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We received a bottle of Kangiku's Ocean 99 Kukai.
It is the spearhead of the Ocean 99 series summer trilogy, and is a refreshing and light sipping bottle that evokes the image of an airplane flying over Kujukuri in early summer.
This year we were able to offer a special order of Kukai. While the regular Kukai is an unfiltered, once-heated sake, the Betsuatsui is an unfiltered, unpasteurized sake.
This Betsuatsurai was ordered by a sake store in Nagoya, Sakaizendo Horiichi, for their Hanpukai, but for some reason it was put on general sale as well, so even though I did not sign up for the Hanpukai, I was able to enjoy it.
The taste is refreshing and reminds me of the Kukai I had last year. The taste did not change drastically just because it was raw, and Kukai was still Kukai even when it was raw. I have experienced the difference between hi-iru and namaizu at last year's Kenai-san 50, and the difference was not as great.
If I think about it calmly, I should just buy one or the other, but it is a rare opportunity to compare the difference between hi-iru and nama of the same sake, so I end up buying both.
Of course, I bought the regular version together this time, so I would like to compare them side by side at a later date to see how much is the same and how much is different.
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