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

# 81

2.62 pt.

Kuromatsukenbishi

Kenbishi Shuzo Hyogo

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Hot Temperature Shaoxing Wine Creamy Room Temperature Umami Piercing Caramelized Sweetness

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(🍶🍶🍶🍶🍶+ Sake cups purchased on my trip #4 This is my first time with Kenrishi ✨. The aroma is full of umami 🤔. On the palate, it has a caramel-like aroma, sweetness and depth of flavor, yet it's clean, crisp and easy to drink 🥰It's a delicious sake 🥳.

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This time we changed things up a bit and bought a bottle of Kuromatsu Kenrishi❣️, which we fell in love with at first sight because of the shape of the bottle and the coolness of the label. I had it lukewarm with my homemade oden🍢🙏. It's also good that you can heat up the whole bottle in a ding-dong! It has a bit of an alcoholic aroma, but I don't mind it too much. It's just as spicy and easy to drink 😮❗️ It's like an evolution of the classic type of sake? and I enjoyed it with food 😚. The bottle is stylish and I'd like to keep a bottle in stock for when I want a little heated sake 👍 Thanks for the food!

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. Rice polishing ratio: 63 Fluffy sweetness spreads from hot to lukewarm! The balance with the acidity is nice! The cherry blossoms have not bloomed yet! ✩4.0

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虎ノ門升本

剣菱酒造瑞穂黒松剣菱瓶[日本酒兵庫県720ml]¥2,480

# 82

2.60 pt.

Kikuzakari Shuzo Iwate

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Acidity Umami Sweetness Lingering Plum Creamy Firm Fruity

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Kansai Sake-new Year's Party (5) The label doesn't say, but there must have been a nama-shu sticker on it. More refreshing and easier to drink than the ones I've had in the past. I don't think I would buy it myself because it's pretty dry if you look at the sake level 🙄.

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It is a Kikumori Junmai-shu (Junmai sake) intoxicating. It is rather refreshing, light, and easy to drink. Is the Kikumori feeling weak?

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. Polishing ratio: 55 Yeast: Association No. 6 The taste is slightly sweet, but then comes a bitter acidity with a strong impact! ☆4.0

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# 83

2.60 pt.

Ikekame Shuzo Fukuoka

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Chilled Invigorating Shaoxing Wine Umami Flamboyant Dry Strawberry Crisp

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I felt that it was a refreshing drink. I drank it up in a good mood while tucking into the delicious fish dishes at Hasunotena.

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First Fukuoka sake on my new account. It is Ikegame from Kurume 🐢. The label is a cute goldfish: ❤️ This is my first time drinking Ikegame, and while it is a junmai sake, it also has a bit of ginjo aroma, which gives it a nice cosiness 😙. It has a refreshing and crisp summery taste, with just the right amount of sweetness and umami that won't interfere with your meal 😋. It went well with meat, fish, and vegetables👍. Thanks to the sake brewery and the store that recommended it to us 🙏!

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Pond turtles are good. This is the first time to see this one, and it's also hot, so I thought raw would be good too, so I bought it. It has a very light and refreshing taste, but it has a very strong spiciness and a very strong umami taste. It has a lot of elements that make you want to drink it. It can also be heated. Some of the nama sake can be too strong, but this sake is light, so it goes well with it. I liked how the astringency came out well. Mr. Mitamura went to Arashiyama He was tasting a high Tanzan. He said it is only available at certain times of the year, but it's a great service!

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佐野屋〜日本酒・ワイン通販専門店

池亀さわやか夏の純米酒¥1,287 池亀特別純米酒　亀印¥1,320

# 84

2.60 pt.

Shinkame Shuzo Saitama

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Hot Temperature Umami Cooled Sake Warm Sake Room Temperature Lingering Creamy Shaoxing Wine

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Scoring☆☆☆☆ Kamikame Shuzo's Sake Pants from Saitama All products bearing the name "Hikomago" are aged for more than three years in the brewery before being shipped. Open the bottle! 🌠 The sweet aroma of rice drifts faintly in the air😄. The first glass is a cold sake. Rich, soft, and robust. 😋 The second glass is lukewarm or hot ❗ The rice flavor is nice 😋 A little nostalgic, I️ surprisingly like the taste of Junmai sake🎶. Tonight I paired it with shabu shabu and it was a good match for the meat👍. I recommend drinking it warmed up with strong flavored food and cheese😄.

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Sake in Saitama 🍶. Fresh taste like a fresh sake, a little quirky but that's also good 😋. Sake degree: +6 to +8 Alcohol level: 16-17 Rice: Awa Yamadanishiki Polishing ratio: 50 Yeast: Association No. 7 yeast

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Meeting with Mr. TOMO 202411 We are drinking heated sake from the previous Kurumasaka to the last sake 🍶. Shinkame, which I drank at the brewer's festival, but it was the last one, so I don't remember much about it 🐢. First, let's start with Hikoson. It's delicious with a hint of sweetness 😋. If you have both Hikoson and Kamikame, you want to compare them, don't you? So...

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酒の甫坂

埼玉県　神亀酒造ひこ孫【ひこまご】　純米　720ml¥2,100 埼玉県神亀酒造ひこ孫【ひこまご】純米1800ml¥4,580

# 85

2.60 pt.

君の井酒造 Niigata

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Umami Yogurt Acidity Full-flavored Dry Crisp Tranquil Sweetness

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Bought it for a moment with Rusty Cat Rock. Also got Funaguchi Smoked incense! It has a strong alcohol taste, but it has a sweetness with a tangy flavor and a spiciness that is very strong. Much tastier than I expected.

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It was given to me by my brother back home. Vegetables as well. Deep fried and soaked. For the main dish, I served a bonito tataki with a mountain of myoga (Japanese ginger). Today's dish is from the Niigata series. The dry sake went well with it.

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Niigata Souvenirs Part 2 The last one was a gift from Kimi no Ii, along with the Yukinaka Ume. Seasonal summer sake ☀️ It was hot yesterday, so I chilled it to the perfect temperature before serving. It was so hot yesterday, so I chilled it and enjoyed it! It has almost no aroma and a smooth taste. The aftertaste is a little bit peculiar. but the low alcohol content makes it easy to drink. It is very easy to drink! It was delicious 😄.

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# 86

2.60 pt.

Toyokuni Shuzo (Aizu)Fukushima

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CherryBlossom Acidity Umami Juicy Champagne Bitterness Invigorating Fruity

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2021/09/11 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Opened the bottle carefully with a little bit of crown. As soon as you open it, you can smell the fresh aroma of lactic acid. A gentle refreshing sweetness and then a dry feeling comes. It is a type of beer that can be drunk crisply until the end. Thanks to the low alcohol and strong carbonation It's so refreshing that I couldn't stop sipping it.

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Toyokuni for a very long time. I didn't write it down, but they said it was bag-hung. It has a juicy flavor with a gentle sweetness that is very drinkable. This time I bought it at a tasting sale at a department store, but there are not many liquor stores in Kansai that carry it... Nakamura Sake-ten in Amagasaki or Youmeikan in Yokozutsumi? It tastes sweeter when it is taken out of the refrigerator and brought to room temperature.

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Various summer liquors are now available. This time it was Fengkoku's summer sake. It was sunny this afternoon and the weather recovered, so I opened a bottle that had been well chilled in the refrigerator. It is a light nigori (light cloudy) sake. The label is white and empty on the surface, but when you shine a light on it from behind, a starry sky appears on the label. When the lees are mixed in, it looks foggy, and when the lees settle, it looks like a star-filled sky (Milky Way). At first it is too cold to smell much. The mouthfeel is light, and although it feels spicy on the throat, it has a light sweetness, followed by a grefle-like bitterness and a leesiness that is also combined with the flavor. The bitterness is pleasant and crisp, making it a delicious summer sake. Although it is a Fukushima sake, it is not too amateurish and can be drunk without hesitation.

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# 87

2.60 pt.

Yatsushika Shuzo Oita

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Dry Flamboyant Crisp Raisin Umami Peachy Hot Temperature Sweetness

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This is also a 3-day record. Chiebijin was not enough, so I threw in a small bottle. This is the pink label of Yatsuka, which I have come to like! It feels more rounded than Chiebijin. Delicious!

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The brewery is more impressive for its shochu Ginza no Suzume than for its sake. Tasted and purchased. It has a gorgeous aroma and is fruity even when drunk. 1801 yeast is used, making it a sweet and fruity sake that is easy to understand. I wish they would release a fresh sake of this one. I felt it was sweeter and fruity at room temperature than when it was chilled to the perfect temperature.

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2023 Ginjo Shinshu Matsuri🍶. You can feel the umami of rice well. Dry 🍶.

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酒専門店　知多繁　楽天市場店

八鹿スパークリング　Niji（にじ）　360ml【大分県玖珠郡八鹿酒造】¥1,663 八鹿スパークリング　Niji（にじ）　720ml【大分県玖珠郡八鹿酒造】¥3,240

# 88

2.59 pt.

Marumoto Shuzo Okayama

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Apple Mellow Umami Creamy Light Sweetness Hot Temperature Nectar

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I've always been curious about it because I often see it at Takashimaya, but this is my first time to drink it. The rice is Asahi rice and Yamadanishiki. It is fresh and has a strong sweet flavor, but the aroma and taste are a bit unique. I also feel a bit of hardness. I'll give it some more time and see how it goes. Apple and honey-like sweetness with a sense of thickening.

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Fruity with a gorgeous aroma. Sweet, juicy and a little bitter at the end. It's really tasty. I drink Takebayashi more often at events than at home, but I never miss it.

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☆☆☆☆☆ It is heated to a high temperature. It's what I call a good heated sake. It's just plain good.

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はせがわ酒店

竹林ふかまり純米720ml日本酒丸本酒造岡山県¥1,650

# 89

2.59 pt.

Yamamoto Honke Kyoto

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Creamy Umami Dry Crisp Fresh Room Temperature Rich Fruity

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The second drink at the Sacred Bar was "Kaguyahime," which is very Kyoto-like. It was fresh and sweet on the palate, so it went better with grilled white onions than sashimi.

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Yamamoto Honke had a store at Sendai Mitsukoshi in conjunction with the Kyoto Exhibition. I look forward to Yamamoto Honke's "tarekuchi" every year at this time of the year, but it seems to take about one more week before it is shipped, so I did not get it this year either. The aroma is a fresh ginjo aroma. The mouthfeel is fruity, fresh, sweet, and juicy, with a light acidity and bitterness from the aftertaste of alcohol. It has a high quality, classical, and sharp taste, and is very satisfying to drink. Thank you very much!

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A "sacred" store found near Nishiki Market in Kyoto. Great cold drink when you are finally able to sit down after a long day of walking 😀. It was slightly carbonated and went down my throat so well I didn't mind the 19% alcohol content 😅. You can't tell the alcohol content in modern sakes. Beautiful construction.

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# 90

2.59 pt.

Wakaebisu Shuzo Mie

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Invigorating Fruity Crisp Refreshing Sweetness Caramelized Fresh Umami

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The third drink at my favorite yakitori restaurant was Gizaemon Natsu-damon, which I had during a break in the drinking Shinsei. This is another summer sake from my favorite Mie sake that I was very curious about. The aroma is not so strong. It has an energetic taste with a tingling sensation when you put it in your mouth. It was a very tasty sake with a good balance of refreshing sweetness and bitterness ✨.

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This is Gizaemon Junmai Daiginjo Autumn Damon. The aroma is mild, but it smells like Muscat in the mouth. It has a good acidity and a mellow taste, and is a delicious sake. It is better to drink it not too cold.

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The Last Five Cups of Tsu Night I think I have posted this before, When I think of Gizaemon, I have an image of a black label. It is a dark sake with a mellow mouthfeel, but with a strong umami flavor. It has a stable flavor. ❗️ I enjoyed Mie sake...thank you!

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