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tomytomy
家飲みのみ投稿。 飲み終えてから投稿。 自分のお金で買って飲んでるので、旨いも不味いも、はっきり書きます。 はっきり書くからには、店でちょっと飲み比べ程度で感想を述べるのは、作った方々に失礼かなと思うので。 いただきもの以外は、購入価格も記入しています。

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tomy
A family member bought it, saying it was a half price sticker at the supermarket. The same thing happened before. I warmed it up and compared it with Tomikyumusume. The one with sugar and acidifier had more flavor. I usually drink only one or two gou of sake, but I drank three gou in no time.  I think this sake is well made. 405 including tax (900ml)
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tomy
It is manufactured at the Nirasaki Plant in Yamanashi Prefecture. I didn't know this brand still existed.  It used to be a big brand in Nada with TV commercials, but after some scandals, the Tomikumusume brand was transferred to Fukutokucho Shuzo, the president of Tomikumusume Shuzo was fired, the company name was changed, and they now make canned chu-hai.  It was on sale at a drugstore for 800 yen. Surprisingly, the cold sake was the easiest to drink. The bitter taste of heated sake did not suit me. To be honest, I couldn't taste any umami or sweetness in this sake, which is a typical cheap sake.  I am tired of drinking junmai sake and sake with alcohol, which have little aroma or flavor, and call it a food sake that does not interfere with the meal. Why not just drink water or tea? It is interesting to compare various inexpensive lines of sake.
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tomy
I wanted a single bottle. What the heck, I got it at Yodobashi.com at a fixed price with free shipping. I wondered if they make any money on free shipping. I immediately heated it up in the microwave. It was easy to drink, with a nice aged aroma, and I finished it in no time, but it was 17 degrees, so the drunkenness followed. Kenrishi can be found in all supermarkets, probably because it is in constant demand. It is a good sake. Tax included 380 (180ml)
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Hatsukame特別純米 火入れ
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tomy
A regular fire-aged standard sake. There is nothing special about the aroma or taste, and at worst, it is characterless. To put it better, it is a beautiful classic food sake. Recently, Hatsukame has been drinking Jungin, unfiltered Nama sake, and Shusaku, all of which have a modern feel, so there is a big gap between the two. Jungin is a better pairing as a food sake, so it is a bit tough.
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Kohryu藍版 無濾過生酒
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tomy
I bought the M version at a liquor store in Niigata last year and enjoyed it so much that I bought the nama-shu version as well. It has an aroma and flavor that can be enjoyed on its own, and is not like an inexpensive alsode regular sake. It is easy to drink. This time I bought a four-pack, but I recommend buying a one-pack because it is more expensive. A bottle of sake is less than 2,500 yen including tax. I wish more sake like this would be available. 1540 including tax
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Hatsukame特別純米無濾過生原酒
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tomy
Nama sake is sold once a year at this time of year. This is quite good. The aroma and taste are strong and flow from sour-sweet to bitter. This is a very special sake, but I wish all breweries would make this level of special junmai sake the norm. It was a gift, but it was wonderful that they chose a bottle of this. I finished it in about two weeks. The flavor did not deteriorate significantly after opening the bottle, and I enjoyed it. I guess there are many local sake that turn into something else within a few days. If I had one wish, it would be to change the label to one that is easier to peel off.
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tomy
It's like a gin-pack version of Kita Akita. Kita Akita is sold everywhere, but this is the first time I have seen it. It says "brewed with fragrant yeast," but it's not the fancy, modern style. It is 15 degrees Celsius. It can be served at any temperature, but I think it should be served at room temperature or lower. The aroma and flavor will deteriorate after a few days, so please drink it as soon as possible after opening the bottle. 1042 including tax (1.8L)
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Hijiri若水60 特別純米 生酒
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tomy
The aroma, acidity, and sweetness seem subdued. I thought it would be a bit more showy. I guess it is an easy-to-drink food sake. However, 1,640 yen for a four-pack of sake that has neither strong nor weak characteristics is expensive. Sake prices will continue to rise, but it is a difficult time for consumers of all ages, whose incomes are not likely to increase. Sake breweries and liquor stores will probably shift their focus to exports and high-end products. 1639 including tax
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Hatsukame瓶内二次発酵清酒にごり02
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tomy
March is the time of parting and we receive farewell gifts, but in these days of abolishing false rites, many of them are sweets and tea, but we received several bottles of sake and shochu. Alcoholic beverages are disappearing from the gift-giving list, but they knew that I liked sake. What surprised me was that all the sake we received were Hatsukame. This is amazing. I had always thought Hatsukame was good, but I guess there are many people who think so. However, there was also a bottle of sake, and it was a bit difficult to move around the bar with several bottles of sake.  The lid is a crown, the bottle is thick and the bottom is concave. It looks like sparkling wine.  When I poured it into a glass, the fizz was much more intense than I had expected. It has sweetness, sourness, and bitterness from the carbon dioxide, and at 13% alcohol, it is very easy to drink. This is a well-made sparkling sake. It's good.
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Hiraizumiマル飛 山廃純米 しぼりたて生酒
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tomy
It is very easy to drink, with a strong acidity followed by a touch of sweetness. It is a sake that can be enjoyed on its own. I finished it after a day off from drinking and a drinking session, but later on, the acidity became stronger than the sweetness, and I might have preferred it on the first day. It is good to have such a unique and assertive flavor that leaves a lasting impression. Tax included 1971
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Sawayamatsumoto守破離 五百万石
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Immediately after the bottle was opened, the impression was weak, with a hint of acidity but not much else. Three days later, however, the aroma and a hint of sweetness were noticeable in the nose, and it became a nice, mild, modern-style sake. It is difficult to warm up, and if it is too hot, the acidity will be too much and the goodness will disappear even if the temperature is low. Best served cold. 1430 including tax
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tomy
I forgot to take a picture for the record and got rid of the bottle.  A modest but very drinkable and beautiful sake with an aroma and light sweetness that lingers on the nose. The aroma and flavor of this sake were best appreciated at room temperature or lower. It can also be drunk heated, but I felt the most of its character at room temperature or lower. 1650 including tax
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Kikuhimeにごり酒普通酒
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tomy
It looks and tastes thick, but it is surprisingly easy to drink, without any harshness or peculiarities. It is easy to drink, even when heated, so I drank most of it heated. It is also reasonably priced. I would recommend it second only to Kubota in nigori (rice wine) taste and price. 1210 including tax
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Mild aroma. It has a rich and rich flavor for a honjozo, and is easy to drink without being unpleasant. When heated, the acidity becomes stronger and the balance is lost. What is this, a honjozo limited to chilled? I've heard rave reviews about this on X and elsewhere, but I honestly didn't understand it.  But I have experienced many times with local sake that last year it was good, but this year it was bitter or had a different flavor, so there may have been times when it was good. Unlike major sake breweries, where the quality is stable, local sake breweries in the countryside are not always the same, which some people find interesting, but I would like to see the standard sake to be stable. Tax included 1265
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tomy
The number of PB packaged sake products is increasing, but they are posted at the manufacturing brewery.  I bought it, thinking it might contain something around "rich". It is a freshly stored sake made from rice, rice malt, and brewer's alcohol, and is labeled as slightly dry and light at 13%. It is the same as Kiku-Masamune's regular sake "Nada no Shiboritate Nama-no Nama-no Nama-no-Shiboritate Nama-Shu". It is light and drinkable like water, with no unpleasant sake odor or bitterness.  We finished it over the course of a month. We use packaged sake for cooking, so I think we drank about 70% of it. After a month, the aroma disappeared and a slight bitterness was felt at the end. Before drinking it, I expected it to be from the Ginpak area, but I had a different impression. I also thought it was not suitable for warming up. Maybe they should start selling this in the summer. 899 including tax (1.8L)
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tomy
I bought this sake to try a different type of sake. It is a kijoshu type sake made with sake. It has a sweet taste, but not too sweet, and goes well with meals and salty rice crackers. It is amazing that the flavor is retained even after the bottle has been opened.  Although it is a kijo sake, the price is not that expensive. 1925 including tax
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tomy
Complete jacket purchase. It's nice. It has a unique feeling in the nose when you drink it. I thought, "This is something I remember," and wondered if it was similar to Gekkeikan's Katsutsuki. It was more subdued than the Gekkeikan. Three days after opening the bottle, the unique flavor was gone. I honestly wish it would keep a little longer. 1815 including tax
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Kaiun無濾過 純米
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tomy
KAIKAI: Although from the same brewery in Shizuoka Prefecture, the Shitaizumi I drank the other day had a more modern flavor, but this one has a less flashy aroma and flavor, and is more like a clean, easy-drinking, so-called "Shizuoka" local sake. It has the thickness of nigori, though. It is easy to drink, but it is still 17 degrees Celsius. Be careful not to drink too much. Kaiun is a sake you can never go wrong with. 1661 including tax
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tomy
Junmai is 1815 yen. I bought it thinking it was a bit expensive. The aroma is fruity, and when you drink it, it has a sweet and immediately bitter taste. It has a rich flavor, which is good. I finished it in about three days, but the first day was the most impressive. I used to think that Shizuoka sake had a clean, mature aroma and flavor that was more like a food sake, but it seems that they are producing some very modern and up-to-date sake. 1815 including tax
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Jikon特別純米 生
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tomy
It has a nice aroma, a nice sweetness in the first sip, and I usually think it's delicious. I thought it was better to drink it by itself than with cheese, fish, rice crackers, or other snacks. There was nothing to go with it. The regular price is 1760 including tax. I thought it was not expensive for a gift set, but when I looked at the receipt, I found that the price included the cost of the box, so I was wrong about the price of Jikin. I thought Jigokin would be more expensive since Shinsei and Sharaku have been going up a lot recently. 1760 including tax
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