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KURORYU SHUZOH
Kuroryu Junmai Daiginjo Gohyakumangoku
Mild but citrus-like aroma.
It has a sweet and sour flavor. The balance between sweet and sour and umami.
Pleasant to drink.
The lingering aftertaste is also pleasant 😆.
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Takachiyo Shuzo
Mellow Mukashi Takachiyo Flat, Polished Rice, Unfiltered, Unrefined Nama Sake Cherichiyo
Gorgeous sweet and sour cherry-like aroma
Sweet and sour but with deep umami. The lingering taste is long but not heavy, making you want to enjoy the flavor.
I like this kind of feeling 🥰.
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Maruishi Brewing
Nitoshi Junmai Ginjo Omachi Gojugo Light Nigori Sparkling Nama
Caution on opening the bottle: ⚠️
When you twist the cap, all the bubbles come out at once 🫧 along with the oli ͛. *
Dancing lees
Exciting 😆.
After opening and closing the cap many times, the bottle is finally opened: ☝️
Fresh, lactic acidic and citrusy aroma 😊.
Vibrant gasiness. Light, dry and umami. At the same time, I can feel the bitterness.
Easy to drink with a clean aftertaste 🥰.
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Sei Shuzo
Sei Watashu GOTH Junmai Ginjyo Nao Kumi Namaeshu
Fresh, sweet, pineapple-like aroma 🍍.
Gassy and tangy 😁.
Light, sweet and delicious. The spiciness and bitterness comes after a moment and you can feel the good balance.
It's sharp and delicious 🥰.
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Kamo Nishiki Brewery
Kafuda-shu Tojo Yamadanishiki Junmai Dai-oki Shu
Kamo Nishiki Brewery's first sake aged for 5 years in ice temperature.
I really wanted to drink it, so I bought it after a long time.
Junmai Daiginjo.
Gorgeous green apple-like aroma 🍏.
Feels very clear.
The taste is sweet and smooth.
It has no corners and has a gentle but firm depth that is typical of matured sake.
In my opinion, it is a "package tag" sake.
Easy to drink with low alcohol content.
This one is 15%. It's so easy to drink you don't even feel it. ☺️
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Matsunoi Shuzo
Ryougo Junmai Summer Light Nigori
Light, citrus-like aroma with a hint of acidity.
Sourness and umami, but with a refreshing spiciness.
Light and crisp taste.
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Tenryohai Brewery
Garakuyo Tokiwa UNITEDARROWS collaboration
Calm and refreshing aroma.
Slightly dry and refreshing.
12.5 degrees Celsius. It is light and gaseous, so it is easy to drink 😆.
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The house drink is 🍶.
I bought this on the way here for snacks.
I bought some Hanazono dumplings🍡 from Niikuraya on the way here.
Inoue Shuzo
Junmai Ginjo Unfiltered Nama-shu made with summer yuri brewing
Mild aroma with a sense of rice.
It has a sweet and umami taste with depth. 14 degrees Celsius. It has a refreshing aftertaste with a sense of volume.
It has a freshness to it.
Delicious 😍.
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Shintani Shuzo
Wakamusume Tsubame Tsubame Daiginjo
A fire-aged version of the Tsubame-shibana that we drank before 🍶.
It was really delicious when I drank it raw 😋.
I bought a bottle of the fire-brewed one ♡♡.
I'm looking forward to it 😆.
Gorgeous ripe melon-like aroma 🍈.
It's fire-roasted but you can feel the freshness.
It tastes both sweet and spicy.
It has a good volume of umami and is very drinkable. ☺️
It has a nice sharpness and you can drink more and more 🥰.
SHUWAN has a more rounded and gentle taste 😍.
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fragrance of abundance
Fresh, pear-like aroma🍐.
Fresh and elegant. Light but with a delicious flavor.
Nice and sharp 🥰.
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Yamazan
Sanke Nishiki Unfiltered Unrefined Sake
Open the bottle and enjoy!
A gorgeous yet refreshing apple aroma.
Exciting 😍!
Sweet and juicy. Fresh and well balanced with umami.
A lingering aftertaste that lingers on slowly.
First time for Yamazan and it's delicious!
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Kuroryu Shuzo
Kutouryuu Kojoshu
Yogurt-like aroma.
Anyway, it is sweet. Sourness follows slowly.
The aftertaste is long. The bitterness also comes and there is a good balance. ☺️
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Shinmasa Sake Brewery
Shinmasa Akizakura COLORS
I saw this Shinmasa at a distributor and picked it up immediately.
It's not often that I come across a sake that...
Aroma like a ripe melon 🍈 Sweet and full of flavor.
Sweet and full of flavor. It is very easy to drink even though it has a strong acidity. 13% is very easy to drink 😆.
Delicious with a clean aftertaste 🥰.
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Matsuya Shuzo
Ruka Junmai Ginjo Peach Color Unfiltered Nama
I love peach color 🩷, no matter how many times I drink it, it's still delicious.
(I'm basically a pink lover lol.
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These days I start with a comparison of wine glass and SHUWAN.
Sweet and sour and juicy aroma ☺️
Sweet and sourness comes first when you drink it.
It is light and refreshing at 9%.
Easy to drink sake 🥰.
The aroma is like a glass of wine. I wonder if it tastes like SHUWAN.
I'll have it with SHUWAN today😊.
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Iwaya Hanpukai
Chiyonomitsu test brew Junmai-shu SWEETEST
The first thing that surprised me when I saw the label was the sake's alcohol content.
It has 8% alcohol by volume and -70% alcohol by volume.
I was expecting how easy to drink it is 🤔.
Sweet and sour and fresh aroma.
Yes, it is sweet. A nice sweetness though. Light and gentle sweetness will make you drink one cup after another🥰.
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Kabashiko 5 Nozomi Brewery
Psshhhh and vigor as usual ☺️
Come to think of it, this is my first Kabashiko😍.
It has a slight color.
I wonder what it is...
I've never felt such gorgeousness and nobility before.
I feel a firm acidity sweetness.
The sweet and sour taste and the aftertaste are firm and long.
This is...
It's delicious!
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Continued from yesterday.
Nanyo Jozo
HANAYOSHIYUKU ORIGARUMI Junmai Daiginjo OMACHI Unfiltered Nama-shu
The aroma is still gorgeous, fresh, and mellow. I guess it's because it's Omachi. 💕︎
The umami flavor may have become a little stronger than yesterday.
The taste is clear, mellow and aromatic.
I want to savor it forever!
I want to drink it again 🥰.
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Today's home drinking.
I wish I could have kept it on display forever 😆.
Nanyo Jozo
HANAYOSHIYUKU OMACHI ORIGARUMI Junmai Daiginjo Unfiltered Nama-shu
It is quite a hard to find brand 🍶.
This time it is a bottle.
Last time I drank it, I wanted to drink it alone for the first time ︎💕︎
Gorgeous, fresh, mellow, melon-like aroma😍.
The moment you put it in your mouth, the clear and mellow sweetness and aroma spreads.
It also has a delicious aftertaste that you can feel slightly when you savor it carefully.
I can only describe it as delicious 🥰.
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Good morning, Ken 😃.
It's hard to know when to open a bottle of hard-to-find sake 😅.
But if you drink it alone in a bottle, you can drink it a little longer 😋 but you'll drink it swishy 😙.
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Hi Jay & Nobby 😊
I'm not sure if I should buy it and I'm not sure if it's a good idea to buy it early 💦I couldn't stop drinking it once I started but I managed to stop halfway through lol...I think I might run out today 🤣.
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Fuji Shuzo
Eiko Fuji Touro Weibuki Unfiltered Nama-shu Junmai Daiginjo
Sweet and sour, pineapple-like, but with a light aroma.
It is full of sweetness and umami. It has a good balance of volume and aftertaste, and a lingering aftertaste that gives a sense of depth.
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Kangiku OCEAN99 Series
Soroumi Inflight Unfiltered Unrefined Uncured Sake
The aroma is like a clear melon.
It makes you feel that the sky is getting clearer and higher. ☺️
It has a light, sweet and umami taste with a fine gasiness, and even though it is more restrained than the 99Series so far, it has a well-balanced aftertaste.
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