SakenowaRecord your sake experiences and discover your favorites

Sake Rankings by Flavor Tag

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

# 1

4.90 pt.

Aizu Shuzo Fukushima

99 check-ins

Restrained Sweetness

Aizu 1

Aizu 2

Aizu 3

Aizu Shuzo's Aizu Ginjo Nama Shu Arabashiri. The initial aroma is just a hint of sweetness, but once you take a sip, a soft sweetness and bitterness spreads. It has a clear, fresh, powerful flavor, and is crisp and clean. Although it is a ginjo-shu with alcohol, it is smooth and easy to drink, and the alcohol content is a little light at 15 degrees, so it is easy to enjoy and delicious. 😋♪

Japanese>English

I've found the best summer sake in the cosmopolitan world. It's low in alcohol, so it's easy to drink, melon top, good aftertaste, perfect freshness, and no miscellaneous taste. It is truly a summer sake.

Japanese>English

Hello. Thank you for drinking sake from my hometown, Minamiaizu Town!

Japanese>English

Where to Buy

銘酒本舗　IMANAKA SAKESHOP

會津宮泉貴醸酒2022BY720mlあいづみやいずみきじょうしゅ父の日ギフト¥2,654 會津宮泉貴醸酒720mlあいづみやいずみきじょうしゅ父の日ギフト¥2,654

# 2

4.41 pt.

Yoshino Shuzo Chiba

218 check-ins

Chocolate Traditional Dry Restrained Rich and Gentle

Koshigoi 1

Koshigoi 2

Koshigoi 3

When we were having simmered sea bream, he recommended that it goes well with simmered sea bream.

Japanese>English

I found strawberry 🍓😁. Strawberry was the main ingredient, although I also detected a honey-like sweetness. Long lingering taste too. I found a strawberry🍓😁 It tasted sweet like honey, but the strawberry was the main flavor. The aftertaste is also long.

Japanese>English

❸ I'm starting to lose track of which picture was which drink, but I sure drank it, Koshi Furui.

Japanese>English

# 3

4.23 pt.

Niizawa Jozoten Miyagi

165 check-ins

Neat Fruity Apple Restrained Sweetness Acidity Crisp Graceful

Hiryu 1

Hiryu 2

Hiryu 3

( *´꒳` )️🍶🍶🍶🍶 本日は初めての新澤醸造店の飛龍を頂きました😀 香りはあまり感じませんね🤔口当たりは、軽快でリンゴを思わせる心地よい吟醸香😘綺麗でサラリとした甘味と旨味が、パッと広がって消える😚爽やかな酸味の切れが良き👍✨ 綺麗な食中酒の様に感じました🥳

Last night was a New Year's party with a couple I met last year. We had dinner at a nice restaurant and then went to Kokubuncho. After the fourth bar, I finally had a chance to drink sake. I have known the owner of this sake bar on the outskirts of the city for about 25 years now. The lighting doesn't look like it's the kind of place you'd enjoy sake, but don't worry about that. The selection is quite good, so go for something you've never tried before. First up is Hiryu, the one with Tatsumi Fujinami's red towel. A dry sake with a refreshing yet tasty flavor, just like Mr. Shinzawa! Thank you very much for your hospitality!

Japanese>English

My best friend gave me a small bottle to share with my last drink 😆👍. By the way, my best friend's wife recommended it to me. She likes it dry 😄. It's been a long time since I've had a dry sake, but I'm ready to try it💦. The aroma is fruity👍. I'm not a fan of too much dryness, but it was a good experience 🤗.

Japanese>English

Where to Buy

銘酒本舗　IMANAKA SAKESHOP

飛龍純米大吟醸1800mlひりゅう¥3,047

# 4

4.20 pt.

Karibaichi Shuzo Hyogo

90 check-ins

Chilled Lychee Sweetness Firm

Syuugetu 1

Syuugetu 2

Syuugetu 3

After a moment of sweetness, spiciness and sourness come at once. The assertiveness is modest, so it may be suitable as a food sake. I noticed after drinking 4 kinds of sake that I may not like the unique flavor common to all the sake breweries here.

Japanese>English

It is sweeter than the other Shugetsu wines I've had. It is refreshing and fruity, but a little peculiar. The rice is probably Yamadanishiki. It is fruity and on the sweet side, but not fruity. This costs over 1000 yen for 300ml....

Japanese>English

There is no description on the 300ml bottle, but according to the official website, it seems to be called Shiboritate Nama-nihan-shu. It has a good balance of sweet and spicy and is easy to drink. It is truly exquisite. I think it is similar to the Shiroshika Classics Limited Nama-Nihan-shu. It's definitely better than the first unfiltered draft I opened.

Japanese>English

# 5

4.13 pt.

Kaze yo Mizu yo Hito yo

Fukumitsuya Ishikawa

74 check-ins

Clean CherryBlossom

Kaze yo Mizu yo Hito yo 1

Kaze yo Mizu yo Hito yo 2

Kaze yo Mizu yo Hito yo 3

This is the second mini-bottle of Ishikawa sake. It is easy to drink at 9% alcohol by volume. It may not be enough for sake lovers.

Japanese>English

I went to Wajima by chance. This is the first sake I drank there. As the label says, it is light, more like a classic sake, with a low alcohol content of 9%, which makes it easy to drink. It has both umami and acidity. While many stores in downtown Wajima have yet to reopen for business, we purchased this sake at Freshland Maruko, one of the few supermarkets that remained open until relatively easy to use hours. It has been almost five months since the disaster, and there are still many collapsed houses blocking the roads, but the media coverage of the disaster is decreasing, and the local people are worried that the disaster will be forgotten. As in the case of the Great East Japan Earthquake, we ask for everyone's continued support. We should not forget about Tohoku, though.

Japanese>English

# 6

4.12 pt.

108 check-ins

Mukantei 1

Mukantei 2

Mukantei 3

I bought a small bottle of Kikusui Shuzo at a nearby convenience store 🥂. It was labeled as a ginjo-shu, but the aroma was subdued and it was a delicious regular sake with just the right amount of umami 😋.

Japanese>English

Purchased at Socola. Clean but sharp. Goes well with sashimi. Does not interfere with food.

Japanese>English

# 7

4.11 pt.

Shiina Shuzoten Ibaraki

144 check-ins

Fresh CherryBlossom Popping Milky Restrained Melon-flavored Sweetness Acidity

Fukugokoro 1

Fukugokoro 2

Fukugokoro 3

I purchased the light nigori of 2024, the light nigori of Fukushin, which is shipped every spring, at this time of year when the rainy season is about to begin. It has a full and deep flavor. It has a slightly fruity expression, but the "arashibari" effect and the alcohol content of 16% must be responsible for the rich and powerful flavor!

Japanese>English

Again this year, we went to the Cherry Blossom Festival in Hitachi. The cherry blossoms were only half in bloom, but the weather was mild and there were many visitors. I enjoyed cherry blossom viewing with Fukushin Sakura Ginjo as usual. Yesterday's TV program introduced Miyamanishiki Jungin Nama-zake from Fukushin. but this time of the year, Sakura Ginjo is the best! 50% Yamadanishiki polished rice Arabashiri is fresh and fruity! Gentle sweetness and mellow mouthfeel The bitterness that is typical of new sake finishes it off. Sip it while admiring the cherry blossoms! For the first time in five years, the "Hitachi Fuyuremono" float was also on display. I'm glad to see that the festival has finally returned to its full glory!

Japanese>English

100% Hitanishiki Polishing ratio 55 Alcohol content: 17° to 18 Acidity 1.5 Sake meter degree +4 The aroma is subdued. It is slightly colored and spicy, with a strong alcohol taste coming out through the nose. Unlike regular Fukushin, this sake is specially ordered by a liquor store in the same city as the brewery, and this was the first time I had it ✨. I thought it might not be my favorite 😅 at first sip, but when I paired it with a salty or oily meal, it was very nice and sharp👍

Japanese>English

# 8

4.10 pt.

Suehiro Shuzo Fukushima

62 check-ins

Juice Fizzy Gulping Restrained

ぷちぷち 1

ぷちぷち 2

ぷちぷち 3

I bought this Suzune for my wife who wanted to drink it 😛 lol The gasiness is still the same, but the rice flavor and acidity are there, but the impression is a little lighter than Suzune. I think I like this one better because it's more refreshing✨.

Japanese>English

146th bottle. Sweet, slightly effervescent, easy-drinking sake.

Japanese>English

When I went to a local izakaya, I was told that the label had peeled off and they couldn't make it into a product. I wondered what it would be like. It had a hint of orikomi and was a pretty decent sake! It was sweet!

Japanese>English

# 9

4.08 pt.

Moritakinshachi Shuzo Aichi

130 check-ins

Kinshachi 1

Kinshachi 2

Kinshachi 3

I received it as a gift.

Japanese>English

This is the last of the sake purchased at the Nagoya liquor store. Rice used is Yumesansui Beautiful smooth sweetness and moderate bitterness and spiciness. It has a little heaviness, but it is a well-balanced sake ❗️. Not bad❣️

Japanese>English

Nice sharpness, good bitterness and acidity!

Japanese>English

# 10

4.07 pt.

Oosawa Shuzo Nagano

135 check-ins

Hot Temperature Rounded Umami Lychee Weighty See-through

勢起 1

勢起 2

勢起 3

Rice used is Kinmon Nishiki Meikyojo-jimizu" is another brand of Osawa Sake Brewery. This is a good sake. ❣️ It has strength and acidity that is typical of a sake brewed from a traditional sake yeast stock, and the aging process has given it a round umami taste. It has a moderate alcohol content, and this flavor is very relaxing. I want to drink it again!

Japanese>English

A sense of maturity. Not very sweet. The flavor expands when the temperature is set to 40℃.

Japanese>English

🍶 Nagano. I got a PC to use on a business trip, so I was working on Sunday (company animal). I brought it to Nagano anyway because it might recover from a blue screen🟦. I wanted to talk about how I brought it in the heavy rain and Sunday's mess, but I had a lot of time for meetings on Monday. I was so tired on this business trip that I didn't have the energy to explore new places, so I went to a standing bar that I went to last time. Yeah, I'm fine with standing if I can drink 😆. From Daishinshu, which I was curious about last time I was here. Very, very, very tasty. Almost chugged it down😅. I'm happy to drink Kame no Umi again 😃. Beyond the first two, the most delicious sake of the day was "Seki". It is a sake from Meikyojosui sake brewery and is almost impossible to find. The store here also took a year and a half to get it after they found out about it. it's made in 2019 and aged, but the taste is more subdued than aged (I'm not sure about the vocabulary, but they said the lightness of Jun Dai is grounded, to bring out the best of Kinmon Nishiki) and the rice has a great flavor, not sweet or sour, but just... Delicious! It's just delicious! I had to have another one 😋.

Japanese>English

1

title

title title title

title title title