Shikishimaうすにごり
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This is Shikishima Usunigori fire-aged sake from Ito Co. in Handa City, Aichi Prefecture.
The young president, Mr. Ito, has been working hard to convert the old main storehouse into a café, restaurant, and store.
The store also offers a corner bar, so I had a drink there.
The first aroma is slightly sweet with a hint of rice.
When you take it into your mouth, you will find a slight acidity and a good nigori sweetness.
Maybe it's because it's fire-aged, but it doesn't have the smoky aroma of wooden vats that I usually get when I drink Shikishima 🤔.
It was just plain easy to drink and delicious 🍶✨️
I was surprised to hear from the lady at the kiosk that they are only making 20 koku now.
I often see it in the online media and at events about sake, but they don't make it at all 🙄.
According to the owner of a yakitori restaurant we later visited, which mainly serves hot sake, the Ito family used to be the landowners of Handa City, and in the past they were prominent local businessmen who also ran a bank.
Now they are selling the land to fund the restoration of the brewery.
The third picture is the current modern manufacturing factory located behind the old main warehouse.
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bouken
Good evening, Mr. Matsuchiyo.
ShikishimaI see that the production is so small😳
I wonder if that quantity will go to all the distributors 🤔.
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まつちよ
Good morning bouken 🌞.
That's right 🤔.
There are only a few dealers in Tokyo, not many, so I guess... it's not selling that well 🙄.
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