After much agonizing over shochu tasting today, we were served the undoubtedly delicious Miko-chan's Active Nigori 😇.
We managed to open the bottle without incident, and we were able to compare the supernatants as well😇.
Miko-chan's supernatant is a bit dry and fruity, but it was even more fruity and tastier when mixed with the other shochu 😀.
Hi Yasbay 🐦.
It's great that you can drink the top clear! 👍✨I guess you'll be able to consume more sake when you're tasting shochu 😁.
I'm jealous that you can drink this sake as I've been through it 4 times in front of you since last year 😭
Good evening, Pon 😀
I managed to avoid the automatic stirring this time 🤣.
I've been putting off getting Miko because I feel like I can get her anytime I want 😅.
Before slowly drinking the sake, we started with the shochu sake tasting training 😇.
I immediately recognized the rice shochu because its aroma is close to the usual ginjo aroma 😀.
However, I couldn't understand other shochu with strong aroma 😓.
I would like to be able to identify shochu just by its aroma, but it seems to be very difficult 🤣.
I'd like to be able to identify it by the aroma alone, but it's going to be difficult 🤣.
Today I will be opening a bottle of my favorite Akita Sake Komachi Nama Sake by Hanamaru 😀.
It's been in the cellar for a while, but the low temperatures have kept it from losing its fruity character 😀.
I like the fruity taste of Hanamup's nama-shu, even if it tastes a little different due to the different rice 😀.
Hi Yasube!
Shochu training 🏋️ is indeed hard once you taste it 😅I hope you can get the aroma training and enjoy the sake 🍶🤗Good luck while enjoying the delicious sake 👋.
Hi Yasbay 🐦.
That's a lot of shochu 😳I would probably not be able to stand my tongue as I only drink it split 😱I hope you find something good to do with it... good luck ‼️
Good evening, Jay & Nobby 😀
I heard that when you take the test, there will be 6 drinks together, 4 sake and 2 shochu, so the order in which you try them is not so clear 🤣.
You have to put the sake in your mouth to understand the sake, and the shochu will numb your nose and tongue😅.
Good evening, Pon 😀
I used to drink shochu, but I personally like rice shochu, so I can only identify rice 🤣.
I think the aroma and taste would be diluted if it was split 😅.
The sake for the Sake Duploma second test preparation that I ordered has arrived 😀.
The sake is
Kurogyu Junmai
Matsu no Tsukasa Junmai Ginjo Raku
Ottersai Junmai Daiginjo 45
Kamikigen Shojo Honjozo
Mikuyo Ginjyo Rei
Tosa Shiragiku Togin
Shochu
Fujisai Sweet Potato Shochu
Tojo Taimei Barley shochu (normal pressure)
Muretsuru Ichikoshi Barley shochu (reduced pressure)
Ki Brown Sugar Shochu
Torikai Rice shochu
Zanba Awamori
Total 12 bottles 🤣
Can we compare the taste ❓😓.
Good morning, bouken 😀
I took the first round of the optional test, but in the second round of sake tasting, it seems that 2 out of 6 questions are about guessing the shochu 😅.
In the extreme, rice shochu is distilled from sake, so it might be the taste that Torikai-san is most familiar with😇.
Hi Yasbaye 🐦.
I was also surprised that there is even shochu and awamori 😳I have never had any kind of shochu and awamori and now I know that there is normal pressure and reduced pressure 😳
Hi Pon-chan 😀
I heard that since shochu is distilled liquor, the boiling point changes depending on the atmospheric pressure and that changes the taste... I used to drink a little shochu, but I had no idea about decompression distillation at that time 🤣.
Hello, Yasube-san!
I didn't know there was also a problem with shochu^^; I only know about Class K and Class B (which are required for inventory), but I guess there are many more! It is a good study.
Hello, freelancer man of the first generation 😀
We are of course more familiar with sake, but it is less distributed than shochu, so I guess you need to cover shochu as well if you are a sake diploma 🤣.
Only Otsu will be on the exam though 😇
Today's bottle was opened by Koei Kiku, Tasoole 😀.
This is the first time I was able to drink the sake that everyone at Sake-no-Wa has been raving about 😀.
As everyone said, it is a fruity sake with a strong orange flavor, and we enjoyed it with satisfaction 😀.
Hi Jay & Nobby 😀
After reading your comments, I was looking forward to when I would open the bottle after I got it because I could feel how delicious it was 😀.
It's been a while since I heard Kaorin's stray comment that this is not sake 🤣.
The other day, Kaorin went to Okayama on a business trip 😀.
She said she would buy me some local sake from Okayama, so I went to Sakabayashi, which Maru-san had told me about a lot of local sake in Okayama, and got her some souvenirs. 🙆♂️
One of the two bottles was this Kabishin 😀.
It is a second fermentation in bottle nigori sake, which is a bit different from the one we compared with Amanagashi, but it was definitely a delicious sake 😀.
I've seen other Kabishin's in Kansai, but this was the first time I saw this Kabishin, so it was a very nice souvenir 😀.
We look forward to seeing you again in Okayama 😇.
Sono Kangiku 4 kinds of sake comparison
This sake is brewed with rice called Fusakokokane from Chiba 😀.
It's amazing that even rice rice can be used to make sake that tastes just as good as sake rice 😇.
Kaorin, who was at chuin-san's sake tasting, said that this sake was her favorite.
It's the fun of sake to have different tastes even if they are in the same family 😀.
Last night, I went to my sake teacher (or so I think)
I went to Mr. Kawada of chuin-san to report that I passed the first round of the Sake Duploma exam and to ask him about how to study for the second round 😀.
I told him that I couldn't distinguish between Junmai Daiginjo and Daiginjo, and he said warmly that even I couldn't do that 🤣.
I was told that I don't need to get 100 points, so let's just go for it 😅.
He also said that if you try to match your sensitivity to other people's sensitivity, you will end up messing up your own sensitivity, so it's better not to take sake tasting classes either 😀.
However, the sake that will be on the exam is generally easy to obtain, so for the time being, I was advised to drink easy-to-obtain sake instead of elaborate sake that is difficult to obtain😇.
Also, the taste of sake tends to vary from day to day, so I was advised to drink in a way that would minimize this variation 😀.
By the way, I compared 4 types of Sono Kangiku at chuin, and this junmai sake was more to my liking than the other junmai daiginjos because I could feel the taste of the rice 😀.
Hello, Yasube!
I see you went to the "So-no-Kangiku" 4 types drinking contest 😁.
I was just looking at Chuin's Insta and thinking how nice it was 😋.
Good luck with your second sake diploma exam ✨
Good evening, Yasube!
It's really hard to find a sensory thing 💦and I was surprised to see how different the 4 types are😊👍and I'm still envious of the drinking comparison😻😻
Hi Jive 😀.
Thank you 🙇.
It was fun to compare the sakes from Kangiku 😀.
There were some newly opened sakes like Yamasan, but I chose this 4 sakes comparison without hesitation 😀.
Hi, Pon 😀
It's natural for each person to have different sensitivities and feelings, so it's impossible to match others 🤣.
However, I will try not to blur my senses as much as possible 😀.
On the 3rd day of my return to Sake-no-wa, I'll open a bottle of the good stuff 😀 😀 Today is Jikin 😀.
Today's bottle is Jikon 😀.
The well-balanced taste of Jikin-san is still a masterpiece 😀.
The picture is even more powerful than yesterday's. 😇
Jikin, Shinsei's Tenfrog 🐸 and Shinshu Kamerei's Gin🐢..........................the taste direction is totally different but they are all delicious without any complaints 😊.
Good evening, ma-ki-chan 😀
Even if I get a good bottle of sake, I'm too shy to open it... 🤣
I'll open the bottle as soon as I can, because otherwise it'll just accumulate 😀.
Good evening, Pon 😀
I'm going to enjoy opening the bottle for a while longer since it's a great opportunity for me 😀.
However, once the sake tasting practice arrives, I won't be able to open the bottle again for a while 😅.