I've never had it before, but tonight...
It's beautiful, but you can feel the density, the sharpness, and it's not something outstanding, but it's well-balanced and easy to drink.
I've been looking for a sake shop for half a year since the last time... I experienced twice that they were sold out 30 minutes ago... Today I got the last of the 4 bottles in stock by flying in! I think it is the second most difficult sake to obtain after Akita's No. 6, so if you can find it, get it!
It was purchased around 2003 and left in the kitchen... It is a completely old sake, but it has not collapsed at all and has a depth that awakens when heated.
The flavor that spreads in the mouth is that of Omachi, and the sharpness of the sake is also good, and the ticking "Toki" has allowed the sake to mature.
It is a great sake from the famous sake kingdom of Aki no Kuni.
I was curious about Gunma Izumi for a long time, and I found it at a local liquor store...
I have not warmed it up yet, but I like the quality of the sake!
Beautiful, ripe, and mildly flavorful!
This will be a repeat purchase for a bottle ✨.
I've never had it cold, but I love the quality of the sake.
We received a cup of sake as a souvenir from the Niigata Sake Festival.
It is light both cold and heated, and has a mild fragrance and lingering aftertaste... It goes well with pickled whitebait, cheese with amazake, and grilled eggplant.
We had it at work...h25BY
It is a low-polished nigori sake made from millet, millet, millet, barley and other cereals besides gohyakumangoku. I think it goes well with grains, meat, and spices, but it might also go well with seafood.
Purchased at Yui Sake Shop in Asakusa. It seems to be the owner's local brewery...
It's a rich, fancy, umami sake.
If you eat fried eggplant with sweet soybean paste and menchikatsu (cutlet) dipped in sauce and bring this sake to your mouth, you will not be defeated by miso and meat....
It's a hard-core, rich, umami-guchi sake that I like to drink when I'm in good physical condition or when eating out.
I think it would be fun to heat it up!
I've never had Kumezakura's Hago from Tottori, a famous San'in sake kingdom.
It is delicious. It has a soft, chewy flavor when cold, and when lukewarm, it has moderate acidity, a mild aroma, and a slightly spicy flavor that fades away.
It's rich, as expected from Osaka. Rich in flavor and extract.
If you like Okuharima, you'll love this!
Of course, it's good with meat and Chinese or Western food, but it's also good with warmed sake.
At Yoshiike, I tried a sake that I usually don't pick up!
It was like a white wine with acidity and was delicious with salted grilled chicken, dried fruit cheese, etc.!
Just like a white wine, it is easy to drink!
It's a 5 year old sake bottled in 2017, but when it's cold, it feels young and has the gusto of a rice smoothie...but when it's warmed up after a week, it's light and clear like it's coming off. It is not flashy like Omachi, not sweet like Yamadanishiki, and not spicy like Ihyakumangoku, but the transparency of strong sake goes well with beans and grilled chicken.
I had a bottle of Shimane's Honor Ikezuki Hiyaroshi improved Omachi.
It has a gorgeousness that is not typical of Shimane, and it tastes great chilled.
Yonemune Yamahai Junmai and Nama no Nama Hashiroshi from Aichi
Yamahai is a matured, dense, sweet sake that is light, rich and delicious when heated.
Nama Hashiroshi has richness and fresh acidity.
Yamahai went well with saikyo marinated blue fish!
Yamahai is a delicious food sake with chicken liver and yakitori!
Sake from the "Owari, Mino, Iga, Ise, Omi, Yamato" area, such as Houraisen and Chochin, have a strong image - is it the food culture?
Takejaku Yamahai Junmai from Minokuni in Gifu Prefecture also goes well with teriyaki chicken and shiitake mushrooms.
The aroma of white plum is refreshing when it is cold with a sweet, honey-like aftertaste. When heated up to 60 degrees and cooled down slowly, the richness spread on the palate and quickly faded away.
It is a local sake from Fukuchiyama, Tanba. It is gentle on the palate with a strong flavor that disappears quickly and makes you want to drink the next one. I drank it with broiled eel that I caught myself.
2009 BY shipped in 2017! The 2009BY was shipped in 2017, and the first time I opened the bottle was in the summer of 2022.
It is the opposite of the sake that you are told to drink by what month of the year or drink it as soon as it is uncorked. I heated it up to 55 degrees and it didn't even flinch. It's not a carbon-filtered, pencil-pushing sake.
It is more transparent than the Namo yeast yeast yeast Omachi we had before, but when it is warmed up with Hiokizakura, the umami comes in and it runs through hot!
It's a strong sake but light on the palate, like Shinkame's Mahojin.
It's a hardy and delicious sake!
I was lured by a beautiful lady at a tasting and sale event in Yoshiike.
She said it was made in the summer at a closed school.
I like it when it is warmed up. It feels like being wrapped in a warm blanket.