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Otters Junmai Daiginjyo Polki 20% Sanbu
Rice Rice Koji Domestic
Alcohol 16%.
Polishing ratio 23
Purchased at a station building
This sake is more polished than the last Otters.
It is a proper sake, the sake!
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Dewazakura Wakaba Kaze Junmai Daiginjyo
Ingredients Rice (domestic), Rice malt (domestic)
100% domestic rice, alcohol content 16%, rice polishing ratio 50%.
Storage method: Refrigeration required (10℃ or below)
Sold by Marujyu Nakanoya Co.
1-4-12 Ichikamachi, Tendo City, Yamagata Prefecture
If you go to Yamagata, you must have this.
This sake is only sold at Maruju Nakanoya, located next to the Dewazakura sake brewery, and is shipped directly from the brewery.
The sake is made to order and bottled on the spot, fresh of course!
I love the way it is like a weak carbonation, squishy in the mouth and fragrant.
This is the sake that brought me to love sake.
The label on the bottle changes with the season, so it is my favorite thing to do when I visit Yamagata.
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Takeyu Honjozo Nama Sake
Rice Rice Koji Domestic
Alcohol 15%.
Rice polishing ratio 65
Takeyuu Corporation Yuki-shi, Ibaraki 144
Purchased at a liquor store in Ibaraki
I bought it with other sake around November, I believe!
I drank the Honjozo Nama Sake from Dewazakura in succession, this one is a bit more crisp.
With a meal, it might be a sake that doesn't lose its flavor!
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Dewazakura Sakura Ginjo-shu
Rice, rice malt, domestic
Alcohol 15%.
Polishing ratio 50%.
Purchase in Yamagata
The most popular sake of Dewazakura.
However, it seems that the raw sake is not sold outside of the prefecture.
I think this was the sake I drank when I started drinking at home when I was a student.
It wasn't unpasteurized sake back then, but this time it is unpasteurized sake!
It is a perfect sake for spring.
Dewazakura is delicious!
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Otters Junmai Junmai Daiginjyo Polishing 30% to 39%.
Rice Rice Koji Domestic
Alcohol: 16%.
Polishing ratio 39
Less than 1000 yen at the station
Otter! The sake! The Otter! The sake!
Very nice on the palate, but something is missing for me personally...
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Maishi Junmai Ginjo Nama Genjyo
Rice Rice Koji Domestic
Alcohol 16%.
Rice polishing ratio 55
Purchased at a nearby liquor store
Sake from Aichi, thanks to talking to the owner often, he is able to recommend the sake that we like!
I had it cold and it was spicy and delicious!
I want to drink it again!
Addition
It was delicious even after a week of slow drinking!
The husband and wife were raving about it!
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Mansaku no Hana - Limited brewing in the brewery
Rice Rice Koji Domestic
Alcohol 16%.
Polishing ratio 55
Purchased at Twins in Machida at the end of the year.
I couldn't tell the difference between this and other Manzaku no Hana, but it was easy to drink. It was easy to drink.
It was a junmai sake with 55% polished rice, but it was delicious!
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Gyo-Sakura KANZUKURI Junmai Daiginjo
Rice Rice Koji Domestic
Rice used: 100% rice grown in Minokamo City, Gifu Prefecture
Alcohol 16%.
Rice polishing ratio 48
Year of production: March 2024
Purchased at a liquor store near my house
Nama-shu! Sake from Gifu! First time?
Sake with a spring-like aroma and very easy to drink!
I had it cold! As others have commented, the sake here seems to have a wonderful aroma, and I would like to try other sake!
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Saku Junmai Daiginjo 2023
Rice Rice Koji Domestic
Alcohol 15%.
Polishing ratio 50%.
Purchased at Shimizu Saburo Shoten in Okage Yokocho, Ise Jingu Shrine on January 2.
It was a gorgeous and delicious sake. I thought I would like to drink it hot, perhaps because it was winter, but as usual I drank it cold.
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Dewazakura Nama-zake
Alcohol 17%.
Polishing ratio 48
Domestic rice: 100% Yamadanishiki
Sakaya Kurihara's limited edition
Dewazakura has no peculiarities and is really delicious.
The label also has the names of Tendo City and Naruse, where Dewazakura is located.
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Tenzan Sudachi-shu (Sake made from sudachi)
Sake, sudachi fruit, sugar
Alcohol 8
This is the same brewery as the previously mentioned Shichida!
We bought it together with Shichida.
It was a liqueur, but I liked it because it was sake-like and easy to drink.
I had it on the rocks and with soda, and I personally preferred it on the rocks!
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Miroku <Winter> Special Junmai
Rice Rice Koji Domestic
Alcohol 16%.
Polishing ratio 55
Rice used: 100% Sasanishiki
Otokoyama Honten
Purchased at a local liquor store
This time, the sake is from Miyagi Prefecture, again from the Tohoku region.
Apparently, the owner of a nearby liquor store is also fond of Tohoku sake, and he told me that he has a large selection of Tohoku and locally brewed sake.
The first sip was not too sweet and had a crisp aftertaste.
I am very frustrated with my lack of writing skills, but it is one of the sakes I would like to drink again!
The rice is also made from Sasanishiki, so maybe that's why it tasted so refreshing and delicious.
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Amami Junmai Ginjyo
Ingredients rice(domestic), rice malt(domestic)
Polishing ratio 60
Alcohol content: 15% (Unpasteurized)
Volume
1.8L Storage Method Keep in a refrigerator
Manufacturer
Choshu Shuzo Co.
72 Yoshika, Kikugawa-cho, Shimonoseki-shi, Yamaguchi
Mr. Fujioka Miki
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Tasyu Tokubetsu Junmai Sake
Alcohol content 16%.
Ingredients Rice (domestic), Rice Koji (domestic)
Rice polishing ratio 55
Production date: 2023-4
Manufacturer Nishida Sake Brewery Co.
46, Aza-Aburakawa, Aomori-shi, Aomori
I was drunk, so I don't remember the taste!
But I think it was easy to drink!
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Junmai Ginjo Shichida Nama Sake
Ingredients: Rice (domestic), Rice malt (domestic) Polishing ratio: 50% (100% used)
Rice: Gohyakumangoku, Saga rice
Alcohol content: 16% abv.
1520 Iwakura, Ogi-machi, Ogi City, Saga Prefecture, Japan
The brewer came to the local train station to sell this sake.
It was served cold.
It tasted fruity and sweet, and was easy to drink!
It is truly a local sake, made from Saga rice and produced in Saga!
I personally want to drink it again!
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Junmai Ginjo Name Genshu
Mansaku no Hana Tank Shizuku
100% Akita Komachi from Akita
Rice Rice Malted Rice
Rice polishing ratio 55
Alcohol 16%.
Hinomaru Brewery Co.
Another sake from Tohoku, Mansaku no Hana (Flower of Mansaku), which I've recently become addicted to.
It is more crisp and tasty than the last super limited edition sake!
It is a sake that you can drink while eating rice.
But maybe because the rice is Akita Komachi, it has the sweetness of rice, which I like!
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Dewazakura Melting Yamagata Dodadazu
Liqueur
Alcoholic 8 degrees Celsius
Purchased at a liquor store next to the Dewazakura Sake Brewery in Yamagata.
It is about 2,000 yen.
Dewazakura liqueur with Yamagata fruits
Pears, peaches, grapes, apples and cherries!
It is an adult mixed juice with pear, peach, grape, apple and cherry!
Sweet! It's just so sweet!
It was too sweet on the rocks, so I had it with soda!
I could feel the alcohol in it, so it was delicious!
My wife had it with milk.
I didn't try it...
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Urakasumi Junmai Shu Aki-agari
Rice Rice Koji
Rice polishing ratio 65
Saura Corporation Miyagi
Another sake from Tohoku!
I personally did not like this sake because the rice koji was too strong.
It made me think that I have come to understand what kind of sake does not suit me.
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Tsuki no I Honjozo Nama-Shuzo
Tsuki no I Sake Brewery
Purchased at a liquor store in Oarai, Ibaraki
Polishing ratio 70%.
It's been a long time since I've had this sake, but whether it's a pure sake or a honjozo, it's very drinkable like water.
It was a little sweet.
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Mansaku no Hana Super Limited
Junmai Daiginjo once-fired sake
Rice: Akita Sake Komachi 54%, Hyogo Yamadanishiki 46
Alcohol 16%.
Polishing ratio 45
Hinomaru Sake Brewery
Purchased at a liquor store near my house
Price: less than 2000 yen
Seasonal sake, only available twice a year, with a new production date of September 2023.
Continuing from the last time, I happened to come across an Akita sake, Akita Sake Komachi.
This time it was a mix of Akita Sake Komachi and Hyogo Yamadanishiki. This was the first time I drank a sake made from a mix of rice since I started paying attention to sake.
Personally, I had chosen to drink junmai ginjos because I wanted to try a variety of sake priced around 2,000 yen, so I wondered if junmai daiginjos had been this easy to drink after a long time. I wondered if the Junmai Daiginjo I had been drinking for a while was this easy to drink.
The result! It was a delicious sake!
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