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

# 21

3.29 pt.

Umezu Shuzo Tottori

180 check-ins

Shaoxing Wine Acidity Cooled Sake Hot Temperature Astringent Creamy Complex Umami

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Junmai Namaishige🍶 colander ✨Yamada Nishiki from Tottori Prefecture🌾. Warmed up with ♨️ It is spicy and a little bitter. It has a strong rice flavor and is easy to pair with a meal. It has a sense of maturity with its R3 brewing year. The label on the back says it can be mixed with soda, so I'd like to try it next time I come across it 🤔. Sake and Robata-yaki Unari @ Omiya

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@Kichijoji After running errands in Musashi Sakai, I went to the restaurant I wanted in Kichijoji: ‼️ It was worth the effort to travel in the snow 😋.

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Sake rice producer Maki Ida, the last Buddhist priest.

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Where to Buy

Let’s enjoy酒生活.酒文化タナカ

冨玲生酛仕込　山田錦80%H28BY　720ml　梅津酒造　鳥取　生もと¥1,375 冨玲梅津の生酛　山田錦80%　21度H28BY　720ml　梅津酒造　鳥取　生もと¥1,540

# 22

3.28 pt.

Tochikura Shuzo Niigata

71 check-ins

Warm Sake Umami

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The liquor store in Kuise went out of business and we couldn't buy 100 rice bales, so we went to Furuki Sake-ten near Panasta. The store was also promoting Gamba ⚽ The brands they carry are Kiyotsuru, Katano Sakura, Yamazaru, Sanzen, Daikoku Masamune, Yone Hyakutawara, Yosamusume, etc. Yosamusume is a new brand! It's not an easy place to get to because it's far from the station and up a steep hill 💦. According to the official SNS, it is unfiltered and the rice is Takananishiki. It has a mild sweetness and acidity with a dry astringency in the latter half. The sweetness and sourness are both fluffy and cute 😽. Overall, it is refreshing, but there is also a strong alcohol taste. Personally, I would like to see more sweetness and umami, but it was sweeter than I expected 🤔.

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飲みやすい

Mild aroma 🎶 Moderately sweet and spicy, light drinking ✨. A little sourness at the end 😉.

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# 23

3.28 pt.

黒澤酒造 Nagano

49 check-ins

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Next, we open a bottle of "Izutsucho"! When the bottle is opened, there is not much of an aroma, but there is a coffee-like aroma, such as café au lait, that can be detected. The palate is light, but the taste is milky and milky. There is also a bitter and astringent taste, which gives the sensation of drinking a green tea latte 🍵. THE caffeinated beverage! This is so addictive👍

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純米生原酒

Izutsunaga Limited Edition Active Nama Sake 　Limited active nigori (nigori rice wine) only available at the brewery.

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# 24

3.25 pt.

Suwa Shuzo Tottori

407 check-ins

Room Temperature Hot Temperature Umami Warm Sake Astringent Acidity Firm Dry

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Junmai Ginjo-shiboritate Nama-no-Harakusake🍶Sugi no Shizuku💧R5BY Mushroom Nama-no-Harakusake🍄Tamaei🌾 from Chigo-cho. Lightly cloudy, with a little ✨squeeze. Skitty, slightly dry, refreshing muscat to pear 🍐. Bitter taste too. It makes the sweetly seasoned sea bream head stew flow down nicely. Sea and @ Takadanobaba 20240125

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Junmai Ginjo🍶Sugi no Shizuku💧Kinoko🍄 Hiyoroshi Genshu✨Tamaei🌾. Slightly yellow. Surprisingly clean, sharp and dry. Slightly bitter. Sheds the fat of fried shiso meat rolls 🍖😅Syamo skewers 🐓 for a spicy and delicious taste. Compared to a cup, a flat plate is round and mild ☺️ Sea and @ Takadanobaba 20231005

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Oh no, chocolate. At room temperature, it's quite chocolatey. The next day, the only way to get this is to heat it up. The next day, we heated it up and it turned out to be a good hit. Let's take it easy. In the long autumn night...

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酒浪漫うちやま　楽天市場店

諏訪泉【純米】活性にごり酒〔生原酒〕令和1年度醸造720ml¥1,760 諏訪泉【純米酒】1800ml¥3,135

# 25

3.25 pt.

Umeichirin Shuzo Chiba

217 check-ins

Dry Subtle Crisp Full-bodied Invigorating Astringent Nutty

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I haven't been to an izakaya for lunch in a long time 🍶♪ Here I always have a 4-goume large sake bottle of ume ichirin ^ ^.

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Finish with dashiwari. Oden soup stock and hot sake soak through.

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mellow (voice) above

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# 26

3.24 pt.

富士錦酒造 Shizuoka

300 check-ins

Crisp Umami Dry Penetrating Astringent Miso Soft Fruity

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Hakone Drink Comparison Set (3) On March 1, after a year-long event, I went on a trip to Hakone as a way of consolation! The local sake was served to compare with Japanese kaiseki. Is Hakone Ginjo the name of the brand? However, I am not sure because the name does not come up at all when I looked it up on Google... I haven't had a fire-brewed ginjo-shu in a long time. The ginjo aroma is pleasant. It has an elegant aroma and sharpness, and is the smoothest dry sake of them all. It is very good as a food sake for Japanese food, and goes well with white fish and vegetables. It is also good with sashimi!

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Gorgeous fruity aroma, crisp and refreshing. We enjoyed it while thinking about the spring water of Mt. Fuji. ‼️

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I got to know the name from "Yuru Camp". It has a slightly dry and refreshing taste. Enjoy it while watching the closing ceremony.

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# 27

3.23 pt.

Inoe Shuzo Oita

45 check-ins

Acidity Flamboyant Thick WesternPear See-through Gentle

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There is clearly more lees than the previous Yamadanishiki. When you take the supernatant first, the taste opens up from the beginning, with a thick umami and sweetness spreading. The Yamadanishiki Junmai Ginjo reached this state at room temperature, but this one's flavor comes through even at low temperatures. When the lees are stirred, a crisp acidity is added and the aftertaste becomes clear. The full-bodied aroma comes out of the nose, and the taste becomes highly complete at once. This one is also insanely delicious! I've been drinking a lot of Omachi sake lately, and I wonder if this complex and thick sweet flavor is a characteristic of Omachi.

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Yamadanishiki ver. Compared to Omachi's lees sake, it is slightly more lees and has a 1% lower alcohol content (17%). The bottle size is also changed from 500ml for Omachi to No. 4. The aroma is like rice itself and rice malt. The pure sweetness that is typical of Yamadanishiki passes through the nostrils with a slightly thick texture, and there is a slight bitterness that seeps into the tongue. A slight bitterness seeps into the tongue and a tangy sourness on the tip of the tongue. The taste that spreads in multiple directions in the mouth is like a rocket firework. As the day goes by, the acidity will become more rounded and a sense of unity will emerge.

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平成29年の九州北部豪雨で被災し、復活を遂げた井上酒造さん。そして専業主婦から50歳で杜氏へと転身された井上百合杜氏の渾身の一本。飲む方も身が引き締まる思いです。生酒らしいフレッシュな香り、酸度のおかげかマイナスに振れた日本酒度の割に旨口で、爽やかな後口でした。初日はやや酸味が強い感じがしましたが、2日目は酸味が落ち着き、食事ともよく合いました。

# 28

3.23 pt.

梅津の生酛

Umezu Shuzo Tottori

97 check-ins

Cooled Sake Shaoxing Wine Caramelized Glue-like Hot Temperature Room Temperature Astringent Acidity

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It's 27by and probably stored at room temperature, color and aroma. The color is a deep golden yellow. Aroma is mature, with notes of caramel, dead leaves, black tea, mushrooms, and deep fruit. The alcohol content is 20%, so it is very generous. It has a deep sweetness, acidity, and astringency on the back end, and while it can be served at room temperature, it makes me itch to warm it up. So we warmed it up. I can't get enough of it. It has a deep, soft sweetness that spreads in the mouth. It also has a sourness and a refreshing aftertaste. I can't get enough of it. I want to match it with spice dishes. It is delicious!

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R1BY in warm water. The color was brown. Memory is doubtful, but there is a note of burnt and mildness.

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H27BY. amber in color. At room temperature, it has a strong attack with a sense of maturity. When heated with added water, it has a mild, burnt taste with a good sharpness.

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# 29

3.20 pt.

509 check-ins

Umami Smoky Acidity Dry Hot Temperature Astringent Bitterness Room Temperature

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My impression is that this sake has a fresh, blue feeling among the Takezumi brands. It also has a grassy feel. It has a powerful wildness. It conveys a strength that seems to be unaffected even if it is laid down to rest.

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Konnyaku at the store and

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Is this Takezumi's first low-alcohol original sake? It seems to be. The aroma is a bit aged, but there is a sourness and a light gassy feeling. It is claimed to be dry, but the low alcohol content and the aforementioned characteristics make it easy to drink. It also has a fruity taste in the mouth for a moment.

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Where to Buy

酒浪漫うちやま　楽天市場店

竹泉【純米2023】山田錦〔生原酒〕1800ml　写真は旧ラベルです。¥3,080 竹泉【純米】熟成愛酒りん〔火入れ〕1800ml¥3,300

# 30

3.19 pt.

Hamada Shuzo Kagoshima

273 check-ins

Sweetness Dry Acidity Neat Hot Temperature Crisp Bitterness Astringent

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This was my first time to drink Kagoshima sake. I thought it might be too strong, but it was easy to enjoy.

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This is one of the bottles that was sold in a set with Tobiroki at Hasegawa sake shop, it was made in October 2020, so I guess they used Tobiroki to clear this stock 😅. I'm not a big fan of the Satsuma Masamune, but I'm not a big fan of the Tobiroki either. I was a bit worried because it's a raw stored sake, almost a year after production, but there were no quality issues 😄. Rather, I didn't feel the peculiarity that I felt when I drank Junmai Ginjo before, and it tastes better than that time 🌟. It has a slight sweetness, a strong alcohol feeling and a spiciness that comes down the throat, not very distinctive but enough for everyday drinking. Cold sake is the best 😚

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Warmed. The acidity is strong and wraps around the umami.

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