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Kazuhiro純米生酒

中澤酒造 Shiga

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The entrance is a thick pulpy aroma reminiscent of bananas and ripe melons. In the mouth, the dry acidity wraps around the side of the tongue immediately after the thick rice flavor is felt. It has a profound taste even though it is more like a "dry" wine, but it is not heavy on the palate because of the freshness of the wine. While most of the nama-shu released at this time of year are intentionally light "summer sake," I am relieved to find a nama-shu full of classical elements such as this. Once again, Shiga's sake is of a very high quality ✨✨It's delicious 🍶. I think it goes well with all kinds of food, no matter what you eat.

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Kuromatsusenjo川蝉　ひやしざけ生純米吟醸生酒

Senjo Nagano

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It's been a while since I've had sake. And drinking at home✨ The nose has a cool, refreshing, fine fruity aroma on entry. In the mouth, it rides on a light mouthfeel, with a mix of sweetness from the rice and soft, rounded acidity. The finish is round and refreshing, with just a hint of bitterness. Delicious. I have the impression that many so-called "summer sake" are intentionally lightened (i.e., thinned) for seasonal reasons, and I haven't bought any in the past few years, but this one has a nice fullness in the mid-palate and a sense of volume in the lightness. However, it is still a bit "watery" when drinking it, so it might be better when the temperature is higher! It is a good wine. In the summer, it's best to warm up your stomach with heated sake in an air-conditioned room! I personally think it would be better to drink heated sake in the summer, but I don't think that kind of environmentally unfriendly thing is going to be popular in this age 😆😆.

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ひるぺこ

Good evening, Yasu-san. I may not drink much summer sake either. Summer is also good for heated sake ♨️ 😆 because it's delicious, like Tamagawa's heated icebreaker 😋.

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やす

Hi Hirupeko, good evening 🌙I guess we don't drink much summer sake anymore! I've never heard of heating up ice breakers 😆 I guess there are other ways to enjoy summer sake as well. I'll give it a try!

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Banshuikkon限定純米原酒生酒

San'yohai Shuzo Hyogo

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I've been too busy lately to drink sake at home for a long time 🍶I don't remember if this was around the beginning of April, but I bought a bottle of my beloved Banshu Ikken nama-shu and kept it in the fridge. The nose is fresh and fruity, reminiscent of green apples. The aroma is immediately followed by a thick acidity that reminds me of creamy lactic acidity. In the mouth, the fresh flavor of the rice is enveloped by the soft acidity and spreads in the mouth on a slightly carbonated acidity. The finish is acidic, yet relaxed and gentle. The sweetness and umami of the rice spread softly and gently, but with presence, as if supported by the thick but refreshing acidity riding on the fresh mouthfeel of the sake. It's perfect ✨✨. This is so delicious 🍶.

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アラジン

Good evening, Yasusan 😃. It's been a long time! It seems that you are too busy to drink sake 😌 Please don't take it too hard 🥺. I've been wanting to drink Banshu Issen for a long time after reading your comment 🤤I think I'll go for the summer sake 😁.

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ひるぺこ

Good evening, Yasusan. You have been so busy lately that it's hard to take time to taste sake 😭I hope you can have a little time to enjoy sake. Take care of yourself!

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やす

Aladdin, good morning ☀Banshu Issen, it's still great ✨I'm making fire-aged simple junmai as my regular sake ✨I think I may taste sake more deeply after a long time 😆.

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やす

Good morning, Hirupeko! Thank you for your warm words! But it's been a while since I really had a relaxing drink at home, so on the contrary, it was nice to take my time and savor it ✨✨.

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Hyakurakumon裏ラベル純米吟醸

Katsuragi Shuzo Nara

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家飲み部

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I came back to Japan. When I open the fridge after returning home and find a bottle of sake like this in there, that alone makes me happy ✨✨. It is served chilled in a wine glass. The aroma when the bottle is opened is thick and fleshy, with a slightly rich isoamyl aroma. When you let it air out for a while while turning the glass, the isoamyl type aroma disappears and you can smell the weak ripe aroma and thick acidity in the back of the glass. In the mouth, the dry, thick acidity surrounds the rice flavor, while at the same time keeping its outline in the mouth. The finish is flowing, clean, and dry. This is a wonderful wine. The overall impression is dry, and while the basic tone of the sake is so-called "dry," the umami maintains a crisp outline in the mid-part of the bottle. Beautiful mouthfeel that finally appears in the latter half of the finish. The overall sense of balance and the careful construction that you will be reminded of later. It's delicious ✨. Among all the Omachi I've had so far, this was the sake that was the least "standard Omachi flavor" in a good way. It made me think once again that sake is not about the rice, but about the construction ✨. This was fantastic 🍶.

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アラジン

Good evening, Yasusan 😃 Welcome back to Japan😄I'm sure it must have sunk in for you to have Urahyakumon after returning home: ☺️ If you have a chance, I'd like to drink again while talking at length about the influence of the raw rice on the taste, what is sake making, etc. ☺️🍶

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ねむち

Good evening, Yasu-san 🌛Welcome back 🎉Here's a "Cheers to Homecoming" with the back label of Hyakurugakumon 🥂It's nice to see another nice review that is very easy to imagine 😆It's not too late to buy New Hatsusakura too 🤣.

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やす

Aladdin, good evening 🌙Do you know what sake rice is just by drinking it? I am sometimes asked if I can tell the rice used to make the sake just by drinking it! I am not! 😆😆It's only the sake's structure that changes, the temperature at which it is drunk, and the sake cups. I would love to talk about it while drinking 🍶🍶.

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Nemuchi-san, good evening 🌙Thank you ✨No, really, it's been a while since I returned to Japan and I was happy to drink sake that was a little more classical! I see you can still buy New Hatsusakura! I wonder if it's that "donki-style liquor store" 😆.

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ねむち

Yasu-san, good evening 🌛The donkey-like liquor stores in Kyoto that promote Shiga are hard to find products, and the current season's sake is usually still there for a long time, and some are quite old in production year 🤣.

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Hi Nemuchi 😃I've heard that story before and I'm really curious about that donkey-like liquor store! I guess it's hard to find products in liquor stores or unexpected aged ones can be done that way! 😆

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Shinomine純米

Chiyo Shuzo Nara

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A simple Junmai one-cup from Shinomine. This one-cup is often seen in Gosho City, Nara Prefecture, where the sake brewery (Chiyo Shuzo) is located, but I have never seen it anywhere else, so I think it is actually a rare one-cup. It is kept at room temperature, first at room temperature. The entrance is almost imperceptible, instead, the aroma is slightly voluminous with alcohol. In the mouth, the umami of rice gently and softly expands on the dry mouthfeel, and then it quickly snaps off dry. It is a firmly "dry" sake. I imagine that the umami taste of rice in the middle part of the bottle is a must for those who like this kind of "classic dry" sake. It is a sake that seems to go well with anything, regardless of what you choose to pair it with. Next time, warm it up. The rice flavor you felt in the middle part of the saké gently warms up and makes you happy ✨✨At the same time, the dry acidity comes in from the side of the tongue and finishes dry and crisp. This is wonderful 🍶I feel that this kind of classic umami type sake is only complete when it is warmed up. 300 check in✨✨ I'll be overseas for work for a while starting tomorrow, so no sake for me 😆 I'll resume posting when I get back home again.

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コタロー

Yasusan, nice to meet you! I always refer to your reviews with care and clarity ✨ This one looks delicious though it seems hard to come across 😋. Congratulations on your 300CI🎉Good luck with your work overseas👍.

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ねむち

Yasusan, congratulations on your 300 check-ins 🎊🎉I always refer to your careful and clear reviews 😊Take care of yourself so that you can work overseas and enjoy sake again when you return home 😆.

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やす

Thank you, Kotaro! I'm glad to hear you say that, as I hope it will be helpful to others who see it ✨.

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やす

I'm always referring to you, too, Nemuchi-san! Whenever I'm not sure which one to buy, I do a search for Nemuchi-san in Sake-no-wa, and I can find most of the brands and their flavors 😆 I remembered I forgot to buy New Hatsusakura when I heard you said Nemuchi-san 😆.

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Masaaki　Sapporo

Yasusan, thank you for everything 👍Congratulations on your 300 check-ins 🎉Take care and enjoy your work overseas and sake upon your return: 🖐️

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まつちよ

Congratulations Yasusan on your 300CI 🎉🎊✨ I saw Shinomine's one-cup for the first time 😲. I saw that you drank a strange kind of Takacho, are you from Nara, Yasusan?

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アラジン

Congratulations to Yasu-san for 300 check-ins㊗️🎊🎉! Yasusan's way of drinking and commenting is so beautiful and flowing, I always look at it as a reference. ☺️ Take care of your work overseas: ✈️

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ジェイ&ノビィ

Good morning, Yasu 😃. Congratulations on your 300 check-in ㊗️㊗️㊗️ 🎉 I always think it's great that you can write so carefully about the taste of sake😊. Shinomine! Looks good 😋. Take care on your overseas business trip 👋

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やす

Masaaki Sapporo, thank you for all your help ✨I'm going to leave sake and enjoy local sake overseas! I'm going to work hard first 😆.

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やす

Thank you very much, Matsuchiyo-san! Nara is where I'm from but I don't live there anymore ✨If you have a chance, please visit Higashikawa Sake Shop in Gosho City, Nara ✨.

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やす

Thank you, Aladdin! I'm very happy to hear you say that because I love to write ✨Aladdin, you always write very detailed reviews with information about alcohol!

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やす

Thank you, Jay & Nobby ✨I originally like to put what I feel into the written word, so I'm really glad to hear you say that ✨Thank you again!

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Manta

Hello Yasu-san ^_^ Congratulations on 300 check-ins 🎉! It's great that you are working overseas👍. When you come back to Japan, please enjoy delicious sake ✌️

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ルテルテミ

Yasusan Congratulations on your 300th check-in ㊗️🎉🎉🎉I am always impressed by your thoughtful reviews of sake. I think the taste of Shinomine is my favorite. Looking forward to seeing your posts again 😁😁.

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やす

Thank you, manta-san! I'm already missing sake, or rather, I'm spending my time eating local food and thinking, "This would go well with sake! I'm spending my time thinking "This would go well with Sake!

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やす

Thank you, Lutertemi! I'm doing this so that I can remember the flavors for memorabilia (my memory is getting worse every year 😆), so I'm glad to hear you say that ✨✨I'm sure this Shinomine flavor will be to your liking!

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JAPAN PROUD純米

Takijiman Shuzo Mie

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外飲み部

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It is a limited edition sake (supposed to be) for the sake gate association. I will have it for the first time. The entrance has a clear, gentle, sweet rice aroma. In the mouth, the clear and beautiful mouthfeel is based on a tight acidity, and the gentle sweetness of the rice is accompanied by a slight umami flavor. The finish is tight. It was the last of the amount of sake that was at the bottom of the bottle, but it was a solid taste that didn't seem so ✨. Delicious 🍶.

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掟丸純米吟醸原酒

Kotobukitoraya Shuzo Yamagata

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家飲み部

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A senior sake lover told me about a brand from the same brewery called "Sanhyaku-nen-no-Okuribori". Another brand from the same brewery. The "Three Hundred Year Code Breaker" was originally a freshly made sake (unfiltered raw sake) that only the brewery staff could drink, while this one seems to be positioned as a sake that has been fire-aged in compliance with the rules. This is the first time to drink it. Chilled and served with a sake cup. At first, it has a fresh fruity ginjo aroma reminiscent of green apples. The aroma can be taken well even with a sakiinokuchi, so I think the aroma will spread more if you drink it in a wine glass. In the mouth, the clear mouthfeel is accompanied by the umami of rice and dry acidity at the same time. The finish is firm with crisp acidity accompanied by the fruity aroma felt at the entrance. This is delicious 🍶. I like the first bottle and would buy this sake again if I saw it ✨.

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Shinomine蒼純米吟醸原酒生酒無濾過

Chiyo Shuzo Nara

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外飲み部

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The entrance has a lactic acid aroma with thick acidity in the back. In the mouth, the fresh umami of the rice is abundant on top of the tight acidity. As the temperature rises slightly in the mouth, it is accompanied by a gentle sweetness that balances the tightness of the acidity, which remains unchanged from the entrance. This is delicious 🍶. It's still wonderful ✨✨.

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chika

Good looking shinomine 😆🍶. First time I've seen it 😊 My kind of jackets 😍✨✨

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やす

The color and font are great ✨In Kansai, there are a lot of places where you can drink various shinomine ✨.

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Manta

Yasusan here too 😊 I have had this Shinomine myself, but I accidentally erased my review of it, and now I don't know what kind of sake it was 🥲. I would like to try it again if I get the chance 😊.

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やす

Manta-san, good evening 🌙Shinomine is a sake from Nara, and while I drink it often, I actually don't like it that much 😆, but this one had a wonderful freshness and mid-palate umami feeling from the raw sake✨.

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Yonetsuru雪女神　磨き50純米大吟醸

Yonetsuru Shuzo Yamagata

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外飲み部

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Modest at the entrance. Gentle acidity on the nose. In the mouth, the umami of rice slightly expands on the slightly sharp and dry but gentle acidity. The finish is refreshing, with the gentle, dry acidity coming through again. Although it is called "super-harsh," you can also taste the umami in the middle part of the sake, which is to my liking. Yonetsuru is delicious ✨. This one was a good food sake.

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KazenomoriALPHA8

Yucho Shuzo Nara

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家飲み部

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Inspired by Nara Brewery's UNDERWATER, which makes beer with No. 7 yeast, koji, and brewing water that Kaze no Mori normally uses for brewing, Kaze no Mori is made with 100% brown rice. At this point, I'm getting excited about this one-of-a-kind experiment ✨✨. Immediately after opening the bottle and pouring it into a wine glass, the aroma and color are exactly like the aroma of freshly roasted "barley" in beer, with a savory depth of flavor. When you put it in your mouth, a slightly smoky rice flavor spreads in your mouth mixed with the savory aroma at the entrance. The thick acidity of the Bodai yeast is also present, but the fragrant, grain-like aroma at the entrance envelopes the entire flavor of the sake. This is delicious! Or rather, it is very interesting 🌾. I think this sake is easy to get into for beer lovers as well as whiskey lovers 🥃. The other day when I drank Alpha 5, I was surprised at the ease of drinking and the high level of quality that made me think it was not just a kijoshu, but I felt that this one-of-a-kind Alpha 8 is really precious 🍺.

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アラジン

Good evening, Yasu-san 😃. I'm jealous of your Alpha 8 drinking at home 🤤. I also had it the other day but drank it outside 🍶. I thought the proper way to enjoy this drink might be to compare it side by side with Underwater 🍺🍶🤔.

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ひるぺこ

Good evening, Yasu-san. I drank out of the bottle as well as Aladdin. I had already had the power of the earth before, and I was impressed that the power of the earth also evolves 😊It is a taste that conveys the significance of preparing it with brown rice, which is a quintessential feature.

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やす

Good morning, Aladdin. ☀️ The aroma was great when the bottle was opened 🍺. I should have bought UNDERWATER with it when I bought it at the "sacred place" Higashikawa Shuzo 😆 I think I passed it by because it was very pricey for a beer 😆.

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やす

Good morning, Hirupeko-san ☀Thanks to Higashikawa Sake Brewery, the taste was less "grain-like" and more "savory" than last time ✨I guess it's the brown rice that makes it so special. I'd be happy if this kind of thing leads to a new taste of sake ✨.

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Wakanami純米吟醸生酒

Wakanami Shuzo Fukuoka

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外飲み部

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Wakanami, I drink it for the first time in many years. Junmai Ginjyo Nama. It is almost imperceptible on the nose. In the mouth, the thick, mellow acidity is accompanied by the gentle, voluminous umami and sweetness of the rice. This is wonderful 🍶. I felt it was much tastier than when I drank it before ✨✨The sense of umami coming to the fore, the balance with the acidity supporting it, the volume that rises moderately throughout, and the stability of the whole is wonderful ✨✨.

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Echigotsurukame純米

Echigotsurukame Niigata

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外飲み部

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One cup of classic simple pure rice that I like and often sip ✨. The entry is fresh rice malt aroma with just a hint of fresh fruitiness, overlapped by a thick lactic acid aroma. In the mouth, the rich umami of the rice spreads over the thick, slightly dry acidity. Gradually, a gentle sweetness emerges, and at the same time, it finishes dry and firm. It is still delicious 🍶🍶. When I drink one-cup sake, it's usually in the express, and it's a real shame that it can't be heated up! But I guess these aluminum one-cups are great and feel fresh when you open the bottle ✨✨.

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Kasumitsuru山廃純米　スパークリングにごり

Kasumitsuru Hyogo

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家飲み部

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I bought this about 2 months ago and kept it in the fridge. I was looking forward to seeing this kind of thing in Kajukaku ✨. First, the supernatant. On entry, the sweet aroma of rice malt is overlaid with a dry aroma reminiscent of tight acidity. In the mouth, the gentle sweetness of the rice spreads on the tight acidity in a mouthful of freshly opened shuwashu. It's already super delicious✨. Next, we muddled the lees and had a "nigori". At the entrance, the aroma is a perfect balance of the sweetness of the rice malt and the tight acidity that was felt during the supernatant. In the mouth, the gentle and voluminous sweetness of the rice malt is balanced by the energetic carbon dioxide and dry acidity ✨✨✨. This is fantastic ✨✨ Authentic fire-aged Yamahai Junmai Nama Sake, freshly fermented nigori activity. Not just a sweet and shuwa shuwa, the balance with the wonderful acidity is irresistible. Happy ✨✨

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Sharaku赤磐雄町純米吟醸生酒

Miyaizumi Shuzo Fukushima

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外飲み部

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Sharaku Yumachi Comparison✨The same Yumachi, but this is Akaban Yumachi. It has a modest entrance with a gentle sweet aroma and just a hint of beautiful acidity. When you put it in your mouth, it is beautiful and clear, with plenty of umami, supported by the balance of the wonderfully soft acidity, spreading in your mouth. The finish is soft and relaxing, with the acidity gently swelling at the end. It is also excellent 🍶. From the entrance to the end of the mid-palate, it tastes almost exactly the same as Bizen Oumachi. The only difference is that Bizen Oumachi does not have the acidity coming forward at the finish, whereas Akaban Oumachi has the acidity swelling up at the end. The difference in taste is not so much the difference in rice as it is the difference in the way the sake is made. I was impressed by the fact that the two types of sake are almost the same except for the acidity at the end ✨✨.

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Sharaku備前雄町純米吟醸生酒

Miyaizumi Shuzo Fukushima

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What a luxury ✨ to have a "Sharaku drinking comparison"! Bizen Omachi and Akaban Omachi have different sake rice and are made exactly the same way. This is Bizen Omachi. The entrance is modest and almost imperceptible, but there is a gentle sweet aroma and just a hint of beautiful acidity in the clarity. In the mouth it is beautiful and clear, with plenty of umami, supported by a balance of wonderfully soft acidity. The finish is soft and full of umami and quiet acidity until the end. It's still wonderful ✨✨. A great sake with no elements that I wish it had been a little more like this 🍶.

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Kasumitsuru純米山廃

Kasumitsuru Hyogo

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外飲み部

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It will be served at room temperature. Yamahai Junmai ✨✨, a classic of Kozutsuru's that we have been drinking for a long time. The taste of the rice spreads on the palate with a slightly dry, tight mouthfeel. The hard flavor in the mouth gradually softens in the mouth as you savor it ✨✨. It's still wonderful 🍶. One of the brands that I hope they keep making ✨✨This is delicious 🦢.

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Hanatomoeスプラッシュ

Miyoshino Jozo Nara

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4/20/2024

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Hanaboe's Active Nigori Sparkling 🍾. However, there were almost no bubbles, which is important, because it had been opened for a long time 😆. The entrance was sweet with the aroma of rice, followed by the aroma of voluminous and tight acidity. On the palate, the sweet aroma of rice malt is balanced by the soft, tight, and supreme acidity ✨✨. It's insanely delicious 🍶. So perfect that you don't care that there is almost no carbonation ✨✨. Hanaboe is often called a unique sake because of its strong acidity, but the presence of this acidity and the abundance of rice flavor made me want to say that it must have been the standard in the past 🍶. I think it's deep enough to go well with curry ✨

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Kinkame白80純米原酒生酒

Okamura Honke Shiga

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外飲み部

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Longevity Golden Tortoise series of all "wooden tank bag pressing". This is a low-purity white 80. When you put it in your mouth, it has a rich sweetness reminiscent of brown sugar. It spreads in the mouth with soft and gentle acidity, and the sweetness gradually eases in the finish, leaving a quiet aftertaste. This is fantastic ✨✨ It's so crazy sweet that I've never had anything like it, but the fact that it's balanced with a gentle acidity makes it not cloying at all ✨✨✨. I drank it while eating a meat carpaccio that was in front of me, and it didn't match well 😆, so I think you need to be creative with the pairing. But even leaving that aside, it is delicious enough to drink on its own 🍶.

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ポンちゃん

Hi Yasu-san 🐦. Kin Kame's white is delicious 😊❣️ I think it might be my favorite in this series 😊It's acidic so it's not tart and mouthwatering as you say 😁 I'd like to try pairing it with something else 😁.

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まつちよ

Hi Yasu-san 🌞. I know you only post Fukuoka sake, but I drank the same one just 3 days ago 😆. It was delicious, juicy and gently sweet as it says on the back label ✨. I just don't get the impression of sourness 🤔.

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やす

Good evening, Pon 🐤This baby is really delicious with careful clarity too ✨I'd like to try the other ones, both heated and fire-roasted 🍶Meat carpaccio could have been "sukiyaki" like with this baby if you put soy sauce on it now😆.

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やす

Good evening, Matsuchiyosan 🌙You drank the same one ✨The sweetness comes to the forefront, but I felt a gentle acidity in the background ✨. I love to drink a variety of sake from my favorite region 😆 Recently, I've been really interested in Shiga sake.

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Fusano KankikuOcean99 空海

Kankiku Meijo Chiba

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外飲み部

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This is the second cold chrysanthemum. The entrance is hard to tell because the aroma is blown away by the metal sake cup, but in the mouth it has a beautiful rice flavor supported by a thick and gentle acidity. The finish is gentle and slightly light. The most wonderful thing about this sake is its clear and beautiful mid-palate supported by the acidity ✨I still love sake with this kind of mid-palate umami ✨. This is delicious 🍶.

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会津男山INOMATA65生酒

Otokoyama Shuzoten Fukushima

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外飲み部

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INOMATA65" is named after the toji who revived the brewery after 20 years. At the entrance, the aroma is lost from the sake vessel material and cannot be taken away. In the mouth, the clear mouthfeel has a beautiful rice flavor and sweetness riding on soft acidity, and the finish is gentle, clean, and quiet. This is fantastic ✨✨ I love the sweet umami that expands in the middle of the elegant, clean, clear mouthfeel ✨It's a nama-shu, but it's definitely one that can be warmed up. I found a great sake 🍶. I would love to try another one.

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ひるぺこ

Hi, Yasu-san. Yas-san's review reminded me that I wanted to drink the Aizu Otokoyama times someday! I wonder if INOMATA65 is different from the times? I would like to drink both 😤.

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やす

Hi, Hirupeko! ☀️ Aizu Otokoyama was the flavor this time that made me want to try the times as well ✨✨This time it was a draft sake, but I would like to try the fire-roasted version.

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