Hori
I received a bottle of Tasake light nigori.
I drank it for the first time last year and immediately decided to repeat it.
The moment I opened the bottle, I could smell the sweet aroma. The mellow aroma derived from rice, whether it is the koji or the fermenting unrefined sake, makes you think that the inside of a sake brewery must be filled with this kind of smell.
As those who have been there may know, the aroma is like a condensed version of the good smell inside Koyama Shoten's store.
The taste is a harmony of sweetness and umami, as well as the softness and refreshing bitterness typical of nigori sake, just like the aroma.
Mr. Takagi of the Takagi Shuzo brewery says that in the past, light and dry sake was the mainstream, but he researched sake brewing to create a sake with the same sweet aroma he felt in the brewery when he was a child, and the result was Jyushidai.
As a side note, this Tasyu light nigori was created to compete with Senkou's Snowman. A sales person at Nishida Brewery saw the snowman selling well in the market and made a proposal, which became a standard product. Come to think of it, this light nigori is the only nigori sake in the Tasake range.
Sentori is great at moving the big bosses, but it is also great that the big bosses have the flexibility to commercialize the needs of the market. We, the consumers, are greatly benefited.
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