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Sake Rankings by Flavor Tag

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

# 21

3.77 pt.

Nagurayama Shuzo Fukushima

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Fruity Apple Acidity

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Nagurayama Shuzo's Aizu Shikon is brewed in Aizu Wakamatsu City. Although there is a tangy alcoholic stimulation when the sake is first served cold, it has a good balance of sweet, spicy, and bitter tastes, and as the temperature rises, the sweet and umami tastes come out later on. This is a refreshing, yet rich and powerful sake! This is a new brand that was just born 2 years ago, so we will continue to follow it 😋.

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A challenge themed drink, apparently😊. I don't know about the details but it's neat😄. I don't know the details, but it's refreshing 😋

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I was thrilled to discover a cozy sake store in a residential area that looked like a renovated warehouse 🚙 and entered the store to meet my first sake. The soft aroma that reminds me of apples, the full-bodied sweetness like cotton candy, and the slight rice flavor...it's delicious enough to be enjoyed on its own 😋.

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# 22

3.67 pt.

Asahikawa Shuzo Yamagata

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Shaoxing Wine Room Temperature Warm Sake Caramelly

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It is easy to drink with less of a "sake yeast" feel.

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Preference ★★★★☆

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At Aonisai, Nakano Kame-no-o 17 degrees, clear

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# 23

3.66 pt.

Sakaroku Shuzo Ehime

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Refreshing and slightly dry Too light, need one more twist ▲

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It is a pleasant sake with a slight acidity and a clean, crisp taste. Serve with simmered dishes

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# 24

3.63 pt.

Nanba Shuzo Okayama

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Unfiltered raw sake & Asahi rice for 2,530 yen including tax is a super deal ‼️ It is not so fresh, but has a refreshing mouthfeel with a slight sense of maturity. The rich umami comes in smoothly, and the finish is crisp and tight. It has a good balance of bitterness, bitterness, and sweetness, and is the type of sake that one does not get tired of drinking as an unfiltered, unfiltered, unpasteurized sake. It is a good sake to drink with food or as an evening drink. ❗️ It was delicious. ❣️

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It tastes a little bit like aged, but it has all the sweetness, flavor, bitterness, and spiciness you would expect. It tastes like tea. It tastes like apple tea. It is a slightly different type of flavor. It tastes juicy, sweet and spicy. Some people may find it spicy, but it's a subtle taste.

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# 25

3.62 pt.

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Sweetness Acidity Tranquil Juicy Umami Vigorous Balanced Restrained

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The first sake was a souvenir from Ibaraki by my eldest son and his wife. A sake with a delicious taste of rice 🍶. Thank you for caring about us❗❗

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Purchased in January at Kinase, a local sake brewery in Mito. I chose this brand for the Ibaraki local sake category. I was really torn between Watanabune and this one, which I had never had before. When I checked the aroma, I found a sour, vinegar-like smell... Looking at the label, we discovered that it had been bottled more than half a year. I didn't realize how much a draft sake deteriorates after half a year, even if the bottle is unopened... The taste is also undeniably deteriorated, but it is drinkable without any problems. It has a slight melon-like flavor with almost no sweetness. It is easy to drink as it is refreshing and sharp. I drank it much more smoothly. There is no doubt that the original is delicious. I want to revisit Matsumori for this...! But I didn't know it smelled like this. I learned a lot.

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Easy to drink, slightly sweet, delicious!

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# 26

3.61 pt.

Sudo Honke Ibaraki

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Honey Caramelly Chocolate Penetrating CherryBlossom Floral Subtle

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Purchased at Yokohama Takashimaya Rice used is Kame-no-o type Koshihikari produced in Kasama City The alcohol is a little strong, but the taste is smooth and not like an unfiltered draft. It has a good balance of sweetness and bitterness and is refreshingly clean❣️. There aren't many unfiltered sake that are good all-around food sake, but this one seems to go well with all kinds of food❣️.

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Well, it has a solid rice feeling and no acidity ☺️. I think it's a little light in character, but But I can't help but drink more😋. @Kasama Masuya

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Purchased at a liquor store I stopped by when I was in Ibaraki. I knew I would buy it in winter when it was labeled "fresh"! It was brewed the old-fashioned way, so it had a unique flavor, somewhat like drinking old sake. It was more suitable as a food sake than on its own 🍶 as recommended by the brewer.

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Where to Buy

酒浪漫うちやま　楽天市場店

郷の誉【純米大吟醸】立春大祭朝しぼり〔生酒〕720ml¥3,410 郷の誉【純米大吟醸】1800ml¥4,224

# 27

3.60 pt.

Matsui Shuzo Kyoto

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#Kyoto Karasuma Takoyakushi#, Kyoto, Japan w river/black/gray/gray/black/gray/black/gray/black/gray/black I knew it was time for a local sake next 🍶. It has a strong aroma of rice and is very thick. As expected! No wari water 😆 Hara-sake itself without wari water.

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More alcohol forward, apple sweet (C)

Matsui Shuzo Fuji Chitose Hiyashiroshi (Hiyashiroshi: Hiyakoshi) Matsui Shuzo is a sake brewery in Sakyo-ku, Kyoto. The rice is 70% polished "Gohyakumangoku" produced in Kyoto. It has a gentle rice aroma and a soft rice flavor, It has a soft rice aroma, soft rice flavor, and a strong, mellow taste. Can be served on the rocks, chilled, or lukewarm. #Japanese Sake

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# 28

3.59 pt.

おがわの自然酒

Seiunsyuzo Saitama

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as expected Daiginjo Easy to drink and delicious Most popular

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A little watery.

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Opening of the warehouse Seiun Shuzo It felt clean and thin.

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# 29

3.54 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

# 30

3.53 pt.

Yutaka Shuzo Fukui

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Smoky Soy Source Pineapple Apple

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［Fukui Spring New Sake Festival (6) Next, visitors can enjoy a glass of sake from their own local brewery. Hanashoku Junmai Daiginjo Betsuatsurae The aroma is like grapes with a hint of sourness, the mouthfeel is clean and sweet with a pleasant aftertaste, and there is a lingering bitterness in the back of the throat. I bought some salted sea urchin, which is a perfect match for sake, but is usually hard to find. The taste was so agonizing that it made me want to drink more sake. I think if I recommend [salted sea urchin] to people outside of the prefecture, they will be puzzled how to eat it 🤔.

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This month we had a lot of drinking outside, so it's been a while since I've had a drink at home! I got a bottle of summer sake "Kashoku", which is rarely seen even in my hometown, because there was some left at the liquor store! The mouthfeel is sweet with a refreshing acidity, and the mellow aroma lingers until the end. It seems that more emphasis is placed on the mellow aroma than on the refreshing taste! Although it is a summer sake, it is a perfect bottle for long nights in autumn. I felt it has the potential to be as good as many dishes in the autumn season of taste.

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At Shinbashi Symmes 14 degrees, soft

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