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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 Nutty Dry Forceful Full-flavored Striking

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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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Ofuku Sake Brewery is located in Nagaoka City, Niigata Prefecture, near the entrance to the former Yamakoshi Village. This kind of I have often drunk it in a glass one-cup cup, but it is now in an aluminum can. There may be a difference in the mouthfeel of the container, but the taste is a classic, slightly umami-ish standard sake, but it feels smooth. The second image is a view of terraced rice paddies (tanaike) in the former Yamakoshi Village.

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Ofuku Masamune Junmai Daiginjo. On September 20, I participated in the Echigo Nagaoka Sake-no-Ten (Echigo Nagaoka Sake Festival) and stayed overnight in Nagaoka. The aroma is subdued, but when you put it in your mouth, it tastes sweet and sour like white grapes. Sweet and not too sweet...the exquisite sugar content keeps my sake cup full. Well, however, it was truly a sake-soaked time. I drank so much yesterday that I gave up tasting in the hotel's guest lounge. And today we drank again at the Yoshinogawa museum and at the Ponshu-kan in Echigo Yuzawa. That was fun.

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# 2

4.89 pt.

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I received a drinking set from a colleague. When I think of Iwate, Akabu is the first that comes to mind, But there are more than 20 sake breweries in Iwate alone. It was nice to have a variety of sake, not just the popular ones.

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National Sake Fair 2025 in Osaka_70 Iwate Prefecture booth ⑤. Fukurai Shuzo is located in Kuji City. There is also a Raifuku Sake Brewery in Ibaraki Prefecture, so it looks like a mix-up. ◉Fukurai Special Junmai Fukurai is made from Ginotome sake rice. It has a soft mouthfeel, but the taste is rich and dark with a sweet umami flavor that is quite to my liking. The brewery is located in Kuji City, famous for being the location for NHK's morning TV series "Amachan".

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National Sake Fair 2025 part65 Iwate Prefecture⑤Iwate Prefecture Fukurai-san in Kuji City I've seen posts of people drinking it on SNS, but I haven't seen this brand in Kansai. Polishing ratio 60%, Gingotome, 15%, Sake degree +2, Acidity 1.5 Giovanni's research yeast, 1411 yen Orthodox and light. Slightly sweet and full-bodied. Slightly classic 🤔.

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# 3

4.76 pt.

原本店 Hiroshima

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★★★★★⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎

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Hiroshima Sake 🍶. This is also fruity and easy to drink!

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# 4

4.46 pt.

Sankomasamune Okayama

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Soy Source Creamy Weighty Dry Shaoxing Wine Umami Acidity Viscous

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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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Bicchu tasted Tetsunishi's sake. The thick, amber-colored sake had a dense and mysterious flavor. It was a truly delicious sake with a robust and mysterious flavor.

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☀️ Masamune hunters go today🍶. Today we visited the Tottori & Okayama Antenna Shops, a place of relaxation for Masamune hunters 📡. As soon as I arrived there, I started looking for Masamune and found it 🤩. It's sake 🍶. It has a crisp, Hakka-like aroma. It is also very refreshing on the throat. The umami of the rice is subdued, and then there is a subdued sweetness and an equally subdued acidity. Overall, it has a light and simple taste 😙. It is probably best suited as a food sake 🍶. The Hakka flavor, combined with the oiliness of the food, seems to help the oil from the food to be washed away quickly 😁. Nice Masamune👍

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Where to Buy

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三光正宗三光正宗【純米】「三光天賦」山廃仕込無濾過〔生原酒〕令和6年度醸造 720mlギフト御歳暮御年賀¥2,299 三光正宗三光正宗【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

# 5

4.30 pt.

松浦一酒造 Saga

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Umami Soy Source Pear Juicy WesternPear Sweetness Weighty Creamy

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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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# 6

4.01 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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# 7

3.84 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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# 8

3.69 pt.

Asahi Shuzo Niigata

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Graceful Warm Sake Rum

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The king of light and dry taste. It has a clean and refreshing taste. It is suitable for drinking with food. But it is also good for savoring the taste of the hardy rice It is also good for savoring. It is made from Gohyakumangoku at a 45% polishing ratio.

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Asahi Shuzo's "Yobitomo" to be newly released in 2025 The name "Yobiyu" means "to call friends" in Japanese, This brand was created to make the most of what was learned at the "Kubota Juku," where volunteers from Kubota dealers learned about Japanese sake. Originally, only Junmai Daiginjo was sold, but this year, a new Junmai Ginjo was released. This year, the company released a new Junmai Ginjo. The label is made of Oguni washi paper made by craftsmen. It is an intangible cultural asset of Nagaoka City. The design is said to depict a friend running to a person enjoying sake with a smile on his face. It looks cute when you think about it. Full, sweet aroma, apples, and alcohol, Slightly thick and smooth mouthfeel, Sweet, slightly astringent, and gently full-bodied, It has a slightly spicy, light and dry taste. Delicious! Today, I practiced sake tasting again, but failed miserably. It's so difficult. I asked my second son to rearrange the order of the bottles and test them, but he came up with some exquisitely difficult questions, === Sake Ingredients: Rice (domestic), Rice malt (domestic) Raw material rice: Gohyakumangoku produced in Nagaoka City Rice polishing ratio: 55 Alcohol content: 15 Sake degree: +3.0 Acidity: 1.3 1,513 yen for 720ml === ★★★★☆

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Nagaoka sake. It is typical of Niigata. Gorgeous ginjo aroma and clean aftertaste. Good sharpness.

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# 9

3.69 pt.

Kuwabarasakaba Shimane

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Stiff Nutty Nutty Hot Temperature

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Last of the day. The richness of the flavor per se is fresh and transitional.

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It tastes like typical sake. Here is a description. This sake is made with only 70% sake rice so that the original flavor of the rice can be enjoyed. It is a sake that can be enjoyed as an affordable everyday evening drink. In winter, we recommend heating it up and enjoying it with hot pot dishes.

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Another one this time. It is Takatsugawa by Fusozuru. It is from Shimane Prefecture. I saw Hiraccio-san drinking it and longed for it 🙌. First at room temperature. The color is a solid yellow. The aroma is mildly savory with a hint of maturity. It smells like caramel, soy sauce, and cream cheese. The mouthfeel is gentle. The palate is drowned in the complex flavor of aged rice with a moderate acidity. When heated up, it becomes smoother and more balanced, and you can just keep on drinking it. It has a relaxing and soothing taste. When tasted with a thick Shigaraki-ware sake cup, the warmth of the clay makes it taste even better. The warmth of the clay makes it even softer and happier 💕. Aizu girl and the Takatsu River I will relax my body and soul in the late winter. What a good evening drink 😊.

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# 10

3.68 pt.

國香酒造 Shizuoka

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Glue-like Banana Dry Soy Source Umami Milky

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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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Shizuoka Business Trip Part ㉔ Last week, on my way back from Mishima, I stopped by Nagashima-san in Numazu and bought some sake from Kunika Sake Brewery. The aroma is refreshing and clean 🤔. 🤔In the mouth Beautiful and soft 😊Refreshing acidity and a good umami taste 😚👍and it's a delicious sake that I never get tired of drinking 🥳.

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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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