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日本酒初心者→初級者へ。 出会うどのお酒も美味しくて、一口飲んでは、あー幸せ^ ^と思うのですが、そのまま酔っ払って味わいを忘れてしまうので、それぞれの良さを記録していこうと思ってます。でも、味を言葉にするのは難しいなぁ。

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Kid純米吟醸 ひやおろし
Heiwa ShuzoWakayama
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This time it is Junmai Ginjo Hiyoroshi from Kido. This sake is made from Gohyakumangoku. The first Hiyahoroshi of the year🍂? It is served lightly chilled. It has a pale green appearance. The top aroma is of sweet cotton candy and ripe apples. There is also an aroma of rice like Kamishinko. The mouthfeel is mild. The taste is mild and somewhat light for a hiyaoroshi, The first half of the taste is juicy ripe apple with a burst of sweet and sourness like grapefruit, followed by the soft and full flavor of rice and hints of banana. The finish is tightened with a moderate bitterness and lingering umami. This hiyaoroshi is mild and easy to drink without being overly floral. This well-balanced flavor at a great price😳 Kido is a sake that I sometimes want to drink without any hesitation. It is a stable sake. 🌙 Watching the big red sunset and the crescent moon as I savor the hiyaoroshi ✨. Let's take it easy, one step at a time in autumn 😌.
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ポンちゃん
Hi Peco 🐦. I'm attracted to "lighter in hiyayoroshi" 😊This heat this year, from which autumn sake... 😅It looks easy to drink and I'd like to drink it in a review situation 🍂.
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Hi, Hirupeko 😃. In the sake world, you can't feel autumn 🍁 unless you drink hiyaoroshi 😆 I feel sadness at the setting sun and want to take my time to enjoy a good sake 🥹.
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Good evening, Pon-chan. It's the season for autumn sake, but it's still too hot to feel like it 😩, and this Kido fits the bill perfectly. Sake is delicious in the cool of the evening 😊.
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Good evening, Jay & Nobby. I'm so glad to see you here! When sake labels change color from blue to red and yellow, I feel autumn🍁. The temperature in the evening has become much more comfortable, and I'd like to relax and enjoy a glass of hiyaoroshi with my evening drink 😊.
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Ippongi長期熟成酒 古熟
Ippongikubo HontenFukui
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This time it is a long-aged sake from Ippongi. It is a special junmai sake, a former product of Denshin, a limited distribution sake of Ippongi, that was stored for several years in a room temperature warehouse, and then aged for a long time in a Kotsuyaishi cave where the temperature is kept at around 10℃ throughout the year, making it a 31-year-old sake. It is served at room temperature. Topaz-colored appearance. The nose has hints of mushrooms, aromatic wood, burdock root, bitter chocolate, and sour cream. Gentle on the palate. The base is a fine bitterness and an angular acidity. The lingering taste is intertwined with bitterness and gentle sweetness, and flows down slowly and quietly. It is an aged sake with a well-defined and elegant taste, not too rich and dense compared to its age and apparent image. When warmed, the bitterness is subdued and the elegant sweetness is enhanced, making it delicious as well. In Katsuyama, where the Dinosaur Museum is located, I was forced to make a side trip to "Ippongi is so close! I was forced to make a side trip. I was so happy to get the old ripe one 💕💕.
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Hi Hirupeko 😃 It looks like something old and new 🤔I thought it has an attractive appearance 😌, but it's aged for 31 years 😳I read it and felt the flowing flavor when I meditated on it: ☺️ I haven't had it for a while so my imagination may be growing 😆.
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ジャイヴ
Hi, Hirupeko! I see you bought "Ippongi Kosyu" 😁. I was allowed to go into the old mining site of Mt. Asuwa where they keep it for a long time and it was a fantastic place ✨. This is a great drink with chocolate 😋!
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ポンちゃん
Hi Peco 🐦. 70% chocolate and a delicious cocktail, I bet💕Reading it made me wish I could drink it at the end of a relaxing day, I'd love to have it as a stash 😊. It was worth the forced detour, wasn't it?
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Good evening, Jay & Nobby. Epidemic disease, it's quite prevalent, isn't it? I will be careful too! May you enjoy your drink soon 🙏 The 31 years of aging has aged you so well and so mellowly 😊.
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Good evening, Mr. Gyve. I stopped by Ippongi and was curious about the sake because it was aged in the sceptered stone quarry you mentioned, so I brought it home. It must have been aged in that fantastic atmosphere, so it turned out to be a more beautiful aged sake.
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Good evening, Pon-chan. Aged sake is aged sake, but it is very beautiful and rounded aged sake, and I savor it slowly and savor it slowly and savor it slowly. It is nice to spend time to feel the history with your tongue 😊.
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Shinomine夏カップ 山田錦 純米吟醸
Chiyo ShuzoNara
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This time it is a summer cup of Shinomine. I wanted to drink Shinomine in summer, but I haven't been able to drink it this year, so I got a cup of it. It seems to be a summer limited edition from Rokumaru. The label reminds me of summer vacation in elementary school, which is the complete opposite of Shinomine's style. It is served chilled. It has a slight green hue. The aroma is of yellow apples and grapefruit peel with a hint of bitterness and freshly pounded rice cake. The taste is sharp and crisp with a dryness that stands out. It was a little too cold. The taste is so dry that I can't really taste it, so I let it come back to room temperature for a bit. Then, the taste is a smooth flow of sourness with a hint of apple-like sweetness, and the rice flavor with a gentle rice-cake feel. It is a light dry shinomine with a firm bitter acidity and a sharp taste 😊. Maybe it is better not to cool it down. I want to drink sake from all over Japan, so I buy cups of sake at Ajinomatidaya and take pictures of them in a corner of my house 🤫. I can enjoy my cup sake journey for a while 🤭.
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ma-ki-
Hi Hirupeko, good evening. I've seen a lot of posts about cup sake recently, but I didn't know there were so many different kinds of cup sake 🎵. It's perfect for a quick drink and kind of cute 😊.
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Hi ma-ki-. Cups of sake are pretty 💕I feel happy just looking at the pile of this and that I wanted to drink 😊.
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Hi Hirupeko 😃 It's really like a summer vacation picture diary 🌻😊and a cup of sake trip is also nice 🤗. I made a mistake between Shinomine and Shigemasu before 😅I guess it's better to use hiragana labels so I don't make mistakes 😆.
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ポンちゃん
Good evening, Peco 🦉. Shinomine cups are cute😻I would love to have these! It's good because it's affordable and you can drink a lot of different kinds of sake 😊But still, you did a good job collecting so many famous cups of sake 😳😆👍.
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Jay & Nobby, sorry for the delay🙏The labels of Shinomine and Shigemasu look similar, don't they? You can't go wrong with this one! Great cup of sake with a great label ✨.
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Pon, sorry I'm late 🙏 I don't have nearly as many cup liquors anymore 😅 they are all delicious and now I want to get them in 4-pack bottles! I enjoyed your cup sake journey, Machidaya 😆.
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This time it's Oriental whey🦊 from Happy Taro, who brews craft doburoku. I finally got to go there when I went back to Shiga for Obon! We went to Happy Taro-san's at Lake Scole in Nagahama. I had the pleasure of meeting Taro-san and brought home a brewery exclusive Oriental Whey. Oriental Whey is a doburoku made by combining the whey from the cheese shop in Lake Schole with spices as the brewing water. It is served well chilled. The appearance is that of a frothy cola doburoku. The top aroma is fresh yogurt with spicy aroma of ginger and other spices based on cardamom. The taste is like a sweet and sour lassi full of craft cola, and the second half has a light milky rice taste that is tightened up with a spicy hot taste. The lightness of the 7% alcohol content makes it as easy to drink as a cola 🤣. To match this oriental whey, I went to the library and checked out a book called "My First Spiced Curry" and made a keema curry. I've never made a curry without curry powder before, and I managed to finish it while staring at the book😅. Pairing homemade keema curry is a good thing 😋.
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ワカ太
Hi Hirupeko, good evening 😃I had this doburoku and herbal tea before, but I guess it was not a good match, the glass didn't go on 😅But I am curious about the cola-like craftiness. Maybe I'll try again next time🤔.
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Good evening, Wakata-san. I see the herb tea didn't suit you 😢 Now you can drink it at the Hanshin Department Store's Fermentation Market so you can compare the two 😊.
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ポンちゃん
Hi Peco 🐦. I've never seen this label before, the color of the sake 😳It's a brewery exclusive 😻And whey is the brewing water, that alone gives it a fermented feel! The spicy aroma of the sake and the keema curry sounds so delicious ❣️
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Pon, sorry over here too 🙏 I can't think of the idea of using whey as brewing water. I'm sorry to hear that, Pon-chan! It's interesting that you can try it 😊.
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Echizenmisaki槽搾り純米「復活米 九頭竜」火入れ瓶囲い
Tanabe ShuzoFukui
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Continuing from the last time, this is Cape Echizen, Kutouryuu version. This sake is made from Kutouryuu, a rare variety of sake from Fukui Prefecture that was revived in 2014 for the first time in about 10 years. We were looking forward to it because we heard that Kutouryuu was recommended by someone who visited Cape Echizen just before our trip to Fukui.â It is served at room temperature. Slightly greenish appearance. The top aroma is a gorgeous aroma of sweet banana and blue melon, green bamboo, cypress, and freshly pounded rice cake. From the smooth mouthfeel, the aroma of fresh bananas easily passes through to the nose, and the gentle acidity and umami of the rice can be felt firmly, although it is light. It has a mild bitterness and a short aftertaste. When heated, the fruity taste of banana and the umami of the rice are more mellow and sweet. Delicious balance of sweet taste and refreshing sharpness. Both of the sake I compared are suitable for a light and refreshing mealtime drink, The 🟣Gohyakumangoku is more mild, The 🟣Gohyakumangoku is more mild and the 🟡Kuzuryu is lighter with a fresh fruity taste. Both are delicious. The ease of drinking heated sake is 😋. Very happy to be able to compare them side by side with a glass from the spring Fukui New Sake Festival 😊.
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Good morning, Hirupeko 😃. Echizen cape drinking comparison with memories of your trip, it's intoxicating. ☺️ I have never heard of Kuzuryu, Fukui's sake rice. I am interested in sake brewed with native varieties of sake rice as it often suits my taste 🤤.
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Hi Aladdin. I didn't know there was a sake rice called Kuzuryu either, and I happened to learn about it right before my trip. That kind of thing is also unique to the sake connection 😊.
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ポンちゃん
Hi Peco 🐦. Looks like a delicious drink comparison 😁I didn't know about Kuzuryu sake rice until I saw it 😳It's even better when it's your first sake rice and it's delicious 😆. The first one looks great, but the third one is permanent 💕.
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Good evening, Pon-chan. Kutouryuu was new to me too and I learned a lot! It was a good sake trip since the Spring New Sake Festival, as I wanted to get to know Fukui sake a little more deeply and sublimate both the dinosaur's grudge and my own 😊.
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Hi Hirupeko 😃. Nice photos of the scenery and local sake 🥹 on your trip 🤗. Kuzuryu from Cape Echizen! The name is very powerful but the taste is light 😄I would love to travel 😚 to pick up some memories of your trip and compare the sake 😚.
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Good evening, Jay & Nobby. It was a luxurious souvenir drinking experience where we could take our time to drink at home the local sake from our trip. It's always a good idea to twist a family trip into a sake trip 😅It was a fun trip to Fukui🤗.
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Echizenmisaki特別純米酒「五百万石」 火入れ瓶囲い
Tanabe ShuzoFukui
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This time it is Echizen-misaki. We visited the brewery because we stayed at Cape Echizen during our summer vacation in Reinokita, Fukui. The brewery staff had just left and we were greeted by the father, mother, and dog, Choco, who gave us a variety of tastings. This time we decided to take home two bottles of 🟣Gohyakumangoku and 🟡Kuzuryu with different rice 😊. By the way, the brewery is near Eiheiji, not Cape Echizen😅. I'll start with the Gohyakumangoku. It is served at room temperature. It has a slightly greenish appearance, and the top aroma is a calm banana with a hint of blue melon. It also has a freshly pounded rice cake and a little bit of green bamboo. It has a smooth mouthfeel. The nose is full of banana aroma, and the taste is crisp with a soft acidity and mild bitterness with a moderate umami of the rice. When heated up, the banana aroma subsides, and the soft acidity and the enhanced rice flavor can be enjoyed lightly, making this lightly heated sake one that can be drunk endlessly 😆. The mainstay of Fukui sake is Gohyakumangoku produced in Fukui. Ihyakumangoku tends to be a rather plain sake, but each brewery has its own originality and the unique flavor of Ihyakumangoku is good and never tiresome to drink. This was a sake trip that reminded me once again that Ihyakumangoku is also good. Next time, we will go to the Kuzuryu version.
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ワカ太
Good morning, Hirupeko 😃I saw both of your Echizenmisaki drinking comparisons and both look so delicious 😋I was especially interested in the heated finish of both 😆 It was so easy to understand the differences in sake rice because it was carefully written.
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Hi, Wakata-san. I visited the brewery with the intention of drinking Kuzuryu, but after tasting the sake, I couldn't resist the Gohyakumangoku and compared them 😊Cold sake is good, but heated sake is also delicious.
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Another bottle this time. It is WAKAZE nigori. It is a French WAKAZE, so, oh, is it a real national product, including overseas? This one was brought by a friend who got together with us. I knew I couldn't open it by myself, so they brought it to me! The character on the lid is adorable 💕. Thank you 😆. I'll have it cold. It is a light cloudy sake. The top aroma is like calpis mixed with amazake. The sweet flavor of amazake with a slight caramelized taste flows easily and disappears like water. The sweet flavor of amazake with a slight caramelized taste flows smoothly and disappears like water. The 12% alcohol content makes it very light and easy to drink. I wonder if French people would enjoy the amazake-like taste, even though it can be drunk without hesitation. It might have been better if it were warmed up. After that, we drank and ate a lot, and it was a fun night that got more and more lazy 🤣. Drinking together is delicious 🤣.
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マル
Good evening, Miss Peco 🌒. WAKAZE is 🇫🇷 in France 🧐. I took the liberty of thinking it was the USA 🇺🇸😅. The Olympics are on and it's nice 👍. Sake 🍶 with a bunch of friends! It's the best 😊.
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アラジン
Good evening, Hirupeco 😃. Congratulations on your 47+1 conquest㊗️🗾✈️㊗️ I've been curious to try this wakaze with a Parisian esprit, so this was helpful 😅I have to be careful because some wakazes are produced domestically ☺️
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Hello, Maru-brother. Yes, I'm wondering about the sake that says "nigori" in large letters on the back, even though it's from 🇫🇷. Come to think of it, we were drinking WAKAZE but we never talked about the Olympics 🤔.
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Hi Aladdin, I'm so glad you enjoyed it. Thanks to my friend I achieved 47+ last one 🙌 I would like to hear Aladdin's comments about the esprit-ishness of Paris 😎 It was easy to drink with 12% alcohol 😊.
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ジャイヴ
Hi Hirupeco! Congratulations on your +1 achievement 🎉! Whenever I go to buy "WAKAZE", it's always out of stock, so I hope to achieve +1 soon with another story 😁.
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Hi Jive. I achieved this by other means, but you have another story other than WAKAZE 🤩What kind of sake is it? I'm curious to taste it and look forward to it 😊.
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ポンちゃん
Good evening, Peco 🦉. I am very happy to hear that you have found the true ! Congratulations on your conquest 🎉🎊Others I thought it was impossible, but there was WAKAZE! I've had pistachio before and this one is unique too 😆.
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Hi Pon. I didn't notice this one 😓I'm a true national winner🙌I see there's also one called pistachio! I'm curious about that one too 🫣.
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Jikon八反錦 火入れ
Kiyasho ShuzojoMie
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This time it's Hachigannishiki Hi-ire from Jikin. I've never actually bought a very famous brand like this for myself, and I was so thrilled to be able to buy it for myself that I couldn't open it by myself💦. I was too nervous to open it by myself 💦, so I decided to barge over to my friend's house and have a drink with her. The top aroma is a fresh, flowing pineapple aroma. The taste is gentle pineapple sweet and sour with a gentle rice flavor, and a firm bitterness with a refreshing aftertaste. It is a perfect summer sake that is refreshing and easy to drink. It is a beautiful sake after all. Thanks to my friends for coming over and preparing so much food for us. Thank you so much! You are too good 😍.
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ma-ki-
Hi Hirupeco, good evening. I understand - when you get a pre-sake, you want to drink it with someone you can enjoy drinking with✨. I love drinking Jikin Hattanishiki at home 🎵. I love your relationship with your friends😊.
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Good evening, Hirupeko 😃. Great drinks and great entrées 😍😍how wonderful that we can share the happiness of drinking at home with each other ☺️ 🥹.
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アラジン
Good evening, Hirupeko 😃. It's great to enjoy Jikin with friends ☺️ I guess it's better to share the taste and happiness of drunken sake with everyone 😊. The food was wonderful and it was a great party 🤤.
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Hi ma-ki-. I'm sorry to say that I don't feel like opening the bottle by myself, and I'm sorry that I'm making my friends prepare the food, but 💦I'm glad we could all enjoy the gorgeous drinks together 😊.
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Hi Jay & Nobby. Really! Thank you for the friends who are willing to go out with us! We cherish the connections we make through sake 😊.
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Hi Aladdin. I don't know what to do since I only drink jikkas and other drinks outside, and I don't think I would have had such a good time if I didn't have friends to prepare wonderful food for me 😊 I had a lot of fun 😆.
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Hanagaki美郷錦純米大吟醸 無濾過原酒
Nanbu ShuzojoFukui
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Fukui Reinetsu Trip in Summer (3) A 3-day/2-night trip based on Echizen-kaigan. On the last day, we went from Katsuyama to Echizen-Ono. First, we went to the Dinosaur Museum, which we skipped in the spring. I never cared much for dinosaurs, but after a tour of the dinosaur museum, they became more real to me and I think I shared my enthusiasm for dinosaurs 🦕. It's just like your sake! I was told of course 😅. Echizen Ono is a castle town and I wanted to climb the castle, but due to time constraints, I only went to the Ooshimizu spring. I would have liked to explore a bit more! Then we went to Hanagaki for sake brewery. Among the many samples I tasted, I brought home a Junmai Daiginjo of Misato Nishiki. I thought, "Isn't Misato Nishiki an Akita rice? I thought it was Akita rice, but when I tasted it, it grabbed my heart. It is served at room temperature. The top taste is ripe apple, banana, and green bamboo. The first sip reveals a refreshing acidity and a thick, creamy banana flavor that is typical of Hanagaki. The lingering astringency that quietly lingers in the aftertaste is pleasant. A little expensive, but delicious! It was fun to take a sake tour while viewing the beautiful countryside of Fukui! It was a wonderful summer vacation!
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ポンちゃん
Peco, I enjoyed watching your summer trip to Fukui Reine Kita 😊🎶. It was a great trip with sake breweries, specialties, and tourist attractions all in one place 👍✨. I've only been to the dinosaur museum myself 💦 sounds like a fun place to visit! I was underestimating you 😅.
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ひるぺこ
Hi Pon-chan. I sometimes go to Reinan, but I haven't been to the north side of Reinan, so I was able to take my time this time and enjoy it😊The Dinosaur Museum was moderately crowded during the summer holidays🦕.
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Kashoku純米大吟醸 蔵内秘蔵酒50
Yutaka ShuzoFukui
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Fukui Reinetsu Trip in Summer (2) A 3-day/2-night trip based on the Echizen coast. On the second day, a footbath at Awara Onsen (hot spring), Tojinbo, Borgara rice, and a sake brewery are called "Hana Candle". The sake is served lightly chilled. The aroma is of ripe apples with a hint of barley. The overall taste is light and smooth. The nose has a soft apple-like sweetness, followed by a brandy-like smokiness, and the taste of rice cake. The aftertaste is bitter with a sharp acidity that gradually fades away with an astringent taste that lingers on the tongue. The peak of sweetness and umami, which changes from soft sweetness to smoky and thickens, is followed by an astringent finish that is interesting. After a day of drinking, the smokiness settles down and the sake becomes lighter and easier to drink. On the second day, we enjoyed a leisurely evening drink while watching the sunset on the Echizen coast and re-searing grilled mackerel sushi. I can't tell you how happy I am to spend the time leisurely as the sun sets and the moon turns to a crescent moon 💕. And all the while pretending to be a stylish dinnertime drinker, In fact, I made the painful mistake of forgetting to bring a sake cup this time. I'm drinking from the big mug provided in the cottage😅.
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Hi Hirupeko, I'm with you 😃. Volga rice! Looks hearty and delicious 😋. After the sunset on the first day 🌅, we had a stylish time with grilled mackerel on the second day 🥹....but then we had a big mug 🥛 for dinner 🤣 what a relief 😁.
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Thank you, Jay & Nobby! The Volga rice was so big that it made me feel like a glutton 🤣I'm like me when I think I'm staying at a cottage and I accidentally forget the boar cup 😅.
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ジャイヴ
Hi Hirupeko, good evening here too 🌛. Actually, the locals don't eat Volga Rice as much as they say 💦. They do eat "oroshi-soba" and "chuka-soba" though 🤔.
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Hi Gyve. I asked the owner about the origin of Volga Rice and he was like I'm the first person to ask that question 😅 so I guess it must be so 😅 that's part of the good trip 😊.
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のぶのぶ
Good evening, Hirupeco! Delicious local food, magnificent scenery, and cold drinks in the heat... what a dream trip 🤩. I envy you ‼️ I wish you a great day tomorrow too 🙏.
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Hello Nobu Nobu-san. I was so impressed that even just the free footbath at Awara Onsen can make you feel like you are in a hot spring. ♨️ It was a very satisfying trip to Echizen, where I thoroughly enjoyed the nature, food, and drinks! Today and tomorrow will be great days for sure😊.
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Fukui Reinetsu Trip in Summer (1) This is a 3-day/2-night trip based on the Echizen coast. On the first day, we visited Eiheiji Temple to get healed, and then went to Echizen Cape to visit the sake brewery Hakugakusen. We tasted a lot of sake at the Echizen Cape brewery, so we decided to have a drink at Hakugakusen. We had two kinds of sake: Kurotetsu and Umimatsu. Both are made from Gohyakumangoku sake produced in Fukui. We will have them lightly chilled. Junmai Daiginjo Kurotetsu The aroma of the first rise reminds us of ripe apples and grapes. The fruity acidity and full-bodied sweetness like that of wasanbon (a type of Japanese sweet and sour cake) rise up from the grape-like aroma, and a soft sweet aftertaste can be enjoyed slowly with a calm bitterness. Junmai Ginjo Umimatsu This is a fire-aged version of summer sake. I was surprised when I took off the cover of the bottle without thinking and the lid flew off. Good thing I was outdoors. 😮‍💨 The first aroma is like yellow peaches. From the slightly fizzy mouthfeel, the sweet and sour taste of fresh yellow peaches and the full-bodied, smooth sweet umami taste are delicious. Hakugakusen is a very beautiful sake with a full expression of sweet umami without any cloying taste ✨. With the cool call of the brown-eared bulbul in the background Watching the sun set over the Echizen coast, It is a blissful time to savor Shiratakesen 😊.
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マナチー
Hi Hirupeko, good evening 😆The sun setting on the sea is like the Sea of Japan 😆I also thought it was a nice view when I went to Toyama and Ishikawa 👍I want to eat 🦀 while drinking sake in Fukui ‼️
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Hi, Hirupeko 😃 Fukui sake brewery tour in summer! We tasted a lot of sake, watched the setting sun 🌅, and enjoyed sake with the sound of higurashi as a side dish 😌You had a wonderful time 🥹!
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ワカ太
Hi Hirupeko, good morning 😃I have been reading your Fukui travel diary with great interest. Eiheiji, the sunset is wonderful 😍I envy you for having such a luxurious and nice time 😊.
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まつちよ
Hi Peco 🌞. Hakugakusen is delicious 😊 I'd like to do a Fukui sake drinking trip someday too, so please let me know if you find a good place 😋.
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ひるぺこ
Good evening, Manachie. The weather was beautiful and the Fukui sake was great as we watched the sun set over the Sea of Japan 😆 We didn't have 🦀, but the seared fried tofu from Taniguchiya was also very tasty 😊.
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ひるぺこ
Good evening, Jay & Nobby. We had the luxury of watching the sunset and having a glass of Fukui sake 😊The Sea of Japan in summer is nice 🌅.
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Good evening, Wakata-san. I have not been able to visit the northern part of Fukui, so I am glad I did this time. Eiheiji Temple is beautiful and dignified in every way, and there are many sake breweries near Eiheiji Temple alone, which was enjoyable 😊.
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Good evening, Matsuchiyo-san. I see that you also drank Natsumushi. It's delicious 😋 I enjoyed getting a book called "Fukui Sake Brewery Aruki" which is a book of sake stamps in Fukui Prefecture. It was fun to get a book of sake stamps from each brewery and have the labels pasted on the book when I went shopping at each brewery!
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ジャイヴ
Hi Hirupeco, good evening 🌛. Welcome to Fukui 😁. The sunset on the Echizen coast at this time of the year is exceptionally beautiful 🌇. I also recommend "Natsumushi" (summer insects) for "Hakudakesen" ✨.
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Hi Jive-san. The sunset on the Echizen coast was beautiful 🌅The summer sake at Hakudakesen had just finished Natsumushi and switched to Umimatsu. Umimatsu was quite good too, so no doubt the summer bugs will be too 😊.
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Hatsusakura山田吟次郎 生原酒 2017BY
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Another bottle this time, It is the same Hatsuzakura Yamada Ginjirou Nama Nama Normal Sake 2017BY as the previous one. As the name suggests, this sake is made with Yamada-Nishiki and Ginbuki, and was aged in the new koji room of the brewery at the time, as the smell of the new koji room tends to transfer easily. I brought this one home with me the other day when I stopped by the brewery. First, a cold sake. It has a pale greenish yellow color. What's that? Surprisingly, the color is the same as that of Nihonbaru. The top aroma is of fragrant chocolate with a high cacao content and a little bit of soy sauce. The aroma is full of fruity, cacao-like aroma, and the taste is matured and has a strong sweet/umami flavor. The sweet and savory taste is more well-rounded than expected, and the aftertaste is surprisingly refreshing. When heated, the aroma of freshly cooked rice is gorgeous, with a soft, full-bodied acidity and a delicious sweet-umami flavor with a gorgeous cocoa aroma. It is like rice chocolate 🍫. When we stopped by the brewery, the brewer kindly allowed us to take a tour of the brewery 🙏 Thanks to the kindness of the brewery owner, we were able to see the brewery. I learned a lot as the brewery owner explained everything from the well to the Sase-style wooden vat press in great detail, all covered in sweat. Yasui Sake Brewery is a small brewery, so it's a pity that you can rarely see them outside of Shiga Prefecture 😢. The newest brew, Nama Hashitake Taro, and the aged Yamada Ginjiro are both delicious👍!
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Hi Peco 🐦! I see you went to the brewery 😻It's nice to see a brewery in the summer after a long period of aging 😊They are firm yet refreshing 😳. I'm going to copy your ume chazuke with asazuke as soon as I can 😁🙏.
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This time it is New Hatsusakura's Nihonbare. I like this series so much that I went to the brewery to bring back this year's newest release. With this sake, we now have three brothers (Tamaei, Ginbukiyo, Nihonbare). By the way, Nihonbare was the number one planted rice until it was overtaken by Koshihikari, and it seems that Tamagawa's Ice Breaker also uses Nihonbare. It is served cold. It has a pale yellow-green color. The top aroma is young raisins and apricots with nuts and green bamboo. The taste is a mixture of sweet and sour like juicy yellow peaches and soft umami. The summery, refreshing acidity is added in the aftertaste, and the juicy sweet-amami lingering taste can be enjoyed slowly. And when heated, the rice aroma is gorgeous, The aroma of rice stands out gorgeously and the taste is deliciously acidic. I thought it was a little watery at first opening, but it was still delicious and my favorite 😋. The entrée was cucumber and yam with umeboshi chazuke-no-moto. I was out for a drink the other night and was served a jar of cucumber tataki with umeboshi chazuke-no-moto sandwiched in between and was told to shake well before serving 😳. But it was definitely delicious 🥒🍵. I just didn't know that? Any vegetable can be made into asazuke super fast! Is summer the season for Nihonbashi and umeboshi chazuke?
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Hi Hirupeko, good evening 😃. I love that you can taste the three brothers 🤗and the heated sake try at this time of the year is also great👍! I'd like to try this 😍 super asazuke with umeboshi chazuke stock ‼️
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Good evening, Hirupeco! Lovely chic label 😊. I can't believe it's called "Namahashidaro" lol! I'll try it too! I'll try it too!
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This time it is a Junmai-shu retro label from Houken. This sake is from Kure City, Hiroshima Prefecture. Houken is known for its Hachitan-Nishiki, and this one is a Junmai-shu based on Hachitan-Nishiki, blended with Junmai-Daiginjo and Junmai-Ginjo blame portions. The label is also a must for retro label lovers😍. It is served cold. Crystal color with a slight yellow tinge. The top aroma is bitter and sour like grapefruit with a hint of green bamboo. The palate is gentle, and the overall impression is clear, light and dry like clear water. It has a light flavor with a hint of banana, a mild umami that seems to put a thin veil over the tongue, and a moderate bitterness that is crisp and tasty. I was impressed with the taste of this sake when I had it cold as my first drink at a heated sake bar. I was so impressed with the taste that I was going to buy it whenever I saw it. Then I saw it at Yamanaka the other day and immediately bought it at ‼️. It's too hot today, so I'll hold off, but I'd love to enjoy some heated sake 😊.
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Hi Hirupeco 😊 Retro label of Houken ❣️ I've always wanted to try it, but I haven't been able to find it in Tohoku💦. Heated sake would be great 💕︎
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ジャイヴ
Hello, Mr. Hirupeko! I didn't know "Hoho Kenshu" had such a label 💡. Interesting bottle of Junmai Ginjo or Junmai Daiginjo blended with a Junmai base ✨. Ahh! I'd love to try heating it up 😁.
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Hi Hirupeko 😃 I've never had Houken 🥲 but after reading your review here, I can't help but look for it 😳Noby's favorite one! I think I'll pursue it 😄
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Good evening, T.KISO. I see you know the retro label of the quintessential Houken 😳 This is one bottle I hope you will meet one day T.KISO 😊.
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Good evening, Mr. Gyave. You have written "宝剣" correctly as 寳劍(劍?), which means "treasure sword" in Japanese! Mr. Gyve is the one who writes "寳劍" (correct?) for "宝剣"! Cold sake is delicious, but I would also like to enjoy a bottle of heated sake♨️🍶I'm sure you'll meet some good sake when you go to the store😊.
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Good evening, Jay & Nobby. I'm sure you'll like the taste of this sake, Nobby - I'd love to have you try it. It's a seasonal product, but I think I can snap it up now 😊.
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This time it was Tadashi Junmai Ginjo Yamadanishiki. I had been wanting to drink Tadashi for a while, so I went to a liquor store and found this black label and the light blue label (see Jay & Nobby for details) of the summer version of Yamadanishiki. The liquor store said that the summer sake was lower in alcohol and more acidic, but what did you think? I will drink it cold. It has a faint green hue. The aroma on the nose is of muscat, blue melon, fresh fruity apple, and cool bamboo grass. From the gentle mouthfeel, the fruity aroma of muscat with hints of soft sweetness flows gently. The lingering sweetness and umami that fades away with a moderate bitterness is absolutely beautiful. Overall, the impression is gentle, It has a refreshing yet powerful taste with a hint of the umami of the rice, and is a sake that allows you to enjoy the taste of Yamadanishiki in an elegant way. It is a quintessential "Danshi" sake! It is elegant and smooth like water, yet has a wonderful sense of balance that allows you to taste the umami of the rice. Today is the last day of work. I was struggling to get through each day 😫. Good night! I love having a drink with my new favorite friend 😆.
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Good evening, Hirupeco 😃. Thank you for your hard work 😄. It must be blissful to have a drink once the load has been lifted off your shoulders 😃☺️ I wish I could spend my days soaking in alcohol for a while, letting my mind loose for a while 😁.
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Aladdin, thank you 😊I would like to let my mind go loose for a while and enjoy drinking 🍶I think I know when it's the right time to drink 😆.
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ポンちゃん
Thanks for your work, Peco 😊. I think there is nothing wrong with sake with one kanji character, and I would like to try this one too 😆 Sake from Yamanashi is also very rare and nice 😆.
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Hi Hirupeko, good evening 😃. The atmosphere is very different from the summer sake we drank even if it's the same Duan 😳I didn't feel much acidity after the Narumi acid 😅quickly! I'd like to drink some of the Duan deliciousness here ‼️ 😚.
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Good evening, Pon-chan. I think it is true that there is nothing wrong with sake that has a single kanji character!
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Good evening, Jay & Nobby. I see you have a very different impression of summer sake. Interesting that the basic specs are the same 😊After Narumi, the acidity of any sake becomes milder 😅.
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This time it's the Eiheiji Hakuryu collaboration sake from Okunoto's Shirakiku. When I stopped by Asano's, I found an orange-labeled collaboration sake of Hakuryu and Okunoto's Shirakiku. Crystal appearance. The top aroma is gently herbal and fresh, with a banana-like sweetness and calm acidity. The mouthfeel is gentle. The overall flavor is gentle, The full-bodied caramel-like sweetness is mixed with a refreshing acidity with a sense of minerality, and the lingering taste is slightly bitter and somewhat short. It is a good sake with an excellent balance of full-bodied and refreshing taste. It gives the impression of a refreshing version of the Niigata-style Yoshinogawa sake we had the other day, with a bit of Shirakiku-like richness added. As Asano Sake Shop is always open for events featuring visits by sake brewers, so it was a rare opportunity to enjoy a drink in a relaxed atmosphere. It's nice to drink in a relaxed atmosphere while enjoying the conversation between the regulars and the manager 😊.
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Hi Hirupeko, good evening 😃I haven't had this version of Shiragiku in Okunoto yet, but I guess the caramelized taste is still Shiragiku 😋Standing around and drinking is a wonderful way to spend your time 💕.
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マミオ
Hi Hirupeko, good evening 🌛I heard that this collaboration is only available at liquor stores that carry both brands, and I thought I would never have a chance to meet you, so I'm glad to see you drinking it 😍The richness of Shirakiku is nice💕.
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Hello, Wakata-san. I was so happy to come across this version as I did not expect to be able to drink it 😊It is a great connection between sake breweries to be able to enjoy the taste of Shirakiku from Okunoto in collaboration with various breweries in this way.
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Hi Mamio. Yes, I was so thankful as I thought I might not have a chance with this sake 🙏 It was delicious and expressed the feeling of Noto sake with a lightness different from the usual Okunoto's Shirakiku 😊.
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Another bottle this time is Tasake's Red Comet: ☄️ I was looking for it after reading Matsuchiyo's review of it, and I didn't expect to find it at the Yamamoto store near me 😓. I haven't stopped by lately because I keep bringing sake back home with me 💸. I chilled it lightly and served it. Crystal fine bubbles appear all over the glass. The top aroma is clear green apple candy, fruity with a melon-like greenness. The mouthfeel is slightly thickened. There is also a mild fizzy sensation on the tongue. The taste is like a well-defined syrupy sweetness wrapped in a mild acidity, like that of a ramune. It has a fizziness and a bitter taste with the richness of the rice flavor, and it finishes with a medium aftertaste. It is a very beautiful sake with a Junmai Daiginjo-style mild sweetness and a fruity aroma with a summery freshness that is delicious. I wonder if it would have been better if it had been chilled and tasted crisp and clear? I thought it would go well with tempura, so I served it with fried lotus root stuffed with seafood that I found at the supermarket (also delicious), but I really want to enjoy it with hamo (Japanese conger eel) tempura to feel summer. Let's make the red bottle look like a lantern and enjoy the festive atmosphere 🏮✨.
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まつちよ
Good evening, Peco-san! I take my hat off to Peco-san for her strong pull to stop by on a whim and get it without hesitation 🙀. Tasake really makes beautiful sake 😊.
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Hi Hirupeko, Hi ✨✨😃 wow ❗ red ❗ there is such a rice wine ✨I don't think the sake is red 😅I'm sure it will stand out in the summer when cold colored bottles line up 👀 hot season, I want a fizzy feeling first 😋💕.
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Good morning, Miss Peco 😊. I see you got it safe and sound, you did it👍. I would love to try the pike conger tempura as well as the tasake 😋 I would love to try the yubiki with ume plum paste 🤩.
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ポンちゃん
Congratulations on getting it, Peco 🎉! I'm sure many people don't notice it because it's hard to recognize this bottle of tasake 🤔I also like the hamo when I see the fried lotus root 😁I also like the hamo 😁.
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ひるぺこ
Hello, Matsuchiyo-san. The strength of pull is quintessential, isn't it? The attraction to drink too much attracted the red comet 🤣Tasake was delicious with a beautiful sake quality 😋.
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Hi pyonpyon. I am attracted to the red bottle 😍The liquor is not red - the fizzy feeling is a microbubble-like calm bubbles, but it was delicious in an elegant way of putting it together 😊.
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Hello, Maru-brother. I found a red comet in a dark place under a lighthouse: ☄️ In summer, I would like to pair sake with hamo (pike conger), yubiki and ume plum paste, oh I want to taste it 😋.
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Hi Pon-chan. I received the information about the red comet, but it ended up being available in my neighborhood 😅I believe it must be on layaway for me 🤣The fried lotus root clamshells are so delicious and juicy 😊.
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This time it is a R4BY of Shunshin's yeast-free, pure yeast-stocked, pure rice x Koshihikari-brewed sake. I brought this sake back from a recent visit to Takashimaya in Namba for a tasting to meet the toji-san. It has a golden hue. The nose has a strong acidity with aromas of savory grains and soy sauce, and a sweetness that reminds us of dried fruits and barrels. First, it is served at room temperature. The taste is a bit thick and smooth, with a strong lemon-like acidity that is covered by a rich grain-like broth-like umami and concentrated sweetness like dried fruit. Ah, a unique yet beautiful taste. Surprisingly, it has something in common with Ine Mangaka 🤔. The sweet and sour taste that stands out when it is warmed up and the dashi-like flavor is irresistible, yummy! It feels as if you are drinking Japanese hot wine and the aftertaste is very pleasant. The citrusy acidity and the full rice flavor that wraps around the acidity are unique and delicious. This is the sake that bouken-san told me I would like. He was right.
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Good evening, Hirupeko 😃. I was reading your taste review and I was totally drawn into the world😊Japanese hot wine🤤I want to feel its comfort 😋. You are a quintessential bouken 👍.
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Hi Jay & Nobby. It's a pretty sour sake, but the way it's wrapped up with a lot of brothiness is indescribable. I would definitely recommend this sake with warmed sake 😊.
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This time we have another one, a special junmai from Gokujo Yoshinogawa. This sake is from Nagaoka City, Niigata Prefecture. I wandered over to Umeda Hankyu and found Yoshinogawa on tap, Niigata is known for its "Gohyakumangoku" (five hundred million stone)! I'm taking it home with me to study up on Niigata sake, which I haven't had much of. I drink it cold. It has a crystal, slightly green and yellow appearance. The nose is fresh, with grapefruit, banana, blue melon, and cypress nuances. The mouthfeel is smooth. The taste is sweet and delicious with a slight banana flavor, with a gentle acidity, a mild bitterness and a lingering astringent aftertaste like the aftertaste of bananas. The taste is light and dry with a sense of rice that is typical of Niigata. It won the gold medal in the national heated sake contest, so we tried it heated. Wow! Light and refreshing taste from the aroma of freshly cooked rice. Lightly heated sake! The fact that it's so light but still has a lot of body is probably due to the riceiness at its core. I mistakenly thought this sake was made with Yamada-Nishiki and made using the raw yeast method. My sake tasting ability has not improved at all😭. Putting all that aside. Let's enjoy it with watermelon chips I found at Donki!
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Hi Peco 🐦. I tasted the same one at Takashimaya, but it was only ricey because I drank the one with the terrible 🍌 feeling before this one 🤣I wanted to drink it again after reading this👍. You're really good at finding 🍉chips ❣️ 😆
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Good evening, Pon-chan. I completely missed Yoshinogawa at Takashimaya😱that's why Niigata sake is my weak point🙄Donki is a treasure house of Ate🎁I stop by and look at the Ate section😁.
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This is Junmai Ginjo Gentatsu from Tsuneyama. It is a sake from Fukui Prefecture. Gendatsu" is named after Gendatsu Se, a fantastic sea area where the ban is lifted only from mid-June to mid-August. The sake is released in the image of the Sea of Japan in each season: Gendatsu in summer and Araiso in winter. The sake is made from Gohyakumangoku (five hundred million stone), The label features an attractive sea bream jumping in the cool ocean. It is served cold. It has a refreshing sour apple aroma. It has a refreshing taste. It has a freshness like mineral water, a mild lemon-like acidity, a gentle sweetness, and a refreshing acidity and fresh bitterness. The fresh, dry taste is just as beautiful as the label, and is perfect for hot summers! If I go to Fukui this summer, I want to stop by the brewery! And I also want to try the winter Araiso 😊.
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Hi, Hirupeko 😃 Tsuneyama! This is one bottle I would like to drink, so I can refer to it as Gentatsu in summer and Araiso in winter 🤗 Is it fresh and dry 🤗‼️ I have to drink this one 😋. We want to go to Hokuriku too! Yes, we will definitely go 😄.
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Good evening, Jay & Nobby. The label is even nicer and cooler than the picture, and I think the taste is dry, which Jaynobi likes 💕I would love to travel to Hokuriku 😊.
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