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Sake Rankings by Flavor Tag

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

# 41

3.09 pt.

Mifuku Shuzo Shiga

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Acidity Umami Fresh Firm CherryBlossom Fruity Invigorating Sweetness

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At home. This is the last in the Shiga Sake series. It has a gorgeous aroma, sweetness and acidity in the mouth, and a very refreshing taste that finishes with a light bitterness. I had three kinds of Shiga Sake, Taga, Laughing Season, and Nikkoku-Tsuchisei, and I would like to try the other kinds again.

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More oriental and tart mouthfeel. The sweetness is moderate, and the pleasant sourness and rice crumbles are interesting. The bitterness in the second half is mellowed by the lingering ori.

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(It is very light on the tongue, but has a sweetness to it, and when heated up, it has a savory graininess to it, and it is certainly best when heated up. It is definitely best when heated. It is very light on the tongue, but the sweetness and aroma of the grains come out. I usually only drink dry honjozo, but this kind of sweet honjozo is good too! It's a good opportunity to broaden my palate!

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Where to Buy

酒舗まえたに＋Tokuriya

美冨久しっぽ mifuku スパークリング 350ml 滋賀県美冨久酒造日本酒¥792 美冨久山廃純米熟成純米酵房 [ 日本酒 720ml ]¥1,540

# 42

3.06 pt.

Sasaiwai Shuzo Niigata

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Acidity Tropical Yogurt Umami Apple Light Dry Sweetness

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Sasasande - I'm still in the sasandei. A trophy of the Niigata expedition. Surprisingly, it tastes like a summer sake with a strong acidity. It is said to be made from 100% Kame-no-o with a 65% rice polishing ratio. I wonder if anyone can guess the type of rice by the masking. Someday I would like to say, "Oh, this is Omachi"...

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Purchased at Ponshukan. It has a cute design that does not look like a cup of sake. The sake is brewed with four varieties of rice produced by four farmers in the Nishigama district, located in the far west of Niigata Prefecture. So that's what the grains of rice on the label mean. That makes sense. The sake was served cold in the cold sake corner at the store, so I chilled it well at home. It has a well-balanced taste, not too sweet or dry. It is easy to drink and delicious. Niigata's cup sake has a huge variety and high quality.

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Rice used is Gohyakumangoku The acidity is effective, and the umami flavor is penetrating. It has been a long time since this sake had the impact of a sake made from a traditional sake yeast yeast yeast.

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# 43

3.05 pt.

Fujii Shuzo Hiroshima

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Hot Temperature Dry Acidity Glue-like Crisp Sweetness Lingering Umami

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(oˆ罒ˆo)🍶🍶🍶🍶 Today was the first time I had the Night Emperor, which I bought in Hiroshima Station when I was in Hiroshima City on business 😋. Tanabata 🎋✨🍧 on July 7. The local sky is about to cry 😭I entrusted the Milky Way to Yoru no Teio 😊. When you pour it into your cup, it's amber like a mass of flavor 💛When you drink it, it's still a great flavor 😚👍The aftertaste is very sharp, and it makes your drink go down 😘. Wish on a strip of paper 🌟🙏🙏. I wish for good health and lots of delicious sake💕. I hope so 🥳.

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This is it for tonight❗️ I️ will be the king of the night! I'm enjoying it like I'm the king of the night 🎵 Sake-like and slightly sour taste makes it easy to drink 🎵 Oishii🍶❕. I'm enjoying it very much.

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The fifth glass was to your first Imperial 👑. The aroma is light and fruity, like peaches. The palate is smooth, with a well-balanced taste of sweet, spicy, acidic and astringent. The taste is balanced between sweet, spicy, acidic, and astringent. The clean quality of the sake allows it to be enjoyed quickly and without habit!

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# 44

3.02 pt.

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Sweetness Acidity Umami Tranquil Lingering Juicy Cheese Vigorous

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The first sake was a souvenir from Ibaraki by my eldest son and his wife. A sake with a delicious taste of rice 🍶. Thank you for caring about us❗❗

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At a very local festival held in front of Hitachiota Station When a local sake brewery has a stall, local sake drinkers go to support it. The fact that you can drink daiginjo-nama-sake for only 500 yen a brew is also a local event! Sweet and mellow Fruity acidity and bitterness finish it off. It may seem like a waste to pair it with festival food like yakitori and fries, but this is one of the best parts of local events!

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Purchased at Mito Jizake Bar Tasting Matsumori test brewed sake Nigori sake-like sweet sake aroma Fresh, juicy, dark, sweet and tasty acidity A touch of honey as it warms up. The brewer says it goes well with blue cheese. It's like putting honey on blue cheese. It goes well with other cheeses too. It has a strong flavor, so it can be used with satsuma-mucho.

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# 45

2.99 pt.

Hayakawa Shuzo Mie

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Invigorating Acidity Pineapple Sweet and Sour Ramune Bitterness Fruity Tropical

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On the menu it was Tamitsu, but it says early spring in romaji, so I registered for early spring. It reads bouryu, which means muddy. It is light and muddy. It has a nice pithy feeling. It has a refreshing acidity. This is good for summer camps.

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At Kimura Sake Shop in Tamatsukuri. I was not sure whether to register at Tamatsuko or Early Spring. Rice is Kami no Ho and Koshihikari. It tastes like a slightly effervescent and refreshing ramune. A refreshing taste perfect for summer. It tastes like something you would find at Takachiyo. It won't be left in stores until summer, but...

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I really wanted to eat leatherfish, so I opened a bottle from our stock and thought it would go well with the fish. It went perfectly with the fish.

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Where to Buy

お酒の専門店　『松仙』

日本酒早春純米酒袋搾り瓶火入れ1800ｍｌ【早川酒造】¥3,080

# 46

2.98 pt.

Ootani Shuzo Tottori

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Dry Umami Acidity Crisp Room Temperature Sharp Sweetness Chilled

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The word "limited" makes me weak 😅. The owner of the liquor store told me that it was very spicy, so I bought it, but when I tried it, I found that it had a fruity taste and a hint of bitterness that balanced it out nicely 😚. I've never tried Tottori sake before, but it's good. I finished it in two days 🤤.

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A freshly squeezed sake full of sweetness. However, it does not have the sweetness of amazake. The sweetness lingers in the back of the mouth for a while and then disappears. There is no acidity or miscellaneous flavors, making it a fresh sake. It is a sake to be enjoyed slowly and without snacks.

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The mouthfeel is so gentle that it is hard to believe that the wine has been aged for 5 years. It has a crisp umami flavor with a moderate spiciness and astringency on the back end. I felt it had an excellent balance as a food sake. It is a good all-around sake.

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Where to Buy

はせがわ酒店

鷹勇純米吟醸超辛 1800ml 日本酒大谷酒造鳥取県¥3,190 鷹勇純米吟醸なかだれ 1800ml 日本酒大谷酒造鳥取県¥3,520

# 47

2.97 pt.

Tanaka Shuzoten Miyagi

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Dry Acidity Umami Amino Acidity Wine Bitterness Crisp Penetrating

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I was told it was more on the sweet side, but it seemed flat. I don't feel any spiciness. Also, the alcohol taste is weak. I think it is easy to drink.

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Manazuru goes well with heated sake. Delicious 😋 blown in the autumn breeze. Mellow and flowing. The austere label is nice too.

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Good evening, it's Shamrock, a parallel world from Manazuru in our first series ☘️☘️☘️. Not a Yotsuba, but I'm opening this bottle to pray for Japan's 🇯🇵 soccer team to win tonight✨ It has a sweetness that is typical of rice, lactic yogurt and acidity, and is delicious 🐴🐴🐴🐴, but it has a high alcohol spiciness on the back end that makes it very drinkable. I had a puku puku brew the other day. I think it is similar to the junmai sake I drank the other day from Pukupuku Brewing (that one is Koshihikari) 🤗. I heated it up to lukewarm to try it out and it doubled in flavor 😋.

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# 48

2.96 pt.

Nishiyama Shuzojo Hyogo

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Acidity Dry Umami Floral Sweetness Peachy Fruity Fresh

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I bought this little drum from the next town over to have black soy edamame as a side dish. I haven't had it for a long time, but it tastes like kotsuzumi! It tastes so good. It's delicious, delicious.

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The entry is clean and fluffy and sweet, but overall it's pretty crisp and dry.

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Day 2 of 4 consecutive days of local drinking The one that someone brought me.

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Where to Buy

銘酒本舗　IMANAKA SAKESHOP

小鼓路上有花桃花純米大吟醸 720ml 箱入りこつづみろじょうはなありとうか西山酒造場¥2,420 小鼓純米吟醸 1800ml こつづみ西山酒造場¥3,630

# 49

2.95 pt.

Shiraito Shuzo Fukuoka

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Crisp Umami Sweetness Light Fruity Invigorating Acidity Mellow

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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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# 50

2.95 pt.

Mukai Shuzo Kyoto

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Acidity Umami Hot Temperature Dry Creamy Firm Astringent Cheese

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The last sake we had at Kyoto Stand Kiyo Kiyo was "Toyoyo Junmai Dry Musou" by Mukai Shuzo, also from the Tango region. The rough and powerful label may represent the fishing scene in this area. When you put it in your mouth, you can feel the umami flavor and the aroma of rice is crisp and full. Even though it is called "Dry Musou", it has a hint of sweetness, which makes it a delicious cup. It has been a long time since I have had a good drink, and the best part of drinking outside by myself is that I can drink slowly while considering what to drink and what snacks to go with it, while keeping an eye on my pocketbook. I returned home refreshed both mentally and physically. From next time, I will introduce some of the sakes I took at the beginning of the year!

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Warmed with pork dishes.

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