The last drink of the day.
There was a bottle design of Shinomine that had a different atmosphere from the Shinomine we usually see, so I tried it.
Ise-Nishiki is Mie Prefecture's prized rice for sake brewing.
It is said to be the ancestor of Yamadaho, the mother of Yamada-Nishiki.
It was developed in Ise in 1860 from Yamato, a native rice, and was popular in the Kansai region for a while, but was no longer cultivated due to its tendency to fall over due to long sticks.
Motosaka Sake Brewery, which brews Hachibei sake, revived the cultivation of this rice as sake rice in 1991.
Since then, it has been brewed by other sake breweries, but I did not know that it was grown in Nara Prefecture.
This junmai sake is brewed with Ise-Nishiki produced in Nara Prefecture using Kyokai No. 6 yeast.
The appearance is pale yellow-green crystal.
The aroma is mild and sweet.
The aroma is mild and sweet, with juicy sweet banana, apricot, and rice cake aroma.
On the palate, there is a soft texture and a very slight gasiness.
Juicy sweetness and rounded acidity.
A cool, refreshing flavor spreads.
A tight aftertaste of slight bitterness and astringency.
Oh, this is delicious!
The gasiness is pleasant, moderately juicy, and the rice has a beautiful umami!
I tend to drink a lot of Kaze no Mori and Mimuro Sugi as Nara sake, but Shinomine also made me want to try a lot of other sake 🍶.
I went to Asano-san to consume a ticket for one 45ml glass of super premium sake that I got from the anniversary gacha 🍶.
I chose this one from the type of sake I don't drink on a daily basis.
It is a Nishikigoi from Imadaiji Shuzo, which brews Imadaiji (Imayo Tsukasa) in Niigata.
Hello 😁.
The exterior is clear crystal with a brilliant shine.
The aroma is...mild, youthful and fresh.
The main aroma is a blueish selfeuille, with a hint of rice aroma.
As it warms up, there is a faint melon aroma.
The aroma may have faded with the passage of time after opening the bottle.
The texture is smooth on the palate.
The beautiful rice flavor with a hint of sweetness and acidity flows smoothly like water in a good sense and disappears with a slight alcohol taste.
It is so sharp and crisp that you would think it was alky.
As it warms up, the soft sweetness becomes softly perceptible with a hint of koji, and the fine acidity also comes out.
The aftertaste is long, with a delicate, gentle feeling.
It was a beautiful, sharp, and perfectly fine dining sake.
We had a ticket for the anniversary gacha snacks, so we paired it with smoked tea duck and smoked mackerel, and it was intoxicating!
The last of the day was a series of drinks left to the owner, who, again, asked us to choose sake that we would not normally choose ourselves.
We were served a Niigata sake recommended by Mr. Kawada, the owner of CHUIN, which he always buys every year.
Kenshin was a first for me!
The aroma is...ladylike, sweet and juicy with a hint of koji (malted rice) including the acidity typical of sake, with pleasant aromas of grapefruit, melon and banana.
On the palate...smooth, mellow, and super juicy!
With all due respect, it is overflowing with juiciness that is hard to believe this is a Niigata sake!
While a gentle dryness peeks out a bit, the umami, including a slight bitterness, flows nicely and spastily.
The aftertaste is medium short.
This is delicious!
It has no alsophony, and if you were to give it to me blind, I would say it was a junmai type.
This is the kind of sake that overturns my biased stereotype of Niigata sake and makes me feel ashamed of my lack of knowledge and experience.
I was surprised after a long time.
It is delicious!
The freshness and vibrancy of freshly pressed sake, the aroma brought out by the aruzome and the sharpness at the end.
All the characteristics of this sake were working in the right way.
I will buy it next year if I can find it.
Thanks for the treat 🍶.
Here it is again this year, the berry Jikin!
Maybe it's my favorite Jikin.
The appearance is clear crystal.
The aroma is youthful and gorgeous.
The aroma is of berries dripping with sweet juice containing pleasant acidity, with a slight strawberry candy-like sweetness nuance.
Rice aroma with a slightly powdery feel of white dumplings.
Smooth texture.
Slightly chili gasiness 🫧.
Candy-like sweetness and berry-like sourness.
A firm and beautiful umami, with a sharpness that includes a rich bitterness.
A dreamy aftertaste with elegant hints of fragrance.
Drinking your favorite sake makes you happy.
No matter how hard a day I have had, I can still think that today is a good day to get drunk.
Seigyoku is located in Tokushima, Japan.
The annual production is an astonishing 2 koku (200 bottles) 😳.
It is only sold at the brewery's store, and is not distributed by liquor stores.
I purchased this sake on a recent business trip.
My sake master, Mr. Kawada, the owner of chuin, had never had this sake, so I was able to bring it to him this time 🍶.
The rice used to make this sake is unknown, but it is a Junmai Ginjyo unfiltered raw sake with a 50% rice polishing ratio and squeezed in a bag.
The exterior is a golden green color with a very faint haze of rice slime.
The aroma is classically gorgeous.
Rounded ginjo aroma of sweet melon and banana, with a hint of koji acidity.
Elegant rice aroma, like that of koshinko (rice powder).
The mouthfeel is gentle and soft.
Elegant soft sweetness, with a firm acidity that has no spine.
The hint of fragrance is also a noble ginjo aroma.
The rounded flavor spreads gently like a bud opening and finishes with a full-bodied umami including bitterness.
The aftertaste is soft and elegant.
A classic, high quality sake that conveys the careful craftsmanship.
I usually prefer modern sakes, but this sake reminds me of the beauty of the classics.
It is delicious.
When it is at room temperature, the softness and elegance become more pronounced, making it an appropriate sake to be enjoyed slowly and carefully.
Good evening, Mr. Aladdin.
I always thought it was a "life force ball" 😅.
I wonder if 2 stone is enough to make a business? I feel like it is, but is it made up of restaurants and real estate 🤔.
Good evening Aladdin!
I know that the sake here is made at Seitama after my favorite Sanko Masamune brewer, Mr. Toji Yamagami, finishes his work at Sanko 😊.
I would like to go there to drink it as it is served at soba restaurants and ryotei restaurants run by Seitama. ✨️
Good morning, I'm sorry to hear that.
I couldn't buy it because it was closed when I was there before, but it looks good and I'm jealous of your sake.
I will buy it someday!
The café was thriving, so I guess that's the main source of income for them.
We had it at chuin on Wednesday😄It was a gift from Aladdin🥹Thank you for giving such a precious drink to such a novice like me. I hope to meet you at chuin sometime.
Good morning, bouken 😃.
I have an image of the original warehouse being renovated into an elegant soba restaurant with a small sake brewery space next to it.
I think the sake is served at the restaurant and very little is sold commercially 🍶.
Good morning, Pon 😃.
Two stone per year is totally short of the requirements for a sake brewing license, so that's the strength of the original license 🤔.
I've been curious about it since I found out about its existence on Instagram, so I was lucky to have a business trip to Tokushima by chance: ☺️
Good morning, Matsuchiyo 😃.
Thank you for letting us know 😊That's why it's so delicious.
I went there a week after the announcement on Instagram that the stock would run out soon this year, and there were only 4 bottles left in the store!
Good morning, Shinjo 😃.
I see you have been there! I was lucky this time as it seems you have to be in the right place at the right time to buy it.
From the looks of it, the main source of income is definitely the cook shop 😄It was a drunken drink, so please come back 🍶.
Good morning, kata 😃.
I was looking at your post! It was intoxicating to share a rare opportunity with other drinkers ☺️
I'm probably the odd one drinking while taking notes on my phone at chuin, so please give me your best wishes 😁.
This sake is rich and refreshing with the good qualities of Akitsuho, and shows the determination to brew all the blessings of the Katsuragi Sanroku area.
This is the second First Edition of S Kaze no Mori.
The future sake level is ★★★.
Pale yellow-green crystal.
Fine gas bubbles stick to the glass.
The nose is mildly fresh and volatile with a strong aroma.
The nose is full of tropical passion fruit and young bananas with a hint of acidity.
The woody nuance, characteristic of new breweries that use a lot of cedar, is also abundant.
The rice aroma is about the same as that of white dumplings, with a slight malted rice aroma and powdery minerality.
It is light and has a soft stimulation of gaseous sensation.
It has a strong sweetness with a slightly tropical flavor, and is refreshing with a gentle acidity and the loss of a sense of schwarziness.
The hint of aroma is soft with fresh volatile aroma.
The aftertaste is bitter and astringent with a dry feeling.
Very crisp, with a beautifully complex tightness on the finish.
Although it has a relatively low milled rice feel, it is refreshing and the rice-derived flavors and complexity are beautiful, so it is not difficult to drink.
The day after opening the bottle, the volatile aroma and gassiness settle down, and the rounded sweetness with tropical sensation is gently perceived, and the low milled rice feeling is more favorable as a fullness and depth of flavor.
We would like to continue to support the efforts of Sanroku Kura from now on.
Aladdin, here too 😊🙏🙏.
I know more and more people are drinking it, but I didn't read the label on the back 💦I see you are working on this! I have my own thoughts on satoyama, so I'd love to support you 😊.
Hi Aladdin😄
Detailed review, quintessential 🤩I thought of you when I drank S Wind Forest: ❗️
I'm sure you'll want to support this local love initiative 📣.
I know it's early days, but I'd love to drink the next version 😋.
Hi Pon, good evening here too 😃.
The soil fertility of rice paddies is also visualized by the number of microorganisms in the soil and published on the web😄.
Inheritance of terraced rice fields and satoyama is essential for sake culture, and I want to support various breweries that are working on this 📣.
Good evening, Hiro 😃.
Thank you 😊
Both the brewery and the brewer who brews the sake blend into the local satoyama like the rice and water, the ultimate terroir. ☺️
Next up is S Kaze no Mori, brewed with Akitsuho grown by Mr. Sugiura, a farmer liquor store 🍶.
When I always choose my own sake, I tend to ask for the sake I have had before, which I prefer.
In search of new encounters, I decided to leave the last drink to the owner 🍶.
Here are the sake selections.
It is a limited edition bespoke sake from Jizakeya Miyajima, a sake shop in Ueda, Shinshu, and is usually shipped as fire-aged junmai sake.
It is marked by a shoulder label that reads "Karakuchi Fruity Nao Kumi," which Mr. Miyajima came up with.
He wants it to be called "Karakuchifru Junmai!
The aroma is fresh and gorgeous.
The aroma is fresh and gorgeous, with a light, fruity feel.
Unsweet apples, pears, melon, and blue bananas are covered with the rice aroma of freshly pounded rice cake.
Smooth texture.
A hint of rice sweetness and a refreshing sourness spreads.
From the fruity overtone, a beautiful umami flavor develops.
At the end, the dryness goes down the back of the throat in a flash, and it finishes nicely with a sense of refreshment.
The 17% alcohol content leaves a warm aftertaste.
Oh, it is delicious!
A dry sake with a fruity aroma!
I realized again that I can drink dry sake that is not only dry and dry but also has umami and aroma, or rather I like it.
Dry and fruity = "colorful" and if it becomes popular, I'll be drunk 😊.
Thank you for the food 🍶.
Good morning, Aladdin 😃.
Looking forward to meeting new people! I'm sure you'll be in good hands with the owner 🤗Fruity dry is the flavor that got us hooked 😋Colorful remembered 👍.
Good morning, Jay & Nobby 😃.
Take a cue from J&N and have a drink you've never had! 😄
Well, sake is always a new encounter as each brewing varies in various ways even for the same brand 😁.
Colorful regards!
This is another series of sake that I want to drink at home but for some reason can't afford to buy every year.
This is "Do" from Yamamoto Sake Brewery, which brews Yamamoto, a sake that I have always been curious about as a nigorist.
It seems that "Do" is always released a little after the sake I really want to buy, so when I see it at the store, I always think, "Aha! Whenever I saw it at the store, I had to pass it up because my fridge was always overflowing with it 🥲.
This is the first time I've had this sake, including outside drinking 🍶.
Since it was an outside drink, they stirred the tailings well before pouring it.
By the way, it looks and sounds like doburoku, but it is not doburoku because it is "seishu" and is filtered.
The appearance is a snow-white color with a hint of green and green, with beautifully spacious tailings dancing in the air.
There is a rich aroma of rice in the tailings, with a slight pickle aroma in the back that is not unpleasant.
The mouthfeel is pleasantly mellow with a gassy, shrieking sensation.
There is almost no sweetness, and the taste of the rice in the gas and the tailings spreads dry and flat.
The clear umami flavor is well balanced by the acidity and gassiness.
The bitterness of the tailings lingers moderately in the aftertaste.
I see what you mean.
The dry, crisp, clean rice flavor is irresistible to those who like it 🍶.
I can see why it is so popular!
Hi Aladdin 🐦.
I've been wondering about this one for a long time too 💦 and when I came across it, I couldn't buy it as well 😅.
And I always thought it was the "do" of doburoku 😂 it's amazing how much lees is here after straining 😳.
Good evening, Pon 😃.
There is no definition of "filtered" in the law, so "filtered!" through a colander of skunks. 🤔.
I was wondering if you have any idea how to strain the rice?
It's worth a try 😊🍶.
Good evening, Mr. Kotaro 😃.
Drinking "Do" at home is so intoxicating 😃☺️
I'm sure it will be empty in a moment 😁.
I learned about drunken active nigori that I can recommend to those who like dry 🍶.
The day we compared Kaze no Mori Akitsuho 657 and NeXT drinks.
Not wanting to stop there, we were treated to a series of sakes that I would love to drink at home but for some reason can't afford to buy every year.
As a fan of Kangiku, I am ashamed to say that I have yet to drink it at home, Hashu Honor.
I have come across it on display in stores, but because of the time of year and the overlap of the sake I want to buy right before every year, I cannot buy Haneju Homare due to storage space limitations.
I was thankful to be able to drink it out of the store.
The aroma is mild and modestly fruity.
On the palate, it has a clear touch.
The sweetness has a dark, juicy, Kangiku-like character and a smooth acidity.
The overt aroma is sweet and soft.
It has a clear umami taste and a gentle, slightly bitter astringency.
The aroma and flavor change depending on the sake container and how long the bottle has been open, so it is difficult to make a blanket statement, but it was crisp and clearer than I had expected.
It had a taste of sweetness that is typical of Kangiku, so I thought it might be interesting to let it sit for a while.
A time of change is approaching for Kaze no Mori's masterpieces....
A comparison with a test brew of a new sake quality design that will determine the future direction of the company.
Kaze no Mori Akitsuho 657, a well-loved masterpiece from the past.
So, following the previous check-in, this time it is the usual Kaze no Mori Akitsuho 657.
Clear crystal, lots of gas bubbles in the glass when poured.
The aroma is youthful, fresh, and gorgeous.
Pear, white grape, sweet melon aroma, and a slightly firm veil of volatile aroma.
On the palate, sweetness is accompanied by a hint of bitterness, followed by the lively stimulation of gas and acidity.
The volatile aroma is rich and refreshing even in the hints.
The sharpness is good, with a lingering complex flavor that is typical of Akitsuho.
The usual sweetness of the dark hininess and the lingering bitter complexity are pleasant.
At any rate, the brewing technique must be amazing to be able to change the flavor and alcohol content so subtly with such a similar sake quality design.
This Kaze no Mori Akitsuho 657 is an important sake that I drank in Nara a few years ago and it made me realize again, "Sake is so intoxicating." I drank this Kaze no Mori Akitsuho 657 in Nara a few years ago, and it made me realize again that "sake is intoxicating.
It may be a correction for my feelings, but personally, I think it is better to drink it as it is, which is easier to enjoy the sweetness and complexity of Akitsuho sake. ☺️
Will there be a new wind in the wind forest?
We ask users about the future direction of their representative works.
Kaze no Mori Akitsuho 657NeXT with a slightly different sake quality design.
Kaze no Mori Akitsuho 657 is Kaze no Mori's flagship product.
Aburacho Sake Brewery is considering changing its sake quality design in the future, so they are test brewing with the new sake quality design and asking for opinions online as to which is better than the previous one.
It's a great time💻.
NeXT, the new sake quality design, is said to have a lower alcohol content, a green fruit aroma, and a lighter mouthfeel.
Since it was a good opportunity, I compared it with the traditional Kaze no Mori Akitsuho 657.
Perhaps because the rice, yeast, and water used are the same, there is not as noticeable a difference as one might expect, and the aroma and taste are basically the same as before.
Some of the minor differences that can be seen in the comparison are as follows
The aroma is a little fresher and lighter.
The volatile aroma is weak.
The sweetness is light and the acidity is strong.
Complexity is a little weaker.
Dry and sharp, similar to ALPHA1DRY.
Lingering complexity is also light.
The lingering complexity was also light.
As I expected, the trend is toward lower alcohol consumption.
With the rise of highballs and lemon sours, it is inevitable that people are looking for something refreshing and dry.
If you like Kaze no Mori, please give it a try 🍶.
Good evening, Aladdin 🌛.
I see that even popular breweries are boldly trying out new brewing techniques, and soliciting opinions on the internet etc. is also very current 😁.
Similar to the Glenlivet Guardians Chapter of whisky 🤔.
Good morning, Gyve 😃.
Glenlivet, it sure looks like it ☺️
Seems like user feedback is only helpful in the Wind Forest 🤔.
More and more drinks are putting QR codes on the back etiquettes, so we can gather more information 😊.
Freshly squeezed Nabeshima!
Fruity, Juicy, Fresh & Vivid✨
Beautiful New Moon🌑🍶.
New Moon is the freshly squeezed winter edition of the Nabeshima Moon series, released for each of the four seasons.
It is a 100% Yuyamanishiki junmai ginjo brewed up to 55% polished.
The appearance is clear crystal, almost transparent.
The aroma is fresh and gorgeous.
The ginjo aroma is of freshly cut pears, young white peaches, and white grapes with a hint of grapefruit.
The fresh rice aroma is like white dumplings.
The texture is smooth and smooth, with a fresh, gaseous sensation.
As soon as it hits the palate, the juicy flavor that bursts forth is "Yum! Delicious!
I am already happy from the first sip.
The taste is so good that you can't help but relax your mouth.
The juicy, deep sweetness and refreshing acidity reminiscent of grapefruit spread brightly with a sense of juiciness.
From there, the clear umami that only rice brewed sake can produce flows through the mix, and the beautiful bitterness that leads to a pleasant aftertaste rises little by little and finishes with the release of the gas feeling.
It finishes with a long, lingering aftertaste with a nice sharpness and a hint of bitterness.
I was really happy to drink it. ☺️
Hi Aladdin, how are you?
I had a NewMoon not too long ago, and I remember the flavor was irresistible ✨.
And after reading your wonderful review, I am once again thinking how happy I was to be able to drink it 😊.
Hi Aladdin 😀
I'm glad you were able to drink it again this year 😀.
I wanted to drink it too, but had to give up due to my fridge 😅.
But Aladdin's comment makes me more and more disappointed that I couldn't drink it 😅.
Good evening, ma-ki-😃.
You drank at Komenohana ☺️👏.
Even though I try to drink a variety of alcohol, I can't resist drinking Nabeshima, especially New Moon😅.
Now I want to pat myself on the back for that 😊.
Good evening, Yasbay 😃.
I have a lot of sake to drink, but I can't drink it all, so I want to thank you for the chance to meet you this time ☺️
I'm also in the process of giving up a lot of different liquors 🥲I wish I had a dam cellar 🤣.
Good evening, Aladdin 🦉.
NewMoon looks delicious 💕
I'm curious about the sweet shrimp mentaiko next to it 😆 I'm a big fan of both sweet shrimp and cod roe so ❣️ it's absolutely delicious😻
Good evening, Aladdin.
I had given up on this one, but when I saw the liquor store's announcement that they had saved some stock for the beginning of the year and would be selling it, I ended up buying it! I was so excited to see Aladdin's review 🍶.
Good evening, Pon 😃.
I love squid mentaiko but this was my first experience with amaebi mentaiko 🦐.
It was delicious with the prettily sweet and tasty taste of amaebi and the gentle flavor of Japanese mentaiko that pops like a little piece of cod 🦐 ☺️
Thanks to my wife who is a good taxpayer 😊.
Good evening, Kotaro 😃.
GJ for the liquor store to sell it at the beginning of the year as it is a perfect sake for the New Year!
If you also like fruity sweet and savory types, I think you will like it: ☺️
I look forward to checking in and praying it suits your palate 😊.
Good morning, Aladdin 😃.
Aladdin's "Yum!!!" from the start of New Moon‼️ Frugeau & Frevivy in charge of winter is very convincing 😍I'd like to try it! is very convincing 😍I'd like to try it 😙.
Good morning, Jay & Nobby 😃.
When I meet a sake like this that perfectly suits my tastes, I really feel glad that I am a drunken sake drinker: ☺️
It's not for everyone because it's sweet and tasty, but J&N, you might want to go back to the sweet and tasty school 🤭.
Good evening, Aladdin 🌛.
One of my goals for this year is to drink "Nabeshima Moon Series" at home, but I doubt I will be able to achieve it 🤣.
I'd like to find a sake that I can simply say "Yum! I wish I could find a sake that I can simply say "Yum!
Good evening, Jive 🌜.
Yes! Mr. Gyve is the man 🌝 who loves and was loved by Nabeshima Moon series!
I hope you will drink it 🍶🌕.
May Mr. Gyve have an intoxicating experience with the Moon series 🍶😊.
At Asano Sake Brewery, you can get drink tickets and other items in a gacha that you can play with three stamps from your visit to the store.
I won a ticket (worth 2,400 yen) for two 45-ml servings of "Super Premium Sake" in the special gacha for the anniversary year, which is a little more luxurious than the original one.
Before I could ask the manager, he quickly presented me with this bottle, saying it was a recommendation.
The appearance of the bottle was very beautiful, and since it had been quite a while since I had had a glass of Yukino Kayasha, I felt like drinking it, so I took it as is.
The appearance is clear crystal.
The aroma is sweet and soft, yet dignified and gorgeous.
Aromas of apple, white peach, melon, young banana, and a faint hint of Japanese citrus that seems to have been peeled from a distance.
Beautiful rice aroma of about Kamishinko.
When you drink it, it has a smooth texture.
Beautiful sweetness first touch.
The acidity, including fine acidity, seeps through smoothly and sizzlingly.
The beautiful umami descends softly, melts on the ground, and disappears like a flowing stream.
After the beautiful sharpness, there is a long lingering aftertaste like the warmth you feel when it snows.
This is the high class of Yukino Kayasha.
It was just a beautiful, dignified and noble sake.
It was a treat 🍶.
Purely personal memorandum 5 (last this time)
At a restaurant I visited again (for the second time) at the beginning of the year.
No notes, but just checking in because it was delicious 🙇.
This was my second visit, and this is the last since it was two drinks.
I was staring at me with dull eyes from the fridge, so here is the last one 💁.
This is the Fukunotomo Akita Inu Label Junmai Ginjyo Nama Sake from Akita's Fukunotomo Sake Brewery.
Anyway, first of all, the Akita Inu on the label is cheating 🐕.
If you like dogs, you can't help but order this.
The sake inside is the only draft sake in the Akita Inu Label series, and its concept is "the dignified air of a winter morning.
It is a junmai ginjo sake brewed with Kyokai No. 9 yeast without bubbles (yeast No. 901).
Taste memory... 🍶.
The aroma is fresh and pleasant with a hint of ginjo aroma.
The taste is smooth and clean, crisp, clear and fresh.
It was the kind of sake that makes you want to drink it in gulps, with a beautiful flavor that makes you want to savor its freshness and throatiness.
I have been drinking a lot of sake, but there are still so many drunken sakes out there that I can't keep up with them all 😄 I have to be more diligent.
I have to be diligent.
Thank you for the food at first 🍶.
Purely personal memorandum 4)
At a restaurant I visited again (for the second time) at the beginning of the year.
No notes, but just checking in because it was delicious 🙇.
This was my second visit, this time for about 2 drinks.
The first one is "Isei Seishun.
I like the name as well as the taste, and I always order this sake if it is available: ☺️
And it's a new orikarami sake 🥰.
As a self-proclaimed "Origara Mist," there is no way for me not to drink it.
This special junmai sake is brewed with 100% Yume no Kaori, Fukushima's original rice for sake brewing, polished to 60% rice polishing ratio.
This is a new challenge for the 10th anniversary of the release of the special junmai sake👍.
Taste memory... 🍶.
The aroma is soft but fresh.
The taste comes in smoothly with a slight veil of tailings, and is refreshing with a gentle hint of sweetness, and finishes with a mix of sweetness and umami.
The soft and clean impression of Ise Seishun is balanced by a sense of roundness and complexity, with the new sake nama sake enhancing the tones of taste and aroma and intertwining with the tailings.
It was well chilled, but I thought it was soft fresh and delicious.
A sake I would like to drink at home once in my lifetime 🍶.
I originally liked this sake, but now I like it again: ☺️
Purely a personal reminder (iii)
At restaurant #1, which I visited for the first time at the beginning of the year.
No notes, but just checking in because it was delicious 🙇.
The last of the 3 sakes comparison was Mansaku no Hana no Tanshizuku.
It is freshly shiboritate of R6BY new rice new sake 🍶.
At the time of sale, a miniature of Hinomaru Brewery's original sake bottle case was included, and I really wanted to buy it, but I had to tear myself away from the sake due to space issues in my refrigerator.
I thought I could at least have the contents, so I had it.
I can recall the taste... 🍶.
I think some time has passed since the bottle was opened, but the aroma is calm and fresh.
The mouthfeel is clean and fresh.
It was a crisp sake that flowed smoothly and without any snagging.
It was quite a drunken selection of 3 sakes!
Purely personal memorandum (2)
At restaurant #1, which I visited for the first time at the beginning of the year.
No notes, but just checking in because it was delicious 🙇.
Next is Ura-yanma.
YANMA by Niigata Daiichi Sake Brewery, which brews Koshino-Shiratori, is a sake brewed directly from the middle of the bottle.
Ura-yanma is a lighter, sweeter version of the originally dry Oni Yamama with a different sake design 🍶.
The power-word-laden sales pitch for the "extra" version, Junmai Nakamai Nakazakari Naojunshu, is attractive, but I also like the fact that "Yamama" is originally symmetrical, so it is hard to tell that the label has been reversed to the reverse side 😁.
I'll try to recall the taste 🍶.
The aroma was mild (all the sakes I had at this store at that time), and I could sense the umami of the rice.
The taste was smooth and smooth, with a hint of rice flavor.
Yamama is a sake I would like to try at home.
I would like to try a comparison of Yambo, Maabo, and Yamama 😊.
Good evening, Pon 😃.
I am not related to the brewer, but the origin of the name is a false true story that the president of the company named it after "Yanmar", not Kubota, when "Kubota" was popular 😁.
Good morning, Jay & Nobby 😃.
Urayanma was not so sweet, but if you are a fan of spicy and tasty foods these days, Oni Yamama certainly seems to be intoxicating 👹.
I'd like to try the thicker, sweeter Yamama this time 🍶☺️
Purely personal memorandum 1)
At restaurant #1, which I visited for the first time at the beginning of the year.
No notes, but just checking in because it was delicious 🙇.
First, Takudra No. 3.
Kikumori Brewery is a daily monitor of President Fujimura's Instagram, where you can see the daily brewing process, the meetings he attends, the hotels he stays at, and even his lunch of cup yakisoba and his Splatoon Udemae 😁.
Takudora is a sake made with koji from Reimei Hiraizumi, yeast from Yuko no Moui, and rice from Kakehashi, the first original rice paddy in Iwate.
Although they do not use words such as "terroir," one can sense the love of locality in their sake brewing.
The taste memory 🤔.
The aroma is extremely mild, the smell of rice wine 🌾.
The attack of the 18% alcohol original is like a tapping of the senses that have become accustomed to low-alcohol modern sake.
The attack of the 18% alcohol sake is like a tapping of the senses that have become accustomed to low alcohol modern sake, yet it also has a penetrating gentleness, and the umami of the rice is thick amidst the acidity and alcohol stimulation.
I remember thinking, "Oh, I'd like to try this heated." I remember thinking "Oh, I'd like to try heating it up.
It was the kind of sake where it is polite to drink it with a teacup, while holding a bottle in your arms, and yet there are glimpses of delicacy and gentleness 🍶.
Yamadanishiki and Miyamanishiki weave together a harmony of aroma and taste.
An emotional moment spent with this elegant and fruity Junmai Daiginjo.
The bottle has been aged in ice temperature for about six months since purchase!
The appearance is a silvery crystal with a slight warmth.
The aroma is calm and gorgeous.
Fruity ginjo aroma of yellow apples, pears, white peaches, and melons aroma nobly.
Elegant rice aroma like Kamishin powder and a faint powdery minerality.
On the first day, there was a really faint, raw ripe muffled nuance in the back, but I didn't feel it after that.
The first touch is smooth and transparent with a sense of roundness.
It flows smoothly into the mouth, developing a gorgeous sweetness with a fruity feel and fine acidity.
The fruity aroma is further enhanced in the nose, which is gorgeous.
From the mid-palate, a clear and beautiful flow of umami can be felt, and it passes refreshingly to the back of the throat, leaving a clean finish.
The crisp, clear aroma and slight bitterness lingers pleasantly in the aftertaste.
The rich fruity first half is Yamadanishiki, the balance with the acidity and clear nuance is Miyamanishiki, and the two blend together to create the image of a beautifully fruity harmony.
It was delicious. ☺️
Hi Aladdin 😊
You opened a bottle of sake! Does this mean you mixed two Junmai Daiginjos? Six months at the brewery and six months at Aladdin's house. It's kind of amazing!
Good evening, Maru 😃.
I had been saving this bottle for New Year's, but I opened it a little late 😌.
It's a so-called "assemblage" of Yamadanishiki and Miyamanishiki Jun Daigin 🍶.
I want to drink it as soon as I buy it, but the aging qualities are not to be underestimated 🤔.
Zodiac Label Set 4 Sake 🍶.
The fourth and last sake is Takachiyo's zodiac label.
The official name is probably
The official name of this set is probably "Koumun Mukashi Takachiyo custommade flat polished rice unfiltered raw sake NEW YEAR'S BOTTLE: The zodiac set about cats (why couldn't I be a zodiac sign?)".
It is probably the longest sake I've had in the past.
It is probably the longest sake I have ever had.
Every year, Takachiyo makes a zodiac bottle based on an anecdote about a cat that couldn't become a zodiac sign (a cat was tricked by a mouse and was late, and after that, the cat started chasing the mouse).
I like the white snake socks on the tail: ☺️
By the way, in Vietnam, instead of the Year of the Rabbit🐇, we have the Year of the Cat🐈.
Now, the sake.
The appearance is yellow gold with a slight haze of tailings.
The aroma is fresh and very mild.
Unlike my personal expectation, there was no fruity sweet aroma, but only a hint of sourness with a hint of malted rice.
The taste has a strong attack of sweetness and dark acidity.
Both sweetness and acidity have a strong tone.
It is fresh and totally different from my personal prediction!
I had to try the regular Hiragana Takachiyo for the first time in a long time.
I was satisfied to be able to compare 4 zodiac labeled sakes I wanted to try: ☺️
Thank you for the food 🍶.
