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Introducing sake brands with the strongest impression of "Smoky" flavor, ranked by the strength of the impression.
# 1
4.99 pt.
Kashoku
Yutaka Shuzo
Fukui
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Pineapple
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[Fukui Spring New Sake Festival (6) Next, visitors can enjoy a glass of sake from their own local brewery. Hanashoku Junmai Daiginjo Betsuatsurae The aroma is like grapes with a hint of sourness, the mouthfeel is clean and sweet with a pleasant aftertaste, and there is a lingering bitterness in the back of the throat. I bought some salted sea urchin, which is a perfect match for sake, but is usually hard to find. The taste was so agonizing that it made me want to drink more sake. I think if I recommend [salted sea urchin] to people outside of the prefecture, they will be puzzled how to eat it 🤔.
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This month we had a lot of drinking outside, so it's been a while since I've had a drink at home! I got a bottle of summer sake "Kashoku", which is rarely seen even in my hometown, because there was some left at the liquor store! The mouthfeel is sweet with a refreshing acidity, and the mellow aroma lingers until the end. It seems that more emphasis is placed on the mellow aroma than on the refreshing taste! Although it is a summer sake, it is a perfect bottle for long nights in autumn. I felt it has the potential to be as good as many dishes in the autumn season of taste.
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National Sake Fair 2025 in Osaka_56 Fukui Prefecture Booth 8 The Yutaka Sake Brewery is located in Sabae City, which feels somewhat familiar to us since Umaiai-san helped them at the Japanese Sake Festival. ◉Kasokandoku Junmai Daiginjo Betsuatsurae The aroma is slightly smoky. It has a sweet and savory taste, with a slight bacon-like flavor. Even without any favoritism, they make a lot of good sake. They seem to be particular about Gohyakumangoku from Fukui Prefecture. The level of sake in Fukui Prefecture is also very high, and there is a lot of good sake here. I forgot to take a picture of this one, so I borrowed it from bouken.
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# 2
4.57 pt.
Sakuramuromachi
Muromachi Shuzo
Okayama
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Smoky
Subtle
Rugged
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Silky
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Slightly cloudy. Smoky aroma like smoked fish, but round and quite sweet in the mouth. It would be great if it wasn't smoky...
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It was hard to ask them to let me take a picture because they looked so busy, so no picture. The aroma is classic Japanese sake. When you drink it, it is quite refreshing and slightly sweet. The color is dark and I wonder if it has aged a bit. I was allowed to take a picture of it as the restaurant was getting settled, so I switched it out.
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〰︎ Bizen Omachi, Specified Cultivation, produced in Okayama Prefecture 2023/10 Contracted with a farmer in Seto-cho, Okayama City. The brewery uses the best sake rice for its luxury sake brewing. The brewing water is one of the "100 best waters in Japan Omachi Cold Spring", one of the "100 Best Waters in Japan Sake received as a souvenir from Okayama Elegant dry taste Slightly ginjo aroma, no sweetness or sourness, strong bitterness You can taste the umami part of the rice.
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# 3
4.32 pt.
吉野杉の樽酒
Choryo Shuzo
Nara
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Smoky
Dark~! Firm flavor. Dry but with sweetness.
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Purchased as a souvenir from a trip to Osaka. It is dry and has a smoky taste. It tastes like something I have never had before. I drank it cold, so I will have it at room temperature next time.
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Compared to the other two, I had a twinge after drinking it (laughs). I'm glad I drank it because it's a name I hear a lot (laughs).
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# 4
4.31 pt.
Wakaba
Wakaba
Gifu
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Sugar
Firm
The taste is rich but light on the palate. It is even softer when heated. It has a moderate aromatic richness and a little bit of spiciness. It has a good balance and can be served with a wide range of food. It is a limited edition sake, but it has a standard taste. Mr. Ota lives in Kamakura. I was there just two and a half months ago, so I missed it a lot! Once again, Kamakura is a wonderful place! The restaurants that were introduced to us were all very unique and the food looked delicious!
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I bought this Wakaba unfiltered sake in the summer and felt it was still young, so I let it sleep in the closet. It has a good balance of flavor, with the punch of unfiltered sake, but without losing the simple country feel of Wakaba. I put it in the closet again, but it was good enough. It's not Wakaba, but Higuchi Shinyo, a triple axel that is anything but rustic! The ROC is still very difficult, but I hope the Japanese will do their best to get on the podium!
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(The regular product has a ripeness, but this one is relatively refined. It looks light but has a solid core, and there is still a sense of ripeness in the back. It shows its full potential when heated. The richness comes out well. When it cools down, the sweetness comes out well. I bought it from a sake brewer, and when I asked for sakekasu, they gave me a lot of it! Maybe it's because I buy from the sake brewer sometimes. It is very delicious when it is baked!
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# 5
4.30 pt.
aizunishiki
Fukushima
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Chestnutt
Smoky
Purchased in a cuddle. I heard it was sweet, but bitterness comes first. I'm kind of getting tired of drinking it. It's not well-balanced. I was expecting a little more... I drank about half of it, but I'm going to take a sake bath. My family was happy.
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Local festival starts tonight! Nomaoi Festival! Yakitori, takoyaki, okonomiyaki, fries! Sashimi at a fresh fish store! We'll be serving it with Fukushima Prefecture's local sake 🍶. Fukushima rice and yeast Fukushima samadai👍
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3.5
# 6
4.22 pt.
Chikusen
Tajime
Hyogo
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My impression is that this sake has a fresh, blue feeling among the Takezumi brands. It also has a grassy feel. It has a powerful wildness. It conveys a strength that seems to be unaffected even if it is laid down to rest.
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Konnyaku at the store and
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Is this Takezumi's first low-alcohol original sake? It seems to be. The aroma is a bit aged, but there is a sourness and a light gassy feeling. It is claimed to be dry, but the low alcohol content and the aforementioned characteristics make it easy to drink. It also has a fruity taste in the mouth for a moment.
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Where to Buy
酒浪漫うちやま 楽天市場店
Rakuten
竹泉
【純米熟成】
山田錦〔生原酒〕1800ml
¥3,080
竹泉
【純米】熟成愛酒 りん
1800ml
¥3,300
# 7
4.16 pt.
Kitanosho
Funaki Shuzo
Fukui
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Dry
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Tasted here also at Hankyu Department Store. Junmai Ginjo-shu made with Kuzuryu. It is a refreshingly dry sake, but has a sweet and fruity taste. This time I bought a bottle of unfiltered raw sake made with Jinryoku.
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Tasted at Umeda Hankyu Department Store. The rice was said to be Gohyakumangoku. The quality of the sake is clean and refreshing for hiyaoroshi. It is easy to drink without a sense of maturity. As the person in charge said, it is a quiet type of sake, so I think it is suitable for a mealtime drink.
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It looks like all of them use locally grown rice, as did the two types of Kitanosho I posted the other day. It seems that only Ryu-ryoku and Koko use Jinryoku all the time. I'm sure there are other places like Okura that use it for single use. When I tasted it, my impression was that it was quite sweet and the second half was heavy, but it was smoky and the flavor of the rice came through with a bang. It has a strong bitterness at the end. It is not the type of sake I would drink on its own, so I will have to wait and see. I don't think it should be chilled too much. If you like Shimane or Tottori area sake, this would be good for you. I think it has a quality of sake that would not be affected by letting it sit for a while. There are glimpses of sweetness and a fruity atmosphere, but I wonder if it's basically more of a classic. Is it a multi-faceted, multi-personality sake?
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# 8
4.15 pt.
Shikishima
Ito
Aichi
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Closing out the drinks we had last weekend 😆. Smell good 😌. The Mikotsuru was quite rich and sweet, so I felt a lot of sourness when I took a sip 😳. The more I drank, the more umami and the sourness and aliveness were also good 👍 I can feel the strong aroma of the barrels! Is this a dry wine? and Nobby Well, I guess it's umakuchi. It is labeled 18 degrees, but you don't feel it. I thought it would have been better if it was warmed up to lukewarm 🤔 I thought so later, but I finished it before I realized it 😆. But I drank a little too much from Thursday to the weekend 😓. I'll enjoy a quiet rest day for the first half of this week 😮💨.
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Nice to meet you Shikishima ~ ⤴️🍶 Light, refreshing, fruity🌸🍶✨ A little 🍈, a little 🍍, a little citrus 🍊 😊. This is super oicy ❕. I enjoy it very much.
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Tonight, I'm opening a bottle of the first bottle of Masamune instrument for the weekend dinner because it's so good it's about to run out 💁. Shikishima Light Nigori Nama Sake 2022BY Back on the nigori road a bit, but again it's almost a year old 😅. When I opened the bottle, I could hear the gas escaping with a nice sound. The aroma is mainly chemically aromatic, with a hint of greffle skin and a little bit of maturity. The mouthfeel changes from sourness and citrus bitterness to bitterness, umami, and spiciness. The alcohol content is 18%, so it has quite a punch, but the sweetness and umami from the aging process gives the impression that it is more rounded. It's good that the lees are so cloudy and the umami and richness is so much better 😊.
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Where to Buy
お酒の専門店 『松仙』
Amazon
日本酒
敷嶋
純米吟醸酒
山田錦720ml
【伊東酒造】
¥2,090
日本酒
敷嶋
特別純米 無濾過生原酒 夢山水
1800ml
【伊東酒造】
¥3,740
Where to Buy
酒専門店 知多繁 楽天市場店
Rakuten
敷嶋
夏めく 特別純米酒
720ml
【愛知県半田市 伊東株式会社】
¥1,760
敷嶋
特別純米生原酒 五百万石
720ml
【愛知県半田市 伊東株式会社】
¥1,870
# 9
3.92 pt.
COWBOY
Shiokawa Shuzo
Niigata
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Miso
Smoky
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Today is Valentine's Day!👩❤️👨 This Sake paired very well with the filet mignon I prepared for my wife. There is a full mouth feel with umami. There is a light smoke flavor and wood. The aftertaste is short.
Cowboy bought me this as a souvenir from Niigata! Yay! Yamahai is great! The design is cool too! It's crisp and mellow, and I drank a bottle so fast... I want to drink it again!
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It comes with a gusto at first, and both the umami and sourness come into play. Certainly good to drink while washing off the fat from the meat 😀.
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# 10
3.88 pt.
官兵衛
Meijo Shuzo
Hyogo
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(*^^^^^+) Today, my sister sent me 1/5 I got a bottle of Kanbei from Meijo Shuzo 😀. As the label says, it's light and dry. It's a great sake to drink with food. It's a good sake to pair with food 😎Thanks sis✨.
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It is light and dry but slightly sweet and delicious. I can drink this as much as I want😄.
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Sake Brewer : Meijo Shuzo Place of Origin : Toyofuji-cho, Himeji City, Hyogo Prefecture Content : 300ml Price : about 450 yen Rice polishing ratio: 73% Alcohol percentage: 13 Pairing : Stir-fried komatsuna and thick fried tofu with aged soybean paste (hot and thick) The aroma is crisp but gorgeous. It has a slightly long bitter taste that is heavy at first and lingers on the palate. It is a small sip, but if you drink it heavily, it is bitter and you may not like it... As soon as it hits your tongue, you feel a little bit of sweetness and a thin lingering bitterness... If you like sake that is crisp and has a short aftertaste... You may not like it... If you want to match it with food, I feel that you have to fight it with tempura and other dishes with strong flavors such as salt or boiled vegetables... If the food is light in flavor... I think this sake might make it hard to taste the food... Personally, I feel it's like shochu (it's a freshly stored sake)... On the other hand, people who enjoy the richness of sweetpotato shochu might enjoy it... Personally, I prefer a refreshing type... Overall rating C (S-D)
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