2024BY: A nice, easy drinking sake, 16.5 degrees, but goes in rather smoothly. Sake degree -9, acidity 3.2.
It has a colorful taste! The acidity rises with meals. Is it the taste of the unique house yeast? It has a different taste when served with rice. It becomes rounded. This can be enjoyed with meals!
They say the taste changes every year because of the natural yeast attached to the house. So you should try it. This year's is also available and I want to buy it this week to compare. Interesting!
This was the first hiyaoroshi of 2025. This sake represents Kiso🍶. Miyamanishiki from Nagano Prefecture. What a surprise! This is Nanasho!
And as time goes by, the mellowness and umami fuse together. Thick, spicy and delicious! This is another one!
Shirakaba-Nishiki 17%, 59% polished rice
Jungin. It is soft. Junmai is more enjoyable at first. It is sweet, not strong, and breaks easily in the mouth. It may be good with a meal. Junmai is still better. I'm glad I went for the small bottle. I will try Junmai at an izakaya next time.
Junmai Daiginjo is served in first class on airplanes.
Junmai sake is full-bodied and sweet, with a savory flavor that comes later. It is not my favorite in terms of balance, but it is more alive with umami and saltiness than vinegar.
100% Koshi-tanrei sake rice from Ojiya, Uonuma Prefecture
16%, fire-brewed
Good, nourishing and well-balanced dryness, with a softness that is typical of Niigata.
This is my first drink! It is so smooth and easy to drink. It's dry but smooth, and there's nothing stuck to it. Before you know it, you'll be dreaming about it.
The name comes from a poem by Rui Yoshida: "Tosa sake is blue, drunkenness is straight. Very good balance after the second day. The balance is very good after the second day, and the way it breaks down is good.
I want to taste it again!
Good sake. A little sweet. When paired with meat and potatoes, it becomes even more crumbly. It also has a spiciness. I used to drink Jungin a lot. Junmai is also good!
Sake from Shiojiri, Nagano Prefecture.
Unique taste. A little hard for a single person.
It may be hard to find a meal that goes well with it.
I'm glad I didn't buy a bottle.
14 degrees with No. 7 yeast.
It is labeled as a cold sake, but it seems to taste better at a slightly higher temperature.
I think it is hard to feel the flavor of this sake when it is cold. Personally.
I think it is possible to drink it cold with Japanese sweets in the afternoon on a hot day ^_^.
Brewed 2024.12.
Quite good. Nourishing. Well brewed. The richness is well balanced with nastiness and umami. It has an old sake-like quality, so tastes differ, but it is good!
15 degrees. Produced by Ban'ei Transport in Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture.
This is what I call dry junmai with excellent umami. This is better than the original sake!