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Shoryu Horai Kimoto Junmai Omachi 70
Unrefined unpasteurized sake straight from the tank
Specially grown rice without pesticides and chemical fertilizers
Omachi 70% from Okayama Mame Farm
+4 17° 24/5 A+
Aikawa-cho, Kanagawa Oyataka Shuzo
1800 3960
This is the 11th bottle from this brewery since the Hourai days, including the Zanzou Hourai.
The taste of Shirokushiki left a strong impression on me, but the taste of the low alcohol type and other types of sake were very different from one brewery to another, so I chose a Shoryu Horai that I used to like (previously Yamada Nishiki, now Omachi).
The first sip had a slightly distinctive flavor with a hint of nama-zake.
The taste is firm and umakuchi, with a pleasant acidity.
It becomes more straightforward when heated, but it is also too smooth, so the acidity is more pronounced when it is cooled.
After the second day, the flavor has lost some of its character, and I enjoyed the different expressions by alternating between cold and warmed sake.
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