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Sake Rankings by Flavor Tag

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

# 81

2.60 pt.

Nakano BC Wakayama

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Dry Umami Bitterness Raisin Fresh Chocolate Rum Firm

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Comparison of nigori sake (Wakayama's favorite nigori sake) Following Minakata, Chokyu ✌️ This is the fire-brewed version of the nigori sake we drank in February. I buy every bottle of Chokyu I see that I have never had before 😆. The first thing that surprised me when I drank it was that there was no fizziness at all 😲. The aroma is somewhat almond-like, and it's cloudy with a lot of orioles, so it's like diluted almond milk. But it also has a sourness to it, so I felt a bit unbalanced 🤔. I prefer nigori sake with a fizzy taste 😄.

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Nigori Sake (Japanese rice wine) First time drinking Chokyu's nigori 😊. I always buy Chokyu when I see the new label ✌. The ori is quite a bit more and has a strong fizzy feel to it. It has a lot of umami and a hint of sweetness that is typical of Chokyu, and yet it has a clean dryness that makes it a dangerous sake that you can drink with gusto 🤭. The impression is quite similar to Hirotogawa's nigori👍 It goes well with western food, and the omelette was a nice match 😋.

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[Summer sake is also berry good😂] The most memorable brand I drank last year, super kyu🥰. Don't miss out on getting a bottle of summer raw sake that's also bright! This one is a bit different from the matured Omachi sake I had last year, and I have the impression that it swings in a very sweet and juicy direction. The aroma is tropical 🥭 and the flavor is perfect, with a long, sharp finish and a hint of bitterness. The umami flavor is firm, so it is easy to match with Japanese fried food 👍. Chokyu seems to have a different direction for each label, but each one has its own characteristics and they are all delicious and addictive 😍.

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Where to Buy

佐野屋〜日本酒・ワイン通販専門店

純米酒超久超辛火入れ¥2,970 純米吟醸超久香る生酒¥3,080

# 82

2.59 pt.

Kimura Shuzo Akita

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Fizzy Bitterness Fruity Fresh Umami Acidity Sweetness Flamboyant

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Light, mellow, fruity 🌸🍶✨ Crisp and refreshing on the swallow ✨. Sweet and slightly bitter ❕. A little bit of Hakka, a little bit summery 🌴🌴. I'm so glad I found it 😆. I enjoy it very much.

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Past drinking (๑🍶🍶🍶🍶🍶🍶💕) I think it looks like something 🤔???????????? Sweet, sour and bitter clear sake 🍶. Spring rolls (๑-⌄⌄́๑)b Fried chicken gets more spicy And....I'm taking notes 😅 After the 3rd day, the bitterness seems to increase, so it's good to finish it as soon as possible ( -̀ᴗ-́ )و

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I drank completely too much, I remember drinking this ^^; So it must have been delicious.

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Where to Buy

はせがわ酒店

角右衛門純米吟醸夏酒荒責シロクマラベル720ml日本酒木村酒造秋田県¥1,800

# 83

2.59 pt.

Zuiyo Shuzo Kumamoto

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Sweetness Hot Temperature Dry Umami Flamboyant Wine Firm Fragrant

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Zuiyo 3

March 31 It was the best 👍️!

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It's just the two of us on the second day of our trip. We started the day with a beer toast! After the second beer, my wife had beer and I had sake, cold yesterday and hot this time! I think it was the highest temperature! Not much aroma. Not much aroma, but the mouthfeel is clean and easy to drink without getting stuck in your throat! It was a perfect match for a kaiseki meal. It was a hit with my wife. By the way, our trip to Izu was the same as last year! The hot springs are great!

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On the first day of GW, the 29th, I purchased sake that goes well with meat 🥩. It's a collaboration product of Kumamoto's sake brewery "Zuitaka" and "Gullitcheu Fukushima" wrote the label. It's a dark, strong tasting sake that goes well with meat 👍️. I forgot to take a picture but the char-grilled chicken sold as a set is really hard 🤣. I have only a calendar day off, but I work on Saturday even though it's the first day of GW. I opened 3 bottles in a flash 👍️.

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# 84

2.59 pt.

Sekaiitto Wakayama

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Dry Umami Bitterness Fruity Crisp Sharp Flamboyant Firm

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Comparison of nigori sake from Wakayama's favorite brands (1) We compared nigori sake from two of our favorite brands, Minakata and Chokyu. First, let's start with Minakata 😄. The first one has a fresh and fruity aroma like apples and a strong fizzy feeling. It has a full, sweet flavor and a crisp, refreshing taste, and is just as delicious as one would imagine 😍. It's been quite a while since I've had Nanpo, but I don't remember it ever being out of place and I think it's a good brand with a high level of quality 😁.

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The first Minakata I've had in probably 3 years, given to me in a 300ml bottle ☺️The 4-pack bottle has a picture of Minakata Kumagusu and the brand story on it, but with 300ml there's no room for that... 😅. It has a thin banana 🍌 aroma with a slight tang of alcohol behind it. After a slightly sweet attack, the aftertaste is a good mix of bitterness, sourness and spiciness. The aftertaste of bitterness lasts quite long. It will go well with both meat and fish without any conflict. The quality of the sake is similar to Kido's Junmai Ginjo. Is it because it is a sake from Wakayama Prefecture?

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Grading☆☆☆ Sake from Wakayama A faint scent of ginjo, just the right amount of rice flavor, and a touch of bitterness and sharpness. The bitterness and sharpness. But I don't feel any major characteristics in this one 😅. It's a dry taste for a mid-meal drink. It's a bit lacking in a single product.

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Where to Buy

はせがわ酒店

南方純米超辛口720ml日本酒世界一統和歌山県¥1,430 南方純米超辛口1800ml日本酒世界一統和歌山県¥2,970

# 85

2.58 pt.

Koimari Shuzo Saga

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Fruity Acidity Fizzy Juicy Sweetness Balanced Crisp Umami

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Koimari Saki 3

It's juicy with a delicious, dark sweet and sour taste 😋. It has a unique sourness that makes it so delicious that you can't help but gulp it down. I'm getting a bit of a throat 🤣.

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Sake Day I wanted to open something from the fridge😅. I've never heard of this sake before but I've been curious about it since Mariponnu's check-in 😊. First Koimari! I can't imagine how good it smells from the label. It's very fruity and sweet! It also has a nice exit feeling. The finish is clean and crisp👍👍.

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(2) Ko-Imari Sake Brewery I mean limited edition sake, once a year! The 🦓 zebra label is cool too~! Now, a sip... delicious ☺️👍 It has a gassy feeling! Slightly gassy! Fresh and light nigori. You can drink it quickly ⤴︎⤴︎

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# 86

2.58 pt.

Yano Shuzo Saga

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Apple Dry Umami Coffee Chilled Invigorating Bitterness Acidity

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Here is the fourth drink at HAMA BAR in Kashima City Hizen Kurashin Special Junmai Sake Hi-ire It has sweetness, umami, bitterness, and acidity. It is more umami than sweetness, and the acidity and sourness support each other.

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Kashima City HAMA BAR section is still going on😊. Here is the 7th cup in total! Hizen Kurashin Junmai Ginjo Yamadanishiki Hi-ire The last time we drank this was Omachi, but this one is made with the best rice in the sake brewing world, Mohansei! It is ama, delicious, bitter, and sharp! It also has plenty of acidity! It tastes as good as you'd expect.

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The rice used is Osan Nishiki It is not a simple light dry taste, but you can feel a little sweetness in the bitterness and spiciness. The flavor is just like the name "Super Dry", and there is a part that makes you think "high alcohol content❗️", but it is not spicy, and you can feel the tenderness. Also, there is a freshness that can be imagined from the color of the label, and it is a sake that is easy to drink with good sharpness. Naturally, I recommend it as a food sake❣️.

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# 87

2.57 pt.

Miyazaki Honten Mie

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Sweetness Fruity Dry Acidity Umami Hot Temperature Gentle Firm

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The sweetness with a hint of tenderness and spiciness 😄]. This sake is brewed by a sake brewery famous for its Kimmiya shochu. I saw Sanad and Nemuchi rave about this brand a long time ago, and it was on my list of things to drink. The sweet and gentle aroma is pleasant. It has a pleasant sweetness in the mouth and a long, lingering spiciness after swallowing. It has a strong alcoholic taste and a rather robust flavor. This is one of my favorite types 😋. It is good with simmered dishes in Japanese cuisine. It has a wide range of dishes that can be matched with western food as well👍.

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For the record Sake I drank when I went to Mie after all this time

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This is a gift from an acquaintance, a long aged honjozo. It has a beautiful amber color with a good balance between the full flavor of the rice and the aroma like Shaoxing wine, and it goes well with strong meals.

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# 88

2.57 pt.

Toshimori Shuzo Okayama

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Umami Acidity Yogurt Weighty Firm Crisp Balanced Dry

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It is not written on the label, but according to the liquor store's explanation, it is an unfiltered, unpasteurized sake made from Omachi. It was purchased together with Tsururei Nigori at Tanaka Shoten. It has a fresh taste like a nama-shu, and the sweetness and spiciness are in balance. Refreshing and fruity. Gentle sweetness with a sense of thickening.

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2023 Ginjo Shinshu Matsuri🍶. You can feel the umami of rice well. Dry 🍶.

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The third cup went to "sake-ichisoku"! Thick, grape-like aroma. The mouthfeel is full, with a tangy, pungent, classic flavor. It goes well with mushrooms to enjoy a moment of old-fashioned feeling! The sake itself is smooth and silky, so the lightness and the thickness of the flavor are a good accent👍.

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# 89

2.54 pt.

Hamashima Shuzo Oita

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Umami Dry Crisp Chilled Firm Acidity Tranquil Sharp

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Takakiya 3

It's good! Firm aroma Elegant acidity, tangy and dry! This is so good 😆 !

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This is Takaraiya Yamadanishiki 85% polished rice Junmai-shu Raw Sake. The aroma is mild. It is a delicious sake with a good acidity and a good taste of rice.

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This is Takaraiya Special Junmai Sake Yamahai Namaishu. It's a delicious sake with a good balance of acidity, umami and bitterness, and it's thick. It is delicious😋.

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Where to Buy

銘酒本舗　IMANAKA SAKESHOP

鷹来屋特別純米酒夏酒1800mlたかきや¥3,080 鷹来屋辛口特別純米酒1800mlたかきやお歳暮ギフト¥3,080

# 90

2.54 pt.

Yamana Shuzo Hyogo

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Dry Umami Sweetness Acidity Fresh Firm Rich Bitterness

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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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