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Sake Rankings by Flavor Tag

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

# 1

4.99 pt.

Ofuku Shuzo Niigata

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Soy Source Umami Velvety Forceful Dry Striking Fluffy

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Sometimes a cup of sake, a Niigata souvenir 🍶Classic taste, but with a surprisingly refreshing aftertaste 😋Thanks for the delicious taste!

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Delicious! A little spicy? Eating firefly squid brings out another nuance of umami and sweetness 🦑. I've never tasted anything like it before...but it's delicious. It's like a candy or something...gummy feeling? Stop by Yebisu Brewery Tokyo I saw the original paintings by Hirohiko Araki at the exhibition "Evisu in Bijin-ga de toured Ebisu" (Beautiful Pictures of Evisu).

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☀️ Masamune hunters go today🍶. One day, Masamune hunters got a tip that Ofuku Masamune has a store at Yebisu Garden Place ❗️ Oh, it's really there. ‼️ Now, off we go🤠! 10 minutes of being carried from Ebisu station on a conveyor belt on a moving floor + 5 minutes of walking. Arrival 😁. Let's start with a high Masamune 🥸. Junmai Daiginjo. The umami comes first, followed by a slight bitterness 😙. The watery throat creates a freshness 😚. The ginjo aroma is very awesome and mellow 😚 ☺️ Nice Masamune👍 Looking around the display of Masamune in the store, it looks like we can still have a nice Masamune👍🙄. Oh, there are 3 different kinds to compare 👀! This is nice to have a variety to drink ☺️ The number one Masamune of the three ☝️ is... Nigori (nigori sake). The rice flavor and sweetness hits you 😳. Even though it's sake, it still has the feeling of rice 🌾, and I feel like it could replace rice 🍚🙄. The mellow feeling gives the drink a throatiness 🤨. It has a calm atmosphere without the typical nigori shwashiness 🫧 that is typical of nigori 😶. It was a very satisfying and robust nigori sake 🦴. It's a great nigori masamune that some people seem to like better than junmai daiginjo 🤗. Nice Masamune👍

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# 2

4.79 pt.

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Procured on a business trip. The aroma is a very fresh and unpasteurized sake. The mouthfeel is fruity and slightly sweet and light, with a classical drinking experience. The sharpness is thin and the sweetness lingers in the aftertaste. I like this lingering taste. ☆☆☆☆

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Purchased at an antenna store in Iwate. Drank at room temperature, it was refreshing and had just the right amount of umami flavor, making it a great match for a mid-meal drink.

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Hironori Souvenirs from Kuji Delicious

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# 3

4.35 pt.

Sankomasamune Okayama

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Soy Source Creamy Dry Shaoxing Wine Weighty Umami

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A valuable sake that can only be bought for two days a year 牡牡 Dry, crisp, and delicious❗ You can gulp it down, but it's a dangerous drink with an alcohol content of 20 degrees (lol)

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The 800 check-in is the H27BY (2015 brewing year) Sanko Masamune from which Toji Takagaki retired 😆. We were lucky to get it 😊. This is the only sake from Mr. Takagaki but we are holding Takagaki festival 😅🍶. When opened in the fridge, it smells slightly like a soy sauce warehouse (there was a soy sauce warehouse in my neighborhood when I was a kid) or Shaoxing sake. It's a dry and light sake when cold. Sanko is still a warmed sake, so I'd recommend heating it up 🍶. The top aroma is the aromatic aroma of a freshly heated sake. When heated, it does not have a matured aroma. In the mouth, you first feel sharp acidity and spiciness. The acidity is not as strong as that of Sanko Tenpyo's Namahashi or Yamahai, but it is quite good. There is a slight sweetness and a beautiful umami that does not make you feel the rice polishing ratio of 72%. This is a perfect food sake 🍶😊. I don't know if this is the original taste since it is an old sake, but it was deeply delicious 😌. After retiring, he returned to farm near his hometown, but unfortunately, he died in a field accident last year 🥲. I learned of his death when I saw a relative of his on Instagram late last May with a picture of H27BY "Katsumasa" to inform me of his passing. A toast to Mr. Katsumasa Takagaki 😌🍶. The fourth picture is a sake from the brewery where Mr. Takagaki worked in the past.

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Bicchu tasted a sake from Jindai. Sanko Masamune, when I drank the junmai sake before, seemed quite mellow, but the junmai ginjo was just the right density, probably due to the difference in rice polishing ratio. It is also a very tasty sake.

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Where to Buy

酒浪漫うちやま　楽天市場店

三光正宗【純米】「三光天賦」山廃仕込無濾過〔生原酒〕令和5年度醸造1800mlギフト御歳暮御年賀¥3,960

# 4

4.26 pt.

松浦一酒造 Saga

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Umami Soy Source Pear WesternPear Juicy Sweetness Creamy Weighty

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2) Matsuura Ichi Sake Brewery ✨9th Omachi Summit Ginjo-Shu Category Honorable Mention ✨. Made with up to 50% polished Omachi from Akaban! Now, a sip...hmmm...this one is delicious too! Mild aroma 😳👍 Refreshing in the mouth with a touch of acidity. The umami is also great!

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It is a very crisp junmai sake with a good acidity level. It has a rich and expansive flavor. It is more crisp when heated. When heated, the umami is moderate and you can taste the astringency. I served it with chilled tofu, and it really brings out the flavor of the chilled tofu. Even if you don't serve it with cold tofu, you can still enjoy the taste. I often drink dry sake, so I think it is dry by my standards. I often drink dry sake, so I think it is dry by my standards, but it is a very good sake! Mr. Ota was in Shinjuku again! I still admire Golden Gai!

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The purpose of my visit to Kawanishi Sake Sales was this. Although it is not written on the label, the sake was labeled as unfiltered raw sake at the store. Unlike the label, it is fruity and modern. It has a refreshing and light taste, but the second half is a bit dry. It has a slightly gaseous taste. It is a bit like Eiko-Fuji, but a little spicier. I wrote it in a subtle way, but it is quite tasty with a good sweetness and flavor. I would like to try the Junmai Ginjyo Nama as well. I think it tastes better after the second day than on the first day.

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# 5

3.88 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.

Mouthfeel is like water. Tastes a little strong in the mouth

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first sip wasn’t great but then it grew on me. very minty, kinda tastes like toothpaste. i don’t like it but i feel intrigued

# 6

3.83 pt.

Shusenkurano Nagano

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〰︎ Miyamanishiki produced in Nagano Prefecture 2023/12 The three brothers Maki, the ones I always buy when I come across them. It's as good as the Gensenmai! I want to age it more😋.

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〰︎ Yamada Nishiki 2023/11 The three brothers Maki, the ones I always buy when I come across them. I don't know if it's a new sake or one that's been sitting in the brewery. The store said they didn't know if it was a new sake or one that had been sitting in the brewery 😋.

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〰fixture Yamada Nishiki 2023/07 Sake by Sake Sengano, famous for "Kawanakajima" and "Genmai". Sake by Sake Sengano, famous for "Kawanakajima" and "Genmai". It is also called "PB Sake of the Holy Land It was hard to find a good time to buy it. I was finally able to purchase a bottle of my favorite Yamada's Tokujun! It was a great sake with excellent specs and good value for money 😋.

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# 7

3.67 pt.

Usuikatsusaburo Shoten Hokkaido

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Umami Dry Soy Source Fruity Floral Sharp Steady Crisp

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This sake is from Nemuro in the east of Hokkaido. It has a light and dry aroma, and the rice is Michisan Ginpu, which is a delicious sake with a subtle flavor and sharpness 😋.

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#Sapporo Susukino#, Sapporo w black/wisteria I got this one last time 🍶. I can feel the sweetness... I don't remember this taste 😅😅 Now let's move on to the dinner place... Genghis Khan is waiting for us 😁.

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It's getting colder, it's the season to have a cup of oden🍢🍶It goes well with the north Katsugin style☺️.

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# 8

3.64 pt.

Koyamahonke Shuzo Saitama

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At a local izakaya just a stone's throw from the brewery 🍶. It was a very good, mellow sake with a very reasonable price. This time at room temperature.

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In the neighborhood At a good barbecue restaurant The only sake they had A local world hawk. It was a very good price! I could drink it to the last!

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3.9/5.0 Clear and easy to drink.

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# 9

3.58 pt.

國香酒造 Shizuoka

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Banana Glue-like Dry Soy Source Umami Milky Spice

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I have had it, but this will be my first post on sakewa. I had an image of Kunika as light and dry, but it has a sweetness with a banana🍌 feel. It also has a melon-like melon sensation after a day. It has a very good balance and is good as a food sake or a light snack for dinner. A stable Shizuoka sake 🍶.

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Purchased at Vinos Yamazaki in Kyoto after buying Daina at a liquor store in Saiin After this, I went back to the liquor store on the 2nd floor of the Yaichi main building and to Takimoto - Isetan 😊. I really wanted the Vinos limited edition Isoboast, but the date was a year ago, so I avoided it💦. It's also February 24 😅. I thought about how to read "kunika", "kokka", etc... but when I looked it up, it's "kokkou". Reminds me of Cocco for my generation 🤔. Drink at room temperature. It's lightly colored. It's been almost a year, but there's no sense of aging. It has a classical flavor and a little lactic acidity, but it's still light and refreshing. I'd like to try some of their raw sake, though I didn't have any this time. Like Isobojiman, I think Shizuoka sake is a good choice for me 🤔. I was saddened to hear that this brewery is already out of business 😿.

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A drink that is easy to drink but intoxicating.

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# 10

3.57 pt.

Kawachi Shuzo Nagasaki

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Cheese Traditional

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#Nagasaki Goto Town# w river/o/pine/hori/fuku/yama I visited with a customer from Hokuriku. To compete with them with seafood, We consulted with them in advance about "Uchiwa Shrimp" caught in Hirado, Nagasaki. We consulted with them in advance and asked them to secure it for us at the market. We had them as sashimi. It was like a smaller horseshoe crab. They were very pleased 😁. Now for the 🍶... For a moment, I thought it would be dry. I thought it was dry, I felt sweetness. The freshness goes well with sashimi. The shrimp was served in miso soup later 🎉.

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The second cup is a local sake from Tsushima, which is also rarely seen in the Kansai region. The rice flavor gently spreads in this drink, which I never get tired of drinking. Tsushima is another place I would like to visit someday.

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Nigori (nigori). It has a sweet sake-like aroma. It is sweet to the taste. The gaseous feeling is already gone. The texture is more refreshing than expected. It has a moderately fruity acidity and goes down smoothly. It goes down the throat well. It is very drinkable. Degree of liking ☆3.5/5

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