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Sake Rankings by Flavor Tag

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

# 21

3.76 pt.

鳴海醸造店 Aomori

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Nouveau ✨ of freshly squeezed raw sake 🍶 Nouveau ✨ Adult's Holiday Club, Aomori Complete Trip 🚃Day 3 The 4th tasting at the brewery 😆 21 degrees, sharp ✨, dry, strong alcohol. New sake-like horns. Tasting at Narumi Brewery @ Kuroishi 20240128

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Junmai Ginjo 🍶 Hana Sayaka🌸 Otona no Himitsu Club, Aomori Complete Trip 🚃Day 3 Third glass of the brewery tasting 😆My wife says it's lovely ✨light yellow and a little sweet. Mellow but refreshing. It was a beautiful tasting sake. Narumi Brewery @ Kuroishi 20240128

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Junmai 🍶賜✨ Otona no Holiday Club, Aomori Complete Trip 🚃Day 3 2nd cup of brewery tasting 😆 Rather yellow 😳, tastes like it's meant to be heated. Mellow and gradually delicious. I think it's probably not at its full potential in a cold tasting. Tasting at Narumi Brewery @ Kuroishi 20240128

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# 22

3.74 pt.

Shiraito Shuzo Fukuoka

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Crisp Umami Light Sweetness Fruity Invigorating Acidity Effortless

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Tonight's sake is a Shiraito Brewer's Nigori sake from the famous Shiraito Shuzo, which I had the pleasure of meeting at the brewery during my trip to Fukuoka in late May. When we visited the brewery, the proprietress and her little son were very attentive to us, and we were very grateful for the free tasting, which they usually don't do 😊 We bought a bottle of one of our favorites, so we're going to open it now 🙌! The rice polishing ratio is not stated, but I think it is more than 70% polished. The aroma has a soft lactic acid nuance that is not typical of sake. The taste is easy to drink with a slight sweetness of rice in the supernatant and umami flavor 😋 It becomes completely cloudy when mixed with a significant amount of lees, but it has a smooth mouthfeel and is more delicious 😋😋😋😋😋.

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Tonight, I feel like I've been shvitzing at the gym for two days, but drinking this is a negative rebound, but when it comes to horse mackerel and monkfish sashimi, it's a MUST 🍶. I bought this 💁 at a brewery when I was in Fukuoka. It's Shiraito Sillite 70 ✨. Unlike Tanaka Rokujugo, this sake seems to be distributed within the prefecture, but it is a 100% Yamadanishiki Junmai sake from Itoshima, and when I tasted it, I enjoyed this lowest-purity sake 😋. The sake has a very clear and clean structure, with a hint of sourness from the ginjo aroma of the cucumber, and the rice is sweet and full. The finish is very crisp and very excellent. ☺️ It is best when it returns to room temperature from chilled. ⭕️

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It was great to drink it as a sake without any peculiarities😊. I think I like it better than Tanaka Rokugo🎶.

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# 23

3.73 pt.

Kinokawa Nagasaki

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Crisp Umami Tranquil Refreshing Hot Temperature Sharp

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It tastes like a ginjo sake. It's not fruity, but it tastes like water.

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Rice used is something from Kyushu It was sent together with eel as a hometown tax return gift from Isahaya City❗️. It is a clear and dry sake with good sharpness ‼️. The sweetness is just a hint and goes well with eel. I was curious about the sake brewery that has the same name as Okinawa "Reimei", but I see they are related. It is interesting to see how many things are connected in this industry.

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I got this on a trip to Nagasaki last year. I will have it while thinking back to the delicious Turkish rice and Sara Udon noodles 🤤. When you open the bottle and pour it, the aroma is sweet and fluffy, like pudding or custard. The aroma is gentle and soothing. The mouthfeel is smooth and silky, but as the aroma suggests, it has a pudding-like flavor and a moist sweetness that fills the mouth 🍮. On the other hand, it also has a slightly tangy and pungent acidity that gives it a lightness, so it has a good balance of depth of flavor and a sharpness that goes down your throat👍. In the latter half of the bottle, the astringent taste also comes out, so the flavor can be felt as caramelized. There are also the standard "Yokoyama Goju" and "Rokujyosu", and I remember that I had a lot of trouble finding a variety at the Nagasaki airport. I also drank Nagasaki sake several times, and it seems to me that the level of sake is as high as that of shochu 😌.

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# 24

3.71 pt.

Miyakozuru Shuzo Kyoto

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I bought it by weight the day after the Hankai Train Off-line Meeting. I took this opportunity to buy it because Miyakotsuru's draft sake is rarely distributed. This is an annex of a store in Fushimi that sells all of Fushimi's sake in Nihonbashi, Osaka. I wonder if the sake brewers' association is involved? The bottles come in various sizes and labels, and you buy the bottle you want and pour it. You pour the sake yourself, but since I was right on the 300 ml mark, I received a sake cup as a "Pitari" prize. The taste is melon-like with a clean mouthfeel. The long, thin and extended acidity is impressive. It is a little light and has a sweet and spicy flavor. After about a week, the flavor seems to have opened up, or rather, the flavor profile has become more defined.

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Yesterday's spoils. Slightly acidic and full-bodied. The flavor overlaps with the umami and extends smoothly.

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Umami and acidity enter gently. It stays moist until the mid-palate and settles down with a slippery, clear finish.

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# 25

3.67 pt.

Naniwa Shuzo Osaka

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Sweetness Umami

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After a long time. Complexity between sweetness and umami.

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Tenma Daijukai (¡°Tenma Sake Association¡±) This sake is named after Governor Yoshimura And an illustration of a mysterious person on the label Where is Governor Yoshimura? Where? It's a very typical mature, slightly dry junmai sake, and it's good warmed up. It's the type of sake I'd like to drink on a regular basis, but it's more of a souvenir. I misunderstood. I'd like to buy it if it were available!

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Tenma Taishukai 2024 ④ The day before, I tasted Sakakamatsu from this brewery at a liquor store in Ikuno Ward. He asked me if I was going to the Tenma Sake Festival. I've been to this brewery and bought sake before. I think it was a brewery in Osaka, but closer to Wakayama and near a fishing port. I drank Junmai Ginjo Natsusei Nemuchi-san confirmed with the brewery that it was the same Sakakamatsu Natsusei that I drank the day before. Hmmm? When I drank it the day before, I had the impression that it was a summer sake with good flavor and drinkability, but something is different... Is it the temperature range? It seems too thin or too light 🤔. Summer Ginjo This is also a summer sake. Similar to Junmai Ginjo, but this one is spicier.

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# 26

3.66 pt.

藤娘酒造 Kochi

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Get it at "Marugoto Kochi" in Ginza, Tokyo❗️. I had never heard of this brand before, but it was delicious ❣️. The rice used was something from Kochi Prefecture. It has a fresh citrusy taste like a fresh sake, with a rich mouthfeel, but it goes down smoothly. The aftertaste is clean and crisp. If I had to say something, I would say that I would like a little more sweetness, but it is just right for light drinking.

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Second day of Kochi Night. The cab driver told me that Hirome is good, but for bonito, I should go to Matsuri Jaya. He advised me to go to Matsuri Jaya for bonito, as it has a good selection of alcohol. So we went to Matsuri Jaya. At first, we started out with regular sake, just like a normal drinking party in Kochi. The staff at the restaurant recommended various temperatures for drinking. The first sake is Fujimusume, which I have never tried before. Slightly spicy and umami-guchi (flavorful), it was a perfect match for the thickly sliced salt cod roe. The special sake cup is also cute! But from here, I sank into the swamp of Kochi sake.

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Next is wisteria girl😊. It's a very light and dry sake 😁. It's a food sake 😊. It's delicious 😁. Here are some pictures of the food from the banquet we attended: ☝️ The food was delicious ✨

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# 27

3.65 pt.

Kuramotohayashi Honten Gifu

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Juice Sweet and Sour Coffee Wine

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I saw the stylish design and drank it! Full-bodied and sharp!

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It really tastes like wine! It doesn't have a sake feel to it, but it is delicious.

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Aroma like yogurt. Sweet and sour with little alcohol. It may be tasty if you think of it as something different from sake.

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Where to Buy

佐野屋〜日本酒・ワイン通販専門店

TERALifeisgood!¥1,870

# 28

3.65 pt.

滝沢本店 Chiba

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Melon-flavored Fizzy Dry

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Today, I went shopping at Naritasan Shinsho-ji Temple. And by the way? I thought I'd buy some sake. Chomei-sen! The name is good luck! I had no choice but to buy it. I thought, "I have no choice but to buy it! I want to cherish my good luck! I took it home and opened the bottle, thinking I would drink it as it was cold there. No blowout. First, the supernatant. I could feel some acidity. After that, I stirred it well, poured it into a glass, and drank it! It is sweet! As soon as you think that, it goes from dry to sharp. And then the four-pack was gone.

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Brewed by Takizawa Honten in Narita, Chiba Chomeisen Daiginjo Nama Sake This sake Feel the freshness => Feel the heat in your throat => Feel the heat in your throat Feel the heat in your throat Gorgeous aroma escapes from the nose😊. Very nice sake 🍶✨😊.

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It had been a long time since I drank. It felt heavy.

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# 29

3.65 pt.

Jozen Mizu no Gotoshi

Shirataki Shuzo Niigata

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Crisp Flamboyant Sweetness Dry Fruity Juice Silky Invigorating

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At home. About 30 years ago, when I was in my first year of working, my senior took me to a sake party, and this was the first sake I tasted. Now it's sold in many different varieties, and I feel the times have changed. The taste is still the same, it is as easy to drink as water, and it is a delicious sake that reminds me of those days.

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Niigata Sake 🍶. For the record

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The last of the Ohigan parties was the first Kamizenjosui in a long time. I had an image of a more Showa-esque sake, but to my surprise, it really looked like water. It went well with a wide range of foods such as sashimi and Costco high rollers. In other words, it doesn't get in the way. It made me rethink my opinion a little bit. I think I need to update my taste buds by choosing something that doesn't look like a local sake sometimes.

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Where to Buy

虎ノ門升本

上善如水純米吟醸[日本酒新潟県720ml]¥2,102 上善如水純米吟醸[日本酒新潟県1800ml]¥3,725

# 30

3.63 pt.

Asahi Shuzo Niigata

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CherryBlossom Light Crisp Floral

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The second drink at Marukoma was my first "Koshu". It is light and crisp with a pleasant lingering aftertaste. The second sake was "Koshu", which is also from Niigata but has a different flavor from the "Hokusetsu" that we drank for the first sake 🎵.

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This Sake is light and not too sweet. There are herbal flavor notes like licorice and mint. The finish is clean with a light mineral aftertaste. I am told this is a limited, seasonal Sake.

. Sake rice: Niigata-grown Senjyuraku Polishing ratio: 55 Sake degree: +4 Acidity: 1.1 Sake made by Asahi Shuzo, the brewer of Kubota At "Honokuni" in the main station of Toyohashi Fruity, no sourness or bitterness at all. Flavor is clean and quite weak! ☆ 3.5

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Where to Buy

地酒屋金澤留造酒店　楽天市場店

越州えっしゅう桜日和さくらびより720ml¥1,977

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