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大倉、嘉美心などの濃厚旨口で日本酒にハマり、いろいろ飲み漁った結果、今は料理を引き立てる、香り控えめな食中酒をよく飲んでます。 甘くて香りの派手なお酒は、食前酒としてたまに飲むぐらいです。

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Jujiasahi純米酒 ひやおろし 五百万石
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Shimane + Ihyakumangoku sounds like it would be tasteless if drunk cold, but since Juji-Asahi is rare, I couldn't help but order it. Sure enough, it was expressionless and unfriendly, but it had a hiyaoroshi quality to it, which was delicious in its own way. But I wouldn't dare choose this sake if there were other good sake available. I'm sure it would be good heated up, though.
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Kirei辛口純米 八拾
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When I come to Hidazo, the first thing I usually do is to have a "tsukuri-zakari" and a "kame-ling". It is a mildly umami-guchi dry sake that goes perfectly with the excellent zakizushi. The dryness of the sake is a bit assertive, but the balance between the umami and the sake is excellent, and it goes best with sashimi. Hidazo's sake lineup has a lot of sweet and fancy sake, but I wish they would increase the number of honest sake like this.
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Yuho山おろし純米酒 ひやおろし
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I used to think of Yuho as flashy in a good way, but after drinking the blue one, I learned that it also has a mild umami taste, so what about this yellow one? Well, this yellow one is exquisite and mildly umami! The taste is stable from start to finish, with moderate umami, bitterness, and acidity from the start and a slightly tangy aftertaste. Combined with the mildness of hiyaoroshi, it is really delicious. Hiyaoroshi" should be like this!
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Tenpoichi純米吟醸 秋あがり 八反錦
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#Drinking at home Hmm? This one is very quiet. There is no "tenpouichi" or "akiagari" feeling, no umami, no acidity, no gorgeous aroma, no unpleasant taste, just meekness. Well, this is boring. It doesn't interfere with the food, but it doesn't enhance the food at all. I don't like it. p.s. Two days after opening the bottle, I drank it again and found that it had a moderate flavor and had turned into a nice, mildly delicious wine! It tastes better after letting it air out for a day or two than when it is freshly opened.
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Akitora朝日 純米吟醸
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#Drinking at home It has a well-balanced flavor with a light, not harsh aftertaste, so it is more like a Hiroshima or Yamaguchi sake than a Kochi sake. It has good acidity but not too much, and no bitterness or peculiarity, so it is not heavy, but it is a delicious sake that can be easily matched with any dishes.
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Kankobai純米吟醸 AKI SAKE
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まぐろ問屋
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It is called AKI SAKE, but it does not seem to be hiyaoroshi...? It has a very slight effervescence, and the flavor is fresh and lively rather than mellow and deep. It has more sweetness than umami, so it is better to drink it lightly as an aperitif than as a mid-meal drink. The first time I drank Kanbongubai, I really liked it because it was mildly umami, and I try to drink it whenever I see it, but every time I drink it, I always feel something different... This time is no different...
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Wataya特別純米 ひとめぼれ
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#Drinking at home This is it! Wataya is sometimes a bit too glamorous for my taste, but this is exactly the kind of Wataya I want! Perhaps it's the use of Hitomebore grapes, but while the base has a strong umami flavor, it's also remarkably graceful, as if to say, "I'll pair it with any dish. It has no strong points, but is a versatile all-around food wine. Delicious!
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誉池月純米酒 改良雄町 木槽しぼり
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たけさん
It has a mild, yet strong umami flavor that is uncharacteristic of Shimane sake, and has no strange peculiarities, making it a perfect match. It is similar to Kaygetsu, but the aftertaste is not spicy and fades away quickly, giving the impression of being more gentle. If you drink it blind, you would never think it was made in Shimane, and for better or worse, it is a very un-Shimane-like sake. It is really delicious.
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#Drinking at home Sake from Tagaji's brewery, Juhachimori. Very mild taste, quite different from Tagaji's strong taste. It has a gentle yet delicious and aromatic flavor of Omachi, and finishes with a bitterness, so it is better suited for simmered dishes with soup stock or grilled fish than for sashimi. It is better as a food sake than as a stand-alone sake.
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Shinkai試みの酒 KT-901
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Ushitora (丑寅)
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This is the first time I have seen this sake, but it is delicious, similar to the Ojiro I had the other day. It has a nice acidity that is not too flashy, a slight bitterness that lingers, and enough umami to make you want more. Is this what you call a Shiga sake?
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玉旭純米無濾過原酒 DESPERADO
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#Drinking at home I used to like drinking DESPERADO a lot. I used to have an image of a quirky wine with a lot of individuality, although the direction was different from Okura's. Maybe my taste buds have changed, or maybe it's just the way things are going this year, but it's more balanced than individualistic, although it has a strong umami taste. It is not what is commonly referred to as "raw", but rather an extremely honest umakuchi sake that goes straight to the front. It is a sake that goes straight to the front! Delicious!
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Daijiro純米生酒 協会9号 吟吹雪
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#Drinking at home This is "Umakuchi". It has the same umami as Nara-shu, but with a slightly less pronounced acidity than Nara-shu. It also has a hidden bitterness that gives it a thick umami flavor that is not only sweet but also rich. I have not had many Shiga sake before, but I have a feeling that many of them are well-balanced umami. I would like to take this opportunity to try more Shiga sake. Ah, it is delicious.
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Kameizumi純米吟醸無濾過生原酒 吟の夢
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麒麟堂
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Oh my goodness! That's sweet! Even though it is unfiltered raw, this is sweet. The sugar water feeling that spreads in the mouth is somehow balanced by the freshness and subtle bitterness, and the taste has no cohesion. It's not even close to the Kochi sake I like. It's about the same thing as when I drank Kurei's CEL.
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麒麟堂
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It was tea-like in color and was a top-seller, and when it first came out I thought, "Oh no, I didn't do it right," but when I tried it, it was quite tasty. It has a sense of maturity from the moment you put it in your mouth to the aftertaste. It has a surprisingly good taste of rice, and although it has a mixture of various flavors, it has a new sensation of a clean and cohesive aftertaste, probably due to the fact that it is alsochueted. It seems to go well with smoked food. There are so many kinds of sake in the Kamisen series.
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#Drinking at home Rustic. It's not so much "mildly umami" as "rustic". It is not flashy at all, but it has a good flavor. The aftertaste is a little spicy and a little bitter, and it goes well with all kinds of food. It is the type of wine that shows its true value when served with delicious accompaniments, rather than when drunk by itself. I like this one.
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Kaiun純米 赤磐雄町
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まぐろ問屋
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Omachi and Kaiun. At first glance, it seems to be a contradiction, but when you drink it, you will find that Kaiun's mild and delicious taste is not blurred, but Omachi is definitely there. Kaiun is rolling the Omachi well. It's delicious.
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Hiroki特別純米 磨き六割
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#Drinking at home Hiroki is made with a mysterious acid base and sweet sake yeast. It is a gentle and serious sake with a soft but slightly astringent taste. It is better to savor it while chewing slowly than to drink it in a gulp. It can be served with sashimi, grilled dishes, and simmered dishes without thinking about it.
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Minami特別純米 別誂
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世界長新開地直売所
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It is tangier than the previous drunken whale, but not as dry, a little sweeter than the previous drunken whale, and a very tasty sake that seems to be more generally accepted than the previous drunken whale. If the drunken whale from earlier was the base camp, this one would be described as "common," but both are delicious! I used to not like summer sake because it was too thin and unreliable and I didn't feel like drinking it, but from today I like it.
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