The label is cool, like a starry sky, typical of Tsukuba, a place associated with science and space. It has a fruity, mellow, melon-like flavor with a crisp, refreshing finish. It is still my favorite, delicious sake.
Junmai Daiginjo Omachi arrived in the last installment of Nanbu Bijin's regular delivery. It has ample sweetness and a mellow, full flavor. It has a pear-like fruity taste and a good sharpness.
Sake by Team Ishikawa sold at UTAGE. It is a collaboration of sake from Noto sake brewery Hiyoshi Sake Brewery's Ore no Sake and Yoshida Sake Brewery's Tedorigawa. While super dry, it tastes juicy and fresh. We will be happy if we can help support the recovery efforts in any way while enjoying the delicious sake.
A bottle of Team Ishikawa purchased at UTAGE, a long awaited sake that has been waiting for nearly two months to arrive. It is a collaboration between Tsuruno Sake Brewery and Yoshida Sake Brewery, both of which were affected by the Noto earthquake and tsunami, and will help support the victims.
The sake is a noble sake, so it is sweet enough, but has a nice sharpness, probably due to the sparkling nature of the sake. I love the taste!
Sakura OHANAMI is a spring sake with a sweet peachy aroma and a bitter sweet and sour taste. The sharpness is very good. It is lightly nigori (light nigori), but the supernatant portion is also drinkable, so it can be enjoyed twice.
S Kaze no Mori is a farmer's sake sold by Sugiura Noen, a farmer who delivers rice called Akitsuho to Aburacho Brewery. It has a sweetness like a ramune, but while the mouthfeel cuts through easily, the aftertaste is complex with a lingering finish. Nice!
While eating oysters raw or in a pot, we had a bottle of Nanbu Bijin Junmai Daiginjo. It has a unique aroma with a strong sweetness. It has a pleasant aftertaste that spreads across the palate, but is quickly cut by the palate.
The 15th in the series of rice and agave test vats is a craft saké brewed in collaboration with the Japan Herb Research Institute, using plants and trees (herbs) of Japanese origin as secondary ingredients. The aroma is soothing at first, and the taste is very good. The relaxing effect can be fully felt.
It has been 14 years since the Great East Japan Earthquake. We are thinking of the people in Tohoku and enjoying a glass of Shizen Shu Hatsuyuki. It is brewed with brewer's yeast without any yeast additives. It is sweet and sour with a nice sharp taste.
A bright pink, nigori (cloudy) spring sake. Sweet and sour like strawberries, with enough sweetness but with a nice sharpness. Refreshing sensation that runs through the mouth.
Sentori has an image of being lightly runny, but there is no runny at all, and it has a sense of transparency. It has a fruity aroma with a mango-like fruitiness. The sweet and sour taste is pleasant. It has a taste that makes you want to drink it deeply.
Drinking at Kushie, a famous restaurant in Nishiwaseda. As a resident of Saitama Prefecture, I decided to drink Saitama's sake, Bunraku. It was fruity and sweet enough, and the fact that it was ogara-mi was also good. The sake was poured in large quantities, but I drank it in no time at all.
This is the first Yamamoto from Yamamoto Sake Brewery. It is brewed with Sake-komachi and Gin-no-sei sake rice with No. 6 yeast. There is also a version made with the same rice and No. 7 yeast. It has a strong alcohol content of 16 degrees Celsius, but is fruity and refreshing.
Opened a bottle of sake (it's a craft saké) that had arrived from the brewery last November in subs. There was almost no gasiness, and the top aroma was not very fruity. In the mouth, however, it has a fruity and sweet pear flavor, and the umami of the rice is clearly perceptible, as is typical of doburoku. The aftertaste is also good.
A fire-aged version of Sentori Classic. The aroma is like white peaches. In the mouth, it has a very delicious sweet and sour taste like dried grapes with a firm gasiness. There is a complex aroma derived from the wooden vat. I felt that I preferred this to the raw sake.
Sake from a brewery in Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture, given to me by a friend. We had it hot with yudofu (tofu). It is a classic sake, and when you finish it, it has a strong presence in the back of your throat. It has a strong rice flavor.
Two more regular deliveries from the brewery. This is a special pure sake version. The sake was served very warm. The sweetness and acidity were strong, and the flavor of the rice was rich and mellow.
At Sakaelabo Tokyo in Kita-ku, Tokyo. I had a drink with a friend and had Jikin for the first time in a long time. The balance of sweetness and sourness is exquisite. It is still delicious. I felt that it does not choose any dish to be served with it.