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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.

Yutaka Shuzo Fukui

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Smoky Soy Source Apple Pineapple

Kashoku 1

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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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Report 1📝 off-line meeting in Sakai, September 2024 We (Mr. pyonpyon, Mr. bouken, Mr. and Mrs. Yasube, Mr. Ofuji, and myself) were invited to the Sakai branch (Mr. Umaumai, Mr. and Mrs. Wakata, and Mr. Maru), with whom we have strong connections in Kansai branch, and we each brought our own drinks and had very valuable drinks at a certain izakaya 🍶. I was told ⁉️ that I didn't expect such a gathering in Sakai, but I'll go anywhere in Kansai if my schedule allows 🚈💨. We toasted with a sparkling toast from Uma Uma Uma's 🥂. It was my first time to try nigori sparkling, but after the first sizzle, I thought the rice flavor was firm, then I felt sweet and sour like apricot and pulled away. It was more low-alcohol and refreshing than it looked, and I drank it in gulps as I arrived in a sweat 🍾.

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# 2

4.91 pt.

Sakuramuromachi

Muromachi Shuzo Okayama

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CherryBlossom Smoky Subtle Rugged Bitterness Creamy Silky Umami

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Sakuramuromachi 3

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

4.66 pt.

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Smoky Sugar Firm

Wakaba 1

Wakaba 2

Wakaba 3

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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# 4

4.60 pt.

吉野杉の樽酒

Choryo Shuzo Nara

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Shaoxing Wine Smoky

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吉野杉の樽酒 2

吉野杉の樽酒 3

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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# 5

4.57 pt.

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Chestnutt Smoky

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aizunishiki 3

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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With horse sashimi and yukke. 🙂 Uekiya Shoten hanpukai March. ☹️ Another is Koshihikari from Aizu. 😆 O! Like Niji no Kirameki, the sharpness is almost the same, but this one has a slight gentle sweetness comes. 😊. When mixed with the Ori, the flavorful bitterness brings the whole thing together and keeps you from getting tired of drinking it, a sake that you will want to drink forever. It is a drink that you will want to drink forever. 🙂. The difference in flavor can be felt depending on the rice, It was a meaningful comparison. 😆 😆

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# 6

4.50 pt.

Funaki Shuzo Fukui

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Smoky Dry Light Bitterness

Kitanosho 1

Kitanosho 2

Kitanosho 3

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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# 7

4.38 pt.

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Smoky Acidity Umami Fizzy Bitterness Sharp Muscat Dry

Shikishima 1

Shikishima 2

Shikishima 3

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』

日本酒敷嶋特別純米酒７２０ml 【伊東酒造】¥1,650 日本酒敷嶋純米吟醸酒山田錦７２０ml 【伊東酒造】¥2,090

# 8

4.36 pt.

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Smoky Umami Acidity Dry Hot Temperature Room Temperature Astringent Firm

Chikusen 1

Chikusen 2

Chikusen 3

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

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

# 9

4.14 pt.

Shiokawa Shuzo Niigata

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Caramelized Miso Smoky Soy Source

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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

4.02 pt.

Ozaki Shuzo Wakayama

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Room Temperature Dry Smoky Creamy Umami

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Rice used is unknown There is a bunch! It has a very "Yamahaku" feeling. The sense of maturity is also there. The taste is dry, but the sweetness is spreading on the tongue. The sharpness is not bad either. As the temperature rises, it becomes milder. This type of sake tastes better when it is not too cold.

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. Rice polishing ratio : 60 Sake received as a souvenir It is quite refreshing and has a strong acidity, The acidity is strong, and a weak bitterness comes later! It has a flavor suitable for lukewarm heating. It has the same flavor as Kumano Nachinotaki Junmai-shu! It has the same flavor as Kumano Nachinotaki Junmai Sake! I can't tell the difference! ✩3.5

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"Pacific Ocean"

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