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Sake Rankings by Flavor Tag

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

# 1

4.98 pt.

Oita Shuzoten Gifu

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Dry and dry. Rich flavor

A friend gave me this sake as a birthday present. The sweetness of the rice is refreshing with a crisp aftertaste.

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It was easy to drink for the name.

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# 2

4.82 pt.

Yoshinokawa Shuzoten Fukushima

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Piercing Striking

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この蔵のお酒は初めて飲みます😊 香りはフルーティーで良い感じです❗️ 甘さと酸味のバランスが良く程よい苦味でスッキリ飲めます‼️ 派手さは無いけど、安心して飲める味わいのお酒でした👍

Genuine Sake (Normal Sake) Aizu Inshu ✨ The first cup of our annual New Year's sake 😆. Mellow, a little bit spicy 😳, good for warming up. Mellowed with Aizu's famous squid carrots 🦑🥕 ☺️ Aizu Kitakata Ramen Aikizuna @ Jujo 20240106

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Normal sake The umami and acidity cling to the palate as you sip. It is a perfect match with Kitakata Ramen (soy sauce). More umami and sweetness. It was a very satisfying lunchtime Chinese drink 🎉. Aizu Kitakata Ramen Aikizuna @ Jujo 20230108

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# 3

4.67 pt.

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Purchased at a nearby department store. The brewer enthusiastically explained to us. It has a slightly sweet taste. It has a strange taste with a hint of wood (forest)? It has a mysterious taste with a smell of wood (forest).

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Purchased on the way back from the fairy tale road Classic sake, slightly sweet. This is delicious!

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Mutenzo of Tachibanakura Shuzo, which we visited during our Saku Sake brewery tour in GW. My wife bought it as a souvenir. It is sweet and delicious. The sweetness is still there, but it is not too strong, and the spiciness finishes it off. Delicious.

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# 4

4.65 pt.

akashi shurui jozo Hyogo

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Room Temperature

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Akashi Sake Brewery's "Akashi Tai Junmai Ginjo Nama Genjyo". The aroma is moderate. It has a slight sweetness and moderate acidity, and is fruity like a muscat. The mouthfeel is refreshing, but as the sake is carried to the back of the mouth, it opens up with a rich, juicy flavor. The spiciness is well defined by the moderate acidity, and the slight bitterness and astringent accents gradually fade away in the aftertaste. The moderate acidity makes the most of the delicate and refined umami of sea bream, This is indeed the skill of a sake brewer who claims the name of the king of fish, sea bream, in the name of his sake. Alcohol 18 Sake degree +5.0 Acidity 2.2, Amino acidity 1.5 Rice used: Yamadanishiki Polishing ratio 60 Yeast used: Association No. 7

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Refreshing flavor

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Souvenirs of sightseeing in Akashi. Is it a limited edition of a sake brewery? I bought it because it is a limited edition sake brewery. It has a sour taste at first and a slight bitterness at the end. A little heavy? On the way, you may or may not feel a slight strange taste... (not a bad feeling). (I don't feel bad about it).

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# 5

4.55 pt.

Inoe Shuzo Kanagawa

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Banana Dry Piercing Melon-flavored Hot Temperature Crisp Fruity

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Hakone Drink Comparison Set (2) On March 1, after a year-long event, I went on a trip to Hakone as a way of consolation! The local sake was served to compare with Japanese kaiseki. It was my first time to try Hakonezan! This is the spiciest sake in the group. It is a dry ginjo-shu as you might imagine, but it is moderately rich and very good as a mid-meal drink. Of course, it goes well with ingredients as they are, but it also goes well with dishes that have been added, such as those using dashi (Japanese soup stock)!

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It is dry. It had a robust flavor.

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Aroma bread modest but gorgeous. Slightly sweet and sour on the palate. Junmai sake with a clean and crisp aftertaste. Alcohol 15-16%. Sake degree +2 Acidity 1.8 Star ⭐️⭐️⭐️

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# 6

4.40 pt.

Nakaoki Shuzoten Yamagata

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Junmai Nama Nama Sake 🍶 Shiboritate✨. Refreshing✨, clean but sweet 😆. Beautiful sake. I had it with baby squid boiled 🦑😋. The sea and @Takadanobaba 20230421

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I found a sake tasting place near Yamagata Station. I didn't know such a place existed. I found one in Niigata before. I wonder if there is one in each prefecture. The taste is light, dry, and refreshing. The aftertaste is short and sharp. You can also taste the umami of the rice.

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At a soba restaurant near Yamagata Station when I returned home. They use water from Antarctic ice. It has a beautiful ginjo aroma. The taste is light and dry, with a crisp acidity. There is also a slight bitterness, and the taste may be quite complex.

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# 7

4.38 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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Private brand of Fujimura Sake Brewery in Hofu City, Yamaguchi Prefecture The sake is named after a local poet and the owner of the brewery. We bought a 300ml bottle to try, as it is a traditional brand that has been commissioned to be brewed continuously for 26 years. The ginjo aroma is mild, and you don't even notice it on the palate. But I did not expect to find such a beautiful sake in Yamaguchi. Toyo Bijin, Tenbi, and other gorgeous brands are popular, This sake is a perfect representative of Yamaguchi as a food sake.

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National Sake Fair 2025 in Osaka ③. Yamaguchi Prefecture booth (3) If you see a brand you have never had before, you are sick of not being able to stop drinking it. ◉Santouka Junmai Ginjo This one also has an impressive sourness and acidity, which later tightens up with acidity, followed by a hint of sweetness in the aftertaste. I knew I was going to get too drunk and feel dangerous, so I decided to use a dispensing cup. It was nice to be given a paper cup (vomit container) to hang around my neck.

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# 8

4.22 pt.

三百年の掟やぶり

Kotobukitoraya Shuzo Yamagata

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Fizzy Umami Fruity Youthful Rugged Popping Piercing Tingly

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20240427 Stable deliciousness(*^^*)Sweet and tasty slight bubbles 🍶. This is definitely delicious! Thank you very much!

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Rice used is Dewa Sanzan As indicated by the alcohol content of 19 degrees, it is a gut-punching wine. ‼️ And it has the same throat and mouthfeel as you would expect from Muroka Nama-no-Hara Sake. The sweetness also comes through perfectly. It has a great impact, but it is sharp and has a clean finish, so it does not feel too heavy. However, if you drink it too fast, it will take its toll later on. It was a fun drink. ❣️

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🥂 Fresh and gorgeous aroma 😌. Umami and acidity harmoniously spread in the mouth 🤤. It was a very delicious junmai namaishu 👍

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# 9

4.21 pt.

Kikuzakari Shuzo Iwate

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Acidity Shaoxing Wine Umami Glue-like Piercing Creamy Vigorous Firm

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Tonight, our first series of impactful jackets here 💁. It's Taxi Driver🚕🚕🚕🚕. It was shipped from the brewery in April this year, but what a H30BY (R0BY) and it's a 5 year aged sake 😆. The aroma of old sake, which also smells like Shaoxing wine, is in full swing from the moment the bottle is opened 🤣. It was served cold, but it is easy to drink because of its acidity. It would be good to drink it warmed up in the fall. ☺️ I wonder if it would go well with Chinese food since it has a Shaoxing sake-like flavor, and I'm going to research how to drink it based on other sakewa reviewers 💪. But it's a very intoxicating drink so I'll stop after one cup 😓.

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First drink. Weak fruity feeling that I didn't imagine from the label that has impact. But it is also full. There is a miscellaneous taste (my personal feeling) like the Yamahai brewing style with low rice polishing, but it is a moderate level, so I feel it is unique. It has just the right amount of sweetness to satisfy my preference for sweetness. I enjoyed it with a plate of delicious sashimi (´ω).

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#Akasaka-mitsuke# I entered the second restaurant. This is a restaurant that was not there a few months ago. I wanted to try a drink from here at least once. Let's have it 😚. Slightly spicy? It has a little bit of a tune. I see 🤔 it tastes like this.

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Where to Buy

酒専門店　知多繁　楽天市場店

タクシードライバー　純米原酒　火入れ　720ml【岩手県北上市　喜久盛酒造】¥1,678 タクシードライバー　純米原酒　火入れ　1.8L【岩手県北上市　喜久盛酒造】¥3,352

# 10

4.17 pt.

Kitajima Shuzo Shiga

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Creamy Spice Umami Bitterness Firm Acidity Piercing Sweetness

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Full-bodied dry taste. The bitterness is backed by a strong rice flavor. It is delicious!

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Open the bottle❗️ Huh?　You're not well. There's a warning on the bottle, but... I poured it into a glass, but no bubbles came out. The taste isn't bad, but it's a bit bitter. The taste isn't bad, but it's a little bitter. This is... What's wrong with Kitajima Shuzo❗️?

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Hitorijime" 🍶 which I received as a free gift. A perfect balance of umami and bitterness 😋. It's been a long time since I've had a good time at Mishiroei, I'm satisfied with it. ‼️

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Where to Buy

酒舗まえたに＋Tokuriya

とくりやKOBIN 御代栄純米大吟醸日本酒火入 180ml 滋賀県北島酒造¥1,100 御代栄無円相純米大吟醸火入 1.8L 1800ml 滋賀県北島酒造日本酒¥3,960

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