We opened a bottle of Jikin, which we had prepared for New Year's, at a gathering of relatives!
It is as delicious as ever. It can be drunk with Osechi dishes or on its own. It is the best sake for a special occasion.
Of the New Year's Eve and New Year's Day sake stock, I decided to make Wakanami Junmai sake for New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. It has a banana-like flavor typical of Wakanami. It is fresh, lush, and gently sweet, as is typical for a pure sake, and it pulls off easily after a while. It went well with sukiyaki, raw oysters, sudachi soba noodles, and many other things 🍲.
Too active, injured finger when opening the bottle🍾.
As the label suggests, it smells of blue fresh fruit like muscat. The acidity, fullness of the oli, and moderate bitterness are a delicious match 😋.
This is my first Tazake Yamahai. Compared to the Tokujun that I am used to drinking, it has a characteristic acidity like Yamahai. I had an image of yamahai as a mellow sake, but it was juicy, sweet, and delicious.
Buying a batch of new sake towards the end of the year. We started with our first Garakudai 🍶.
It is a delicious fusion of nigori's milky flavor and the fresh gasiness, umami, and acidity of nama-shu.
It has a dry impression, and is the kind of sake that envelops even the greasiest of entrées.
Jay & Nobby, the connoisseurs call it Masayo 💡 lol.
I tried it because it was newly handled at my favorite liquor store. It was delicious and I drank it so fast that I think I will run out of all 4 bottles before New Year's Eve 😮.
I saw it at the store and bought it again because I enjoyed it before.
It has a fruity and gorgeous aroma typical of Hououmida, with juicy rice flavor and sweetness. It has a dry aftertaste and is good as a food sake. I will buy it again when I find it.
The instrument Masamune I bought on a business trip to Tokyo. This may be the first time I've had anything other than Honjozo?
Even with junmai sake specs, it had a fresh, muscatelike, fruity impression with the full force of the Musical Instrument Masamune character. It was a delicious sake that was easy to drink.
Although the label also states that it is super dry, my impression is that it has a fruity and tasty flavor. It is very easy to drink, although it is dry with a high alcohol content.
At first, the aroma is fruity and sweet, with a muscat-like flavor. The aftertaste is long with a lingering bitterness, and the next sip just keeps on coming. A well-balanced and delicious sake.
Due to a series of overseas business trips, I could not drink sake at all! The first bottle I had in a while was Miyakanbai. Fruity, mellow and delicious. It has a refreshing aftertaste and is a great food sake!