Masaaki Sapporo
8 points (wife: 7 points)
Ingredients : Rice (domestic), Rice malt (domestic)
Rice Source：Toryoken Strong Rice
Rice polishing ratio：50
Sake meter degree: +5
Acidity: 1.6
Yeast used: No.9 yeast
Alcohol percentage: 16
Sake store: Senmaru (Sapporo, Japan)
Silent when opened
No gas feeling
Slightly sweet rice malt top note
The aroma is like weak grapes and melon mixed with the top-fermented aroma, the full rice flavor and moderate sweetness spreads zingily with soft acidity, and it finishes quickly with a slight bitterness and the dryness of alcohol.
It has a modest but pleasant aroma and a good balance of rice flavor, and goes well with meals. It is also delicious as a stand-alone sake.
It went well with boiled lighthouse tadpole in salted water, macaroni salad with squid, spicy pickled okra, grilled herring, fried oysters, and chilled tofu.
Kewpie's lemon tartar is a nice touch, but the lid is not the type that pops open.
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