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Sake Rankings by Flavor Tag

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

# 81

2.59 pt.

Bunbuku Shuzo Gunma

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Shaoxing Wine Wine Chocolate Pear Umami Dry Bitterness Fresh

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On New Year's Day, with Osechi. The rice is flavorful and delicious 😋.

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☀️ I haven't seen a lot of minutefuku for a while now 👀. I'll take it for the first time in a while 😋. It has a slight yellow tinge 🟡. Sticky sweetness like plum wine 😚. The ginjo aroma is also clearly detectable. Despite its yellow appearance, it has a modern finish😎😎. It was a well-balanced sweetness that could add sweetness and umami to dishes 🤗.

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Score: 3.5 Rice polishing ratio: 40 Sake rice: Yamadanishiki Alcohol content: 18%. Aroma: rice crackers, brown rice, slight hints of Japanese pear and malted rice. It has a sweet, mild and thick taste, but it does not have a strong sense of maturity. Alcohol is added.

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# 82

2.58 pt.

太田酒造 Shiga

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Umami Raisin Dry Acidity Fresh CherryBlossom Crisp Bittersweet

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Slightly effervescent and fresh. Slightly fizzy and fresh, with a clean, firm green apple taste. Good sharpness. 8.5

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Doukan has the image of a bold, robust brew with a strong umami flavor and bitterness towards the end, but this one is just as unexpected as the jacket suggests, with a beautiful flavor while still having a good umami taste. It is just beautiful. I don't mind beautiful, but I don't expect beautiful from Doukan. I can drink beautiful sake elsewhere. When I order Doukan, I want to drink Doukan!

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Dry Junmai. Kirei, my favorite flavor! Personal preference: ★★★★★

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# 83

2.58 pt.

Hakuro Shuzo Niigata

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Dry Chilled Juice Umami Creamy Cheese Light Acidity

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The sweetness and umami taste start from the first sip. The aftertaste is refreshing.

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There is a cloudy taste. Lactobacillus-like sweetness.

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It was half price at the supermarket, about 1,000 yen (1.8L). I started drinking it as a cooking sake, but finished more than 90% of the bottle without any twitchiness. As expected, it is an ordinary junmai sake. The label says it can be served at room temperature, chilled, or lukewarm, but if you want to drink it, it should be heated. This time of year, I often cook oden and nabe (hot pot), and often drink it with dashi. This was the best way for me to drink it. For better or worse, it is a sake with no peculiarities. I had never seen it before, but it must be a local brand. I found this sake in the darkness of the distribution system, but this kind of encounter is also a pleasure at the supermarket. The price was 1064 (1800 ml) including tax, and it was on sale at half price.

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# 84

2.56 pt.

Asahigiku Shuzo Fukuoka

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Hot Temperature Umami Room Temperature Mellow Tranquil Gentle Warm Sake Cooled Sake

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This is Asahi Kiku Arahashiri, a Fukuoka souvenir 🍶. It's in a nice looking bottle, but it seems that during the new sake season, Fukuoka's sake is often served in these stoppered bottles. I thought it was nice because it can be corked tightly so it is easy to reuse. The initial aroma is slightly sweet, like cooked rice. In the mouth, it has a mild sweet flavor with a slight astringency. It finishes with a slight bitterness. The astringency was a bit strong, but the sake was delicious with a calm and full flavor typical of Asahi Kiku ✨.

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Usually not a fan of taruzake but this was a limited seasonal release, directly from the barrel to the bottle. Not so overpowering & in my view could be good with food although I had mostly finished eating by this point in the evening.

Next up was a junmai ginjo sake from Fukuoka by Asahi Kiku💛.

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Where to Buy

銘酒本舗　IMANAKA SAKESHOP

旭菊綾花特別純米瓶囲い 1800ml あやか旭菊酒造¥3,520

# 85

2.55 pt.

Ryusen'yaezakura

Senkin Shuzo Iwate

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Dry Soft Neat Umami Chestnutt Sweetness Complex Firm

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Brewery Limited ✨️ brought in by a regular customer GOTCHISO-SAMATSU I just had Yaezakura the other day, so it was easy to compare: ☺️ It's a bit peculiar after all! But I'm lucky🍀🍀 to be able to drink this rare limited edition sake.

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Next was the Ryusen Yaezakura Junmai Sake Takumi no Omachi. Compared to the Yamada-Nishiki we drank earlier, the taste is a little more robust. The aroma is almost imperceptible, but the sweetness and umami of the flavor is stronger than that of Yamadanishiki. I was full of anticipation, wondering what this sake, which won first place in the Governor's Award, would taste like! I went to the brewery and asked them about it, and they told me that they will start selling it next week. I am looking forward to it! It was delicious! (^o^) P.S. This year, my hibiscus has many flower buds. Last year, they hardly bloomed at all... (^_^; )

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Junmai Nama Sake 🍶 Shiboritate✨ Various flavors. Stronger freshly squeezed. Alcohol is also strong. It is assertive throughout. The sliced kipper makes it mild 👍. Fried oyster makes it more charming. It looks like it was made up and became beautiful😅. Nambu Bistro Unmenosu @ Morioka station 20240126

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# 86

2.54 pt.

Inoeseikichi Shoten Tochigi

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Umami Fizzy Yakult Acidity Sweet and Sour Fruity Caramelized Flamboyant

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A sake that is easy to drink. It has a refreshing taste of rice, and is suitable for a mealtime drink.

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At the traveling SAKE in Hankyu Department Store. It is made from Yumesasara. The sake is fresh like a fresh sake. It is delicious with a fruity sweetness that is not too sweet.

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Buy at Asahikawa Marushin Shoten The rice used is Yumesasara from Tochigi prefecture. It is a low alcohol type, but it has a moderate sweetness, and as expected from an unpasteurized sake, it has a crisp taste. The acidity is also a bit like white wine, so it can be used with western food. It is an all-round food sake. It is the first time to drink Sawahime, so it is difficult to evaluate only this one, but it is an interesting brewery!

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Where to Buy

銘酒本舗　IMANAKA SAKESHOP

澤姫特別純米しぼりたて生 720ml さわひめ井上清吉商店¥1,815 澤姫特別純米しぼりたて生 1800ml さわひめ井上清吉商店¥3,630

# 87

2.54 pt.

Higashi Shuzo Ishikawa

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Sweetness Umami Crisp Dry Fruity Glue-like Acidity Bitterness

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Sake Marche Week 6. Million Stone No White Night. Shinsen and spring rolls. It seems like the spring roll deliciousness has just flowed smoothly from this area, as the records and memories are fuzzy. That's how I feel,

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The rice used is "Hotarumai," a brand of Koshihikari rice. It has a strong acidity and a cider-like taste. The sweetness is moderate, and the aftertaste is refreshing. It seems to go well with strong flavored dishes. It's a little different from what I like, but it's an interesting sake 🍶.

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Made with "Hyakumangoku no Shiro," Ishikawa's newest rice suitable for sake brewing, and Kanazawa yeast. It has a gentle touch and a clean aftertaste. It goes well with sushi rolls with amazu (sweet vinegar).

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# 88

2.54 pt.

Okada Honke Hyogo

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Fizzy Acidity Dry Fresh Wine Sweetness Peachy Light

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Corner shop at the mysterious cheese shop (2) Since the corner drinking at this restaurant is self-serve, we discovered an unopened bottle of Moridori when searching the refrigerator! I entrusted it to Mr. Nemuchi, a professional corker 😁. I drank a lot of dry sake at an off-line meeting the other day and I'm in the mode that I can drink some dry sake, right? I'm in a mode that some things are dry, so I drank it. It's definitely dry, but it's delicious with a nice sweetness and gasiness 😁.

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I think it was a collaboration of several sake breweries in Hyogo Prefecture.

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Purchased at a liquor store specializing in Hyogo sake with mofu. There were many people drinking sake in the store and the atmosphere was bizarre. When I asked the store staff if it was an event, he told me that they were people who had come from Ozeki's brewery open at a nearby store. The smell of squid filled the air, and the waiter said he was sorry for the smell 🤣. This sake is brewed with salvia yeast collected by students at an agricultural high school. It is slightly effervescent and has a unique flavor. Sweet but cosmetic like no other aroma. A little nutty in the second half. I thought it was a little peculiar. After 3 days, a little bit of rum raisin taste. Definitely tastier than freshly opened 😋.

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# 89

2.54 pt.

Uehara Shuzo Shiga

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Umami Acidity Bitterness Milk Firm Creamy Soft 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

# 90

2.53 pt.

Shimaoka Shuzo Gunma

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Hot Temperature Room Temperature Acidity Umami Melon-flavored Warm Sake Pear Firm

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(*∇￣*)🍶🍶🍶🍶 It was a very cold and snowy day in Ishikawa today, so I opened a bottle of Gunma Izumi to warm it up 😀 I'll start with room temperature 😁I've been drinking a lot of Yamahai lately, so I think I'm starting to get the feel of Yamahai 🤔It's solid and delicious! I've been drinking a lot of 😋 warmed up 😋, the aroma and taste are doubled and it's delicious. I've been drinking it for a while now and I'm starting to get a feel for it.

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I️ am a Junmai sake drinker so I️ don't drink a lot of alsobe sake, but it's very easy to drink. It's like a forest brewed with a light nigori ✨✨. I enjoy it very much.

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A little cloudy with a light gassy feel. Fresh and crisp. It has the impression of an adult ramune. The Gunma Izumi I drank before was good, but this one is even better.

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