At CHUIN-san over the past day.
We visited the owner, Mr. Kawada, again to visit him.
We had drinks with Mr. Kawada's story.
Here is the first one.
Kiri-Tsukuba Honnen Junmai Usu Nigori (light nigori).
It seems that only sake shops that went to Urasato Shuzoten for this sake can handle it, and there is almost no distribution outside of the local area 🤔.
I did not even know it existed.
The appearance is a light cloudy color with beautifully hazy gold tints.
The aroma is mildly sweet and refreshing at the same time.
Sweetness of green melon and banana, with a fresh, chili-chili-chili-chili-chili-chili aroma.
The usual unbearable aroma.
The aroma of rice, like freshly pounded rice cake, is also rich.
After a smooth entry, a gentle gaseous stimulation tickles the palate with a pleasantly intoxicating sensation.
The sweetness, like melon juice, has a roundness to it, and the acidity that spreads quickly is gentle and juicy.
It finishes with a good umami flavor and a refreshing dryness that passes through the nose.
The sharpness is good, and the lingering aftertaste of slight bitterness is also intoxicating.
It is too delicious.
This is a little too good.
It is my favorite among the active light nigori that I drank this year 🥰.
I want to drink a bottle properly 🍶.
I later asked the toji, Chikara Urasato, about it, and he told me that it is brewed irregularly only in the years when there is surplus rice for sake🥺.
Good evening, Aladdin 🌙.
I went to a liquor store in Ibaraki the other day because I wanted to drink Kirizukuba. I wanted to take this one home too, but I gave up because they only have one bottle 😣.
I see it's an irregular brew 😂I hope I get a chance to drink it ✨.
Good evening, Kotaro 😃.
I see you ran into them in Ibaraki! That alone makes me jealous 🤤.
I too specialize in Shogo-Bottles, but with this one, I would buy even a bottle of Ippon with the assumption that it will be split and stored in a Shogo-Bottle 🤩.
I can only hope that there will be extra sake rice next year 😌.
Let's drink Shiga's sake series.
The other day, I visited Takatsu Sake Shop in Kusatsu City, Shiga Prefecture, for the first time and got this "back-up sake" 🍶.
It is a "Ninja Junmai Daiginjo" from Seko Shuzo in Koka City.
However, this sake is a ninja, but not a ninja 🥷.
The details of this junmai daiginjo-shu are shrouded in mystery.
For some reason, the cap also says "Junmai Ginjo," which is another sign that it is an undercover sake!
The appearance is a pale silver yellow.
The aroma is gentle, gorgeous and cool.
The aroma is sweet and aromatic with apple, freshly cut pear, melon and banana in the background.
Honeysuckle, cool and refreshing chervil, and a faint laurel.
Rice aroma about the level of Kamishinko.
Fluffy and mellow texture.
A beautiful, rich sweetness and a gentle, fine acidity spread softly in the mouth.
The alcohol passes through the nose, and the clear umami flows smoothly.
The fruity sweetness of the overtone is intoxicating, and the sharpness seems to disappear.
The lingering aftertaste is long with a slight, beautiful bitterness.
Fruity ginjo aroma and extremely fine taste. ☺️
No, it's really messed up and wonderful 😊.
Even the best sake breweries can be lost due to the circumstances of the time.
The world of sake is harsh and ephemeral... I had this while thinking about many things 🍶.
Local sake "Hanari", exclusive to Hakariya, Kamenoi Sake Brewery's retail store in Yufuin ♨️.
It is a souvenir from my subordinate who went to Yufuin😄.
I never knew there was another Kamenoi Sake Brewery in Oita besides Yamagata 😳.
✅Cold (room temperature).
Slightly pale gold.
Classic, gentle isoamyl acetate ginjo aroma, with a slight hint of maturity, shiitake mushrooms, cypress, and alcohol loss.
Rice aroma is full.
Very moderate sweetness, firm and smooth acidity.
Gentle rice flavor with classic hints.
The breadth of flavor is relatively slim.
There is a slight bitterness and lingering scent.
It should be ✅ warmed up 🍶.
It is likely to warm up, so it should be served warmed!
The ginjo aroma is plump, gentle and sweet.
The acidity gives it a refreshing alcoholic aroma, but it also has warmth.
The aroma of aging has disappeared, and the rice aroma, which is like rice cakes, has become more robust and fragrant.
The mouthfeel is smooth and soft.
The sweetness of the rice is deep and soft, and the firm acidity has a rounded, intoxicating balance.
The spreading umami of the rice is plump and finishes with a slightly crisp acidity.
The warm aftertaste, tinged with bitterness, has a faint lingering scent of ginjo incense.
Yes, it is best heated. ☺️
The summer warmed sake (🍶) was also delicious!
And most of all, the thoughtfulness of my men made me happy: ☺️
Good evening, Aladdin!
I see that you are a sake brewer in Yufuin! I wonder if there is a connection with Kamenoi Villa, which is a famous inn in Yufuin 🧐.
I love to make love to you in the summer when the air conditioner cools you down, so I love to make love to you with heated sake.
Good evening, Kotaro 😃.
The brewery is located in nearby Kusu-cho and they have a retail store in Yufuin 😄.
I don't know the details but it doesn't seem to be related to Kamenoi Villa 🤔.
I can't stand summer heated sake 🍶 in the middle of summer with the air conditioning on 🍶 ☺️
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Vibes up, gal-pop.
We're going to blow the recession out of the water
Gal praying at a brewery in Iwate
If we all drink together, we'll feel like we're in a good mood
Our sake deepens our kizuna
When you're in a bad mood, gather at Shibuya
Our toast,
YUICHU, right?
YUICHU is a fusion of Nanbu Bijin's traditions with a gyaru mindset and the prayers of Shibuya's gyaru, aiming to be a sake (YUI) that brings people together (CHU) 😁.
The sake inside is "Nanbu Bijin Special Junmai" 🍶.
The appearance is gold with a slightly pale green tinge.
Mildly sweet, classic aroma with a hint of koji.
Gentle aroma of melon and banana isoamyl acetate with a hint of koji-like acidity.
Rice aroma like rice cake.
Slightly tart texture.
Moderate sweetness with a sense of rice, and rounded acidity that retains a koji-like character.
From the mid-palate, it finishes with a sense of complexity and bitterness.
Good sharpness, with a bitter aftertaste in moderation.
Classic 🍶😳, which is hard to imagine from the pop appearance.
Gal has a surprisingly good palate for authentic classic sake 🤔.
I can't wait to become an adult who can appreciate this kind of sake 😌.
I want young people to drink sake too ☺️
Good morning, Aladdin 🐥.
A song? I would like to hear it if it has a melody 😳.
It looks schwag and tropical 😆.
The miniatures are also brought together with the alcohol, that's what I'm talking about Aladdin 😊👍.
Hi Pon 😃
The poem at the beginning? The first part is a quote from YUICHU's special website 😄.
You can watch a movie of the gals dancing and learning about sake brewing with the brewery's president Kuji on the website 🕺😎.
The miniature in the background is simply the Expo specs 😁.
Let's drink Shiga's sake series.
This is a Sandesi (300ml bottle) from Kosetsu (Fushe) ☃️ that I have been curious about for a while!
From the supernatant □□□.
Pale yellow-green in appearance, with a soft gas bubble 🫧 with a shrieking sound.
The aroma is sweet and fresh.
Aromas of slightly young green melon and moderately ripe banana.
Refreshing acidity that leaves a slight hint of koji and rice cake-like rice aroma.
There is a lively gas-like stimulation, a moderately rounded sweetness, and a soft acidity with a sense of tailings.
From the mid-palate, there is a sense of rice and a clean umami flavor, and a sharp finish that seems to disappear.
The lingering finish is moderate and leaves a slight bitterness.
The sake is well mixed with the tailings and served nigoridashi.
Warm greenish color, with gas bubbles rising in puffs 🫧.
The aroma is very fresh and sweet.
Melon, banana and citrus nuances.
Rice aroma like freshly pounded rice cake.
Smooth texture.
The gaseous stimulation is soft and mingled with the tailings.
The moderate rice sweetness and nigori-like acidity spread sweetly and refreshingly.
From the mid-palate, the soft umami of rice flows with a hint of bitter taste and finishes with a sharp finish.
The lingering aftertaste is medium-short and slightly bitter after the release of the bubbles.
Yes, it is a sparkling nigori sake that is not too sweet and a little dry 😊.
Good evening, Pon 😃.
I bought it at the tourist information center in Otsu station 🍶.
They have quite a lot of Omi sake, and it was cheap and looked drunken with the 3 sake tasting and drinking comparison: ☺️
It's super easy to drink and it's Sandesi, so I finished it in no time at all 😁.
Kamerei Mannen is brewed by Kamerei Shuzo in Saijo, the sake capital of Hiroshima.
It is a junmai daiginjo-shu brewed with a luxurious polishing ratio of 45%.
Shinpaku is a white, cloudy area that appears in the center of the rice, where the mycelium of koji mold enters the rice and leads to smooth fermentation.
The shape of the core white varies, but Yamada-Nishiki is the most commonly known for its linear core white. It is a sign of excellent sake rice.
The appearance is almost transparent silver.
The aroma is fruity, soft and sweet.
The fruity ginjo aroma is very soft and gentle, with hints of ripe melon and banana sweetness.
The aroma of rice is modest and elegant, about the same level as that of Kamishinko.
The mouthfeel is soft and smooth.
The firm yet beautiful and elegant sweetness is sweet in combination with the fruity ginjo aroma.
The smooth acidity gives the taste a sharpness and a slightly tangy dryness.
The soft, full, sweet and delicious taste is combined with a crisp dryness.
It finishes with a soft and fluffy feeling, and then it finishes so that it disappears in a trance.
The lingering finish is long and beautiful, with a balance of fruity and crisp dryness.
Well, it is of high quality.
It has a beautiful but deep flavorful sake design, and the fruity, deliciously dry taste that leans toward the mellow side is unbearable 😊.
Good evening, Mr. Aladdin.
I heard from a Kamerei distributor that linear heart white rice is a strong rice 🤔.
I heard that they are withholding the name after receiving complaints from the Tottori area 😅.
It's a Hiroshima specialty, isn't it? I wonder what's inside? Onigiri that goes with sake? Sake that goes well with rice balls? There are so many points I'm curious 🤔
Thank you, bouken 😊.
I see, there are a lot of things 🤔.
I guess it's similar to how Snow Goddess 🌾 can only be called "Snow Goddess" if the rice polishing ratio is less than 50% 😌.
But I guess they still use it because it tastes so good ☺️
Good morning, Hirupeko 😃.
I absolutely recommend Musashi 🍙.
The rice is firm and each grain has an irresistible flavor... 🤤.
It's basically never left Hiroshima, so if you go there, you should definitely try it!
The inside is filled with kelp and salmon! Definitely goes well with a variety of sake 🤩.
Matsuo boast brewed by Kangiku Brewery.
It is the only Kangiku standard sake that is relatively stable in its hometown of Chiba 🍶.
I bought it at Yajima Sake Shop TDL when I stopped by on a business trip to Kanto 😊.
Matsuo boast was brushed up in 2023 and became "Matsuo boast - Re:make-".
It is a rare junmai-ginjo-shu (junmai-daiginjo-shu) among Kangiku's sake, which is mostly junmai-daiginjo-shu 🍶.
There is also a raw version, but this time it is a once-heated version!
The appearance is a slightly pale silver-green crystal.
After some time, extremely fine gas bubbles float coarsely.
The nose has aromas of young banana and melon, including a gentle yet floral and freshness.
Discreetly serpentine and mineral.
Powdery rice aroma is very rich, like freshly pounded rice cake.
Slightly tart texture with a fine gasiness stimulation🫧.
The palate is gentle, with a moderate but juicy sweetness and a gentle acidity that spreads familiarly.
After the mid-palate, the wine recedes like an undertow, and then disappears without any change.
The aftertaste is medium short.
It goes well with Japanese food, Mexican nachos, and anything else. ☺️
Delicious.
A classic sake that makes people living in Chiba Prefecture jealous 🍶.
Good evening, Aladdin 😃I've only had Matsuo boast once, but I loved it so much ❤️ I was especially impressed by the sharpness of the taste. I miss that taste so much because I can't find it in Kansai 😭.
Good evening, Aladdin!
Matsuo Boast" is a coveted one for those who love "Kanjiku" outside of Chiba Prefecture 🥰.
I'm always waiting for it to enter the Kanto region 🤣.
Good morning, Aladdin 😃.
It is indeed an image often seen at liquor stores in Chiba! For us, it's a precious bottle that we can drink leisurely 😊.
I also recommend "Sake no Oikawa" in Motoyawata 🤗.
Hello, Wakata 😃.
It's moderately fruity and sharp, just like a classic Kangiku sake. ☺️
As a fan of Kangiku, I like the fact that Kangiku brewery takes care of its hometown, so I am envious of them 🤤 but I have no objection 😄.
Hi Gyve 😃
As a cold chrysanthemum fan, I wanted to drink Matsuo boast at home at least once, so this time I really wanted to: ☺️
Fingers crossed that your Kanto business trip gets in 🙏.
If you do, I'll have a hard time deciding which liquor store to go to this time 😁.
Hi Jay & Nobby 😃
Matsuo boast, it's distributed only in Chiba prefecture 🤔I envy you that you can get it anytime 🤤.
Sake no Oikawa, I saw it online and it looks like a nice liquor store 🤩this is a sake lover's TDS 🧜😁.
This is a test brew by one of my favorite toji, Chikara Urasato.
This year, too, it is a test brew by one of my favorite Tôji, Chikara Urasato! How about its evolution, deepening, and true value: ☺️
For more information about this sake, anyway, please read Mr. Chikara Urasato's X post: 🙇♂️🙇
□Opening day one... 🍶□□
The appearance is a slightly pale yellow, gold crystal, and after pouring, the sake cup is filled with fine gas bubbles🫧 after some time.
The aroma is slightly youthful, gorgeous and fresh with a fresh, raw feel.
Aromas of white grapes, strawberries, young yellow grapefruit, and young green-fleshed melon.
Fresh, youthful yogurt, sour cream, and cheese aromas with a hint of acidity.
The riceiness is about the size of a white egg dumpling.
Moderately juicy sweetness.
The acidity has a gentle, sake-like quality, including a pleasant gas kick.
The crisp umami spreads to the end with a hint of bitterness.
The finish is sharp, with a medium aftertaste of slight bitterness and a more subdued astringency.
□Opened 7 days... 🍶□□
No major change in basic aroma or taste, with the impression of dairy and acidity coming forward.
Almost no bitterness or astringency.
The taste was cohesive, but the raw yeastiness came out strongly.
The cheese sauce of the nachos went well with it.
The aroma and flavor intensity without feeling the low alcohol was quintessential!
Hi Aladdin 🐦.
I was nodding my head when I read your excellent review 😆 I had a different impression when I drank Kanji no Urasato the other day, and I see it was a test brew 🤔 It still tastes very perfect!
Good evening, Pon 😃.
I finally got to check in too 😄
Urasato, I'm curious which one you drank: ☺️
You are right! I too feel Urasato has a different perfection and gentle awesomeness than prototype😊.
The R6BY All Japan New Sake Competition open tasting event was held in Ikebukuro, Tokyo on July 12, 2012.
I was able to attend the event in conjunction with my training trip!
It was a spectacular venue with 410 of the 809 R6BY sake entries and 410 of the prize winners all in one place 🍶🍶🍶🍶.
The time limit was 3 hours⏰.
I went to the event to at least taste 202 Gold Award-winning sakes.
As a result, I was able to taste all the gold medal-winning sakes except for a few that were out of stock, as well as other prize-winning sakes that I was interested in!
It was the first time in my life that I tasted more than 200 sakes in one day.
It was a valuable tongue experience: ☺️
Checking in was my sake of choice, Kirizukuba 🍶.
No notes...
Modest but gorgeous aroma, soft velvety mouthfeel, sweetness that melts and opens in the mouth, extremely smooth and delicate acidity, round and soft umami, finish that seems to disappear rather than swallow, and a wonderful lingering finish.
This is a drop of wine squeezed out by a master brewer who has concentrated his knowledge, experience, and skill.
I would like to continue to study so that I can properly understand its value and convey it emotionally.
It was an opportunity to get drunk.
Thank you very much for your hospitality.
By the way, I spent about 20 minutes in total at the beginning and the end of the event just trying out the "Sake Sensory Evaluation Standard Reagent" 😅.
It's a rare chance to smell the individual aroma components correctly 😁.
Good evening, Aladdin. I see that you have attended a thorough training course on sake at your company 🤣I am surprised that you sniffed the reagent at the beginning and end and tasted more than 200 sakes! Now that you are enlightened about sake, I am more and more curious about your future 😊.
Good evening, Aladdin 🌛.
That's a huge amount of sake to taste 200 sakes in 3 hours 😲and I didn't know that there were non-gold medal-winning sake as well 😓.
［I didn't know about the Sake Sensory Evaluation Standard Reagent, I'd like to try it 🤔.
Good morning, Hirupeko 😃.
It was really a training-like experience 🍶.
I was not lucky enough to experience the reagent this time as I was not able to participate in chuin's event before!
I know it's often difficult to do things solo, but I'd like to keep improving 😄.
Good morning, Gyve 😃.
This time it was more about learning a new experience than having fun, but it turned out to be fun: ☺️
The reagent is sold by the Japan Brewers Association for about 50,000 yen and allows you to experience 19 different aromatic components such as capueti and vinegar iso👍.
Good evening, Mr. Aladdin 🌃
I wish this event was held in Kansai in combination with the National Sake Fair 😭
I am so jealous that you were able to taste more than 200 sakes from each brewery 😊.
Hello bouken 😃.
Yes, I'm so glad to hear that. I was not able to attend the sake fair 😌.
I only had sake that I wanted to taste carefully, one sake at a time, but everything is an experience and this time I decided to do a flash tasting 😄.
Fateful encounter with a guess sake 😊.
We had it at the place where we stayed during our training 🍶.
The first day of opening the bottle.
The appearance is beautiful with a warm, light cloudy appearance.
The aroma is soft and fresh, with a hint of sweetness.
It is accompanied by a gentle woodiness, an astringency like grape skins, and a fresh sweetness like freshly cut pears.
The whey aroma creates softness.
The rice aroma is soft, with a hint of white dumplings.
The firm sweetness of the rice spreads with a soft acidity.
There is no sense of overdoing it at all, and the juiciness is extremely modest.
From there, the flow of umami, which gives a good sense of fullness, disappears with a light stimulation that passes through to the nose.
The lingering aftertaste is a sense of looseness that lingers on the nose and a beautifully tightened astringent taste on the tongue.
The third day after opening the bottle.
The aroma has not changed much.
On the palate, in addition to the sweetness with a clear rice flavor, there is a refreshing acidity that spreads quickly.
The refreshing and stimulating flow from the back of the throat to the nose is pleasantly intoxicating, and the soft umami of the rice with fullness is also very pleasing.
The finish is clean, with a moderate lingering aftertaste and a bitter astringency.
Oh, it is delicious. ☺️
You can tell that the brewer put a lot of thought into this sake 🍶.
I really wish more people would drink this kind of sake.
Good morning, Aladdin!
Aladdin's guess sake, your review is really nice and thoughtful✨.
I made a note that I would love to drink it if I ever come across it: ✍️
Hi ma-ki-😃.
I hope you will try it 🍶😊.
If there is information on the brewery's Instagram, etc., you can enjoy it more in depth!
It's a good time when drinkers can easily get information from the brewer's side directly. ☺️
Hi Aladdin 😃
I can't stand to meet your guess sake at your training place 😄.
I don't see a label on Denemon, is it the new one? 🤔The review makes it sound delicious with an elegant finish 😋.
Good morning, Hiro 😃.
My first visit to Yajima Sake Brewery was very intoxicating as I had an unexpected encounter with Denemon, one of the recommended sakes: ☺️
If you don't think about it, it's easy to drink, but if you think about it and explore it, it's a very interesting sake 🍶.
Good morning, Jay & Nobby 😃.
Echigo Den'emon is a one-operator brewery with a small distribution volume and a limited number of stores that carry it, so it's hard to find it 😌.
It's also intoxicating to drink while imagining the brewer's aim and looking for various elements 😊.
I went to Yajima TDL🍶 last weekend after reading Aladdin's review! If I had known I would have bought it 😩.
I also have something to look forward to next time: ‼️
Jay & Nobby, seriously 😳.
I'm always just drooling over Yajima's newsletter 🤤, so I envy your environment to be able to go to Yajima TDL 🤩.
But I did put in the points app for Yajima Sake Shop 😁 I don't know when I can go next😅.
I was in Kanto for a short stay for work training.
I took advantage of this opportunity to visit the Yajima Sake Shop in Chiba, which I had always wanted to visit.
I was able to enjoy some sake that is hard to find in my daily environment 🍶.
Please forgive me if the picture looks different from usual 🙇.
The appearance is clear, almost transparent.
The appearance is clear, almost transparent, with a slight gassy feeling with some bubbles after some time.
The aroma is floral and fruity with a gentle sweetness and perfume-like nuances.
Honey apple, ripe white grape, white peach and melon.
The rice aroma, which is similar to that of white dumplings, is also relatively rich.
The entry is firm and sweet.
It has a rich sweetness reminiscent of fruit candy, and the acidity is quite gentle.
The extremely soft and mellow sweetness spreads with a slight gasiness, and the sweet and gorgeous overtone is lush with a hint of manicured aroma.
From the mid-palate, the sweetness is clear with a slight oily nuance.
The bitter astringency is rather firm at the end and finishes off as it should.
On the first day of opening the bottle, it was dark, gorgeous and glossy.
On the fourth day of opening, the manicured aroma was gone, and the taste was more clear with a rich sweetness and a hint of acidity, accented by a beautiful astringency.
I liked the more forward clarity of this day the best 😊.
Thanks for the training, Aladdin: ✨️
Business trips are the best chance to get sake that you normally can't get 🥰.
I don't have any travel plans so far this year, but I'm planning to appeal to my company for self-improvement and see if I can go somewhere else 🤣.
Hi Gyve 😃.
Whenever I get a business trip, I'm the first one to look for liquor stores that carry hard to find local alcohol 😁.
This time I was there for a short stay, so I could do a lot of things like drinking with my colleagues where I was staying and checking the opening changes 🍶😊.
Good morning, Jay & Nobby 😃.
Thank you for your kind words 🥹It was a weekday, but I should have contacted you as Ichikawa was very close 😌.
We rarely travel on business, but we'd love to have you next time 🍶.
Hi Aladdin 🐦!
I see you went to Yajima Sake Shop! I love it 😻It's probably more appealing than Disney 😆 and it's still Chiba sake, isn't it? Kangiku is also a hard brand to buy so I'm twice as envious 😻😻Got another good one✨.
Good morning, Pon-chan 😃
Yajima Sake Shop, Kangiku is a local Chiba sake and Sake Mirai is a true wonderland where you can buy it with no purchase limit!
It was really a sake lover's TDL as I personally met some other great sake 😁.
Echigo Den'emon is brewed by the brewery's toji, Kouaoi Kato, alone.
The label, the construction, the sake itself, everything is very interesting 🤔.
One of my sake recommendations that makes me think that one day I will be able to drink a sake that makes my genes smile 🍶.
By the way, vesicapaisis is the overlap of two identical circles when they are formed through their respective centers.
In sacred geometry, it is the shape that means "the beginning of everything" 🤔.
The appearance is a warm misty white with a hint of ochre.
Fine gas bubbles dance in the haze.
The aroma is gorgeous with a hint of gentleness.
Aromas of pear and melon.
It is round and refreshing.
Rice aroma like freshly pounded rice cake.
The sweetness is modest and present, with a sense of roundness and softness.
The acidity that spreads with a soft gasiness has a refreshing and clean koji taste.
The middle part of the flow contains a slight bitterness, and the disappearing sharpness is soft, and the lingering astringency is also intoxicating with complexity.
I usually like sweet and umami, so although the direction is different, the taste of this wine is very delicious with a sense of solid structure 🥰.
A cup that invites me, a lover of sweet and tasty, to a new door of taste: ☺️
I definitely want to try other VESICA PISCIS in the future!
Thank you for the food 🍶.
Good morning, Aladdin ☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀.
I'm very interested in this one after reading your review 🥰.
［I'm also curious about the similarity between "Vesica Paicis" and "Taiji" in "I Ching" ✨.
Good morning, Aladdin 😃.
So that's what vesicapaisis means. I'm learning 📚.
I don't see the new Denemon so often that I forget it exists after a while 😅I hope there are more of them out there 🤣.
Good evening, Mr. Aladdin.
I remember running to the antenna store to buy Den-emon once when they went out of business😅.
I'd like to try Den-emon in its new form, but as Hiro said, the distribution volume still seems to be low 🤔.
Good morning, Gyve 😃.
Personally, it's one of the drinks I'd like you all to try once 🍶😄.
It is true that Taiji, which governs yin and yang, also has something to do with the primordial light 🤔.
I would like to drink this sake while indulging in various thoughts 🍶 ☺️
Good morning, Hiro 😃.
I too learned the concept of sacred geometry thanks to this sake 😄.
I'm not sure if it can be helped by the production system, but the stores that carry it are too limited, so I haven't seen any 😥.
It's especially tough for me as I'm basically a mail order NG 😥.
Good morning, bouken😃!
I see that you have had Den-emon before!
Currently, there are no stores in Kansai that carry it, so I managed to get it this time during my business trip to Tokyo: ☺️
It's been a while since I've had a standing drink at chuin sometime ③🍶.
(This is a staggered post.)
The last sake of the day was Jikin.
Junmai Ginjo Hachitan Nishiki Nama 🍶.
The appearance is crystal with a pale yellow tinge.
The aroma is fruity with a noble impression.
Sweet aroma of pineapple, unripe green apple, and candy.
There is also a slight sense of refreshing coolness.
Rice aroma is about the same as that of Kamishinko to Shiratama dumplings.
The taste is modest and beautifully sweet, with a firm and refreshing acidity spreading through.
The clean and clear umami spreads through the refreshing acidity.
It spreads quickly and finishes crisply.
The aftertaste is moderate.
Jikin is still delicious. ☺️
It's a unique experience to be able to drink a little bit of various sakes, including ones you can't get by yourself 😊.
Thank you for the food 🍶.
By the way, the 4th photo is not sake, but my favorite beer lately 🍺.
It's a craft beer from Yacho Brewing, sold at 7-Eleven, called Ariens Ariens.
It is surprising that HAZY IPA is available for about 350 yen, but the quality is amazing!
The fruity hop aroma is gorgeous and the juicy flavor with a Hazy tropical feel is irresistible 🍺.
Highly recommended😊.
Good morning, Aladdin 🐥.
Nice lineup of standing drinks ✨而I'm sure you can drink outside now, but it looks delicious even in this hot weather here 😁 I'll drink it when I find it 😁.
I'll get the beer at Seven too 😆.
Hi Pon 😃
chuin is not able to go there often due to my environment, but seeing your own post made me want to go back 😁.
I highly recommend Arizona Aliens for both cosmetic and content if you like Hazy IPA 🍺.
It's been a while since I've had a standing drink at sometime chuin (2) 🍶.
(This is a staggered post.)
Jigoku summer ginjo.
This junmai ginjo summer sake is made from 100% "Celebration" 🌾 grapes from Kyoto, polished to a 60% rice polishing ratio, and brewed with "Kyo no Saki", a high malic acid producing yeast from the Kyoto yeast line 🍶.
The appearance is nearly transparent with a very faint haze of slime.
The aroma is mild, yet refreshing and sweet.
Aromas of ripe melon and moderately ripe banana.
The aroma is refreshing, like that of ramune.
Aroma of rice with a hint of white dumplings.
The palate has a smooth, round texture.
It has a moderate sweetness and a tight acidity that spreads quickly.
The firm umami spreads and flows smoothly and dryly, and is crisp and clean.
The lingering finish is medium.
Moderately intoxicating 🍶.
I still like Towestone too 😊.
It's been a while since I've had a standing drink at sometime chuin (1) 🍶.
(This is a staggered post.)
True White by Kangiku.
It is a Junmai Daiginjo brewed with Omachi rice polished to 50% and unfiltered.
The appearance is crystal clear.
The aroma is a gorgeous mixture of red ripe apples, white peaches, ripe melon, lychee, nearly overripe banana, and various other fruits, typical of Kangiku.
The rice aroma is about the same as that of white dumplings.
On the palate, the first attack is a firm sweetness.
The first attack is a firm sweetness, which is followed by an acidity that is sweet and sour.
The impression is clean and crisp, and the umami that flows through it is also firm.
The final part of the wine is gradually bitter and sharp, with a long aftertaste.
I still like Kangiku 😊.
It is delicious!
I didn't buy it for home drinking this year, but I kinda regretted it😅.
It was drunk 🍶.
This is a "super", super Kudokutei, a Junmai Daiginjo-shu brewed with a luxuriously polished rice of Modified Shinkou🌾 up to 30% polishing ratio and released in a fresh, once-heated condition.
Kairi Shinko is a rice variety bred in Akita Prefecture in 1959 as a secondary selection from Takananishiki.
The appearance is nearly transparent, with a slight yellow tinge.
The aroma is gorgeous with a hint of freshness.
Gorgeous acacia aroma overflowing from the glass.
Aromas of apple, white peach, and melon.
Gentle and refreshing selfeil.
Beautiful rice aroma of about Kamishin powder.
Slightly tart texture.
First touch of rich sweetness with juiciness.
Mixed with acidity accompanied by freshness, it spreads quickly and becomes more juicy.
From the mid-palate, while the wine is nicely and smoothly receding with a moderate rice flavor, there are subtle nuances of complexity such as very slight bitterness and astringency.
The long, stringy, beautiful lingering finish is tightened by bitterness and astringency.
Well, delicious😊.
Gorgeously sweet, not overdone, just beautiful.
The beautiful complexity that is glimpsed is the goodness of the improved Shin Kou.
It was wonderful 😊.
Thank you for the food 🍶.
Hi Aladdin 🐦!
Reading this made me want to drink it so badly😻I've never had a supermarket 💦I'm glad you can taste it well even if it's all polished up 💦Kuduki!
Good morning, Aladdin 😃.
I was drawn in by another wonderful scent description 😌Self-help...I'd love to try it 📝.
This one looks so beautiful 🥹I want to feel the cutting 😋.
Good morning, Pon 😃.
I don't dislike your usual unique naming sense, but the unusually straightforward name "Super" won me over and I bought it immediately 🍶.
I'm also waiting for more highly milled Kudokitoe in the future 😁.
Good morning, Jay & Nobby 😃.
Cerfoil, also known as chervil, is a savory herb used to color cakes and other desserts as well as in cooking 🌿.
I use it when I feel the fresh aroma of this youthful herb 😄.
Good evening, Aladdin 🌛.
I was reading your review and it certainly sounds like you would be more comfortable with the [wiener] you are eating with your entrée than the [sashimi], etc. 🥰.
Good morning, Gyve 😃.
Sorry for the late reply 🙇.
I don't have any knowledge of pairing, it's just my personal preference.
But as a Japanese, I think sake is more suitable for meats than wine, just as I would pair it with white rice 🤔.
Private brand sake from Suzuden, a specialty sake store in Yotsuya, Tokyo.
It has a sweet isoamyl acetate aroma, a crisp yet robust taste, and a lively, effervescent nigori (sparkling wine) with a hint of gas.
(Not enough words, so just my thoughts on the nigori!)
The appearance is silky natural white.
The bubbles pop with a lively gaseous sensation like carbonated water.
The aroma is gentle and sweet.
Aromas of ripe banana and melon.
The sweet aroma of vinegar and iso-type aroma rises with the bouncing gas.
The gentle refreshing element derived from the tailings is also a very intoxicating aroma.
The round and firm rice aroma is like freshly pounded rice cake.
It goes in smoothly, and the gasiness is stimulating, dancing in the mouth.
The moderate sweetness and gentle acidity spread in a refreshingly dry manner.
From the mid-palate, the refreshing taste of the rice is quickly quenched, while the robust flavor of the rice is also felt.
The lingering aftertaste is medium short with sweet hints of aroma.
Delicious 😊Love it 🫶.
I love it 😦.
I like it 🍶🍶.
I'm sure you'll be happy with the results 🍶.
Hi Aladdin 😃
I go to Suzuden every now and then, but I didn't know they had a Sharaku PB 😳.
The nigori🤍 of the standard sake rice 🌾 called Gohyakumangoku looks delicious 🤤I would love to try it 😋.
Hello Hiro 😃
I'm a fan of the Cherry Blossom, but I'm not a big fan of the Cherry Blossom.
I'm sure you'll find the Suzuden & Suzu mark on the shoulder label 😁.
The Yume no Kaori I drank before was also delicious and it's my personal favorite sake 🥰.
At a drinking party with some work-related people sometime ago (4) last.
No notes on the tasting, just a log for the record 😅.
Drinking party with colleagues who know each other well.
I asked my colleague who liked Tohokuizumi to try Tetorigawa.
It is a junmai sake "niji" from the origin series, which is close to the original, standard sake 🍶.
The reason why some of the photos are out of focus is not because I was drunk, but because my coworkers, who are under the influence of alcohol and want to drink as soon as possible around here, are pressuring me to take photos as soon as possible 😅.
The taste of the sake is just as expected, Tetorigawa.
It's light and more modern than classic.
It's light and more modern than classic.
It's a good sake to drink with friends and family.
I like Ishikawa's sakes because they are refreshing, but also have a nice flavor, so I would like to try them all again.
It was another fun day of drunken drinking 🍶.
Thanks for the food😊.
Aladdin-san, hi 😃.
Kochira Tetori-san! I had it last year 😋.
The label is beautiful and I thought it was a classic, but it's a modern style of deliciousness 😙.
Jay & Nobby, good evening here too😄Thank you😊.
I tend to be biased towards certain brands and seasonal sake for home use and tend to pass over the standard type of sake, so I had to drink the standard sake that is the face of that brewery 😊.
Aladdin, I enjoyed reading your drinking report😊.
I enjoyed watching your report on the drinking party 😊 You chose the exquisite food and beverage for your colleague! It has sweetness and sourness... ✨I'm impressed that you are able to drink it so well even though it's not the type of drink you usually drink.
Good morning, Pon 😃.
As a sake hobbyist, I'd like to be able to recommend the sake that best suits your tastes 😊.
It's difficult when drinking outside because it depends on the lineup of the restaurant 🥹.
At a drinking party with some people from my office sometime ago (3)
Of course I don't have any tasting notes, so this is a log for the record 😅.
A drinking party with colleagues who know each other well.
The organizer was considerate enough to choose a restaurant that serves Sake, so out of respect, I drank only Sake 🍶.
(I didn't drink as much as the other sake drinkers at Sake no Wa 😄)
After the third glass or so, everyone around us was in sake mode.
I toasted again with a tokkuri of tohokuizumi (cold or at room temperature) to match my love of clear, dry sake 🍶.
There is nothing more to say about this kind of sake, it's clear and dry, and you can taste the umami flavor of the rice.
I love to drink sake by myself, but it is also intoxicating to drink sake from the same sake bottle with a group of friends, pouring and pouring while enjoying the same sake 🍶.
I was able to experience the moment when sake, which brews harmony, really comes into its own!
My colleague who was drinking with us liked it so much that he repeated the tokuri several times!
It is a great pleasure for me to know that people like and enjoy drinking any kind of sake. ☺️
(2) at a drinking party with some people from my office sometime ago.
Of course I don't have any tasting notes, so this is a log for the record 😅.
A drinking party with colleagues who know each other well.
The organizer was very considerate and chose a restaurant that serves Sake, so out of respect, I only drank Sake 🍶.
(I didn't drink as much as the other sake drinkers at Sake no Wa 😄)
Next, I wanted to try a sake I had never had before, so here it is.
This is Kanazawa-ya from Kita no Hana Sake Brewery in Kitakata City, Fukushima Prefecture 🍶.
The rice used is not stated on the label, but it seems to be Fukushima Prefecture's original rice called "Satoyama no Tsubu"!
The aroma is mild, apparently using No. 9 series yeast.
The taste is dry with a hint of sweetness, but it is also dry with a hint of spiciness 😅.
When I drink with colleagues who know each other well, I am so distracted by talking and listening that it is difficult to do a precise tasting (or rather, to keep a concrete memory of the aroma and taste I felt at that time) 😌.
I'm not sure I'm capable of doing this, but it was a drunken drink during a meal 🍶.
