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Sake Rankings by Flavor Tag

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

# 31

3.60 pt.

Nakazen Shuzoten Nagano

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Umami Acidity Fresh Balanced Melon-flavored Fruity Bitterness Sweetness

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Hatsu Zenkichi ♪ test rice brewing 🌾 Kaori has a faint sweet rice aroma...sweet and delicious mouthfeel! The taste is sweet and delicious! Nagano sake is never bad! I'm drinking it with mackerel that I caught myself....and I'm drinking it with a side dish....so good....so good....so good....so good....so good....so good....

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At home. Tsubu-chan chose this item for her birthday, and when she happened to find it on an expedition, she had to buy it. I got the impression that it is gradually becoming more and more popular at this sake brewery. Today, I opened the bottle. The aroma is gorgeous and fruity, with sourness and sweetness in the mouth, and a noticeable sourness in the nose. The aroma on the nose also has a noticeable acidity, and the end is a bit bitter and smooth. I would like to try it after a little time.

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Zenkichi's here: ‼️ Zenkichi is delicious 😋 Sweet and tasty! I have a bottle, but I'm sure it will run out soon! It seems that the main members of the Mahjong club are on a trip to Hokkaido today: ‼️ I don't have any money, so I'll see you next time. I bet they are having a fever in Susukino 🤣.

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Where to Buy

酒専門店　知多繁　楽天市場店

善吉（ぜんきち）辛口純米　720ml【長野県木曽郡　中善酒造】¥1,540 善吉（ぜんきち）辛口純米　1.8L【長野県木曽郡　中善酒造】¥2,750

Where to Buy

酒の番人　ヤマカワ

善吉 ( ぜんきち ) 13 thirteen 720ml / 長野県中善酒造店【 8463 】【日本酒】【お中元贈り物ギフトプレゼント】¥1,705 善吉 ( ぜんきち ) 特別純米しぼりたて生原酒美山錦 720ml / 長野県中善酒造店【 8249 】【日本酒】【要冷蔵】【父の日お中元贈り物ギフトプレゼント】¥1,925

# 32

3.59 pt.

Moritashobee Aomori

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Fruity Crisp Umami

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Refreshing and fruity Tanki When you swallow it, the taste and flavor of sake The taste and flavor of the sake comes to the back of your throat and nose. I'm enjoying it very much.

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Second souvenir from KazKaz. It is a brand name planned and sold by 7 sake stores in Aomori. Rice used is 100% Hanasoui. The top-tasting aroma is a calm ginjo aroma. The mouthfeel is slightly sweet with a strong umami flavor. The aftertaste is reminiscent of classical sake, and is quickly cut by a refreshing acidity and bitterness. It is an orthodox dry sake, but highly satisfying. Thank you for the treat!

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Second bottle I brought to the Lal family New Year's party last night 🍶. Tastes like sake, yet very easy to drink✨ Sasuga Hanasou! It's fruity ✨🍶💠. It's still oishy ❕. I enjoyed it very much.

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# 33

3.59 pt.

Nishida Shuzoten Aomori

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Umami Apple Crisp Balanced Sharp Sweetness Bitterness Acidity

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Here's the one kino. gave me to drink: ‼️ I wonder when he gave it to me😅I'm finally drinking it! First of all, Kikusen! It's dry, perfect for eating 😋. It seems to go well with everything 👍I run out of this kind of thing soon... I'm about to run out of this one, so I'm going to change to the next one 😆.

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It's cheap and tasty, so I buy it whenever I see it at the liquor store 🍶.

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As expected from Nishida Sake Brewery, cheap! Delicious! Nothing to say!

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# 34

3.58 pt.

Homare Shuzo Fukushima

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Fruity Umami Dry Melon-flavored Banana Balanced Sweetness Acidity

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After returning home, I wondered what to drink and chose "Karahashi" by Homare Shuzo, which I had never had a chance to drink before! It is a junmai ginjo made from Omachi. The first sip gives the impression of sweetness with no sourness. As you continue drinking, the spiciness comes out and the trinity of sweetness, umami, and spiciness comes together, which is just the right balance and delicious. There are other sake rice varieties in the Karahashi series besides Omachi, so you have to try them 😆.

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It is fruity, but you can also feel the taste of rice. The aftertaste is clean and this is drinkable.

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Karahashi label by Homare Sake Brewery. Unfiltered unpasteurized sake made from sake rice Yume no Kou. Fruity ginjo aroma. The aroma of melon and sweetness, followed by a slight sourness and bitterness, finally fading away with a slight spiciness. Although it is unfiltered raw, there is no bitterness or peculiarity, and the impression is of a soft, sweet, umami taste. After a few days of drinking, the balance between sweet and spicy has improved. It is a delicious sake that is so easy to drink that it makes you want to drink more and more. ☺️

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# 35

3.56 pt.

福持酒造場 Mie

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Rum Raisin Acidity Bitterness Fresh Balanced Fizzy Sweetness

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For the record Sake I drank when I went to Mie after all this time

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After drinking Shikishima about a month ago, I became interested in Fukumochi Sake Brewery (Tenga Nishiki) who helped me with Shikishima Sake Brewery! I looked up where they sold it and was surprised to find a special distributor near me 😲. I ended up buying three different kinds! It's like a muscat with a standing aroma! The first sip gives the impression of being rich, but the mouthfeel is clear. I didn't taste much sweetness. The rich taste is followed by the umami of the rice, which is also heavy and robust. There is a slight alcohol aftertaste. The bitterness is also moderate~! If I have a chance, I'd like to try the raw sake.

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This is my first time drinking Tenka Nishiki ✨This is delicious 😋It has a gentle sweetness, a good amount of gas, a moderate aroma, a subtle bitterness in the second half, and a nice sharpness👍. Today I had a seafood bowl with spring sea urchin from Okhotsk, scallops from Eruption Bay, and Miyagi Miyagi salmon! Ahhhh, delicious! ‼️

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# 36

3.56 pt.

Yaegaki Shuzo Hyogo

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Dry Umami Acidity Sweetness Fresh Balanced Chilled Crisp

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Enjoy cheap sushi at Totoro, a popular standing sushi bar under the elevated railway tracks of Himeji Station. Although it is a stand-up style sushi bar, there is always a long line of customers because of the high quality of the food. Since I was there, I asked for a local sake, Yaegaki. It was not sweet, but it was not dry either. It was about medium spicy. I am not talking about curry. I had it cold, but I feel it is all-around good at room temperature or hot. It's great for a kotteri type of stuff.

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- ̗̀(˶^Insertion'˶)b🍶🍶🍶🍶+ On the second day of our GW trip, we went to Himeji Castle Mountains. Himeji Castle, a national treasure, was well worth seeing 😃. For souvenirs, we went to Yaegaki's store at Himeji Station 😄I bought a limited edition special junmai recommended to me ✨. The aroma is fresh and muscat-like 😚The taste is fresh and the acidity comes forward and is refreshing ✨It has a nice sharpness 😊I felt like it would be a delicious sake for the summer 🥳.

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- ̗̀(˶^Insufference'˶)b🍶🍶🍶🍶 Today we went sightseeing in the castle of Himeji 😀. We had some local sake and specialties at an izakaya 😊. With Hine Pon and Sakii Ka Tempura 😚. It's a refreshing sake with a strong umami flavor 😘not too spicy and easy to drink 🥰It's a delicious sake 🥳.

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# 37

3.56 pt.

Hayashi Shuzo Toyama

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Umami Melon-flavored Fruity Acidity Sharp Balanced Crisp CherryBlossom

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￣∇￣* Isuzu🍶🍶🍶🍶 This is a sake from our neighboring prefecture of Toyama✨. The aroma is quite mild, but when you put it in your mouth, the acidity comes from the soft rice flavor, and then it quickly kicks in, like a well-balanced and delicious sake😊.

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The aroma is subdued. ❗️ The taste is very umami 👍. The aftertaste is clean and you won't get tired of drinking it. It's a sake that you can keep drinking 😅. It's not a modern taste, but it's a perfect food sake type 😅❗️ I paired it with my favorite mackerel sushi from Kyoto. It went great with my favorite mackerel sushi from Kyoto 👍. No wonder it is popular in restaurants in Tokyo these days. ❗️

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A friend of mine said that if he had come all the way to Toyama, he would have had a variety of both Katsikoma and Haneya, but Hayashi had never had them. We compared two types of sake rice, Gohyakumangoku and Dewanosato. Both were to his liking, but the Dewa-no-sato was more acidic and better. I recommended it to him and told him that Koyama Shoten also sold it 😄.

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# 38

3.55 pt.

Kamoshibitokuheiji

Ban Jozojo Aichi

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Fizzy Wine Acidity Fruity Bitterness Umami Balanced Sweetness

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This is a completely pre-ordered raw usu-nigori. It was my first time to try Jyoshinin Jiheiji itself. It was a brand that I had paid attention to in everyone's reviews, so I took a chance and bought a bottle. The result was a great answer. It has an elegant and gentle sweetness. It makes me feel spring.

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This year's version is delicious too!

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I opened the second bottle because I have reserved next year's. It is too dangerous for me. (Be careful about chugging it all at once.)

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Where to Buy

はせがわ酒店

醸し人九平次純米大吟醸山田錦50 720ml 日本酒萬乗醸造愛知県¥2,365 醸し人九平次純米大吟醸雄町 50 720ml 日本酒萬乗醸造愛知県¥2,365

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酒の番人　ヤマカワ

醸し人九平次（かもしびとくへいじ）純米大吟醸山田錦 720ml/ 愛知県萬乗醸造【5092】【日本酒】【要冷蔵】【お中元贈り物ギフトプレゼント】日本酒純米大吟醸¥2,365 醸し人九平次（かもしびとくへいじ）純米大吟醸雄町 720ml/ 愛知県萬乗醸造【5090】【日本酒】【要冷蔵】【お中元贈り物ギフトプレゼント】¥2,365

Where to Buy

お酒の専門店　『松仙』

醸し人九平次　純米大吟醸　山田錦50%　EAU DU DESI(希望の水) 720ml¥2,365 醸し人九平次純米大吟醸雄町 720ml¥2,530

Where to Buy

酒浪漫うちやま　楽天市場店

醸し人九平次【純米大吟醸】協田-きょうでん-赤磐雄町720ml※箱入り¥5,500 醸し人九平次【純米大吟醸】human2021〜ヒューマン1800ml※箱入り¥6,600

# 39

3.55 pt.

Endo Shuzojo Nagano

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Fizzy Fruity Bitterness Balanced Tingly Melon-flavored Fresh Milky

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I'm not feeling well, so I've been trying to cut back on my drinking, but a classmate from junior high school, who I haven't seen in a while, invited me out for a drink and I ended up having one. Oh well. I found a nice bottle of Naotora and had it. It's so good that I remember it tastes good even when I'm drunk. It is a Junmai Daiginjo, but the freshness is dominant and the flavor is good. Isn't the difference between it and the ordinary Naotora too drastic?

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I drink at a restaurant where young people seem to congregate. The owner, who says he is a big fan of Koyama Shoten, introduces us to some Koyama Shoten originals. Next to Tamitsu is Naotora. This is a brand that is not often drunk by individuals. So I can't compare this one with the regular version, but it was delicious. It was a little bit tangy.

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Another bottle opened for Valentine's Day🥂. It's been waiting in the fridge for a while. I'm a little worried... It's sweet and fruity with a strong flavor. But the bitterness afterwards is quite strong. ‼︎ And a little bit of hiney aroma... "The harmony of fresh fermentation gas and flavor is very popular. The harmony of fresh fermentation gas and umami is very popular". I was a bit disappointed in this one 😓.

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# 40

3.55 pt.

Maruishi Jozo Aichi

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Fresh Fizzy Acidity Umami Balanced Fruity Crisp

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7.5 points (wife: 7 points) Rice type : Manzai, Kakemai, Chiyonishiki Rice Polishing Ratio: 70 Alcohol content : 15 Where purchased: Charcoal BBQ KIZUNA (It is a neighborhood barbecue restaurant where you can enjoy rare parts of black hair on a shichirin, and the owner is a sake lover and always has several kinds of local sake available) Slightly melon-like topping The cherry-like aroma, soft rice flavor, and subtle sweetness mixed with the top-brewing aroma gradually spread out with a clean acidity and are quickly quenched by a slight bitterness and the dryness of the alcohol. This sake has a gentle, somewhat classical impression. It is better served with a meal than as a stand-alone sake. Goes well with various kinds of grilled meat.

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I bought it yesterday along with Futaba. This time it was recommended to me as a special sake again. It tastes drier, fresher and punchier than Futari. The alcohol content is 17% and it's like a Mikawa-bushi. 1415yen

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◉Mikawa Samurai 📍Okazaki: Hacchi Shoten It's a draft sake, so it was shwashy, but refreshing and delicious. I heard that most sake in Okazaki is sweet! But it has a refreshing aftertaste and tastes good no matter what you drink. Okazaki? Yes. You'll see 🥰🖖🏻🧡

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