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 🍶.
Oriental Zodiac Label Set 4 Sake🍶.
The third sake is Mimuro Sugi Bodai-Hashiwadashi Yamada-Nishiki Year of the Snake Limited Edition KINOTOMI.
This sake is not the one we drank earlier, which is sold only at the brewery, but a limited edition sake of the year of the snake from the Mimuro Sugi Bodai Hashiroshi series.
Since the Chinese zodiac sign for this year is Kinotomi, they are all named "KINOTOMI".
The "m" of Mimuro cedar on the jet-black bottle, depicted by a white snake, is still an impressive design 🐍.
The fragrance is clean and sweet.
It has a slight sweetness with a melon-like melon peel.
The impression on the palate is clear.
There is no sense of gas, and the soft, round texture has a beautiful umami flavor.
Both this and the previous Samorosugi are both undiluted sake with an alcohol content of 13%, so there is quite a difference in aroma and taste depending on the presence or absence of gasiness and aroma.
I thought this one is a type of sake that goes down very easily and can be used as a food sake as well.
Oriental Zodiac Label Set of 4 Sake🍶.
The second sake is KINOTOMI, a limited edition sake for the year of the snake.
Two of the sake in this set are Mimurorogi made by Imanishi Shuzo in Nara.
The other two sake in this set are from Imanishi Sake Brewery in Nara, and the rest are from Mimurosugi.
The clear bottle is an unfiltered, unfiltered, unpasteurized orikarami sake, which is limited to the brewery and the brewery's direct sales office.
Imanishi Sake Brewery is located at the knee of Ojin Shrine in Nara.
Ookami Shrine is dedicated to the deity Omononokunushi, who is also famous as the god of sake.
The sake forest (cedar ball), which is part of the shrine's sacred body, is also famous for representing the arrival of new sake from breweries across Japan.
There is also a regent shrine dedicated to Takahashi no Ikuhi no Mikoto, the founder of the Toji clan.
The incarnation of the deity at Ogami Shrine is a snake called "Mi-san" (read "Miisan" because it is in the Kansai region). a snake called 🐍.
The design of the snake is fashionable, as it forms the letter "m" of the Mimuro cedar tree.
The exterior is a transparent misty white.
Cider-like red apple, ripe pear, white peach, and green melon.
The aroma is sweet and fruity.
On the palate, there is a silky residue and a gentle gassy feeling.
The taste is a refreshing cider of unripe melon.
It tastes like Hiragana Nami Muro Cedar (Romain series), which is closer to dry.
In short, it is delicious.
Hi Aladdin 🐦.
That's a fascinating drink comparison ✨Your blessings will be quadrupled 😁.
I see that this one is Nara's limited edition zodiac sake 😳and it's orikagarami! Even if you don't have a set, you can't stop drinking it when you see it 😆.
Hi Ponchan 😃
I'm drunk if it's 4 times the benefit. ☺️
I was very curious about this sake as an ORIGA mist, but I was about to give up because I could not go to visit Ookami shrine, but it was various Chuin-san that originated in Nara 😊.
Good evening, Aladdin 😀
After Shorekakuji, I stopped by Ojinja and tasted the sake at the brewery and liked it so much I took some home 🤣.
I was going to just taste it and leave because I bought Takacho at Shoreki-ji, but it was so good 🤣.
Good evening, Yasbaye 😃.
I was curious again after seeing Yasubeyesan's post, so I'm glad I got to drink it: ☺️
My guesses for breweries in Nara are Aburacho Shuzo and Imanishi Shuzo, so I guess we have similar tastes in sake 😆.
I came to Chuin today to drink this!
Year of the Snake🐍 zodiac label 4 sakes drinking comparison🍶.
I wanted to buy these sakes for drinking at home but had to give up due to storage space, so I'm very thankful 🥰.
The first sake is Ni-Rabbit🐇🐇.
Every year, the rabbits do their best in the two hare zodiac bottles, but this year, the composition was a bit surreal, with a snake charmer-like rabbit and a rabbit controlling a snake muppet in a showdown? It's a bit surreal 🐍.
The rice used for the sake inside is "Manzai" rice, which was revived and cultivated in 2013 in the local city of Okazaki, and Maruishi Brewery was entrusted with its brewing.
This junmai ginjo is brewed with Manzai rice, which is very important to Maruishi Brewery, and polished to 55% rice polishing ratio.
The aroma is crisp and fresh, like a young chervil.
The taste has a soft dryness that is refreshing.
When I drank Ni Usagi before, there were many sweet and tasty sakes, so I was surprised at the refreshing and youthful impression this time!
But delicious 🍶.
Good evening, Aladdin!
Gorgeous zodiac label set!
Lovely drinking comparison!
I am so jealous 😋👍
I haven't had any zodiac label sake yet this year.
I haven't drank any zodiac label sake yet this year, so I will look for it and drink it in January.
I will look for it and drink it in January lol!
Hi Sisi God 😃.
It's quite an extravagant combination ☺️
I had to go when I saw this opening announcement! I thought 😁.
I would love to drink the zodiac labels 🐍.
Looking forward to seeing what zodiac labels you will be drinking again 😊.
I noticed that before I knew it, "Sake and Otsumami Chuin Shinmachi" had 200😳 check-ins!
I know there are some sakes that have not been registered, but I'll call it a milestone.
We secretly celebrated with our favorite sake, Kinjaku, which was opened on the same day.
The aroma is refreshingly fruity.
It smells of green unripe apples, pears, and fresh chervil.
The raw material aroma is like white dumplings and polished rice.
The taste has a crisp sweetness and a sharp, soft acidity.
It may sound strange, but it is a bit crispy.
The refreshing and juicy sweetness and acidity are found in a clear pillar of umami.
The balance between the transparent sweetness and the lingering bitterness and astringency, leaving a nuance of acidity, is superb.
It is still a unique sake 🐤.
Delicious ☺️
Chuin is a place that I could not do without in my sake hobby because the owner, who knows and loves sake, serves drunken sake at a good distance and at reasonable prices without meals, and many of the regular customers also like sake in a good way 😊.
I highly recommend this place to anyone who likes sake in the Osaka area!
If I'm having a drink too, I'd appreciate it then 🍶😊.
Congratulations to Aladdin and chuin for 200 check-ins 🎉🎉!
That's amazing! Even with 3 drinks per visit, that's roughly 70 visits including unposted 😳You must have such a great store & great relationship 😊.
Good evening, Aladdin.
Congratulations on your 200 check-ins, Chuin 🎉!
It's a real blessing to have found a restaurant that you feel you couldn't do without ✨.
Chuin, I look forward to seeing more and more of your posts!
Good evening, Aladdin, and congratulations to Chuin on his 200 check-ins: ㊗️🎉It's wonderful to have a regular restaurant where you can wander around and have immense trust in the owner😊I wish I could go back too!
Thank you, Pon 😊.
I've been coming here for about two and a half years now, but that's a lot of time to think about it😳
I remember being nervous when I first started because I had never been to a privately owned drinking establishment before and I was looking for 🐢☺️
Thank you, ma-ki-😊.
I really want to thank you for the sake connection that allowed me to find the right restaurant and people for me 🍶😊.
Chuin- I'm very sorry that my posts tend to be a series of posts, but please keep them coming 😃.
Thank you, Hirupeko 😊.
When I am a customer, I want other customers to enjoy drunken drinks and time and to want to come back again, so I may be very sulky 😅.
Let's drink again by all means 🍶.
Okuroku is a new series started in 2023 by Iwate Meizou, which brews Iwate Honor and other brands, as a special distributor-only product.
The concept is to use locally grown contract rice as the raw material, while sticking to the basics of sake brewing, such as the use of a traditional sake yeast yeast yeast and Yamahai sake brewing method.
It is supposed to be a food sake with a mild aroma and an excellent balance of acidity and sweetness.
The brand name comes from "Okuroku-gun," the generic name for the six counties in the region of Oshu.
The motif on the label is the Kawanishi Dainenbutsu sword dance to appease ghosts, and the toji, Kentaro Miura, is apparently a central dancer in the sword dance.
I finally got to drink Okuroku, which I have been curious about for a long time: ☺️
This is the first shibori "FIRST", the only draft sake in the Okuroku series 🍶.
It has a gentle aroma with a clear sweetness.
The texture is smooth and silky, with a skimpy sweetness.
The acidity is crisp and soft with a gentle sourness.
The overtone is gentle and sweet.
From the mid-palate, there is a flow of umami with a slightly three-dimensional feel.
The overall taste is gentle, supported by the sweetness of the rice, and the finish is gentle, with a beautiful bitter aftertaste.
Well, it is delicious. ☺️
It is a taste that makes you want to follow it, but it is a pity that it is a product only available at special dealers and not sold in the Kansai region😌.
Good evening, Aladdin 😃.
Okuroku! It's the first one we want to drink right now🤗maybe the most 😆.
Reading Aladdin's review has increased our desire to buy 😊.
Good evening Jay & Nobby 😃.
Too many first hand is a common thing for drinkers 😅Me too 😆.
Okuroku, it's not fancy but I thought it's a very intoxicating sake!
I'm not close to any stores that carry it, so please try some instead of me! I'm sure you'll enjoy it!
Aladdin, good evening 🌙
The first time I drank the special junmai White beach on Okuroku day (6/9) according to Iwate Meinoho, ❣️ it was so delicious and 💘 I was captured by it 💘🥰.
Hatsu Shibori FIRST looks delicious too!
Good morning, Tsubu 😃.
White beach, white koji use also looks delicious 🤤.
I hope there will be a special distributor near me, but until then I'll keep an eye out for it and drink it when I see it 🍶☺️
Kirizukuba "Kogiri" brewed with Koro's Kumamoto yeast 🍶.
A sweet, refreshing sake with a touch of literary eroticism, modestly concealing an inner glamour that cannot be hidden 🍶.
This sake was brewed by Chikara Urasato, my favorite master brewer, using the "winning formula" of "Kumamoto yeast and Yamada Nishiki" as a tribute to the Kumamoto Prefectural Sake Brewing Institute, where he did his internship at Tokyo University of Agriculture.
The appearance is silver crystal, almost transparent.
The aroma is fresh and discreetly gorgeous.
Pear, white peach, melon, and banana covered with faint volatile aroma.
Rice aroma about the size of a white dumpling.
When you drink it, a juicy, dark sweetness spreads from the smooth texture.
Rounded and firm acidity accompanies the sweetness.
The volatile aroma of the hint of fragrance passes through refreshingly and flows with a clear umami flavor to finish.
The sharpness is very good and the aftertaste is rather long.
Oh, it's really delicious! It is very tasty.
The bright sweet and tasty flavors spread out in a good hardness or transparency with a wonderful sense of balance without being clingy or overdone. ☺️
Someone described this sake as "erotic," and I get it!
In short, it is very delicious. ☺️
My fantasies are expanding to include "Shinmiri" using Shinmasa's No. 6 yeast and Masumi's No. 7 yeast 😊.
Aladdin, good evening 😃This looks so delicious 💕When Aladdin says something is delicious, my family unconditionally puts it on our next purchase list 😆I can't wait to meet it 😋.
Thank you, Wakata-san. ☺️
Kawada-san, the owner of chuin-san's store, was also very complimentary of Kogiri, cold and warmed, and it was also well received by customers, so much so that we had to immediately order 2 more squares from Tomekawa Sake Shop after we had one square empty on the day the bottle was opened 😊.
Hi Aladdin 😃
We too have a system similar to the Wakata family 🤗 Frown Fog Chikuba is one that I'm really interested in, so I'm looking forward to meeting you😊.
Hi Aladdin!
I still can't find "Urasato" in my hometown, so I have to make this expedition 🤣.
I wonder what kind of sake is erotic to drink 🤔I have no ulterior fantasy 🥰.
Good morning, Jay & Nobby 😃.
Thank you 😊
We don't know if fragrant mist will become a regular in the future, so we hope you'll take the opportunity to try it: ☺️
Hope you're into the zone of your choice J&N 🤔.
Hi Jive 😃.
If you are going on an expedition in Urali, I would recommend Tomekawa Sake Shop 😊.
The blind spot in love is Shigokoro. Maybe that's what you mean (what do you mean ⁉︎)
Hi Aladdin 🐦.
I like the erotic glossy taste 🐩❣️ label is also different from the usual 👍✨
It looks like you can make "Shimbiri" and "Magiri" with different yeast 😆 Aladdin, please take the copyright 🐨.
Good evening, Pon 😃.
From a woman's point of view, I'd say he's a good looking guy with his shirt slightly open in the sweaty weather 😁.
I'm sure the brewery is thinking what I'm thinking, so I'm looking forward to the next development: ☺️
Hi Aladdin, Hello ☀️ Erotic sake from my hometown Tsukuba, and with Aladdin's rave reviews, I have no choice but to drink that! So I'm going to look for it today 😁 looking forward to it🎶.
Good evening, Mamio 😃.
By all means! 🍶.
By the way, other people have commented that it's like Aya Ueto is hiding her big boobs by exposing them, or that it looks like you can see her red underwear under her black stockings, but you can't but a little 😅.
Fresh Tasake to celebrate the New Year🍶.
This heavyweight 🐍 sake brings out the best of Aomori's pride 🌾 Hana Souri.
The aroma is discreet and gorgeous.
Red apples, ripe white peaches lurking in the back, young blue melon.
Powdery rice aroma like powdered rice cake.
Lightly gassy, with a hint of a chill.
The fresh apple-like sweetness is sweet and refreshing with a fine acidity.
The overt aroma also has apple and powdery rice aroma.
The flow of clear umami from the mid-palate is beautiful, yet there are subtle bitter and astringent complex flavors lurking in the back.
The sharpness is good and the aftertaste is long.
Opened 5 days ago🍶.
The aroma is powdery, like freshly polished rice, with a hint of apple and sour apricot.
A slight tingle of gas lingers in the smoothness.
The freshness settles down a bit, and clear apple-like sweetness and gentle acidity flow nicely.
The aroma is fruity and gorgeous.
The flow of clear umami from the mid-part of the bottle and the slight tightening of the complex flavors at the end of the bottle are maintained, and it quickly becomes crisp and clean.
The lingering aftertaste is long.
Personally, I like this level of saltiness.
It is like a high-quality sake for the New Year with a freshness and pizzazz.
It is delicious.
Hi Aladdin!
I had the same "Tasake" the other day and my friend who is not used to drinking sake commented on how delicious it was 😁.
It's a heavyweight taste as it should be 🐍.
I see you also kept last year's zodiac bottle.
Good morning, Aladdin 😃This year's zodiac bottles look delicious 😍I'm sorry I won't get them 😭.
When I put them side by side with last year's, I'm still going for the "Tasake's zodiac bottles, which tend to be embroidered on the backs of their scajans" theory 😅.
Hi Aladdin 😃.
Surprisingly, Mr. Tasake has zero home drinking except for Micro Bubble since he raised new sake at the end of 2021 when we started our sakewa 🥲 I hope to drink it this year 🤗.
Good evening, Mr. Gyve 😃.
You were drinking. ☺️ The Tasake NEWYEAR bottle is appropriate for drinking with casual friends!
The Tasake zodiac bottle 🐉 was so cool that I had it displayed in my room so I decided to match it up 🐉🐍.
Good evening, Wakata 😃.
I wanted to line up with 🐉 this year and decided to drink 🐍 too 🍶.
Indeed! The bottle of the Year of the Tiger or something like that would be a great design to put on a scarf!
I'd love to see it made into official merchandise 🥰.
Good evening, Jay & Nobby 😃.
Tasake is relatively easy to find in Kansai and I drink it regularly ☺️
Personally, I always feel that Tasake is still a drunken sake when I drink it after a long time, so please try Tasake again after a long time! 😊
First visit to CHUIN this year.
The fourth and last sake of the day 🍶.
It is Jikin's Hachitan-Nishiki.
This time, it was not ice-aged, but a fresh Jikin that just came out last month.
The appearance is a pale silver green.
The aroma is pineapple wrapped in a veil of white dumplings.
Texture is very smooth and slightly gassy.
The sweetness is citrusy and refreshing, and the acidity is cutesy.
The nose is more pineapple-like 🍍 and the aroma is more pineapple-like 🍍.
From the mid-palate, the fresh umami includes a pineapple-like bitterness, and it finishes with the crisp feeling of alcohol that is typical of nama-shu.
The lingering aftertaste, including bitterness, is long, and on the tongue there is a tanginess and bitter astringency typical of nama-shu.
As the cup is tasted, the pineapple flavor increases, and the tropical acidity and bitterness give it an interesting sharpness.
I hope to deepen my knowledge and experience of sake at chuin again this year. ☺️
Thank you for the food 🍶.
Good evening, Aladdin 😀
You have a delicious looking drinking experience😇.
I would love to visit chuin to wish you a Happy New Year too, but I can't go out drinking because I have a lot of nigori at home that I need to drink 😅.
Good evening, Yasube-san 😃.
I wanted to give an early New Year's greeting to Mr. Kawada, so I wasn't caught up in the sake... 🤣.
I'm really happy to have so many alcoholic beverages that I want to drink at home, if you think about it ☺️
First visit to CHUIN-san this year.
The third sake is Sasameyuki (fine snow) from Kame no Umi.
I first tried it at chuin last year and liked it a lot.
I had planned to buy it this year, but due to storage space issues this time of year, I was unable to do so after all.
I had the last of the bottom of the bottle that was just barely left.
Perhaps because of the time that has passed since the bottle was opened, the aroma is mild and rather rich of rice.
The taste is refreshingly sweet with a sudsy feel.
Sourness with a hint of stimulation.
The clear umami has a slight bitterness, and it finishes smoothly and comfortably.
Yes, after all, Kame no Umi is intoxicating.
Hosoyuki is also not flashy, but I like it because it has a beautiful and gentle flavor that is also fragile: ☺️
It might have been fresher when it was opened, but this calmness is also intoxicating.
Hi Aladdin 🐦.
First time chuin you have a great lineup ✨I remember drinking it last year and enjoying it very much 😻.
I recently started going to say hi to a liquor store I'm familiar with 😆 I hope to continue our good relationship ❣️
Good evening, Pon 😃.
The lineup made me want to go and greet the new year 🍶😁.
Familiar liquor stores and drunkenness, I admire it 🥰.
Pon-chan, please find an opportunity to visit chuin this year 🍶☺️
First visit to CHUIN this year.
The second sake was Hirotogawa Junmai Nigori Namaishu.
The aroma is sweet and refreshing.
It has a mature yet fresh pear and refreshing young melon.
The rice aroma is just before rich cooked rice, with a hint of koji.
The first touch is a refreshing sense of gas that comes from the modest, straightforward sweetness of the rice.
Along with the meloniness of the hint of incense, the bitterness of nigori and the umami of rice are fully felt, and it finishes dry and crisp.
As you drink more and more of it, the dryness from the mid-part comes forward.
If anything, it is more dry than I expected, and I got the impression that it is refreshingly dry 🍶.
This is the first time this year for CHUIN.
I came to wish you a Happy New Year.
The first sake was a four-part bottle, which is rare at chuin.
It is Tamayura by Utashiro.
Don't tell me you didn't know how to read it at first and called it "Tamahibiki.
Tamahibiki is one of Garakudai's sweet series along with Rokka.
I was curious about the production log that can be found on line, which states that the quality of the sake would be near perfect if not for the resinous aroma in the overtone.
The refreshing volatile aroma has a beautiful aroma of sweet white peaches and blue melon.
In the mouth, it is gentle, but the sweetness gives way to a chili-like stimulation of gasiness, a slight citrusy acidity, and a dryness that comes forward little by little and is clean and crisp.
A very faint lingering bitterness.
I couldn't detect any of the "hint of resinous aroma" that was mentioned in the production log, perhaps masked by the freshness of the volatile aroma.
It was a very tasty sake to my liking!
Garakudai is going to shift its overall sake quality to be drier than it is now.
I know that Garakudai's "dry" sake is not just light and dry, but it is also a matter of taste, and I would be happy if they could successfully retain this kind of sweet sake as well.
I would like to follow Garakudai all the way eventually.
Good evening, Aladdin 😃.
Oh! You are Masayo 🤗Masayo's sweetness is our favorite type 😋and you are shifting to dry 😳Thank you for the great information ℹ️😊
Good evening, Aladdin 🌙
Masayo's Tama Hibiki! I remember how good it was when I got it last year😊It's sweet yet sharp and you can drink it all the time 😆.
It would be nice if the balanced sweet type remains after the shift to dry 😆 ☺️
Good evening, Jay & Nobby 😃.
Garakudai's sweetness is clear, transparent, not persistent and intoxicating 😊.
Tenryohaii Sake Brewery, it's interesting that you send out a lot of information about sake tasting, manufacturing techniques, etc. on LINE!
Good evening, Kotaro 😃.
I hear it's already a bit drier than last year, but it's clear, sweet and delicious, which is also my favorite type 🍶.
I think 🤔 that it will land on an intoxicating balance between flavor and dry sharpness, so I'm looking forward to more in the future: ☺️
Thank you all for your support this year 🎍🐍🎍🎍.
We will start off the year 2025 with "Kaze no Mori: Smile at the gate and good fortune will come to you".
This is the first Shiboribori of Kaze no Mori Akitsuho 657, which is usually released by Aburacho Shuzo only in Nara Prefecture🍶.
The bottle design for the New Year is also drunk ☺️
The aroma is fresh, youthful and sweet.
Pear and melon with a veil of refreshing acidity with a hint of citrus.
Powdery mineral notes reminiscent of white flowers, with a beautiful rice aroma like white dumplings.
The texture is smooth, with a small, fine gas-like stimulation.
The firm sweetness spreads freshly with fine acidity.
The sweet and refreshing overtone also adds to the flavor.
From the mid-palate, the flow of firm umami is accompanied by beautiful bitterness and astringency typical of Akitsuho, as well as a hint of hard minerality.
This New Year's Day, we enjoyed this wine together with a festive New Year's Day meal at Shimogamo Saryo.
I have always loved obusshi, which are filled with various prayers.
I don't need to tell you that it goes well with "good fortune comes to those who smile🍶.
May this year be another year of drunkenness.
We sipped our cups while wishing for another year of laughter and good health 🍶.
Thank you for the food 🍶.
I will continue my sake journey again this year.
Aladdin-san Happy New Year 🎍 Thank you for your support in the new year 🙇.
Is that a festive New Year's Eve at Shimogamo Saryo 😍😱😱.
The New Year's label sake and osetsu really looks delicious 😊.
I'm looking forward to your posts and offline meetings this year 😊.
Happy New Year, Aladdin 🎍.
I wish you a new year 🙇.
Start the year with the Wind Forest Laughing Gate ✨ paired with the festivities, and the levies are wonderful✨.
Sake trip - let's have fun 😊!
Happy New Year, Aladdin 🎍 and all the best for the new year 🙇♀️
The windy forest is a good place to be, and the beautiful New Year's dishes are already a perfect score ✨.
I'm looking forward to reading your wonderful reviews again this year 😊.
Happy New Year, Aladdin 🎍.
I look forward to working with you again this year: 🙇♂️
As a Wind Forest fan, I'm jealous of this one 🥺💕.
I can feel how delicious it is from your review 🥰.
I look forward to your review this year 😋.
Mr. Aladdin
Happy New Year ^_^
Good fortune comes to the gate of laughter.
I hope you can spend this year drinking good sake and laughing ✨.
Osechi looks so delicious ☺️
I look forward to working with you again this year 🙇.
Happy New Year, Aladdin 🎍It's the start of another year of sake travel with the "Wind Forest Laughing Gate" 😉 We're on standby at our place for the same drunken sake life 🍶Thank you again for your support this year 😊.
Aladdin, it has dawned on me: ⛩️㊗️
I was looking forward to seeing what sake Aladdin-san would bring, it's a nice sake😇.
I was also thinking this sake would be good if it wasn't during Nigorinpic😇.
Hirupeko, thank you for your support this year 🐍.
I felt thankful for the everyday life where we can laugh and spend time together over New Year's dishes and sake.
I wish you a happy and drunken year, too 🍶.
Ao-chan, thank you for your support this year 🐍.
Oseki-ryori and Hatsu Shibori sake 🍶I feel like I was born in Japan and got drunk. ☺️
Off-line meeting...I hope I can make it this year.
I wish you a drunken year too, Ao-chan 🍶.
Thank you, ma-ki, for your support this year 🐍.
I spent THE Japanese New Year's sleepy night, thankful to start the year with laughter 😁.
I wish you a happy new year too 🍶.
Thank you, Wakata, for your support this year 🐍.
I prefer to drink modern drinks on a daily basis, so I decided to spend New Year's in a classical way 😁.
I wish you a happy and drunken New Year 🍶.
T.KISO, I look forward to working with you again this year 🐍.
I ate so much delicious food during New Year's, not only osechi but also ozoni and sukiyaki, that I gained weight for sure 😁.
I wish you a happy and drunken year, T.KISO 🍶.
Mr. Muro, I look forward to working with you again this year 🐍.
Thanks to my acquaintance in Nara, I have been drinking at the laughing gate for the last two years: ☺️
This year, I would like to pay attention to the forest of S. Kaze.
May this year be a drunken one for you too, Mr. Muro 🍶.
Manta-san, thank you very much for your support this year 🐍.
I would like to share the goodness of sake, which can create such a space where people can be surrounded by laughter while drinking sake.
I wish you a very happy and drunken year 🍶.
Nemuchi-san, thank you for your support this year 🐍.
Another year, another sake journey has begun: ☺️
With sake friends, drunken sake is sure to bring a smile to your face: ☺️
I wish you a drunken year, too, Nemuchi-san 🍶.
Yasube-san, thank you very much for your support this year 🐍.
At the beginning of the New Year's drinking, instead of sake, we had the auspicious Hatsushibori, "Good fortune comes to those who laugh at the gates of laughter." ☺️
I wish Yasube-san & Kaorin-san a happy and drunken New Year 🍶.
Happy New Year once again, Aladdin 🎍.
I've never seen this one before, but it's only available in Nara 😳I love the picture with the osekatsu, it represents a happy Japanese New Year 😊.
I look forward to seeing you again this year 😌✨
Kotaro-san, please have a great new year 🐍.
It's a year-end tradition for Kaze no Mori fans around Nara: ☺️ Kaze no Mori is close to seasonal brewing, so it's nice to be able to drink the first squeezed one!
May this year be a drunken one for you too, Kotaro 🍶.
Aladdin, once again, thank you for your support this year: 🙇🏻🙇🏻♀️
The top right one! It's a bright atmosphere and looks beautiful like a promotional photo for sake and osechi🍱😍.
Let's all drink, laugh, and get drunk together 🤗
Jay & Nobby, I hope you have a great new year 🐍.
The sense of life that you can't fool around with is intoxicating again, isn't it? 📷😆
I really hope we all have a drunken year of drinking and laughing 😊.
I wish you a drunken year too, J&N 🍶.
Happy new year, Aladdin 🎍.
I never see the New Year's labels in the Wind Forest, so it makes me feel grateful too 🙏The festivities are wonderful ✨I want to cherish these good luck items more and more 😊.
Hello again, Pon-chan, and thank you for your support this year 🐍.
I think it is not only because I love sake, but also because of my Japanese spirit to welcome the New Year with the first saké. ☺️
I wish you a happy and drunken New Year, too 🍶.
My last sake of the year will be this one.
I will finish the year with a new sake from Yamada-Nishiki Ni-No-Nozo.
The appearance is a slightly pale champagne gold crystal.
The gasiness is moderate for a San-do sake, with just a hint of bubbles in the glass.
The nose is youthful, fresh and sweet.
Refreshingly sweet, like fresh young pears or yellow apples.
There is also a hint of woody nuance.
The rice aroma, which is somewhere between mochi (rice cake) and shiratama dumpling, is also beautiful.
Extremely smooth texture with a gentle gassy stimulation.
The sweetness, where fruitiness and transparency coexist, is balanced with a beautiful acidity, and spreads with a sense of dryness.
Hints of pear and apple spread from the mid-palate, and from there the flavor becomes more vivid and colorful.
The final part of the bottle has a beautiful flow of umami, and it finishes with a crisp finish.
The slight bitterness in the aftertaste is really beautiful.
The faint lingering aftertaste is moderate.
No matter when I drink it, I still think this is the one.
I am glad I chose Sansho as the last sake of this year.
I enjoyed the sake to the last sip, expressing my gratitude for all the encounters I had this year with sake and people, and my hopes and prayers for the coming year.
We are grateful for the many drunken sake and good people we have met this year.
I wish you all a very happy drunken New Year🍶.
Aladdin, the last of this year's home drinking is also a birthplace ✨.
I enjoyed your wonderful review this year 🎵.
I look forward to seeing you again next year 🙇.
I hope you have a happy new year too, Aladdin 🌄.
Aladdin, thank you for so much this past year😊.
I always enjoyed reading your informative reviews and clear expressions. I look forward to working with you again next year: 🙇♀️
Aladdin, a great birthing review to end the year: ❗️ I have enjoyed your detailed and informative review this year, with respect for the maker 🙇 I look forward to seeing you again next year 😉 Have a drunken New Year 🎍.
Happy New Year, Aladdin 🎍.
After all, the last place to drink is the birthplace of Aladdin-san 😉(also Urasato theory 🤔).
I always look forward to your reviews, always polite and wonderfully expressed, this year as well! Best regards ✨
Hi Aladdin 😃Happy New Year 🌅.
I can always think this is the one to drink 😌Your stable but contented review is quintessential 👍.
I look forward to working with you again this year: 🙇🏻🙇🏻♀️
Happy New Year, Aladdin 🎍 and all the best for the new year 🙇.
I was wondering what you would end up drinking 😊Yes, sansho! It's great that you drink regularly so you have a deep understanding of flavors👍✨
Happy New Year, ma-ki🐍!
We had another drunken drinking end of year 2024 in Sansho 🍶.
I can't wait to see what great sakes I can find this year 😊.
Please keep up the good work in the new year 🎍.
Happy New Year, Wakata-san 🐍!
It is always a pleasure to see you and your wife's drinking activities, BBQ drinking, etc!
I look forward to working with you in the new year 🎍🍶.
Happy New Year, Nemuchi-san 🐍!
When I think that there are toji-san working on koji and brewers who are still working on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, I naturally bow down to them: ☺️
Thank you for your continued support in the New Year 🎍.
Happy New Year, Kotaro-san 🐍.
San-do and Urasato, it's very difficult to decide between them, but I finished my drinking at San-do as usual 🍶.
I am looking forward to seeing what kind of drunken encounters🍶 we will have this year!
Please do not hesitate to contact me again in the new year 🎍.
Happy New Year, Jay & Nobby 🐍.
People's tastes don't change that easily ☺️
It's a great way to end the year with our favorite drink and welcome another drunken year 🍶.
I look forward to working with you in the new year 🎍.
Happy New Year, Pon-chan 🐍.
I was able to finish the year drunk with my favorite drink 🍶.
This year I would like to learn more about different kinds of alcohol 😊.
I look forward to working with you again this year 🎍.
Happy New Year, Yasube and Kaorin 🐍.
I think the two of you who visit various breweries in person are experiencing things first hand and directly, which is the way it should be most ☺️
I look forward to working with you again this year 🎍.
Happy New Year, Aladdin 🌄.
Thank you so much for all your help in the previous year 😁.
I feel like you are the quintessential "birthplace" to end the year, Aladdin ✨.
I look forward to working with you again this year 🤗
Gyve, Happy New Year here too 🐍.
Thank you very much for your help during the old year.
This year I hope to broaden my comments and learn to express myself more emotionally: ☺️
Once again, thank you for your support this year 🎍.
Happy New Year, Aladdin 🎍.
New Sake from the Land of Origin: ‼️
Went to Hana no Kaori a few weeks ago and finally bought some!
Kanpai 🍺😂
I wish you a wonderful year 🐍✨
I look forward to working with you this year 🙇🙇.
Good evening, superbebe😃.
I see that you got the new sake from Sansho: ☺️
Don't worry, it's very tasty 😊.
Let's make it a wonderful year!
I wish you a happy new year 🎍🙇♂️🎍
This is the last in the series of this year's (drink), this year's (check in ✅) 🍶 series!
On Christmas Eve, I suddenly had to go on a business trip 😔 to a place in Mie Prefecture.
I was working late at night, so I didn't have a chance to get drunk and enjoy Mie's famous sake 🍶 at a restaurant 🥲.
I got myself together and drank one of the single-bottle bottles of local sake that I had bought as a souvenir.
Fukuwagura Junmai Ginjo.
Fukuwagura is a sake brewed by Imuraya, the maker of azuki bars, meat buns, and bean paste buns.
The appearance is a silvery crystal, almost transparent.
The aroma is sweet yet refreshing.
Melon with citrus nuances and young banana are the main notes.
There is a sense of koji, and the rice aroma is rather rich, like freshly pounded rice cakes.
The first touch is a deep sweetness.
The acidity spreads with a subtle gaseous stimulation, mixing well with the sweetness.
As the refreshing stimulation of the acidity passes from the back of the throat to the nose, the bitterness and slight astringency peek out while the umami is felt from the dark sweetness, and it finishes with the bitterness and astringency.
The lingering aftertaste is long and gentle, with a sense of the release of the stimulation through the nose and the tightening of the bitter astringent taste.
The overall flavor is strong, sweet at the beginning and bittersweet at the end.
I thought it was quite an interesting sake design.
It is a sweet, umami acid for adults, which does not seem to be possible.
Happy New Year, Jive 🐍.
Thanks for working the New Year's Eve shift 🍶.
It was definitely very sweet and strong, so it would be great with anko (red bean paste) or something else. ☺️ If it's summer, an azuki bar would be a good choice!
Thank you again for your support in the new year 🎍.
This year's (drink), this year's (check in) ✅ 🍶 that 🍶 🍶 (🍶)
Due to the busy schedule towards the end of the year, we've accumulated a lot of alcohol that we haven't been able to check in 📷.
Check-in cleaning 🧹.
Sentori has undergone a brand renewal of "Edobari" this season and all the sake is now made with a new raw sake yeast.
I had been curious about it and had a chance to try it!
Since time was short and I could only have one sake, I selected Nakadori from the Hatsu Tank series for now.
Due to the convenience of the restaurant, the opened bottle was not enough for the prescribed amount, so we had to have some from the open bottle.
The restaurant suggested that we share a glass, and we ended up having a maniacal drinking comparison between the bottom of the bottle and the opening of the bottle of SENKORY Hatsubatake Nao Kumi Nakadori!
The glass on the left is the bottom of the bottle and the one on the right is the open mouth.
The left glass on the left is the bottle bottom, and the right is the open mouth. The ogara-gara-mi was beautiful, but the tailings were a little thicker in the bottle bottom.
The taste was softer and softer than I expected, and the flavor was clear and reserved.
I had imagined a sweeter, more pronounced flavor, so this was a bit surprising.
Maybe because it is a medium-bottled sake, the taste is less cloying and more refreshing 🤔.
The flavor profile was a little clearer than the bottom of the bottle!
This year's (drink), this year's (check in ✅) 🍶 that ⑨.
It's the end of the year and I've accumulated a lot of alcohol that I haven't been able to check in 📷Check-in cleanup 🧹.
Only 3 hours left in the year😇
Kaku-uchi at Asano Sake Shop Umeda.
I asked for Echigo Tsurukame's new brand, Echigo-Itsuru, which I've been curious about for a long time.
The pure white label with the subtitle "s-trooper" reminded me of a stormtrooper from Star Wars.
The brewer is probably a Star Wars fan, as there are other Koshuya brands such as "M-Falcon" and "death⭐︎star" 😁.
We had a mouthful of the last bottle in the store 🍶.
It has a strong schwashy feel!
The appearance is a clear, strong mist white.
The aroma is fresh and gorgeous pear and melon.
Slight pickle feeling lurks in the back of it.
The mouth is stimulated by a pleasant gaseous sensation.
The spreading sweetness is moderate, but the fresh acidity gives it a modern taste.
The slight pickle sensation lurks in the middle and after, but it is not bothersome, and the wine is refreshingly modern and pleasant to drink.
Modern!
But it is not overdone, and the natural feeling is just right and delicious!
I will try to follow Koshitai a little more!
Good evening, Aladdin 😃I've never heard of Koshien, but Aladdin's post made me really interested in it ‼️ I don't know where Osaka is though 😅.
Next year I will try to follow Aladdin's sake even more than this year ‼️
Good evening, Wakata!
Echigo-Tsurukame has a different brand name, Echigo-Tsurukai!
It has the same plain white label as Ebi White, but you can't see it, but it has the Echigo Izo mark that looks like a cloud of muscular clouds: ☁️
At least Asano Sake Shop carries it 🍶.
Good evening, Hirupeco 😃.
Only 2 more drinks left in the year! I'm in the middle of a rave!
I have an hour and a half left so I should be able to make it ⏳😇
Thank you for your help this year!
Have a drunken New Year 🍶.
Happy New Year, Aladdin 🎍✨ and I look forward to working with you again this year 😌.
I am also a s-trooper 😆 I am even more excited to read your review 🥳I had a m-falcon the other day and it was delicious👍.
Happy New Year, Kotaro 🌅Please have a great new year 🎍.
I envy you being able to drink at home ☺️M- I wish I could have had a Falcon 🤤.
Looking forward to checking in with you Kotaro 🍶😊.
This year's (drink), this year's (check in ✅) 🍶 No. 8
Due to the busy schedule towards the end of the year, we have accumulated a lot of alcohol that we haven't been able to check in 📷.
Check-in cleaning 🧹.
I will come back to remember the aroma and taste 🤔.
The last sake of the day was from the room temperature shelf.
Izumikawa, a local brand from Hiroki Shuzo Honten, which brews Tobiroki.
Kiku-Senkawa is a ginjo-shu with brewing alcohol added.
Since it was a special occasion, we had it heated 🍶.
The aroma is like freshly cooked rice.
It has a fluffy mouthfeel with a classic impression, with a sharp acidity.
It has a nice sharpness and a short, gradual aftertaste.
It was an orthodox sake that gave a strong sense of having drunk sake.
This year's (drink), this year's (check in) ✅ 🍶 that ⑦
Due to being busy towards the end of the year, I've accumulated a lot of alcohol that I haven't been able to check in 📷.
Cleaning up the house is a hassle, so I'll at least clean up the check-ins 🧹.
I will come back to remember the aroma and taste 🤔.
This is Kamo Nishiki's gin-sen tanrei shusshi direct-fermented.
I used to think that Kamo Nishiki was known for their sake with a "hatafuda" (a tag), but I didn't realize that they also have this kind of sake!
In fact, I have never had a chance to drink Kamonoshiki's sake, even though it seems to be perfectly suited to my personal tastes.
So this is my first Kamo Nishiki sake.
The aroma is mild and reserved.
From the watery entry, it is accented by acidity and finishes clean and tight with a beautiful umami.
The aftertaste is short.
It is fresh and slim, with a hint of classical flavor, and is in the lineage of Niigata's light, dry sake.
The Japanese sweets in the fourth photo are not directly related to sake, but they are azuki sweets given to me by a regular customer.
I was happy because I love to have sake and something sweet together: ☺️
Pairing sake and Japanese sweets is an absolute must!
This year's (drink), this year's (check in ✅) 🍶 Part 6
Due to the busy schedule towards the end of the year, I've accumulated a lot of alcohol that I haven't been able to check in 📷.
Cleaning up the house is a hassle, so I'm going to at least clean up the check-ins 🧹.
I will come back to remember the aroma and taste 🤔.
Yamagata Masamune Junmai Ginjo Aizan.
I had not had Yamagata Masamune at home yet despite its high reputation, and it had been a while so I casually asked for it.
I was surprised when I drank it 😳.
The aroma was subdued, yet very pleasant and fruity.
On the palate, the fruity yet clear sweetness and just the right amount of acidity to balance that sweetness spread beautifully.
The rich, firm, yet beautiful and wonderful taste flows through the mouth with elegant and sweet overtones.
The lingering finish is also beautiful.
This is one of my favorite Aizan sakes 🥰.
I told the owner, Mr. Kawada, how delicious it was, and he said, "According to what I heard, this sake was the most popular among the brewers at Mitobe Brewery this season. I heard that this sake was the most popular among the brewers of Mitobe Brewery this season.
It was a great taste, which was understandable.
I couldn't find it this season, but I will definitely buy it next season if I can find it 🍶.
