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Sake Rankings by Flavor Tag

Introducing sake brands with the strongest impression of "Heavy" flavor, ranked by the strength of the impression.

# 31

3.58 pt.

Tanizakura Shuzo Yamanashi

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Dry Fizzy CherryBlossom

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I'm at my new place today! We had a glass of local sake at the busi-hotel to pray for a new start👍. The mouthfeel is surprisingly soft and the flavor in the mouth is like custard cream or banana au lait! The texture is also soft on the tongue. I think I may have never tasted such a soft sake! And there is a mushroom-like taste in the aftertaste. There was also a sake from my new job, but I didn't dare to drink it. I'll leave it for the future 😌.

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It is not a modern taste, but it has a good balance of sweet, sour, spicy, bitter, and astringent, and the old-fashioned peculiar taste is really good.

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# 32

3.55 pt.

羽田酒造 Kyoto

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Clean, refreshing, beautifully fruity. Green apple, pear. Easy to drink. Just like water. 9

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Kawagoe Prince continued #21 De-Utsuri Kyoto was full of foreigners. But I told him I'd like to go there. I heard it has nothing to do with the two hares. From this point on, they were not very impressed with the sake.

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On the last day of GW. Faint ginjo aroma. Fresh taste and rich throat. It will make you feel drunk.

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# 33

3.51 pt.

Nakamurakamekichi Aomori

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Miso Dry Mellow Plump Coffee Nectar

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Buy at the warehouse 1635 yen / 720ml My first Aomori sake. The brewery is located in the old town of Kuroishi City, which we reached after visiting Lake Towada and Oirase. The brewery is a magnificent structure and was the location for the historical drama "Inochi" (Life), with pictures of a young Yoshiko Mita and the late Toru Watanabe. The taste is soft and gentle. Maybe the water is different? Although the sake is labeled as a dry sake, it is not that dry, and it is delicious with a sweet taste. It seems that it could be a little more well-known and popular.

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I was told that it has a unique flavor of old-fashioned sake. It was not particularly difficult to drink and was delicious.

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Purchased at the sake department of Ropia in Hirosaki. Surprisingly, there are no liquor stores or supermarkets around Hirosaki Station, which is a problem if you want to buy local sake as a souvenir. The aroma is wonderful. The taste is light, with a soft, unrefined sweetness, a bit of bitterness, and a touch of sourness. It is not too strong in character, so it can be drunk as a mid-meal sake and will not interfere with a meal. It is a good match with light snacks such as yakko, since it was completely defeated when drunk with Akita's Iburi Gakko.

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# 34

3.49 pt.

Chiyonosono Shuzo Kumamoto

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Acidity Fizzy Wine

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Kumamoto's local sake, Sanzanmura Slightly sweet ginjo aroma A light, sweet mouthfeel with a soft acidity. Like drinking fresh green apple juice I drank too much and my memory is fuzzy I'm not even sure of the notes I wrote at the time😅. Anyway, it's delicious! Sake brewed with sake rice grown by a pesticide-free method called "Koi Farming" in Sanzan Village! Using the carp farming method, carp are released into the rice paddies 🌾🌾 to get rid of pests. A few years ago, I drank Manbo from Kumamoto Kameman Shuzo, which was a sake made using the duck farming method🦆! There are many people in Kumamoto who practice natural farming methods 🫶.

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Japanese Sake Fest @ Osaka Bay Tower (・ω・`) There is a very good flavor on it, but it also has a light sourness and freshness According to the pamphlet, it is suitable for yakitori and oden. I felt it would be suitable for the autumn taste!

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Rice used is unknown We do not know the concept, but it seems to be a "cat series" and there are others like "Wind and Cats". Although low-alcoholic, it is not light and has a deep flavor. It was fruity, well-balanced and delicious sake. ❗️

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# 35

3.48 pt.

Moritashobee Aomori

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Honey Vigorous Thick

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The driest I've had on the same day.

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I heard from an acquaintance that Sakuta was delicious and ordered it because there was no special distributor near me and it was in the hometown tax payment. Since it was a set of two bottles, I received it with sincerity. Ginjo-shu with brewing alcohol Fruity ginjo aroma like muscat, sweetness and umami at first, but lingering in the middle as if it were crystal clear water, and later acidity comes in and it is a refreshing dry sake.

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Good balance of bitterness and sweetness.

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# 36

3.48 pt.

國香酒造 Shizuoka

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Glue-like Banana Dry Soy Source Umami Milky Crisp

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I have had it, but this will be my first post on sakewa. I had an image of Kunika as light and dry, but it has a sweetness with a banana🍌 feel. It also has a melon-like melon sensation after a day. It has a very good balance and is good as a food sake or a light snack for dinner. A stable Shizuoka sake 🍶.

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Shizuoka Business Trip Part ㉔ Last week, on my way back from Mishima, I stopped by Nagashima-san in Numazu and bought some sake from Kunika Sake Brewery. The aroma is refreshing and clean 🤔. 🤔In the mouth Beautiful and soft 😊Refreshing acidity and a good umami taste 😚👍and it's a delicious sake that I never get tired of drinking 🥳.

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Purchased at Vinos Yamazaki in Kyoto after buying Daina at a liquor store in Saiin After this, I went back to the liquor store on the 2nd floor of the Yaichi main building and to Takimoto - Isetan 😊. I really wanted the Vinos limited edition Isoboast, but the date was a year ago, so I avoided it💦. It's also February 24 😅. I thought about how to read "kunika", "kokka", etc... but when I looked it up, it's "kokkou". Reminds me of Cocco for my generation 🤔. Drink at room temperature. It's lightly colored. It's been almost a year, but there's no sense of aging. It has a classical flavor and a little lactic acidity, but it's still light and refreshing. I'd like to try some of their raw sake, though I didn't have any this time. Like Isobojiman, I think Shizuoka sake is a good choice for me 🤔. I was saddened to hear that this brewery is already out of business 😿.

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# 37

3.47 pt.

Yamana Shuzo Hyogo

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Dry Umami Sweetness Acidity Bitterness Fresh Fizzy Flashy

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This is my first New Year's Day back in my hometown Osaka. This year, my parents invited us to their department store Osechi. My sister and her husband brought me a bottle of Okutanba as a celebratory sake. You can feel the sweetness of the rice in the beginning, but it changes to a dry taste in the middle to the end. It is a perfect match for the richly flavored Osechi and fatty yellowtail sashimi. It is said that the sake degree is +5 (dry), but I feel that it is +2~3 (slightly dry?). I guess. Anyway, it was a delicious sake. Thanks to my sister and her husband!

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The sake my sister and her husband served me at New Year's was so good that I decided to pick up another brand from the same brewery. Okutanba Junmai Ginjo. This is Yamana Shuzo's regular sake. As stated on the label, the brewery has a long history, having been founded in Kyoho. The Edo period (^_^;) is amazing. It was my wife's fourth birthday today. I really wanted to go out to eat, but the situation was such that we had a takeout party at a yakitori restaurant and drank at home. Thank you for your continued support. I had a cold glass of sake. Oh, dry? It's been a while since I've had a dry, crisp sake. Even though it's light and refreshing, you can still feel the taste of the rice right after you put it in your mouth. At the same time, there is a sense of alcohol, but the aftertaste is short, so it gives a refreshing impression. According to the brewery's website, it has a sake strength of +1. ＋Hmm? +1? It's not dry, is it? Once again, I realized that the accuracy of my tongue sensor is disappointing (tears). Well, everyone has their own way of feeling.

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This is my first time drinking Okutanba 🍶The aroma is subdued, the sake is light and clean, with a soft sweetness and a short, sharp finish 😊It goes well with Kaisendon, another bottle I want to drink again ✨.

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# 38

3.42 pt.

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Grainy Dry Smoky Lemon Fluffy

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Although it's not stated on the label, the rice polishing ratio is 65%, the sake level is -13, and the rice is Hatsushimo. It is very sour. It is very sour, and has a strong personality even among sake made with white koji. This sourness is like Niwa-shu or Bodai-gan. I heard that there was a limited edition of this sake, but I'm curious.

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I drank it hot. I think dry sake tastes best when heated.

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♪ Chiyogiku Rabbit and Yamadanishiki Organic rice Yamadanishiki Junmai Ginjo Alcohol content: 15 Polishing ratio: 55 First impression is a dry sake with a touch of alcohol Refreshing sweetness and crispness Taste that you will never get tired of Looks like it would go well with grilled pork marinated in salted malted rice Aroma ★★★⭐︎⭐︎ Taste★★★⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎ Sweetness★★⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎ Acidity★★★⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎ Lingering taste★★⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎

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# 39

3.42 pt.

Nishiyama Shuzojo Hyogo

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Acidity Dry Umami Sweetness Fruity Floral Peachy Crisp

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I bought this little drum from the next town over to have black soy edamame as a side dish. I haven't had it for a long time, but it tastes like kotsuzumi! It tastes so good. It's delicious, delicious.

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The entry is clean and fluffy and sweet, but overall it's pretty crisp and dry.

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Day 2 of 4 consecutive days of local drinking The one that someone brought me.

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Where to Buy

銘酒本舗　IMANAKA SAKESHOP

小鼓路上有花沙羅純米吟醸酒 720ml こつづみろじょうはなありさら¥1,980 小鼓路上有花桃花純米大吟醸 720ml 箱入りこつづみろじょうはなありとうか父の日ギフト¥2,420

# 40

3.41 pt.

瀬古酒造 Shiga

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Acidity Umami Relaxing Grainy Dry Pineapple Peachy Lemon

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The first sip was swoopy and I couldn't keep up with the flavors, but from the next I could feel the strong, dark flavor. I also enjoyed how it settled down over time.

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Japanese Sake Fest @ Osaka Bay Tower (・ω・`;) It is five years old, and when heated up, it has a slightly sweet graininess. Sourness is also light. When it cools down, the juiciness becomes more apparent. It is considered to be an old sake that is easy to drink.

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It's a home brew...................

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Where to Buy

酒舗まえたに＋Tokuriya

瀬古酒造純米吟醸忍者火入れ 720ml¥1,650 【クール便】忍者 l'amour ラムール純米大吟醸播州愛山 50%精米生原酒 720ml 日本酒滋賀県瀬古酒造¥2,250

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