ねむち
Saga Prefecture. Ogi City. Tenzan Sake Brewery Co.
Iwanokura Junmai Ginjo
Ingredients: Rice (domestic), Rice malted rice (domestic)
Polishing ratio: 55% for koji rice, 55% for kake rice
Alcohol content: 16%.
We visited Tenzan Shuzo on the way to Fukuoka after visiting a grave.
Tenzan and Shichida are probably more famous.
The people at the brewery were friendly, kind and courteous.
They explained to us that the day after our visit was the "Jeungkoshi" (the day when the steamer is overturned) and that they had renovated the brewery so that visitors could taste and appreciate the sake during the Corona season, when brewery tours are not available.
The display of sake bottles and ceramic barrels was spectacular👍.
We had it with cold sake.
The top aroma is slightly fruity.
The first impression is a clean, refreshing, and slightly sweet mouthfeel, as if it were a slurp.
As soon as the sake is swallowed, the gorgeous ginjo aroma that escapes into the nose brings in the umami.
After the umami has expanded, it finishes with a tangy spiciness.
The overall impression is clean and refreshing, but the balance is wonderful in bringing out the umami of the rice.
Memo︙It seems that Tenzan was made by the first generation, Iwanokura by the second generation, and Shichida by the third generation.
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ポンちゃん
Good evening, sleepy healer!
A ceramic keg! I've never seen this before 😳‼️The labels are so colorful and so beautiful✨.
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千鳥足
Good evening, sleepy healer 🍻.
GW was closed for the brewery and I couldn't go 😊Thanks 🙏✨ for a good preview for next time.
I've never seen the rock warehouse before 👀.
It would be helpful if you could do a tasting ☺️.
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ねむち
Pon-chan, good evening ❗I was told that each ceramic barrel is hand painted and slightly different 😄Saga is famous for its ceramics and they used to sell them by weight 🍶It was a beautiful display inside the warehouse 👍.
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ねむち
Chidorisoku 🇺🇦🤝🇷🇺 Good evening 🇺🇦🤝🇷🇺 ❗I visited on Saturday early GW and it was open! 😅Iwa no kura seems to be distributed only in Kyushu 😅I tasted it and bought it without hesitation 😁.
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千鳥足
Mr. Sleepy Healer glad to hear another precious information😊.
Thank you very much 😊.
I guess the brewery is also focusing on sales, it seems to be closed on Sundays and flag days 😿 lucky you 👍✨.
You've got it 😁.
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ねむち
Chidorisoku 🇺🇦🤝🇷🇺Thank you for the information 🙇 We were lucky that the sake brewery was just open! 👍The sake shop we were going to visit in Fukuoka was closed and we couldn't buy the sake we were looking for 🤣.
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