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

# 71

3.22 pt.

Komachi Shuzo Gifu

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Dry Umami Fresh Sharp Sweetness Acidity Traditional Silky

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The 5th Sagajo Shoten Presents at the 5th Bishushu Raku Kushan Shokai 😃. The sake has been dry for a while, but let's have a sake with a very dry sake degree of +20 🎵Nagaragawa is basically dry 🤔Oh, it's spicy! Spicy is spicy, but the taste makes you wonder if it has a sake degree of +20 ❗It's not just spicy, it's a professional's job to give it character 😌.

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Nagara River booth. It is not sold outside of the prefecture, so I guess it is a rare brewery to see in the Kansai region. I was a bit intimidated by the dryness of the sake, but when I tried it, I found it wasn't too hot. I think they were all refreshing.

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Purchased at Okadaya, Nagoya Sake Rice used is Hidahomare. It is a so-called summer sake, and is said to be aged for one year. It does not have a matured feel and has a mild mouthfeel. It is refreshing as a summer sake should be, and the umami is clearly conveyed. It is easy to drink when cooled down to a crisp. The label is designed by a famous person? It's a cool design.

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Where to Buy

酒の番人　ヤマカワ

長良川(ながらがわ)爽快辛口1.8L/岐阜県小町酒造【2830】【日本酒】【お歳暮贈り物ギフトプレゼント】¥2,200 長良川(ながらがわ)超辛口本醸造1.8L/岐阜県小町酒造【4357】【日本酒】【お歳暮贈り物ギフトプレゼント】¥2,640

# 72

3.20 pt.

Akita Seishu Akita

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Acidity Fizzy Fresh Umami Sweetness Bitterness Invigorating Fruity

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Translated by 🍶🍶🍶🍶 The aroma is mild. When you drink it, you will feel a little fern and then clear🙆 It is delicious and easy to drink.

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This is my first time to drink sake from this brewery. It's good.

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It is brewed with 90% polished Yamada-Nishiki from Akita Prefecture and low rice polishing 🍶 It is clear and has a Jungin class finish without any tang. The aroma is fruity with hints of muscat, and the balance of sweetness, spiciness, and crispness is good.

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Where to Buy

はせがわ酒店

やまとしずく純米陸羽132号直詰め瓶火入れ720ml日本酒秋田清酒秋田県¥1,870 やまとしずく純米吟醸美郷錦直詰め生原酒720ml日本酒秋田清酒秋田県¥1,980

# 73

3.19 pt.

Yoshinogawa Niigata

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Dry Crisp Umami Sweetness Chilled Steady Fizzy Room Temperature

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This is Yoshinogawa Special Junmai Kyokukami Yoshinogawa. It is a delicious sake that you can feel the flavor and aroma of the rice with good feeling in your mouth.

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Birthday month! So... I got my first wooden box of sake! First of all, the bottle 🟦 and label are awesome😳 All handmade, a feat of craftsmanship.  The pinnacle of the "Minamo" series! Now, a sip... delicious ⤴︎⤴︎ I've never drunk anything like it. It was really impressive and delicious!

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It is thirst-quenching and refreshing. It has a sweetness with a hint of melon. This is a very good sake for Niigata.

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# 74

3.19 pt.

Takizawa Shuzo Saitama

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Fizzy Tropical Chocolate Banana Rum Raisin

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The cup is a gift from Saitama Prefecture, Fuukkachan, a character from Fukaya...cute 😍It's a good sake for a meal 🍶, as it seems to be a honjozo sake....

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Sake and Sake vol.3 ④ We joined Higu and Nanoha and had a great time 😚. You can hear the sound of gas popping every time you pour 😚😚. Shuwa shuwa 🫧🥂. Fruity, sweet and sour with a bit of apricot flavor.

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Souvenirs from Shinshin SY Among several souvenirs, I chose this one intuitively by looking at the label. He brought three four-packs of sake as a souvenir, which is a generous gesture for a business traveler who travels all over the country. I would never have been able to do such a thing with my own pocketbook. When I pour it into the cup, it is more yellow than I expected! Is this a matured type? The aroma is slightly fruity, but has a bitter, mature aroma. The mouthfeel is crisp and dry, with a light sweetness and bitterness, and a moderate umami, but the maturing aroma in the aftertaste is unique. The light sourness and bitterness in the aftertaste are quite a tricky thing to pull off. This strange taste is not one of my favorites, but it is something that makes me want to drink it again. It reminds me of that strange feeling I had in junior high school when I used to prank cigarettes behind my back. It's a treat!

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# 75

3.17 pt.

Sakuta (作田)

Moritashobee Aomori

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Rich Umami Light Crisp Restrained Gradual Sharp Room Temperature

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My father bought it for me as a souvenir from his trip to Aomori. The nose has a faintly acidic aroma. In the mouth, there was a delicate acidity from the sake yeast and a calm, gentle sweetness and richness. It was a crisp sake, typical of Sakuta's special pure sake. It was delicious, but it was not so good when it was warmed up 🤔.

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☆☆☆☆☆ This restaurant is owned by a master from Hirosaki, so it is an Aomori attack. At first I thought it was a little peculiar, but it is rather tasty.

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This is my first time drinking this brand, but it is handled by a well-known sake store in Aomori, and I have hesitated to mail order it several times. So I was confident that I would not make a mistake. I was torn between this one and the Yukinaka Hakkoda from the same brewery, but I went with this one. At room temperature. The aroma is slightly banana-like. When you drink it, the umami of rice rises thinly, and if you drink it by itself, it will slowly and gently lift you up with its umami and spiciness. It becomes more crisp when paired with cheese. At 40℃, it has a little more rice flavor. The crisp and sharp taste is better than at room temperature. I personally prefer this brand to be served hotter, so I set the temperature at 50°C. The aroma is not too strong and the taste is mild. The aroma is not too strong and remains mild, but the umami comes out slowly, and the sharpness is enhanced by the slight alcohol taste. I personally prefer this temperature. Sake from the southern region is often sharp without being sweet, and I have the impression that this is also the case here. In addition to cheese, it goes well with kinpira, tsukudani (food boiled in soy sauce) of locusts, and ikamentsuchi, a specialty of Aomori. The sake has no cloying taste, and I can sense a high level of technical skill. Next time, I would like to buy some Umakuchi or Sakuta, which has a different character, but with the recent inflation and saturation of brands, I wonder if it will be a problem if they will be able to get them in stock.

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# 76

3.17 pt.

Yamatogawa Shuzoten Fukushima

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Dry Acidity Umami Fizzy Sweetness Apple Firm Invigorating

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Tonight, I'm dropping my second bottle of the first series as well🤗. This is Yaemon from the Yamatogawa Sake Brewery out of Kitakata, Fukushima ✨. The nose is clean, fruity and citrusy. The first sip has a clean, fruity, citrusy aroma with a hint of green banana sweetness and a dry, crisp finish. It is perfectly suited for a mealtime sake. The rice is undisclosed, but I imagine it to be Gohyakumangoku or Yumenokou, and I like the taste.

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[Mutsubu Nigori Sake This is the first bottle I bought at the Fukushima Museum in Nihonbashi. I'm not sure what to make of it. The aroma is like strawberry 🍓. This is the first time I've ever had this kind of beer. I'm not sure if this is a good thing or a bad thing, but I think it's a good thing. I don't think it would go well with sashimi... It's a good marriage with rich, sweet and spicy chicken liver 😋I'm sure it would go well with pumpkin stew as well.

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Junmai Shiboritate Unfiltered Nama Sake🍶New Rice New Sake✨ Juicy, soft, a little tangy. Greffle? My wife says grape🍇, faintly salty. The chashu pork is also good 😋. Aizu/Kitakata Ramen Aizuna @ Jujo 20240106

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# 77

3.15 pt.

Shimazaki Shuzo Tochigi

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Tropical Sweetness Fizzy Umami Creamy Yogurt Dry Invigorating

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I came here. It was delicious.

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. Hmm? Hmm? Hmm? I didn't detect any flavor or sweetness or anything like that! 3.0

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Tochigi sake 🍶. The taste, I can't remember much because it was so tongue-tied😅.

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# 78

3.15 pt.

Okuizumomaewataya

Tanabe Takeshita Shuzo Shimane

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Lingering Pear Viscous Pineapple Fruity Bitterness Umami

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The rice used is Yamadanishiki and Shunyo. This is Izumo no Kuni's newest brewery, created (reborn) last year. Naturally, it was the first time for us to visit. The image of sake in this area is that of powerful sake-like sake, all of which are unique. This sake is unique in the sense that it is, but the image has been overturned. It is very fruity and lightly sweet and sour, with a pleasant citrus bitterness spreading from the sweetness and acidity. The mouthfeel is clear and crisp. It is a wonderful bottle as a food sake. ❣️ We will keep an eye on it in the future: ‼️

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Overall 9 (out of 10) I had my first Shimane sake 🍶😃. I got it from Pekho-san. According to the description of the sake shop It's a "fruity and full of flavor" sake! Delicious 😋. It is a light, astringent and delicious 🍶. More of a sense of breadth than a sense of depth. Simple and straight rather than complex and harmonious Consistent throughout rather than a change in flavor. The astringency brings out the umami of the rice in a good way. I got such an impression 😋. It was gone in no time at all😅 I served it chilled. The aroma I got from the bottle is as follows. 　-Aroma: A strong aroma of rice. 　-Aroma: Slightly astringent taste that passes through the nose. Taste sensation The higher the number, the stronger the taste (5 is the maximum) 　-Spiciness: 1 at the beginning → 1 in the aftertaste 　-Sweetness: 1 at the beginning → 1 in the aftertaste 　-Sourness: 0 at the beginning → 0 in the aftertaste 　-Bitterness: 0 at the beginning → 0 in the aftertaste 　-Astringency: 1 at the beginning 1→ Lingering 1 　-Rice flavor: 4 at the beginning → 3 in the aftertaste Mouthfeel I felt】→3 Small number = light and smooth Large number = thick and rich (5 is the maximum)

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I went to Tabe Takeshita Sake Brewery and Sake Brewery Museum 😆. But all the sake was sold out there 😭 So I went to a liquor store that sells this sake and bought Rihachi👍. I wanted to drink it and I couldn't bear to end up not being able to buy it 😣. But I'm glad I was able to buy it safely 😌. I've had this drink before and I know it's good, so I feel safe drinking it 😌. I wasn't sure whether to buy Rihachi's white label or black label, but this time I went with this one ✨. It's consistently delicious 😋.

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# 79

3.15 pt.

矢尾酒造 Shiga

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Pineapple Acidity Amino Acidity Nutty

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It was said on the SNS of the sake shop that it was a new arrival, but it was made in April of last year, so maybe it was aged in the warehouse? The aroma is light and ripe. The sweetness is fruity and the umami is firm and delicious.

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Sourness is strong and clean. Alcohol is strong.

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Sake drunk at the Shiga Sake Fair at Kyoto Station It is expensive at 1,200 yen for 90ml, but it is an interesting sake with both bitterness and umami. I couldn't detect any ginjo aroma, but it was honestly delicious. But the price is too high. Selling a 720ml 2,000 yen sake for 90ml 1,200 yen is not good.

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# 80

3.14 pt.

Sakenunoyahonkin Shuzo Nagano

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Acidity Umami Apple Bitterness Invigorating Sweetness Citrusy Juicy

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The third drink outside is Honkin😆. Dry Taichi Clear and dry, with a hint of sweetness and bitterness. It was perfect as a sake for a meal with a nice sharp taste.

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Honkin Normal Sake Yellow Label 1,800ml Alcohol added sake, koji rice 60%, kake rice 70%. This was purchased when we tasted it at the brewery last November. After six months had passed, the umami flavor seemed to have taken over. I think it was more smooth when it was first shipped. It was stored in a hallway with a refrigerator pan, so we will enjoy it before it gets too hot. I think I like it better when it returns to room temperature than when it is cold.

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As the name suggests, it is characterized by its clear acidity. From the moment you put it in your mouth to the last lingering taste, it has a beautiful sourness and freshness, and the sweetness does not interfere with the taste, which is very delicious. You can't go wrong with any of Nagano's sakes, so you can't help but want to buy it.

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Where to Buy

はせがわ酒店

本金純米山恵錦無濾過生原酒720ml日本酒酒ぬのや本金酒造長野県¥1,650 本金山廃純米720ml日本酒酒ぬのや本金酒造長野県¥1,870

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