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Introducing sake brands with the strongest impression of "Shaoxing Wine" flavor, ranked by the strength of the impression.
# 41
2.91 pt.
Toryu
大谷忠吉本店
Fukushima
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Astringent
It's been a day, but I'm sober. Pollen is killing my eyes nose and mouth today. It's like a clear and dry taste. It's raw, so I could clearly feel the umami. After that, we had a welcome party. Since it was a leap year, I wanted to open a bottle of Leap No. after I got home, but I had a feeling that the members of the party would get too drunk. I don't know if I can do it.
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A refreshingly tasty and spicy type! My favorite! I can taste the bitterness and sourness in this sake, and it tastes so good...! I have been drinking major brands so far. My wife bought this one, but I am ashamed to say that I had never heard of this brand (sorry). I drank a little bit every day and enjoyed the change in taste, but it became mellower and calmer day by day. It has a sharp and crisp flavor. Mmmm, yummy! I have no choice but to make a peperoncino with mancini linguine, small shrimp, mussels, and fresh local tomatoes and match it! (I don't know what that means!) Mmmm...! Fukushima has a dragon in Shirakawa! I guess so!
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微妙
# 42
2.91 pt.
Sankomasamune
Sankomasamune
Okayama
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Creamy
Dry
Shaoxing Wine
Weighty
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Acidity
A valuable sake that can only be bought for two days a year 牡牡 Dry, crisp, and delicious❗ You can gulp it down, but it's a dangerous drink with an alcohol content of 20 degrees (lol)
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☀️ Masamune hunters go today🍶. Today we visited the Tottori & Okayama Antenna Shops, a place of relaxation for Masamune hunters 📡. As soon as I arrived there, I started looking for Masamune and found it 🤩. It's sake 🍶. It has a crisp, Hakka-like aroma. It is also very refreshing on the throat. The umami of the rice is subdued, and then there is a subdued sweetness and an equally subdued acidity. Overall, it has a light and simple taste 😙. It is probably best suited as a food sake 🍶. The Hakka flavor, combined with the oiliness of the food, seems to help the oil from the food to be washed away quickly 😁. Nice Masamune👍
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The 800 check-in is the H27BY (2015 brewing year) Sanko Masamune from which Toji Takagaki retired 😆. We were lucky to get it 😊. This is the only sake from Mr. Takagaki but we are holding Takagaki festival 😅🍶. When opened in the fridge, it smells slightly like a soy sauce warehouse (there was a soy sauce warehouse in my neighborhood when I was a kid) or Shaoxing sake. It's a dry and light sake when cold. Sanko is still a warmed sake, so I'd recommend heating it up 🍶. The top aroma is the aromatic aroma of a freshly heated sake. When heated, it does not have a matured aroma. In the mouth, you first feel sharp acidity and spiciness. The acidity is not as strong as that of Sanko Tenpyo's Namahashi or Yamahai, but it is quite good. There is a slight sweetness and a beautiful umami that does not make you feel the rice polishing ratio of 72%. This is a perfect food sake 🍶😊. I don't know if this is the original taste since it is an old sake, but it was deeply delicious 😌. After retiring, he returned to farm near his hometown, but unfortunately, he died in a field accident last year 🥲. I learned of his death when I saw a relative of his on Instagram late last May with a picture of H27BY "Katsumasa" to inform me of his passing. A toast to Mr. Katsumasa Takagaki 😌🍶. The fourth picture is a sake from the brewery where Mr. Takagaki worked in the past.
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お酒の専門店 『松仙』
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日本酒
三光正宗
三光正宗
純米 雄町65
1800ml
【三光正宗株式会社】
¥4,510
Where to Buy
酒浪漫うちやま 楽天市場店
Rakuten
三光正宗
三光正宗
【純米】「三光天賦」山廃仕込無濾過〔生原酒〕令和5年度醸造
1800mlギフト
御歳暮 御年賀
¥3,960
# 43
2.89 pt.
Ikegame
Ikekame Shuzo
Fukuoka
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Invigorating
Flamboyant
Shaoxing Wine
Strawberry
Dry
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I felt that it was a refreshing drink. I drank it up in a good mood while tucking into the delicious fish dishes at Hasunotena.
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First Fukuoka sake on my new account. It is Ikegame from Kurume 🐢. The label is a cute goldfish: ❤️ This is my first time drinking Ikegame, and while it is a junmai sake, it also has a bit of ginjo aroma, which gives it a nice cosiness 😙. It has a refreshing and crisp summery taste, with just the right amount of sweetness and umami that won't interfere with your meal 😋. It went well with meat, fish, and vegetables👍. Thanks to the sake brewery and the store that recommended it to us 🙏!
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Pond turtles are good. This is the first time to see this one, and it's also hot, so I thought raw would be good too, so I bought it. It has a very light and refreshing taste, but it has a very strong spiciness and a very strong umami taste. It has a lot of elements that make you want to drink it. It can also be heated. Some of the nama sake can be too strong, but this sake is light, so it goes well with it. I liked how the astringency came out well. Mr. Mitamura went to Arashiyama He was tasting a high Tanzan. He said it is only available at certain times of the year, but it's a great service!
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Where to Buy
佐野屋〜日本酒・ワイン通販専門店
Rakuten
池亀
特別純米酒 亀印
¥1,320
池亀
純米吟醸 醇(じゅん)
¥1,375
# 44
2.87 pt.
Shichihoda
河津酒造
Kumamoto
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The 11th Japanese Sake Festival
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One I got at the Kintetsu Abeno Harukas Sake Expo 🍶. It has a crisp, dark, spicy, mellow taste at first😄. The best sake for a dry, rich, mellow, food sake!
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備忘録
# 45
2.87 pt.
Karatanba
Oozeki
Hyogo
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Dry
Hot Temperature
Chilled
Shaoxing Wine
Bittersweet
Penetrating
Crisp
Ozeki Aluminum Can Karatamba Junmai Genzake Dry. It's a very hot and tasty sake when served at room temperature 🤗It's 17 degrees Celsius 😅.
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Type: honjozo, polishing rate: 70%, SMV: +7, acidity: 1.4, alc.: 15% This is a classic. Aromatic honjozo. I could smell alcohol. Flavor is dry and light. Suitable for almost any kind of dish.
This is a sake from our neighborhood, Imazu Township: ☝️ The moment I drank it, I thought "it doesn't have any characteristics", but I drank more than usual 😅. I guess this is what you call a good food sake 😊.
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# 46
2.86 pt.
Sanko Tenbu
Sankomasamune
Okayama
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Spicy
Weighty
Mild
Grainy
Shaoxing Wine
Chocolate
Room Temperature
Acidity
2017BY. Slightly pungent, with a delicious twinge of umami. It has a slightly bitter taste, but it comes together nicely.
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Sanko Tenpyo Yamahai Junmai Unfiltered Nama-shu At Sake Specialty Store SAI Aromatic, heavy 18% alcohol by volume
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Yamahai Junmai Unfiltered Nama-zake H28 It has a rich flavor that is typical of matured sake. It is quite full and robust. Smooth on the tongue.
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# 47
2.86 pt.
Bunpuku
Bunbuku Shuzo
Gunma
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Chocolate
Shaoxing Wine
Dry
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Fresh
Pear
Bitterness
Jizakaya Kodama's 15th Anniversary Event Aged Stimulating
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Jizakaya Kodama's 15th Anniversary Event Directly pumped, light smokiness
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At Gunma's Local Sake Festa. Toji Kezuka, the head brewer, is alive and well🎵.
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# 48
2.80 pt.
Mizuho Kuromatsu Kenbishi
Kenbishi Shuzo
Hyogo
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Spicy
Since I'm here, I wanted to keep a record of my past drinking, so please excuse the staggered posting: 🙇♂️
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Hyogo Prefecture Mizuho Kuromatsu Kenbishi Rice polishing ratio Alcohol 17.5 Junmai sake from Kenbishi. As a Junmai sake drinker, I really wanted to have a Junmai sake from Kenbishi, so I bought it online. The color is light amber. The matured flavor reminds me of chocolate aroma. It is a solid sake with a great posture.
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Shochu-like aroma and flavor Rich but easy to drink Recommended to drink hot or at room temperature
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# 49
2.80 pt.
Senryootokoyama
Hishiya Shuzoten
Iwate
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Raisin
Honey
Firm
Then the middle one, "Senryo Otokoyama. Honey-like aroma. The mouthfeel is silky, but the flavor is similar to a juku-shu type. It has a honey and syrupy feel with a touch of pettiness. However, it is easy to drink, with no harshness or bitterness, perhaps because the overall assertiveness is modest! It is crisp but dense. It is a deep taste that is hard to describe!
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GW 4 days 3 nights with wife, 1,500km round trip🤣 We went on a Sanriku car trip 🙂. We stayed one night near Sendai and went to Sanriku. We had an ume (sea urchin) lunch box at Kuji station, and spent the second night in Miyako. Miyako's sake brewery, Hishiya Sake Brewery, Senryo Otokoyama. Seafood Cuisine at Murekou, a long-established bar that has been in business for over 45 years. Today we had fresh and delicious seafood dinner at Today, the restaurant was run by a pleasant elderly couple, who were basically just a customer with a reservation, but they were happy to help us at the counter.
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National Sake Fair 2025 in Osaka_71 Iwate Prefecture Booth ⑥ Hishiya Sake Brewery is located in Miyako City. Located by the sea, this brewery was damaged by the Tohoku earthquake and resumed sake brewing relatively early with support from all over Japan, and has made a solid comeback. ◉Senryo Otokoyama Junmai Sake A clear sake with a nice acidity and umami that finishes off the taste. The sake is clear, but the acidity and umami give it a nice, robust flavor. Fukurai is proud to have inherited the skills of Katsutoshi Tsujimura, a master brewer who was selected as a "Modern Master Craftsman". Mr. Tsujimura was originally the second toji at Nishida Sake Brewery, which produces "Tasake" (rice wine). He became involved in sake brewing at Hishiya Sake Brewery in the fall of 2005, and the brewery is now run by the brewery's successor.
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# 50
2.80 pt.
Yosamusume
Yosamusume Shuzo
Kyoto
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Acidity
Umami
I bought it at Tsunoka Shoten, which I had wanted to visit for a long time. The nearest stations are Keihan Sumizome Station, Keihan Fujimori Station, or JR Fujimori Station. The brands available include Miyakotsuru, Tamagawa, Yaetsuru, Shirakikyu, Kumi no Ura, Jinzo, Yosamusume, Haginoroh, Roppo (from Kirakucho's brewery), Wakabisu, Joyo, Honohana (from Wakamiya Shuzo), and sake from the Meimon Sake Association. In addition, there were a few PB-like products that were only available at sake dealers' associations and unions. They were sake made by Eikun and Tsuki no Katsura. There were two kinds of sake, both fruity, so I chose 1801. It was not very fragrant for an aromatic yeast, but it was voluptuous and sweet. It was a bit similar to the Yatagarasu I drank before. I wonder if it tastes like this when you make a sweet sake with Koshihikari. It tastes a little cloying and messy...
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Yosamusume Shuzo is a sake brewery that has only had a summer-only sake called "Sono Higurashi Nigori Shu" in the past. This time it was the most expensive sake, "Yosamusume Junmai Daiginjo Gohyakumangoku 40% polished. It is tasty and refreshing. It is considered to be reasonable in its price range.
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Special Honjozo brewed with Kyoto brand rice, Kyo no Shine. I was a bit scared of the -10 sake level, but the balance of the alcoholic beverage is well expressed 😋. It's 19 degrees, a solid sake but easy to drink. I can't stop drinking it.
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