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!
I received this as a souvenir from Takayama, Gifu. It is a refreshing yet mellow sake with a strong sweetness and umami of pure rice. It went well with a salty side dish. It was delicious chilled, but would also be great warmed.
This year's hiyaoroshi is a repeat of Momuro Sugi's hiyaoroshi.
It has a melon-like ginjo aroma and the juicy sweetness and richness typical of Omachi. It was served with grilled salt fish and went well with it ✨.
Mid-Autumn Festival has been a long time since Banshu Issen hiyaoroshi🌕 This is the bottle that got me hooked on sake. It has the richness and gravity of hiyaoroshi, but is easy enough to drink that it sticks with even sake beginners. All of Banshu Issen's seasonal sakes are delicious!
At the end of summer, I bought a lot of hiyaoroshi.
The first one is "Kangiku" (chrysanthemum). I enjoyed it last year, so I repeated it. It has a ripe, fruity taste with a round, umami flavor. It is tasty and cost-effective.