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

# 1

4.99 pt.

Igarashi Shuzo Saitama

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Fizzy Bittersweet Invigorating

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Igarashi Sake Brewery in Hanno City, Saitama Junmai Daiginjo. The rice for the sake is Kitashizuku🌾。 This is a limited edition of 600 bottles stored at freezing temperatures (-5 degrees Celsius) for 5 months, and I want to drink it 💦 This is a small 180ml bottle at Yokouchi Sake Shop Drinking Comparison Day. So_1F350 A little gassy, like a summer drink. The mouth is a little hot 🔥. It's hard to describe, but it's sweet and spicy. 16% alcohol and 47% rice polishing ratio

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Purchased in Nerima Ward, Tokyo ♪ Alcohol content@16 Sake degree @ Undisclosed Acidity @ Undisclosed Rice used: Undisclosed Rice Polishing Ratio@Undisclosed Personal Recommendation@3.8/5.0 Fusui is the third brand of Igarashi Shuzo following Tenranzan and Igarashi. ❣️ A fire-brewed, undiluted blend of the three Junmai Daiginjo, Junmai Ginjo and Junmai Sake in the Fusui series 😍. Now Igarashi Sake Brewery is complete 😝. It's not a draft sake, but it needs to be refrigerated, but it's delicious warmed up too ❓❓❓❓ but I can't drink heated sake on this hot day, so I'll drink it chilled to a crisp. ✌️ The aroma is mild but apple-like. It's not gassy at all. Igarashi is known for its gasiness when pumped directly from the bottle. It has a slight sweetness in the mouth 👄. And a slight bitterness that spreads 👄. This is a well-balanced sake, It doesn't have any outstanding characteristics, but as a food sake, I would give it an acceptable score. ✌️

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Drinking comparison. Light on the palate, light taste.

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# 2

4.90 pt.

Yoshidakin'uemon Shoten Fukui

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Bittersweet Gentle Lingering

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［Fukui Spring New Sake Festival 10] I'm on my 10th cup of sake 😁. I was looking for my favorite "Hakugakusen" and found that it was only available on the first day of the event, so I went here instead 🍶. Unnoi Junmai Ginjo Nama Genjyo. Banana-like aroma, gentle sweetness on the palate, and a lingering mild umami aftertaste. I have a connection with "Kumonoi" since I brought it to the Kansai Sake-no-Iwa offline meeting I attended last summer, and it is still delicious when I drink it again.

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This bottle was given to me as a birthday gift last year. I've been accumulating a stock of sake, so I decided to drink it slowly. It's a rare opportunity to see a bottle of sake in a tobin enclosure! It makes my heart dance ✨. When you open the bottle and pour it, you can smell a slight ginjo aroma. It is almost scentless. The mouthfeel is very clean, but the soft, milky sake quality and subtle sweetness of the rice gradually covers the tongue! The spiciness and the strength of 16% alcohol can be felt in the latter half of the bottle, but the overall flavor is moderate. I think I have not had such a clear sake since I drank the highest quality sake of "Akagisan" (12,000 yen for 720ml)! It is as pure as a gentle breeze. It quietly accompanies you from the beginning to the end. The taste is the very embodiment of "elegance. It is a good bottle to drink by itself or to enjoy as a food wine! Enjoy it carefully over the course of the day👍.

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Sweet and sour, cold and room temperature 112111 Strong mouthfeel and long aftertaste Sake made from 100% Gohyakumangoku produced in Fukui Prefecture

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# 3

4.61 pt.

Takechi Shuzoten Ishikawa

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Bittersweet Creamy Striking

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Salmon Marche Week Memory and Record for Loss

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I bought a bottle of Hyakumangoku No Shiro, a sake rice from Ishikawa prefecture, to drink all of it. It is delicious, and I think it has a firm but fruity character.

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The second cup is Goshosen from Kanazawa. It is a stable cup with a sweet and umami taste of rice 🌾. It was not as dark and Ishikawa-like as you might imagine. It was also delicious!

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# 4

4.15 pt.

Kawai Shuzo Nara

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Calpis Bittersweet

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Nara's local sake is often mellow. This may be a little early for me, as I am a peppy person. I will have it again after I rise to the occasion.

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I have always been curious about this dekasei. It is a sake with a dry image, but I chose nigori for my first Izusei~! This is undiluted Calpis! Amaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay! But I think undiluted Calpis is much sweeter. Very interesting sake! I wanted to drink it on the rocks as well!

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The taste is clean and refreshing, even cool. It is truly a sake for summer.

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# 5

3.87 pt.

Kikuhime Ishikawa

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Creamy Caramelly Bittersweet Light Traditional Umami Room Temperature

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2021/01/29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The 7th glass. This is the 7th glass. I can feel the flavor and acidity of the rice well.

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Kikuhime, a famous sake from Ishikawa As the name suggests, it has a light mouthfeel and is easy to drink.

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Despite its rich flavor Despite its rich taste, it has a refreshing aftertaste. If you want to start drinking Kikuhime like the first cup of sake This is the first one! It is a truly wonderful sake.

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# 6

3.85 pt.

Natsukomonogatari

Kusumi Shuzo Niigata

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Bittersweet Bitterness

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#Funabori# A bit of a bad look 😅. Homemade sundubu jjigae with a side of homemade sundubu jjigae. We had this one. The sundubu jjigae was I kept the spiciness low so that my family could also enjoy it. I made the best use of the soup stock of shijimi clam. The sake does not have much rice flavor 🤔. Maybe because it is a ginjo sake. It is quite light.

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Natsuko Monogatari Junmai Ginjo This is refreshingly dry!　Even more crisp than Ki. It went well with grilled tuna and swordfish in the latter half*.

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The spiciness extends from around the middle to the middle. The back end is smooth.

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# 7

3.84 pt.

Echigoden'emon Niigata

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Astringent Lingering Bittersweet Yogurt Invigorating Fluffy Acidity WesternPear

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This brewery was closed in April this year due to the effects of Corona and other factors. It is said that there is no reopening schedule, so it is practically closed. The official site has disappeared, and it looks like the company has been sold. It would be nice if the company that bought it would let it reopen... It's a rich, umami type that's different from the general image of Niigata's sake. It has a sweetness from the rice. As it has won a gold medal, I'm sure this sake would be delicious warmed. It also has a creamy sweetness.

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Fateful encounter with a guess sake 😊. We had it at the place where we stayed during our training 🍶. The first day of opening the bottle. The appearance is beautiful with a warm, light cloudy appearance. The aroma is soft and fresh, with a hint of sweetness. It is accompanied by a gentle woodiness, an astringency like grape skins, and a fresh sweetness like freshly cut pears. The whey aroma creates softness. The rice aroma is soft, with a hint of white dumplings. The firm sweetness of the rice spreads with a soft acidity. There is no sense of overdoing it at all, and the juiciness is extremely modest. From there, the flow of umami, which gives a good sense of fullness, disappears with a light stimulation that passes through to the nose. The lingering aftertaste is a sense of looseness that lingers on the nose and a beautifully tightened astringent taste on the tongue. The third day after opening the bottle. The aroma has not changed much. On the palate, in addition to the sweetness with a clear rice flavor, there is a refreshing acidity that spreads quickly. The refreshing and stimulating flow from the back of the throat to the nose is pleasantly intoxicating, and the soft umami of the rice with fullness is also very pleasing. The finish is clean, with a moderate lingering aftertaste and a bitter astringency. Oh, it is delicious. ☺️ You can tell that the brewer put a lot of thought into this sake 🍶. I really wish more people would drink this kind of sake.

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Last year, I bought a LOW HIGH WHO from here because it was so good 😘. The aroma is mild, sweet and lactic acidic. The mouthfeel is mainly sweet and refreshing, the acidity and richness of Yamahai appear softly in the middle, and the finish and aftertaste are again very beautiful. It is the most recommended brand this year among the newcomers. It is even more refined than last year. Perfect for my chanteuse 🤗. As the label on the back says, drink it while listening to Litogri 👍.

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# 8

3.83 pt.

Hananotsuyu Fukuoka

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Bittersweet Coffee Striking

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Local sake, KuraMaster gold medal winning sake. Classic aroma. The taste is clean and refreshing, with a sweet and umami taste of rice, and a rich flavor. It is a classic dry sake that looks good when heated.

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It was my first time after all. This flower dew I think I'd like to try heating it up 🆗. It's a dry sake 🍶. They made onigiri (rice balls) on the spot with big plums from the ume pickles! Rice balls and sake go well together! A little sour, these plums! (a little bit of knowledge about Japanese sake) Ingredient rice: Yume Issho Rice polishing ratio: 60 Alcohol content: 14-15 degrees Celsius

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A friend of mine brought me one that was given to her by her grandfather.

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# 9

3.72 pt.

上川大雪酒造 Hokkaido

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Bittersweet Complex Strawberry Tranquil Fruity

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It is Kamikawa Taisetsu Shuzo's Kamikawa Junmai Sake. It was purchased at a Seven-Eleven in Sounkyo, Kamikawa-cho. It is a good sake with good acidity and sharpness. It is good to drink at room temperature.

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It is a sake limited to the Asahikawa area, but you can find it in restaurants these days. It has been a while since I drank it, but the label seems to have changed. It is fruity, refreshing, and easy to drink. It is a good and inexpensive sake with a nice taste of rice. ‼️

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It is the sake which is sold in the Seven-Eleven of Kamikawa-cho or Sounkyo in Hokkaido. I bought it as a souvenir for my wife on the way back from a snowboarding trip to Kamikawa in March. I always buy it when I go to Kamikawa area... It's really good!

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# 10

3.56 pt.

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Dry Hot Temperature Chilled Shaoxing Wine Bittersweet Penetrating Crisp

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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.

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