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Sake Rankings by Flavor Tag

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

# 31

3.44 pt.

Nishimi Shuzo Hyogo

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Harima is a sake brewed in Akashi and Uozumi. It has a cool taste with a good umami flavor. It is classically well-balanced. It was a truly delicious sake that went down smoothly with the sake cup.

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100% Yamadanishiki from Hyogo Prefecture, with wine yeast. It is said that the name "Sora no Tsuru" comes from a dream of riding a beautiful "crane" soaring in the sky. Wine yeast is great because it makes rice sweet and sour! The top aroma is of grappa and rum raisins. When swirled, it smells of plum. The flavor is very sweet and sour, like plum wine. The color is a pale yellowish hue like lemon pulp, the legs are short and weak.

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It is a sake from Akashi City, Hyogo Prefecture. It is only available directly in the city, and there are only a limited number of stores where you can drink it. I found it at a store selling Hyogo products in Kobe Hankyu in Sannomiya and bought it. How does it taste? It does not have the harshness of the original sake. It has a chocolate-like aroma. It has a rich sweetness, with spiciness and astringency chasing after it. The chocolatey and caramel-like aroma that passes through the nose is delightful. If you let it air a little, it becomes more brightly sweet and fragrant. It is simple, but quite flamboyant. How about if you heat it up? It tastes like chestnuts and is easy to drink! The spiciness that comes out volatilely and the refreshing sweetness that comes in quickly. It has a rich and expressive taste. It is really good. The aftertaste is also refreshing and sharp with a nice sweetness. I think it is especially good when heated. I have now completed a round of the 70-odd breweries in Hyogo Prefecture (and have 300 reports to my name)! It took me two years to complete this feat. It was a long but enjoyable journey. I will continue to enjoy Hyogo sake (and Fukui sake as well) slowly and carefully, and hope to one day become an evangelist for good Hyogo sake...

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# 32

3.43 pt.

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Miso Umami Sweetness Rich Caramelly Acidity Grainy Spicy

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At home. Osaka Kawachinagano Amano Sake, the first time I️ had this sake. This brewery is located on Koya Kaido, and the surrounding area has a nice atmosphere. It was my first time to visit there, but it must be a famous place. The taste was quite dry, and it was a taste for adults.

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Osaka GET This sake has the pure flavor and fullness of rice.

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Amano Sake Grand Sake Party(*) This is Amano sake's summer product. It has the core strength of the original sake and is spicy! I think it falls into the slightly dry category Amano Sake is not seen at all within the range of my activities. I was surprised to see Kuninonaga Junmai Ginjo on sale at a nearby 7-Eleven.

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# 33

3.43 pt.

yamamorisyuzou Aichi

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Caramelized Chocolate Fruity Sweetness Caramelly Cooled Sake

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Purchased at Okadaya, Nagoya Rice used is Yume-Ginko from Nagoya This sake has a slightly sweet and robust flavor. It is not so fresh, but has a mildly sharp and clean aftertaste. Overall, it has a calmness that makes it a versatile all-around food sake. This is a good sake for ministry.

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This will also be the first time I have dreamed of a hawk. The first aroma is a modest sweet aroma. In the mouth, it has a rich sweetness like ripe fruit and the umami of rice. It also has a sweet overtone like that of ripe fruit. It is similar to Chochin, but darker and tastier. I love Nagoya's sake.

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It's for the record of my drinking 🍶📸😋.

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# 34

3.41 pt.

Asahikawa Shuzo Yamagata

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Shaoxing Wine Room Temperature Warm Sake Caramelly Nutty Cooled Sake

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It is easy to drink with less of a "sake yeast" feel.

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At Aonisai, Nakano Kame-no-o 17 degrees, clear

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Looks like tequila.

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# 35

3.41 pt.

Tamamura Honten Nagano

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Coffee Full-flavored Effortless Caramelly Weighty

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I've been wanting to try this drink for a while ✨. Here, Nagano sake is rarely seen in liquor stores or supermarkets, but I found this at a nearby supermarket 👀 some kind of fair ❔. I love these classic and classy labels ♡. The taste is just like a classic sake 🍶. I didn't really feel the Nagano character, but it's an all-rounder that accepts a variety of snacks👍.

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Tamamura Head Office, Shimotakai-gun, Nagano When I visited Nagano in October, I purchased this bottle of sake at a liquor store near Zenkoji Temple. I was attracted by the phrase "sake made from jikasai rice," which is grown without any pesticides and with only minimal organic fertilizers, so I bought it. It is an unfiltered, unpasteurized sake, and I was surprised at how clear the aroma and mouthfeel were! But the aftertaste is delicious with a terrible aftertaste and some miscellaneous flavors.

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Shiga Kogen Honjozo Unique flavor. Sourness like Shaoxing sake.

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# 36

3.40 pt.

Daruma Masamune (Katakana)

Shiraki Tsunehiko Shoten Gifu

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Shaoxing Wine Caramelly Creamy Room Temperature Smoky Nutty Chocolate Plump

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It's so, so thick! The color is brown like soy sauce, and the taste is ripe like Shaoxing wine... I had it warmed. It was my first time 🎵.

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It is a blend of four types of old sake made in the year of the Rabbit (1975, 1987, 1999, and 2011) and junmai sake made in the year of the Heisei 30.

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Long Aged Old Sake 🍶Heisei 31st Year of the Boar Limited Blend✨🐗. This sake is a blend of old sake made in the year of the boar after 1971 plus α. According to my friend, is it safe to drink? 😅It's different genre from normal sake. Caramel. It's like a sherry Pedro Ximenez. Sea and @ Takadanobaba 20220720

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# 37

3.39 pt.

Ozaki Shuzo Aomori

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sake rice Sake rice: Mashigura Tsugaru Roman Deep and dry, with a well-balanced aftertaste, delicious! ✩4.0

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Today we have Ajigasawa Special Junmai Sake from Ozaki Shuzo in Aomori Prefecture: ❗️ The aroma has the faint smokiness of old sake. After a sip, a mellow texture on the tongue is followed by a mildly astringent taste. After that, there is a smoky aroma from the nose. ❗️ Good as a food sake. ❗️ interesting sake. ❗️

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Said to be a sake that matches the local diet of the Aomori fishing town of which it is named.

# 38

3.39 pt.

Daruma Masamune

Shiraki Tsunehiko Shoten Gifu

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Shaoxing Wine Chocolate Caramelly Caramelized Honey Creamy Sweetness Nutty

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A brewery that specializes in aged sake serves sake made for aged sake as undiluted sake. It's been about two years since it was made, so maybe it's been sleeping in the shop? It doesn't have a nigori feeling at all. It has a certain aged feeling, but it's clearly different from the old one. It's not fruity, but it's sweet. It is not fruity but sweet. The sourness is strong and it is like a thick honey. It is sweet, but some people may feel the alcohol in the latter half is pungent.

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The Year of the Rabbit will soon be over, so I decided to open the bottle. Time flies............................................. When the bottle is opened and poured, the aroma is full of bitterness like chocolate. The mouthfeel is surprisingly mellow and rough, and the taste is very chocolaty. The balance between sweet and astringent umami and mildness makes it seem that way, and it is a delicious taste that can only be described as chocolate ✨. It has a unique old sake taste, but I think it is one of the easiest to drink! And the aftertaste is also choco choco choco... 🍫. It was the first time for me to buy and drink it properly, but I guess it is delicious because it is from an old sake brewery! If I see it again, I'll buy it 😌.

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When it comes to aged sake, Daruma Masamune is the most popular type of sake. Shiraki Tsunesuke Shoten has been making mainly aged sake since the 1960s 🍶. Shigeri Shiraki, aka Samantha, is the 7th generation brewer. I've seen your instagram often, but this is the first time I've met you. ☺️ Jyunen Koshu is a blend of sake that has been aged for more than 10 years. His husband and toji, Hisashi Shiraki, is one of the few sake blenders I know of. The appearance is deep amber and brown. I have never seen such a color expression in sake before! The aroma is soft yet complex with a mature aroma. Clove, cinnamon, cypress, mead, shiitake mushrooms, soy sauce, caramel, walnuts, etc... All the elements of matured aroma are mixed together with a gentle sweet aroma and a hint of acidity. The taste is soft and mellow. The sweetness is intense and strong, with a touch of molasses, and the acidity spreads from there in a rich, gentle and complex way. There are nuances of Shaoxing sake, but it has no corners, and the richness and full flavor of the rice gives it the quality of aged Japanese sake. The lingering aftertaste is long, thin, and string-like. I am grateful that they did their best to revive aged sake, which at one time was almost lost due to the Sake Tax Law. I hope that aged sake will spread as one of the wonderful cultures of sake 🍶.

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Where to Buy

銘酒本舗　IMANAKA SAKESHOP

達磨正宗五段仕込限定純米酒生酒1800mlだるままさむねお歳暮ギフト¥4,109

# 39

3.38 pt.

Yoyogiku Shuzo Niigata

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Lychee Viscous Umami Sugar Acidity Caramelly

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OSAKA SAKE & FOOD EXPO 2024 (2) Gindagawa, which I have had a cup of special honjozo or something before. Was Gintagawa sold in Niigata? I thought it was a classic type, but unlike the image on the label, the acidity was noticeable and it was a bit modern? It looks like it would go well with Western food 🍴.

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Honjozo 🍶 JR East Kyun ♥ Pass one-day trip to Niigata 🚃. First, we took the Shinkansen to Niigata. Go to Aomi shopping center in Honmachi 🚌. Much darker. The sake 😅. Match with Cod Milt Tempura 👍. It is too strong by itself, but it becomes delicious when combined with snacks. Sashi-zuri A ¥1600 (tuna, flatfish, nodoguro, sea bream, yellowtail, shrimp, bai clam, bigeye tuna, sea bass) is also worth it 😋. Suzuki Fresh Fish Restaurant @ Niigata Honmachi 20240301

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Echigo-Kenshin SAKE Festival 2024 11 Gindagawa A light and delicious taste. There were many limited editions sold at the festival. But the big dry one was delicious 😋.

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# 40

3.36 pt.

Kuwabarasakaba Shimane

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Stiff Nutty Hot Temperature Spice

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It was served lukewarm with sukiyaki for the first time this season.

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cold wine Junmai Sake Takatsukawa

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Takatsugawa is an everyday sake from Shimane's Fusozuru. Full-bodied and full of flavor when cold. Warmed up, it is a warm and mild sake. It goes well with solid everyday dishes and can also be drunk with oshiruko (soup stock). It is a soft, matured sake with a low price, and I love its mellow, umami taste.

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