酒呑ノ鳥居
Brewed by Niigata Prefecture's Naeba Sake Brewery, this sake aims to be sweet and sour like a candy apple.
60% 🌾 (100% Gohyakumangoku used)
Although it bears the name of "candy apple," the only top notes are almost exclusively lactic acidity and a zingy, fruitless atmosphere.
The taste is very clear, yet the intense sourness hits you. It almost makes you want to slurp up your mouth like when you eat a dried plum.
I expected an ethyl caproate-like aroma from the apple flavor, but it was more like an amino acid flavor. Although I cannot deny the disappointment from the jacket, it was a bottle that gave me a sense of the potential of sake.
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