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Sake Rankings by Flavor Tag

Introducing sake brands with the strongest impression of "Full-bodied" flavor, ranked by the strength of the impression.

# 31

3.79 pt.

Yachiya Shuzo Ishikawa

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Dry Crisp Acidity Umami Peachy Fruity

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My first Kagatsuru. It is crisp and dry. Crab miso is sweet. Delicious! I think they go well together!

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Slight sweetness and a clean aftertaste. It's tasty, but not very distinctive. Because it has no peculiarities, it's good for enjoying a good meal, but I'm a picky eater, so I'm a little sad.

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Hiyahoroshi is a royal road. Full-bodied, yet dry and refreshing.

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# 32

3.79 pt.

Oomuraya Shuzojo Shizuoka

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Today we are going out for a drink. This izakaya is a rare izakaya where you can eat a lot of vegetables 😁The sashimi is also reasonably priced with sea bream and swordfish. They sell vegetables, so they have a large selection of vegetable-based soft drinks. They mainly have local Shizuoka sake, but they also have a lot of Omuraya sake from the famous Omuraya brewery, which is famous for Wakatake and Onna no Nyokase 🧐 This is the first time I've had anything from this brewery. Today's sake was Oni Otome. I was in the mood for a sweet sake. The flavor was full and spreading. It is delicious 😋. We had it with sashimi, tempura, and meat rolls!

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The first drink of the day

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Oni Otome Tears Shiboritate

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# 33

3.75 pt.

Izushi Shuzo Hyogo

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Mellow Traditional Hot Temperature

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Left photo. Reads "Sasazuru." Smooth apricot sweetness, bitterness, and rice sourness. The dryness is moderate. The set of sake comparison was surprisingly full of straight-forward and delicious sake.

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HYOGO SAKE EXPO 2024③. Rakuraku zuru? Tano-no-zuru? No, it's Sasazuru 😁. Izushi Sake Brewery's 200 year old red clay warehouse still exists. Even more acidic than Sennenichi. Overall, it is refreshing. I thought it would be extremely spicy, but it is quite easy to drink. Of the B set, Nada Ichi is my favorite. I heard later that this brewery doesn't make it anymore and that it might contain sake from a famous brewery in the Tajima area 🤔. 🤔. It's ok if it tastes good even if they don't brew it themselves 😋. I was also interested in the King Brewery Inami that koge2 and Wakata-san were drinking, but I decided to skip it this time because it's available at Yamaya and I don't need to drink it now!

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There are various theories as to the origin of "Rakurakutsuru," but it is said that the name "Rakurakutsuru" is derived from the name of a place called "Sasaura" near Kinosaki Hot Spring located about 20 km from the brewery, the name of the villa of the lord of Izushi Castle, Lord Sengoku, called "Rakurakuen," and the name of sake, "Rakuraku," which is also called "Sasazuru. The name of the villa is said to be "Rakurakuen" and the word for sake is "Rakuraku". The word "crane" is said to refer to the storks that lived in this area. The top aroma has a strong alcohol flavor. It is a very rich and mellow sake, as it is a pure sake. I don't want to compare it to other sake, but it has the feel of mellow shochu or spirits. However, it is a sake (I don't like the term "sake", so I call it "alcohol"), so it is somewhat mellow, not that harsh alcohol. It's easy to drink, so you can gobble it down with a gulp, and (for me) it's a bit of a kick.

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# 34

3.75 pt.

Katayama Shuzo Fukui

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Hot Temperature Spice

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( ⑉¯ ⑉ )🍶🍶🍶🍶+ Today I received a gift of sake called Kansai 😀 This is a brand I have never heard of before 😊It seems to be a popular sake often drunk in Fukui. When I drank it, I found it to be a strong style of traditional sake 😚 with a good balance of flavor, sweetness, and bitterness, and it was thick 🥰It was like an all-purpose sake 🤤.

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Drinking out after a long time, a dinner party with the whole family It was a chilly autumn night, so we had some local sake hot. The soft taste on the palate and the heat from the warmed sake filled our bodies! This Kansai hot sake, which is easy to drink and has no quirks, has become my standard for comparing hot sake. The image of the bottle is borrowed from the official website.

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The other day, my dad and I went to my parents' house for a long time. We started with beer 🍺, then I brought the rest of the "True White" that I had opened the other day, and my dad brought out some sake that had been laying around for a while, so we had a drink here 🍶. Kansai Junmai Sake. I often drink "Kansai Kaisen" hot, but this is my first time to drink Junmai Sake 🤔. Clean and beautiful rice aroma, rounded flavor and refreshingly pleasant aftertaste, probably due to the cellaring. The taste is different from Katayama's other brand "Gassa Junmai Ginjo", but it's hard to tell how much of it is due to the aging process 💦. However, I have a feeling it would make a beautiful hot sake when heated. By the way, when I gave "True White" to my father, he said it was too sweet, but when my mother drank it, she said it was delicious 😁. The fourth picture is from a trip to Atsuta Jingu Shrine in Nagoya, where I lived for two years after graduating from high school, to purify my car and eat Hitsumabushi. ［It was my first time to eat at "Unagi Owada" because "Atsuta Horaiken" was closed, but the sauce was much lighter than this one.

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# 35

3.73 pt.

Ozaki Shuzo Aomori

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sake rice Sake rice: Mashigura Tsugaru Roman Deep and dry, with a well-balanced aftertaste, delicious! ✩4.0

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Today we have Ajigasawa Special Junmai Sake from Ozaki Shuzo in Aomori Prefecture: ❗️ The aroma has the faint smokiness of old sake. After a sip, a mellow texture on the tongue is followed by a mildly astringent taste. After that, there is a smoky aroma from the nose. ❗️ Good as a food sake. ❗️ interesting sake. ❗️

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Said to be a sake that matches the local diet of the Aomori fishing town of which it is named.

# 36

3.70 pt.

Yamagata Yamaguchi

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I felt a tangy sourness at first. It was easy to drink with its fruity taste. 2,200 yen

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When I opened the bottle, it had a sweet aroma. It was sweet and easy to drink. I did not taste pineapple or apple. It was delicious to drink. 1980 yen

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My colleague brought it to me 🎵 It was my first time to drink this sake 🍶 It has a delicious white wine-like flavor and a rounded sake taste ❗The lingering taste is not sweet but has a bitter flavor like chocolate 😉 It was an interesting and delicious sake 😉. It may be a bit on the refreshing side, but it doesn't make you think it's super dry, it's a good sake for those who are looking for a dry sake 😃.

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# 37

3.70 pt.

Umenishikiyamakawa Ehime

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Hot Temperature Floral

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This sake is brewed by Umeshiki Yamakawa, a subsidiary of the major sake maker Hakutsuru Shuzo. In recent years, Hakutsuru Shuzo has purchased a number of breweries from across Japan. The Aomori-based brewer Momokawa, which uses Hakutsuru Nishiki, is also a subsidiary company of Hakutsuru Shuzo. Not much of an aroma, slight whiff of alcohol. Dry, watery and clean on the palate, with little umami and a slight alu taste. After drinking it, it has a light throat feeling with a faint sweetness. It is a standard shokuchu sake. For the snacks, we had stewed kalbi and root vegetables, mussel pickled in soy sauce, chili bonito sakutome, and baby star ramen with the flavor of kondashi. It goes best with sakabuto, which enhances its sweetness.

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Next was a sake I'd never seen before, so here it is. As soon as you take a sip, a very unique habit spreads! What is this? What a shocking taste! Looking at the label carefully, I found a hint of plum flavor? If it's the astringent bitter taste of plum, I'm convinced: 🙂‍↕️ I don't think I'll ever drink it again😅.

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The first drink of the day. I drank it cold. It is fruity and has a sake-like taste. It is relatively light and easy to drink. I read in another post that it has a plum aroma when heated, so I thought I'd like to try it.

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# 38

3.69 pt.

Furuya Shuzoten Nagano

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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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I don't have a picture, but it is a classic drink. It was easy to drink chilled.

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# 39

3.66 pt.

Kawai Shuzo Nara

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Bittersweet Cheese

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Kawai Shuzo Izuseoto Junmai Ginjyo Jyojinjiya A brewery in Kashihara City, Nara Prefecture. Yamadanishiki" and "Gohyakumangoku" rice polished to 55%. It has a gentle and gorgeous aroma and a refined rice flavor, The smooth and refreshing mouthfeel has a subtle astringent taste, Well-balanced and crisp finish. #Japanese Sake

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The It's mine series is sold in single bottles by Izumiya, a sake wholesaler in Nara, Japan. I was shopping at a department store when I saw it and chose four brands I had never had from a list of six: Harushika, Toyoshuku, Miyogiku, Izayo, Joyous Light, and Inaten. We started with Izuseio, which is brewed in Imai-cho, Kashihara, a town that has remained unchanged since the Edo period (1603-1868). It has a refreshing taste with just the right amount of rice flavor and acidity. As a side note for baseball fans, Ukyo Maekawa of the Hanshin baseball team turned 20 years old last year, and his grandfather bought this sake to wish his grandson a big leap forward, which they shared together.

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# 40

3.64 pt.

Kaminoi Brewery Aichi

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Caramelized Honey

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This is the sake I received. It tasted better than I expected. I am spending the whole New Year's in a sake frenzy.

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. Rice polishing ratio: 50 Sake degree: +4.0 Acidity: 1.2-1.3 Just a little dry, flavor is weak. ✩3.5

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