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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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National Sake Fair 2025 Day 2 ㉚ Gifu ⑥ Oda Sake Brewery in Takayama City I remember drinking vacuum-packed sake at the Japanese Sake Festival. Annual shipment is 700 koku. They say they are the originator of many Onikoroshi sake breweries in Japan. I think the real brand name is Hida-boast. It's under the umbrella of Hidagura Corporation, a sake brewery revitalization company. Polishing ratio 58%, Hidahomare 18-19%, Sake degree +10, Acidity 1.9 Amino acidity 1.9, 901 yeast, 1754 yen. It tasted sharp and dry 😅.

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Purchased at the Hida Takayama Sake Brewery Nonbei Festival. Melon-like aroma. Dry and quite a punchy sake.

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Dry and dry. Rich flavor

# 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

4.70 pt.

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Project leave after a break in the work I've been doing since 2020. (My wife's parents' home in) Going home at a pace of once a month. My parents' house is at a pace of once a year 😛. ☆

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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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# 4

4.49 pt.

Inoe Shuzo Kanagawa

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Banana Dry Piercing Melon-flavored Crisp Hot Temperature 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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Yokohama Salmon Square (1) On Sunday, my high school classmate and I went to Yokohama Sake Square at the Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse from 11:00 a.m. Stalls were mainly sake breweries from Kanagawa and neighboring prefectures. First, we started with a brewery I had never had a chance to try, Hakonezan Junmai Ginjo Blue Bottle It's hot, so it tastes good cold 🥳. A little sweet, not too much acidity? Light? Beautiful and easy to drink 😋. The brewery staff was there, so I was allowed to take their picture.

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Hakone mountain the other day. At a hotel buffet in Hakone. Sake from the all-you-can-drink menu. It is an easy-to-drink, dry, food-friendly sake.

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# 5

4.44 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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# 6

4.37 pt.

akashi shurui jozo Hyogo

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Room Temperature

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Slightly exasperating, like Shaoxing wine? Easy to drink, but not my personal favorite.

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Mild aroma Slightly dry but full-bodied rice flavor

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# 7

4.31 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.

Kikuzakari Shuzo Iwate

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Acidity Shaoxing Wine Umami Glue-like Piercing Creamy Vigorous Dry

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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

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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　純米生原酒　1.8L【岩手県北上市　喜久盛酒造】¥3,352

# 9

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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# 10

4.18 pt.

元帥酒造 Tottori

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Drinking at home. Slightly sweet and delicious sake!

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I got this at a sake brewery when I stopped by Kurayoshi on a trip. It was 20 degrees Celsius, sharp and dry sake🍶 I bought this one after being allowed to sample a variety of sake. I was told by the store staff that it was very strong, but it was very weak!

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