I drink mostly fluffy drinks, but I was curious to try it and was surprised at how good it tasted.
It has a refreshing taste, but it is different from dry sake.
It has broadened my taste in sake.
It is labeled "super-harsh" and it certainly has a clean aftertaste, but the first taste is very round.
This is the first time I've had this kind of sake.
This was the first time I drank Shinmasa, which I had wanted to try but there were no distributors near me and I had not been able to find it at izakaya.
Yesterday at the izakaya, they stocked it at cost and offered it at a discount.
I don't know about other Shinsei, but yesterday's Cosmos 2023 was a very elegant and wonderful sake.
I was very impressed.
At a Japanese-style pub, I ordered a recommendation for a fire-roasted dish and received this one.
It is true that it has a mellowness like hi-ire, but personally, I found it a bit heavy.
I drank Hououmida's "Kuroban" (fire-brewed) about 5 years ago (Feb 2020).
It was the most fitting sake for me in my life and I was shocked at how ridiculously delicious it was. From now on, I started to favor Hououmida.
I am looking forward to the day when I will encounter a sake that surpasses this Kurobana (fire-brewed).
I will be moving my sake records from Instagram to here, so I'll be sure to keep track of my past records as well.