Otokoyama, Tsumitsumari, Special Junmai Sake
At a sushi restaurant in Otaru City
The concept behind the development of this sake is that it goes well with sushi and sushi bar snacks.
We had it cold and hot.
Tanaka Shuzo, Takaragawa, Junmai-shu
At the Otaru Snow Light Path venue
I thought it would be a single cup or a paper carton of regular sake, but they were serving Otaru's proper local sake.
Kunimei Shuzo, Kunimei Kasen
At a restaurant on the MOL Sunflower Hokkaido route
What's with the added sugar?
It has a strange astringent taste.
I thought the New Nihonkai Ferry had a better eye for sake selection.
Shichiken Junmai Hiyoroshi, Yamanashi Meikozo
The concept of this hiyaoroshi is that it tastes good at any temperature, but I think it tastes best lukewarm, though it has a double circle for cold.
Yamanashi Meiken, Shichiken Junmai Ginjo Silky Snow Time
The concept of this sake is "to drink in a warm room on a cold winter day when snow is flying", but I don't know what it is!
At first, it seems to be sweet, but then it turns dry.
Shichiken Sparkling Yamanokasumi, Yamanashi Meikozo
Reasonably priced for a sparkling sake with secondary fermentation in the bottle, but it tastes great!
Not too sweet, with a hint of sourness, and a delicious yeast flavor.
The cork stopper also adds to the atmosphere.
Asakai, Honjozo Iwate Green
Easy one-bottle, heated sake green
If you look closely, the shape of the bottle is different.
If you make it too lukewarm, the alcohol taste will hit you on the nose.
Delicious at room temperature or hot to tobikan
Asakai, Honjozo Iwate Blue
Easy to drink single-bottle, cold blue sake.
The alcohol taste is a little bit sharp on the nose, but it is fresh, refreshing and dry, and the sake goes down well!
Okunomatsu Shuzo, Okunomatsu Junmai Daiginjo Sparkling
The New Year's mood has blown away!
(Although, working at a post office, New Year's is not a big deal...)
Okunomatsu Shuzo, All-American Ginjo
Alcohol-soaked ginjo sake, but made with rice shochu distilled in-house, the so-called Hashira shochu shochu preparation.
The shochu is Okunomatsu's ginjo and daiginjo, distilled under reduced pressure, they say. What the heck, it's not atmospheric distilled?
Light-bodied but with a sense of alcohol, dry but with various well-balanced flavors and a short aftertaste.
It has a mild but impressive aroma. Is this the effect of rice shochu?
Nomura Jozo, Tsukuba Sagi Junmai Ginjo
Junmai Ginjo-shu made from Yamadanishiki produced in Tsukubamirai City and spring water from the foot of Mt.
It is not a sake with a gorgeous aroma that fills your nostrils, nor is it a sake that pushes out mellow sweetness or refreshing acidity.
However, it is delicious!
It's just plain tasty, plain tasty.
This is good.
This is good.
Abekan Shuzo, Abekan Junmai Dry
Sasanishiki from Miyagi Prefecture, apparently.
The ginjo aroma is delicious cold, but it should be warmed up.
The sweetness and umami are more pronounced when the sake is warmed up to lukewarm.
Abekan Shuzo, Abekan Junmai Ginjyo Dry Taste
Sake rice produced in Miyagi Prefecture, the variety is said to be Kura-no-Hana (flower of the storehouse), but the authenticity is unknown.
The sweetness first leads to acidity, which is not overpowering, and then the spiciness rises to the finish.
The aroma is sweet and gorgeous, but it is not overly exaggerated, and it quickly fades away without interfering with food.
The aftertaste is slight but long.
It is a delicious sake.
Kuromatsu Kenbishi, Kenbishi Shuzo
Two single-bottle bottles, each served cold and hot.
The bottles have a nice shape and are very heavy, like miniature whiskey bottles!
However, I was told that this bottle was designed to be the perfect shape for heating in a microwave oven.
But I couldn't beat the thermodynamics... I had to shake the bottle a bit to get the top hot and the bottom warm, and one minute at 500 watts doesn't seem to cause proper thermal convection.
Well, well, well, well, well... it tastes like pudding, custard pudding, not melon or banana as is often used as an analogy for ginjo-shu, but custard pudding.
It tastes the same cold or warmed up, so you can drink it however you like!
Also, this bottle is exactly one cup at the base of the neck, so it's convenient to wash it and store it... I think!
You can also chill it in the fridge for a delicious chilled sake, or microwave it for a delicious heated sake, making the Kuromatsu Kenrishi Ippongboto the perfect travel companion!
Ishikawa Shuzo, Tamanboast, Junmai Unfiltered
Water color is quite yellowish.
When cold, it has a banana-like aroma.
The flavor is more spread out and delicious when heated.
Ishikawa Shuzo, Tamanboast, Junmai Ginjo, Sarari, Soft
Indeed, it has a soft feeling.
It is sweet at first, but it soon fades away and becomes dry.
The ginjo aroma is present but not strong.
It is good as a food sake.