Hatsusakura山田吟次郎 生原酒 2017BY
ひるぺこ
Another bottle this time,
It is the same Hatsuzakura Yamada Ginjirou Nama Nama Normal Sake 2017BY as the previous one.
As the name suggests, this sake is made with Yamada-Nishiki and Ginbuki, and was aged in the new koji room of the brewery at the time, as the smell of the new koji room tends to transfer easily.
I brought this one home with me the other day when I stopped by the brewery.
First, a cold sake.
It has a pale greenish yellow color.
What's that? Surprisingly, the color is the same as that of Nihonbaru.
The top aroma is of fragrant chocolate with a high cacao content and a little bit of soy sauce.
The aroma is full of fruity, cacao-like aroma, and the taste is matured and has a strong sweet/umami flavor. The sweet and savory taste is more well-rounded than expected, and the aftertaste is surprisingly refreshing.
When heated, the aroma of freshly cooked rice is gorgeous, with a soft, full-bodied acidity and a delicious sweet-umami flavor with a gorgeous cocoa aroma. It is like rice chocolate 🍫.
When we stopped by the brewery, the brewer kindly allowed us to take a tour of the brewery 🙏 Thanks to the kindness of the brewery owner, we were able to see the brewery.
I learned a lot as the brewery owner explained everything from the well to the Sase-style wooden vat press in great detail, all covered in sweat.
Yasui Sake Brewery is a small brewery, so it's a pity that you can rarely see them outside of Shiga Prefecture 😢.
The newest brew, Nama Hashitake Taro, and the aged Yamada Ginjiro are both delicious👍!
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ポンちゃん
Hi Peco 🐦!
I see you went to the brewery 😻It's nice to see a brewery in the summer after a long period of aging 😊They are firm yet refreshing 😳.
I'm going to copy your ume chazuke with asazuke as soon as I can 😁🙏.
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