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Sake Rankings by Flavor Tag

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

# 11

3.25 pt.

Kikuzakari Shuzo Iwate

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Hitomebore. A store exclusive, I guess. As is typical of this sake brewery, the richness of the umami flavor is in harmony with the mild sweetness and extends smoothly.

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Comparison of 3 sakes. Slightly fruity and dry.

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Next, what a kokeshi doll bottle from Iwate: ❤️

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# 12

3.24 pt.

Uehara Shuzo Shiga

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Umami Acidity Bitterness Milk Creamy Soft Firm Rich

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Ordered after the taxi driver. Also raw sake. It's called "Soma no Tengu". It is not possible to read it if it notices the frigana of the label. I'm sorry. It's as difficult to read as Kireuriwari in Osaka. Well, how is the taste...? It's been a long time since I drank muddled sake, so I had a strange feeling at the first sip, but the sweetness came, and I thought it was characteristic to change to sourness soon. I drank it up with some sea bream stew and enjoyed it.

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Junmai Ginjo🍶Usu-Nigori Nama-Nagori-Nihon-Shu✨Mokuzan Tenbin Shibori⚖️Yamadanishiki🌾 from Takashima, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. Softly sweet with a dry aftertaste. The focus is a little blurry but it's mild ☺️ and can be paired with a variety of foods. I had it with squid geso sashimi🦑😋. Umi to @Takadanobaba 20230224

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Junmai Ginjo🍶Usu nigori Nama-nigori Nama-nazake✨Yamadanishiki from Shiga Prefecture🌾. A little bit of a sizzle ✨, soft, gentle ☺️, sweet and spicy. You can feel the richness of the rice. My wife says it's porridge😅dry aftertaste. I want to pair it with something fermented like funazushi, only sake from Shiga 😆 I paired it with udo breast goma mayo 😋. Umi to @Takadanobaba 20220311

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Where to Buy

酒浪漫うちやま　楽天市場店

新酒・不老泉【純米吟醸】杣の天狗うすにごり〔生原酒〕R6BY¥1,788

# 13

3.22 pt.

Kubiki Shuzo Niigata

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It is a little melon🍈 and fruity with a firm sake-like crispness, making it perfect as a mid-meal drink. We had it with steamed chicken and steamed vegetables. Rice polishing ratio: 60 Alcohol content: 15%. Rice: 100% Koshitanrei produced in Higashi-Yokoyama, Kakizaki, Niigata Prefecture Fire-brewed once

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Slightly pear-like aroma Slight sweetness and refreshing acidity Easy to drink with a clean aftertaste and no habits.

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The first one for the Bon vacation! A souvenir from my sister-in-law. I think it was delicious! ☆

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# 14

3.13 pt.

増本藤兵衛酒造 Shiga

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It was my first time to try Usuzakura. I missed the chance to buy nama sake, so I bought hiyaoroshi. The rice is Ginfuki. It has a relaxed atmosphere. The aroma is a little fruity. It has a mild sweet umami taste. Is it sweet among the Hiyaoroshi?

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This brand is also fresh and delicious no matter which one you drink. It is a small brewery, so if you find it, you should definitely try it.

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Since I drank up the Shinkai Sanjo so quickly, I had another bottle of Shiga sake. This is a light nigori (nigori is a little bit thicker than the original) sake from Omi Tohei Sake Brewery in Higashiomi City. This sake is made by Masumoto Sake Brewery in Higashiomi City. You may not find this sake outside of Shiga. By the way, although not in Higashiomi, I stopped by my favorite museum, Lake Biwa Museum, so I'll introduce some of my lake friends with a few photos 💕. At the center is the red cheeked bite with a trademark. It is served cold. The color is a gentle light nigori. The top aroma is of blue melon and white peach with a gentle fragrance. The overall finish is dry with a strong alcohol attack, The sweet and sour aroma of blue melon and white peach mingles with the richness of milky rice, and the taste sublimates into a rich sweet and sour umami like dried fruit in the mouth. When heated, the sharp alcohol taste settles down, and the balance between the mild and mellow rice flavor and the enhanced bitterness and the thickened mouthfeel is indescribable. This feeling is 👍 in the middle. I imagine it is like a softer version of sakuten. I must drink Furozumi too!

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# 15

3.12 pt.

Minshuku-Tono Iwate

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Fizzy Yogurt Acidity Pineapple Milk Cheese Calpis Juice

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I have always been curious about this sake. First, let's take a sip. Smells more like candy than fruit. Banana cake, lychee, yogurt, freshly baked pound cake, very ripe peaches. No sign of activity. Concentrated! Concentrated syrup. Tart on the tongue with a good sweetness, ripe fruit like pears, green apples, and some alcohol as when the fruit is quite ripe. Finishes with bitterness, acidity and sweetness and has a long finish. Good and amazing. Power. It's drinkable with a splash. Shake a few times to mix and drink. Rice, milky smell. The rice flavor, sweetness, and sourness of the rice spread out in a flash, and the doburoku, or doburoku, has a fruitiness that surrounds the main rice flavor, and the bitterness comes in and gives it a nice sharpness. The rice is almost completely melted, so it is smooth and refreshing. Delicious! A few days later, after shaking and mixing, it did not separate even after a few hours. The alcohol feeling gradually faded away, and when I drank it, I could feel the strong rice flavor spreading out, sweet and mellow, like a dessert. A delicious drink.

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There are several alcoholic beverages that have been neglected for almost a year since I bought them, and this is one of them. Let's open the bottle to see what it tastes like! It's so easy to drink! Doburoku is generally considered to be a rather difficult liquor to drink because of its strong acidity and various other strong habits. But what is this doburoku! It's not so sweet or sour, just enough to give a gentle taste of the ingredients, and it's easy to drink! For those who like that habit, it may be quite insufficient. However, I like it this much better now. Other doburoku seems to take a little more getting used to. The rice mash is not that strong and has a mouthfeel similar to muddy sake. If I am wrong, it may even be easier to drink than the more habitual muddy sake... lol. Combined with the PET bottle container, it felt like Koiwai apple juice. Are my nose and tongue going crazy? I can feel the apple feeling somewhere. The packaging is probably a parody of the classic movie Leon. I found a funny one on Twitter, so I'll post it here.

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In a word, sour! From sourness came a slight sweetness. Strength of fermentation.

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# 16

3.11 pt.

山口 Fukushima

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Bitterness Fruity Dry Umami Acidity Light Milk CherryBlossom

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Bought in Aizu (No.1) This is the first time to buy this brand. It was delicious and had a Junmai-shu feel to it.

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The rice is Fukunokou. This is also not found in Kansai, so I bought it. The aroma is slightly pineapple. It is fruity but a little dry and refreshing. Slight sweetness. I was told it was dry, but I didn't feel it was that dry. It's light, but it may not be enough for some people.

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We enjoyed it very much(^-^)/.

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# 17

3.11 pt.

Furuya Shuzoten Nagano

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Amino Acidity Bitterness CherryBlossom

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This is a gifted Junmai Ginjo, a sake from Nagano. It's fruity but not sweet in the mouth, and it has a crisp and well-balanced bitterness... This quality goes well with "X" cuisine, not just raw sake.

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Warmed. The spiciness with the umami is crisp.

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This is the recovery sake from the Furuya Sake Brewery, after they were devastated by a fire. They made 2,000 bottles with "Hitogokochi" rice they were just able to get from the local area. For me, it wasn't about the taste; I drank it as a local showing my support. ( It was delicious, of course!)

# 18

3.10 pt.

村祐酒造 Niigata

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Like Minatoya Toisuke, this is another brand of Murasuke that I bought because I liked it after tasting it at Ponshu-kan in Echigo Yuzawa. There are many liquor stores that sell Murasuke in Tokyo, but I had never seen this brand before. As its name suggests, it's low in alcohol content at 13%, so it's easy to drink 😚. When you drink it cold, it's light and refreshing, with no hint of bitterness. It's delicious in its own right, but when it's chilled at a cooler temperature, it becomes sweeter and more impressive. I liked it best when it was chilled in the wine cellar at about 15 degrees Celsius 😄. It's interesting to see how it changes with the temperature, but in any case, it's a different direction from the sweet and sour fruity Murasuke. I think it's a fine sake that won't go with any snacks 😋

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This is a sake from the Murayu brewery👍. The acidity is very attractive.

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The sweetness and gorgeous aroma blossom gently from the periphery.

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# 19

3.08 pt.

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Snow Komachi in Koriyama City, Fukushima Prefecture 50% polished Daiginjo Out of the image of popular Fukushima sake, A simple and very ordinary sake with a touch of spiciness.

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It happened to be a campaign. I compared the two, and I think the dry sake is a safe match for Japanese food. When I came to my senses, I found that I drank much less of this sake. Maybe it's because it's easy to enjoy with food and it's what I prefer.

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Snow Komachi🤗 I had never seen or heard of this sake before, but this is the first time I've had it 🤗. Lately, hiyaoroshi sake is coming out one after another 🍶. It was so hot that it melted today, but already autumn sake...😔. I guess it's the effect of global warming, but I feel uncomfortable with the sense of season....... LOL! But when I see autumn leaves patterned label 🍁, I buy it 😆. Junmai Daiginjo for 1,800 yen ⁉️ is very cosy 👍🏼. The taste is... beautifully dry ‼️ lol Not too much sweetness, not too much aroma, not too much acidity, not too much alcohol...that's too much! So it was beautifully dry 🍶🍶.

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# 20

3.08 pt.

白杉酒造 Kyoto

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Acidity Fizzy Sweet and Sour Wine Apple Sweetness Milk Umami

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Purchased on a business trip to Tokyo to try it. Almost a year later, I finally opened the bottle. It is sweet, with a hint of acidity, maybe the work of wine yeast. Finally, the rice flavor tastes like Koshihikari from Tango. Bats for sure. The 22nd year was brewed with Italian rice called Carnaroli, which I wanted to drink.

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Kansai Sake-new Year's Party (7) Sake made with black yeast and yellow yeast. It is sweet and sour, rich and delicious. It has a lemonade-like sweet and sour taste like citric acid 😋.

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This sake is made with high malic acid producing yeast ^_^. The moment you drink it, the sweet and sour taste of apple... As you drink it, you can feel the rice of sake... A new sensation! It's delicious!

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Where to Buy

佐野屋〜日本酒・ワイン通販専門店

白木久　黒麹仕込　特別純米酒　BLACK SWAN(ブラックスワン)¥1,815 白木久　BLACK LABEL　純米吟醸無濾過生原酒　brilliant(ブリリアント)¥1,815

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＼正規販売店／白木久しらきくからくれなゐのSHIRAKIKU 純米無濾過原酒 720ml 日本酒お酒酒 SAKE 秋あがり秋酒京都府白杉酒造美好屋酒店有名人気飲みやすいギフトプレゼントお祝い贈り物誕生日退職祝い結婚祝い還暦祝い内祝い手土産¥1,980 白木久 CHIMERA（キメラ）無濾過生原酒 720ml 【日本酒/京都府/白杉酒造】【要冷蔵商品】¥1,980

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白木久 BLACK SWAN ブラックスワン　5BY　720ml　販売店限定品　日本酒　白杉酒造　京都¥1,815 白木久　純米無濾過原酒　からくれなゐのSHIRAKIKU　720ml　販売店限定品　日本酒　白杉酒造　京都¥1,980

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