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A casual drink with the owner, Mr. Kawada, at CHUIN.
The last drink of the evening was a bottle of Shimanto Kaoru, which was recommended by Mr. Kawada, who said, "This is interesting. He recommended this one, Kaoru from Shimanto.
Bunbon Brewery in Kochi once shut down operations in R2, but was bought out in R4.
In R4, the business was acquired and Hiroyuki Ishikawa, a long-time toji in Ibaraki, was recruited and resumed brewing in March of R5.
This is a Junmai Daiginjo spec sake brewed with local Niida rice (probably rice rice nikkomaru) using CEL-24, the pride of Kochi Prefecture.
It is also strongly geared toward the international market.
Mr. Kawada prefaced the sake with the words, "It has an interesting citrus flavor.
The aroma is modest for a CEL-24, with a hint of ginjo.
The aroma was a little more floral when the bottle was first opened.
As you drink it, the gorgeousness of CEL-24 spreads in the hint of aroma. ☺️
After the fruity aroma characteristic of CEL-24, the sweet and sour taste was felt, and from the mid-palate onward, it finishes with a refreshing sourness as if citrus peels had been squeezed, interspersed with a bitter taste.
The CEL-24 sensation in the first half of the beer is turned around and the citrus sensation from the mid-part of the beer 🍊.
This is a new sensation!
Interesting switchback-like sake quality, with a distinctly different taste on the way there and on the way back!
And it tastes great😊.
This sake was also the harvest of the day!
Thank you for the food 🍶.
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Mr. Aladdin.
Good morning 🤩.
This is a fascinating sake 🤩.
It's going to be hard to find outside of Kochi💦.
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Good morning, kozo 😃.
This sake has made me quite interested in Shimanto (or SHIMANTO for overseas 🤔)!
It's a practically new brewery and certainly seems to have a small distribution, but I'd like to try the others when I find them 😊.
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