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尊徳純米生酛

5/8/2022, 2:21:10 PM

4/22/2022

I was curious about this brewery after seeing a tour of the brewery in the media. This sake is made in Nikko, where Sontoku Ninomiya, famous for his statue of Kinjiro Ninomiya, practiced the Houtoku Siho. The label with the Houtoku motto on it is also very nice. [Junmai Glass] Aroma: The aroma of sake at room temperature when the bottle was opened, but when compared to other brands (Naozane and Chichibu Nishiki) after opening the bottle and drinking it cold, the impression was different. The aroma is of refreshing fruit and honey. It is not fruity, but a clear sweet aroma like condensed fruit "nectar". I can't find an appropriate fruit name for it, but if I had to guess, I would say apple? Pear? Yellow. Taste: Mild on the tongue. Chichibu Nishiki (Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture): It has a clear, round, elegant taste with a fuller, stronger flavor than Chichibu Nishiki. It has a sweet aroma on the nose, but the taste is not too sweet, and there is no residual feeling in the mouth. It has a good balance of aroma and taste. After the aroma and drinking, a light acidity is felt in the corner of the mouth. Even two weeks after opening the bottle, the acidity does not increase, and the impression is that it becomes fuller. Compatibility: It tastes sweeter with food than on its own, but the character of the sake does not interfere with it. Good with sashimi and sushi. It goes very well with butterbur miso. This is my favorite of the three junmai sake (Naozane, Chichibu-Nishiki, and Sonotoku) that we compared on this day.

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Chichibunishiki特別純米酒特別純米

Yao Honten Saitama

5/8/2022, 1:34:26 PM

5/8/2022

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I visited the sake tasting corner at the Kawagoe City Industrial Tourism Center Kurari during GW and bought as souvenirs some brands that I liked after comparing them. I compared about 8 brands of sake from breweries in Saitama Prefecture, but my first impression was a little different from any other sake. [Junmai Glass] Aroma: Very gentle. Mild aroma with no sharpness of alcohol or intentional fostering of aroma. It has a slightly sweet natural aroma, like the scent of a damp forest in the early morning when wet fallen leaves are layered on top of each other, softly fragrant in the sunlight. Taste: "Gentle" is the perfect word to describe its mouthfeel. The mouthfeel is round and easy to drink. It is not sharp but soft on the tongue, with a slight sweetness of rice on top of a light, watery taste. There is absolutely no sourness or alcohol-specific twang. Compatibility: When drunk on its own, it tastes like water and has little flavor, but when paired with food, it has more umami and a sense of alcohol. When paired with sushi, the sake is easy to drink without much of an assertion of taste. With pickled horseradish, the taste of the horseradish overpowered the taste of the sushi. If you drink it with something with a strong flavor, it may kill the sake's goodness. It does not have the typical sake habit or strength, but there is nothing strange about its aroma or taste, so it is easy to drink even if you are not used to drinking sake.

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Satonohomare純米大吟醸　火入純米大吟醸無濾過

Sudo Honke Ibaraki

5/2/2022, 2:15:30 PM

6/12/2021

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This is the sake that started my sake journey. I ordered it when I found out that the oldest (!?) sake brewery in Japan, with a history of over 850 years since the Heian Period, was located in an area I was familiar with. The Junmai Sake brewery in the area I was familiar with was located in the Heian Period, and I ordered it. The junmai glass I received here expanded my world of junmai sake. [Junmai glass] Aroma: Clean, but with a hint of fine rice. Taste: Sake has a robust, rounded flavor. After drinking, the aroma of rice can be felt in the back of the throat. My companion described the taste as "a bit rustic" and "earthy" (figurative). Compared to "Yusuraume," which has an impressive aroma of young melon, and "Kazan," which has an aroma of wild plants such as cypress and herbs, I got the impression that the Sudoh family is pursuing an orthodox style of sake that is not influenced by the current trends. We also tried the nama-shu, but the hi-ire sake was superior in terms of stability.

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Naozane特別純米　生酒しぼりたて特別純米生酒

Gonda Shuzo Saitama

5/2/2022, 1:30:16 PM

5/2/2022

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Sake from Kumagaya City, Saitama Prefecture, named after Kumagaya Naozane, famous for the Kabuki play "Ichigaya shinen gunki. The brewer was selling it at a local supermarket, so I bought it. I was served a "Shiboritate (freshly brewed)" sake, which is usually sold only at the brewery. [A glass of junmai] Aroma: A fresh and clean aroma of koji malt. It has a fruity aroma similar to that of Junmai sake from Morishima (Hitachi City, Ibaraki Prefecture), but the aroma is not as strong as that of Morishima. Taste: Fresh, thin, and clear. On the tongue, it is like clear water, with a refreshing throat. After drinking, one can feel alcohol in the back of the throat. Perhaps it is because it is a pure sake, but for a junmai sake, the sake character and rice character are not so assertive. After a few glasses, the strength of junmai sake lingers in the throat, but it is light and easy to drink when served cold. It may be easy to drink for those who are new to junmai sake. Matching: I served it with grilled dried hokke (hokke), and it went very well with the dish without interfering with it. The only drawback is that it is easy to drink as if it were a ginjo, so you can get drunk without realizing it. According to the waiter at the brewery, it also goes well with meat dishes. This was a dish that thoroughly enjoyed our early summer table.

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