A sake that seems to be competing with a certain ramen shop for the name. It is a white wine type sake with a strong acidity that goes well with lemon sours in the summer.
With a sake meter of +12, it is normally supposed to be super dry, but this is a strange sake with a strong sweetness from the rice. Yet, it is a dangerous sake with a strength of 19 degrees. After drinking more than 600 different kinds of sake, I was proud to say that I had already lost my taste for new flavors, but this was the first new sensation in a long time that hit the spot!
The best thing about it is that it's so good that it makes my dad gag, "Give me a kure! I want to hug myself today for having held back from saying a fatherly gag, "Give me a kurei!
This is a 15% sake that proudly bears the name of a cool-guy's father's gag. It lives up to its name with its refreshing taste and low alcohol content, making it easy to drink. It goes well with sashimi, of course, but also with just about anything.
Fruity hiragana takachiyo. I chose a white one different from the Brut I drank the other day. It is medium fruity, easy to drink with a strong syrupy sweetness like sleet, but also surprisingly drinkable. 16 degrees.
Oh, I've never had this label before, I thought, it's a light tropical fruity sake that I had solidly two years ago at the same restaurant. Slightly sweet and sour, this is a summer sake with a strong pineapple taste.
It is a light fruity sake with a grapefruit-like aroma and a strong acidity. This sourness goes well with the yuzu (yuzu citrus) tofu in ponzu (Japanese citrus juice) that I am eating right now.
The next one was Omachi again. And this time it was an unfiltered, unpasteurized sake. The lychee-like aroma was accompanied by a strong, powerful sake that was not overpowered by the ham I was currently eating as a side dish. This is indeed sake from Okayama.
Nito is popular for its balance of flavor, aroma, acidity and umami. This model has more overall strength and a full-bodied feel, which is due to the omachi alone.
It's Ibaraki, the name is austere, and you'd expect it to be austere and dry anyway, but it's surprisingly fruity and umami. It is a good choice because of its unexpectedness!
Compared a white and a black Laughing Four Seasons. The black one is beautifully delicious. To be honest, there is a slight difference, but the white one is more fruity, so I would recommend the order of white to black.