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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.

# 21

3.45 pt.

Kikubijin Fukuoka

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@sakebar Fukuzo Fire-brewed sake using Fukuoka Prefecture's original yeast called F44. Slightly sweet aroma of 🍍 on the nose. The palate is slightly sweet with a hint of 🍍. The aroma is as if it was made with hana-yosuyu in mind. However, the aroma is weak because it is fire-aged. The sweetness is also weak due to the weak aroma. I am a little curious to see how it would be like if it were a fresh sake. It was delicious ✨🍍.

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Kiku Bijin Ura Junmai" by Kiku Bijin Shuzo This is a limited edition product for the brewery's "kurabiraki" (opening at the brewery). The label is also turned inside out. This is a pure sake with the "Kiku Bijin Tokubetsu Junmai Shu" still in the bottle. It is a rich and delicious sake. The title is in the handwriting of Kitahara Hakushu, who wrote it while drinking Kiku Bijin at the brewery. Sake Brewer : (Yamiyama City, Fukuoka Prefecture) Type:Japanese sake (special pure rice sake) Ingredients:Rice, Rice malt Rice used for brewing: Yume-Ichikkyo (100% grown in Fukuoka Prefecture) Polishing ratio: 60 Alcohol Content: 17 Sake Degree: +4

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Kiku Bijin Special Junmai Unfiltered Nama Sake with F44 Yeast" by Kiku Bijin Shuzo This sake has a fresh aroma and light acidity, just like a green apple. In 2025, for the first time in its history, Kiku Bijin will be brewing unfiltered, unfiltered, unblended sake, using the "F44 yeast" developed by Fukuoka Prefecture and carefully brewed with Fukuoka Prefecture's Yume Issen and good water from Chikugo. Rice used: Yume-Ichikkyo (100%) Polishing ratio：60 Content: 720ml Taste: Slightly dry and slightly mellow. Refreshing aroma and acidity. Rich umami flavor. Alcohol content: 15% alcohol by volume

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# 22

3.45 pt.

Ichinomiya Shuzo Shimane

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Shimane Local Sake Fair Osaka ③. Ichinomiya Sake Brewery of Iwami Ginzan and Rika. I had bought Yukika at Hanshin Department Store in Amagasaki in the past. I found out that it was Mr. Rika, the toji (master brewer), who was standing in the store at that time😅. I tasted the following Iwami Ginzan Special Junmai Hiyoshi Oroshi Rika Junmai Ginjo Kaihatanryu Ichitunya TANE Nama-zake Yukika Sparkling None of them left much of an impression on me, but I thought the Yukika was as tasty as ever. It was sweet and strong, like a strong calpis soda. I would like to try it again because Sugidama-san in Kyoto sells Iwami Ginzan.

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I took home a sake that I remembered as being delicious when I received it at the restaurant. The label is a very unusual one. I heard that a woman is the master brewer of this sake brewery. It is a sake that goes well with meals! Is it umakuchi or umami? It is hard to describe, but the acidity at the end makes it refreshing. 1,650 yen (tax included)

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Hot sake. Delicious, but I think it lacks depth. Aged sake is the best for hot sake in Shimane.

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# 23

3.40 pt.

Kanemitsu Shuzo Yamaguchi

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Expansive Traditional

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Price 1518 yen tax included Rice polishing ratio 55 100% Nishito no Shizuku Alcohol level 15 degrees A faint sweet aroma with a light acidity in the aftertaste brings out the beautiful flavor of this rice. It goes well with food. Secretly, it is the Urasatouka.

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Shin-Yamaguchi business trip (3) Shinkansen On the way back from Shin-Yamaguchi, I visited Izakaya Shinkansen after a long time 😆. Drinking Sandesi that I got yesterday at Kinko's Sake Brewery, I asked if they had 300ml of this at the brewery yesterday. I asked if they had a 300ml bottle of the Junmai Ginjo that I bought in a 4-quart bottle, so I asked if they had a different one. The one they brought out was still freshly made! The label was still fresh! I was so excited 😁. I told him it was fine if it didn't have a label on it (it's rare), but he said no, he called someone and went to the trouble of putting it on (thanks 🙇 ). mountain travel, water travel, and water travel A little sweet and sour. I remember that the last time I drank it, it was a little more dry and refreshing, maybe because it was cold sake. But this one is not so called sweet, but I can feel the sweetness of the rice. It's a nice taste! This time, I brought a glass (ochoko size) as a strong helper 🤣🤣. The possibility of having someone next to you increases as you go from Hiroshima to Okayama to Kobe. I'm a bit nervous😅😅

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Shin-Yamaguchi business trip (1) Kanemitsu Brewery The day before, I had no special plans, so I arrived in Yamaguchi a little early and went to the Kinko's Sake Brewery (one stop from Shinzanguchi), which I thought would be a good place to visit. I was allowed to sample some 🍶 and was told to "take your pick from this list" 😆! I was so excited 😆. Nigori First impression, dark! This cloudy dark! Of course it is sweet! Junmai Ginjo Beautiful, delicious, soft acidity and sweetness! ZORRO This is another beautiful sake, but a little different from Junmai Ginjo. It has more acidity and fruity taste than Junmai Ginjo. Daiginjo Even clearer and more beautiful. I had called in advance (but an hour before) and felt bad that the person at the brewery had to deal with me. But they treated me well! 🙇. The nigori and junmai ginjo are new sake, and the other sake are this year's. The bottles are ready, but will be bottled after tomorrow. It's ready, but they say it will be bottled after tomorrow. I bought a freshly made Junmai Ginjo because I wanted to try it. There were also some other rare sake (aged sake) that I couldn't decide which to buy.., I also bought a 300ml bottle for the Shinkansen at Izakaya. I also bought a 300ml bottle for the Shinkansen (bullet train).

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# 24

3.39 pt.

Tsukinoi Shuzoten Ibaraki

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Fizzy Creamy Amino Acidity Warm Sake

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This is the last of a set of 4 bottles I received as a retirement gift 🍶. 500ml 📌 ¥ gift! Today I'm going to eat with the sake cups Nosaku gave me as a retirement gift! The aroma is still the same, a little fruity💕. The mouthfeel has softened? It's more refreshing and easier to drink than the last two times I drank it 😁Nosaku effect? Today's pairing is 3 kinds of bone mix of sardine, horse mackerel and kiss 💕💕. The sweet and salty flavors go so well💕💕💕 Compatibility is so important 😁😁. It's the best 💕💕💕😁👍

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It was given to me as a retirement gift 🍶. It is a gift from a retiree 📌720ml ¥ unknown The aroma is very old 💕 a little bit peculiar. The aroma is full of old 💕somewhat peculiar. The color is a deep golden 💕💕 The mouthfeel is also old 💕slightly quirky My eldest son and his family came back to Japan today for a party, but my eldest and youngest son didn't like it 😅They didn't seem to like the messy taste 😅I thought it was very unique and interesting 💕💕💕💕

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Yeah, it's good. Fruity, pear aroma. I can drink as much as I want ️I'll get drunk again tonight 🎵.

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# 25

3.37 pt.

Ofuku Shuzo Niigata

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Full-flavored, with a strong rice flavor.

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Sweet aroma like amazake with a strong aftertaste. Tasting.

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When it gets cold, I want to drink hot sake. Speaking of hot sake, I also like sweet sake, so up until now I had been drinking brewed sake from Ofuku. But when I saw a bottle of Harazake at the store, I thought I'd give it a try. It was quite sweet, and it was junmai, and I don't know what that means, but it was called hara-sake. I thought I would choose Yamadanishiki for sweet sake, but I was wrong.

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# 26

3.37 pt.

Seitoku Meijo Gunma

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This Sake has a full mouth feel and some sweetness at the beginning. The flavor of this Sake is bigger than other Seitoku Sake but it still has good balance. Very good with big flavor foods like mapo tofu.

This Sake has an initial sweetness and a full mouth feel. There is a hint of cedar as the alcohol clears my pallet. Very good with big flavor foods like yakiniku. Seitoku has many Sake that I enjoy.

This Sake is light, refreshing and easy to drink. I am revisiting this Sake because it has been a while since I last drank it. I enjoy the mild flavors of apple and melon with a clean, short aftertaste. This is a refreshing and well balanced Sake.

# 27

3.36 pt.

Hananotsuyu Fukuoka

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Bittersweet Coffee Striking

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Local sake, KuraMaster gold medal winning sake. Classic aroma. The taste is clean and refreshing, with a sweet and umami taste of rice, and a rich flavor. It is a classic dry sake that looks good when heated.

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A soy sauce brewery and a sake brewery have teamed up! Teru TERASU", a pure rice sake brewed from the raw yeast stock of Fukuoka Prefecture's Yamataka Soy Sauce, is now available in a limited edition of 2,700 bottles! With Ala Sashimi.

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# 28

3.33 pt.

Toyokuni(Toyo-ku-ni)

Toyokuni Shuzo (Aizu)Fukushima

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Champagne Cooling Acidity Full-flavored

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Omachi produced in Okayama Prefecture Rice polishing ratio: 55 Alcohol content: 16%. @Yasumaru

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Memorandum📝. The most addictive sake in hiyaoroshi. It has a bitter and smoky taste, The maturity of the sake envelops you with a roundness from start to finish. It is a sense of security from childhood, surrounded by babysitters. It is an excellent sake that can be served cold or hot. I drank two bottles in one season.

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# 29

3.32 pt.

Aoshima Shuzo Shizuoka

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Richly Dry Sharp Umami Pear

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Noge with his eldest son and his wife (1) On Saturday, I received a line from my eldest son saying, "I'm thinking of going to a bedrock bath near our house on Sunday and would like to have dinner afterwards. (My wife went to Izumo where our daughter was staying. (My wife has gone to Izumo with our daughter and Takamatsu with her mother-in-law, so she invited me out since she is alone?) I asked him, "Okay, what time? I asked him what time, and he said noon. There are not many places near my house where you can drink from noon, so we ended up going to Noge. First "shellfish" restaurant I've ever been to. Kikuyu with hot sake (it was a little cold and rainy) 🍶. My oldest son's wife is a sake drinker, so it was perfect! This is my first time drinking it! And I don't usually drink it hot, so I don't know what it is, but it's nice 😋. I can feel the acidity. And the aroma comes in fluffy. I guess I was right in heating it up. Don't eat too much, let's go to the next restaurant!

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LOL! I drank it before I took the picture, not caring that the 12 month challenge was over. I ate my snacks before I could even taste them lol. I have a favorite drink. I have delicious food! I am happy!

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2025 0122 f i r s t a n d f o r m a t i o n s Kikuyoyo Normal Sake Aoshima Shuzo Brewery Fujieda City, Shizuoka Prefecture

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Where to Buy

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【お燗酒の帝王！静岡流の本流、藤枝の名酒！】喜久醉特別本醸造　720ml¥1,320 【静岡流の本流、藤枝の名酒！】喜久醉特別純米　720ml¥1,650

# 30

3.32 pt.

Taiko Shuzojo Tokushima

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Purchased at Kintetsu Department Store event, Sake Tour. I compared it with Junmai Ginjo and was impressed with this one, so I bought it. Fresh and citrusy? It is sweet at the beginning, but the sweetness and umami come in the second half of the bottle. I have to admit that I've only seen Hyo Hyohi at department store events. Apparently, the brewery that makes the sake is in Awa City, which is different from the address on the label.

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Dry taste that goes well with chicken on the bone. It washes away the oil from the chicken. A quick sip with a cup of sake will reset your palate from the strong flavors of tsukune, kawa, liver, etc., and you will be ready for the next dish. You will be ready for the next dish in a flat state.

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Yamada Nishiki. Gorgeous aroma. It has a light touch with a sharp spiciness behind.

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