Yoshinotomo純米吟醸無濾過生原酒 吉乃友 富の香
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Yoshinoyu is made from 100% "Tominokou" rice produced in Toyama Prefecture, with a milling ratio of 60%. I was torn between this and Ginban, which is also made from "Tominoko" at the brewery, but I chose Yoshinoyu because I had a chance to visit the brewery in December of the year before last. During the tour, I was surprised to see a huge rice milling machine sitting in the building next to the brewery, even though I thought rice milling in a small brewery is outsourced. I was surprised to see a huge rice-polishing machine sitting in the building next to the brewery, and I was told that this was how they were able to achieve a rice polishing ratio of 18% for Hou. It was a good experience for me to taste some of Hou's mid-polished rice and some of the non-polished rice.
The yeast used in this sake is Uozu apple flower yeast (a yeast developed by the Toyama Prefectural Food Research Institute). The alcohol content is 15 degrees. I wondered why it was peach-colored, but the bottle was only slightly peach-colored and the sake was a normal color.
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