-ginjo! As the brewer said, one of the hi-iru junmai sake flowed like water and cut cleanly, making it perfect for everyday drinking as an in-between-dinner drink. The Junmai Ginjo was aromatic, sweet, smooth, and Ichihan gorgeous.
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