武侯祠
This is the first sake I've seen.
The yeast is listed as SYS, so I googled it and got a lot of hits.
It is an All Ibaraki sake made with Hitanishiki, the only rice suitable for sake brewing produced in Ibaraki Prefecture, and using SYS, a yeast produced in the prefecture.
The toji worked at a pottery kiln in Aizu, then moved to Miyazumi Meizumi Brewery in Sharaku, then to Kunimare Brewery in Hokkaido, and finally to the current Aoki Brewery. I guess sake brewers have many different careers in their backgrounds.
The taste was better than I expected. It was very tasty. There is nothing unique about the taste, but the balance of aroma, sweetness, and umami is superb. It's a gorgeous sake.
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