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A brief review of the "2nd National Sake Breweries' Sake and Talks" @ Kyoto Miyako Messe.
Kangiku Meikozo in Chiba.
The only regular sake available all year round is Matsuo Boast, a local Chiba-only brand, and the rest are the annual super-limited Occasional series and Ocean99 series.
I love their juicy, fresh, sweet and delicious sake with a gaseous taste!
Personally, I was looking forward to this event as I did last year because, along with Hananoka Shuzo, Kangiku Meikozo never gives me a chance to meet the brewery's staff.
The first sake I was served was Junjitsu (leap day).
This is a special sake brewed only once every four years on leap year and pressed on leap day (February 29).
The ratio of polished rice is 29%, which is also a leap day!
I'm glad I haven't had a chance to drink it. ☺️
A little hazy on the lees and a hint of gas 🫧.
The aroma is rich and complex, with a powdery rice aroma that is more like polished rice than fruity for a Kangiku.
The taste is pleasantly gaseous and stimulating, with the clean sweetness of Gohyakumangoku combined with acidity spreading across the palate, while a slight bitterness, astringency, and other complex tastes can be sensed due to the orikara flavor.
It is not bad, which was unexpected since I had imagined it to be a very clean sake.
I moved on to the next sake, thinking how difficult it is to make a sake with a fixed pressing date.
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