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Sake Rankings by Flavor Tag

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

# 31

3.63 pt.

Shizengosawayaka

Ookidaikichi Honten Fukushima

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Oki Daikichi Honten, Nishi-Shirakawa-gun, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan Natural Township Sawayaka Honjozo Even if it is called "Junmai Unfiltered Unrefined Nama Zake", you can drink it without thinking about it. I've had Shizenigo and Masamune, but is this the origin of this sake?　I was most surprised.

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A bottle placed in front of me The other is this one, Shizenkogo's Sawayaka! I didn't know there was such a brand! I looked it up on Sake-no-wa, and it was my first time to try it! I was curious to see what kind of sake it was, since it was a honjozo, but it was a beautiful dry sake that didn't feel like it had been alkaloated! I think it's a good sake to be heated up! Dishes lined up on the table one after another! I don't think our generation would be able to finish all the food at this pace! But it was a fun night of drinking and eating at our own pace! extensive knowledge Alcohol content: +15 Sake degree: +15 Acidity: undisclosed Rice used for making sake：Rice suitable for sake brewing Rice Polishing Ratio : Koji 60%, Kake 70% Condition : Fired

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Dry! Bitterness follows Easy to drink

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# 32

3.59 pt.

Wada Shuzo Yamagata

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Crisp Dry Umami Fruity Sweetness Invigorating Firm Fizzy

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2022/03/20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Subdued but fresh aroma like green apple. When you put it in your mouth, the aroma is like cherry blossoms and it passes through your nose. The taste is mild and clean. A gentle, spring-like sweetness can be felt, and The umami of the rice is then conveyed clearly. The final sharpness is also good, making this sake suitable for a mealtime drink. It is not flashy or gorgeous. Elegant and understated, it is a sake like a Yamato Nadeshiko.

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2021/03/22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ BONDARA" is a dialect of Yamagata prefecture. Yugi" means "snow". The fragrance is modest but sweet and refreshing. The texture is fresh and silky. The sweetness is moderate and the taste is dry. The sharpness at the end is outstanding.

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. Sake rice: Dewanosato Polishing ratio: 55 Sweet, fruity, refreshing! ✩4.0

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# 33

3.57 pt.

浜松酒造 Shizuoka

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Dry Umami Sweetness

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Sake I got on a business trip to Hamamatsu. It has been a long time since I have been on a business trip, and it has been a long time since I have had a drink with people I have met, and I do not want the world to be a place where Corona gets in the way of meeting people. The name of this sake, "Dezejo," is an alias of Hamamatsu Castle, named after the successive lords of the castle who succeeded Ieyasu, many of whom rose to important positions in the Edo Shogunate. It is a traditional dry sake, that feeling of a hot throat. Hamamatsu is also the setting for a major TV drama, and Hamamatsu is hot and exciting.

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〰fixture 2022/09🌾 Yamadanishiki produced in Shizuoka Purchased at a hotel store near Lake Hamana during a sightseeing tour of Shizuoka Subdued ginjo aroma. The rounded umami of the rice lingers gently on the palate. This is also a food sake that is designed to go well with meals.

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〰fixture 2022/10🌾Domestic rice Hamamatsu Sake Brewery is located with Hamamatsu Castle, a sacred place for success as "Hamamatsu, the City of Success Hamamatsu Sake Brewery is located with Hamamatsu Castle, a sacred place for success as Hamamatsu Castle was a foothold for the unification of Japan. Hamamatsu Castle is an important castle that served as a foothold for the unification of Japan. It is also called "Shuseijo (castle of success)". It is also called "Shusejo," meaning "castle of success" in Japanese. The castle is named after this symbolic name. It is an auspicious sake named after this symbolic name. Purchased at a hotel near Lake Hamana during a sightseeing tour of Shizuoka! Shizuoka Prefecture's first sake brewed by a female Toji! Eel dishes with Hamamatsu Castle The dry sake "Shisejo" goes perfectly with the eel dishes at Hamamatsu Castle!

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# 34

3.56 pt.

Oosawa Shuzo Nagano

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Umami Hot Temperature Complex Rounded Weighty Acidity Bitterness Lychee

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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!

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Sake rice is Kinmon-nishiki Very smooth and light. A little bitterness in the aftertaste, but nothing peculiar.

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Namo yeast, Junmai ...... Whoa! Sweet! Nice! It has a clean aftertaste and can be recommended to light drinkers, which belies the ruggedness of the label.

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# 35

3.54 pt.

Yamana Shuzo Hyogo

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Champagne Yogurt Fruity Grape

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This was the third bottle we drank on New Year's Day. We saved the Hakurakusei we had brought for another time and opened a bottle of Okutanba provided by my sister and her husband, as we did last year. It is dry but slightly fruity and easy to drink. It goes well with strong flavored dishes. Thank you very much.

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It's my first time to visit the Yamana Shuzo brewery in Okutamba. Is it a sake made from the same yeast as the original yeast? If so, I'd like to try it hot ❗️ Oh, this is delicious ‼️. It's a perfect harmony of sweet and sour, mellow and mild 🥰I read "Chitose" when I'm in Hokkaido 😅Thanks for the great taste.

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. Sake rice: Aiyama Rice polishing ratio: 60 The Aizan-ness of this sake is modest. It is rather refreshing! ✩4.0

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# 36

3.53 pt.

Saito Shuzojo Tokushima

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Shaoxing Wine Plum

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It says Gotenzakura in small letters on the lower left corner of the front label, but I was told that it was a PB from a local liquor store. Sake made with LED dream yeast from Tokushima🍶. The aroma on the nose is gorgeous and fruity. When you put it in your mouth, you can taste the smooth sweetness and umami. It also has a fruity overtone. This sake has a good aroma. It was delicious 🍶✨.

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Gotenzakura doburoku, which my father somehow bought on Amazon.com. I remember drinking (or eating?) doburoku like porridge last year, but I can't remember the brand. I remember drinking (or eating?) doburoku like porridge last year, but I can't remember the brand...it's been a long time since then. The initial aroma is faintly sweet with a hint of koji malt. In the mouth, there is a slight sourness like plain yogurt and a slight sweetness of rice. I was able to drink it quite refreshingly while chewing on the rice. I guess it's like a sweet sake with a lot of sake lees, but with much less sweetness. It was delicious ✨.

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Saito Sake Brewery, a sake brewery in the city of Tokushima The classic storefront is intriguing. A brewery like this should have a bottle of Junmai I love the classic Showa-era label. The taste of Junmai rice is full but not cloying. fullness of Junmai rice, but not cloying. Just the right amount of saltiness. The sake went down smoothly at room temperature. It was gone before I knew it. It is a Junmai that is unadorned and goes along with your daily life, But it is a junmai that we are obsessed with.

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# 37

3.53 pt.

ひかみしゅぞう Shimane

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Next is Tamahagane. What a cool name! I'm attracted to names like that. Kamitachika has a robust sake feel. The mouthfeel It has a dense sweetness and umami, and a slow-moving sensation. The aftertaste is a bit of alcohol, and despite the heaviness of the initial attack, it finishes with a nice acidity and bitterness. I am not so good at Honjozo, but this was delicious! Thank you!

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Part 3 of 3 (specials) for drinking comparison. This is already middle class. It is sharp and dry. It did not have as much ginjo as described in the menu, but it had depth. But somehow, I still didn't have enough to drink today.

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It has a mild taste. The aftertaste is refreshing.

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# 38

3.52 pt.

Furusawa Shuzo Yamagata

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I went to Yamagata for the first time in a long time😊. I was allowed to drink sake at my uncle's house. Mellow and sake-like sake, just the way I like it for everyday drinking 😊. There was also some Asahitaka at night, but I don't remember drinking it. I forgot to take a picture 🥲.

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The aroma of the rice is very deep. The aftertaste is very strong.

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After all, I felt that the brewery has its own taste. The aftertaste is the taste of the brewery. This is one of the bottles I bought during the brewery tour.

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# 39

3.51 pt.

Nihonsakari Hyogo

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At home. I had it with my son. It has a spicy aroma, but the taste is light and the aftertaste is clean and easy to drink. There are many sake breweries in Hyogo Prefecture, so I would like to try them little by little.

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Souka Super Special Prefecture：Nishinomiya-shi, Hyogo Rice：domestically grown rice Rice Polishing Ratio ： 55 Sake meter degree : -4 Alcohol percentage: 15

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Event at Hanshin Racecourse (・・・・) We came to enjoy drinks and throw away money! Today, I'm here for this. It's the one with a good reputation! Nada's sake with a solid core. It has a dry taste and sharpness. There is an accent of acidity. The light aroma on the nose was just right! This is indeed a perfect sake! My expectation is the worst, but all the sakes I drank today were perfect!

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# 40

3.51 pt.

Yamana Shuzo Hyogo

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Dry Umami Sweetness Acidity Fresh Fizzy Bitterness Restrained

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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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