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Gangiスパークリング純米原酒生酒にごり酒発泡
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I didn't specify the brand, but ordered "an active nigori that hasn't been opened for a while" and to my surprise, they opened one before the bottle was opened ✨✨Gentle! Happiness to be able to taste a perfectly active bubbly at the store 🫧🫧🫧. The entrance smells like soft yogurt with a gentle acidity. This sense of happiness rides on the energetic, piquant bubbles in the mouth, and the gentle sweetness of the rice malt and the soft acidity felt at the entrance fuse together while slowly being kicked up by the acidity enveloped by the bubbles. The well-crafted balance of umami, sweetness, and gentle acidity as well as the energetic bubbles are superb. Delicious! Active nigori, good ✨✨.
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mayu
This is delicious 🤤 I like to drink it alive and dancing, not dancing and eating it! I also love the color of the jar, like a glass stone picked up in the ocean 🩵.
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やす
I'm sure mayu-san would love this one 😆 I'm happy to experience the privilege of drinking at home, the feeling of having a freshly opened bottle at the store ✨But mayu-san, your expression of the word is too nice ✨✨.
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百済寺樽特別純米生酒
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Continuing the series of standing bars that only carry Shiga sake. Based on the history of Kyoto's monk's sake "Hyakusaiji Barrel", it is a joint development between the temple and the Kita Sake Brewery (and the sake rice production cooperative) of "Kirachou". 🧑‍🦲 I'm already thankful for the label design ✨ or it's too rare. I just registered the brand name here as well. The entrance aroma is elegant and modest, with a hint of sweetness. In the mouth, the elegant sweetness felt at the entrance is nicely balanced with a beautiful yet moderately full acidity. The finish is a spread of acidity and a slight bitterness. This is extremely delicious. The sweetness of the rice, the spread of umami, and the sharpness in succession and their balance is most wonderful ✨. Ahhh delicious! I feel like I'm in a good mood. I have a feeling that this sake is not generally available, but there are many kinds of polite and wonderful sake that we just don't know about ✨.
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Akishika純米酒 千秋
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The design is so cute that I find myself reaching for it again and again, thinking 😆 "This is a bit different from the classical taste of autumn deer 🦌🦌🦌. It is served at room temperature. The aroma of the cream is so subtle that it is almost imperceptible at the entrance, but it has a thick flavor at the back. In the mouth, a mellow and full flavor spreads in the mouth on top of a thick acidity. The fullness of the rice is supported by the thick but soft acidity until the finish, which ends with just a hint of gentle bitterness. It's good ✨Simple Junmai with peace of mind. It's a relief to drink ✨. At about 40 degrees Celsius, the gentle sweet aroma of the rice comes out, and the warm soft umami in the mouth is firm and at the same time slightly spreading. At this temperature, the acidity is not so strong, but it is still there, supporting it from below. It is delicious 🍶. Simple Junmai sake doesn't have a gorgeous aroma or sweet and sour juice-like clarity, but in fact it has a perfect balance of complex elements that don't show up on the surface, and I think that's what keeps this seemingly "nothing" and safe taste ✨✨. Good food is good food! I agree 🍶🍶.
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Somanotenguうすにごり純米吟醸原酒生酒
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Continuing with the standing bars that only carry Shiga sake. Soma no Tengu" is another brand from Uehara Shuzo, the sake brewery of our trusted "Furoisen". This is my first time drinking it 👺. At the entrance, the aroma is sweet, like a mixture of refined koshinko and a little bit of mizuame. When you put it in your mouth, the soft and gentle sweetness and umami of the rice will delight your palate with its mild and voluminous taste. The sharpness is achieved with a gentle but firm acidity and mild bitterness. This is really delicious 🍶. The cleanliness of the water, the presence of soft and gentle sweetness, the mellow and full flavor, the acidity that is there, albeit discreetly, and the mild bitterness of the sharpness. This is what you get when you balance the elements I like to look for in sake. The temperature at which the gentle sweetness and full-bodied flavor characteristic of this sake can be felt most is when it has been chilled for some time and is slightly approaching room temperature. This is the type of sake that you can open at home and enjoy the changes in flavor over a number of days (each day tastes different). I've had quite a few different kinds since the beginning of this year, including many that I haven't been able to post here, and I think this might be my favorite of them all 🍶. This is a great find 👺✨✨Takashima I knew it ✨✨.
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ひるぺこ
Good evening, Yasu-san. Soma no Tengu is also delicious 😋Where is the standing bar that only serves Shiga sake? In Osaka city? Around Otsu area? I'd like to go there if I can!
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Good evening, Hirupeco. It tastes so good even though you are drunk! I'm sure you're the one who remembers 😆 The restaurant is "Stand Bar Marutsu" in Abeno. Only sake from Shiga is really a man with good taste - a good boy ✨✨.
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ひるぺこ
Thank you Yasan😊I see you have a great store in Abeno😍I hope to visit soon💕.
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やす
Please come by ✨✨"More water! It was a great place that was very friendly and accommodating to such a simple request 😆 I drink in Osaka often, so if you ever have the chance, please join me again ✨✨.
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Shichihon'yariしぼりたて 純米原酒生酒
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Continuing with the standing bars that only carry Shiga sake. Shichibonjari is one of the brands I have trusted for a long time. This is Ginbukiyo. The nose is thick with a fusion of rice flavor and acidity. Even before you take a sip, you can already expect to feel the richness of the umami. When you take a sip, the moderate sweetness of the rice is combined with a full umami flavor, and the acidity is modest to support the sweetness until the end. The most important feature of this wine is the abundant umami of the rice. I hope it will last for generations to come. Delicious 🍶.
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A simple Junmai sake from our beloved Banshu Issen. I wanted to drink it professionally heated. I was asked what temperature range I wanted, and the waiter recommended 50 degrees. The entrance has a sweet aroma like elegant cotton candy that can be felt at room temperature or when chilled. The aroma is not changed at all when it is heated up, which makes it very reliable. In the mouth, the sweetness felt at the entrance moves backward, and the thick acidity, which feels a bit dry, carries the warm, gentle sweetness and makes you feel warm and relaxed. Delicious 🍶. It can be slowly warmed up or cooled down if you raise the temperature enough ✨. I had it served in a tin cup, but I felt like the umami was a bit offset, so maybe this combination of sake cup and tin is not a good match when heated.
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Haginotsuyu特別純米原酒生酒無濾過
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At a standing bar that only stocks Shiga sake ✨. Modest at the entrance, but with a slight hint of thin, rich acidity at the back. In the mouth, the refined umami spreads on the thicker acidity felt at the entrance, while the acidity and slight bitterness keep the finish lingering. When the wine was freshly poured and cold, the umami was modest. But after a while, when the temperature rises a little, the umami comes out and the balance is just right. It is delicious. Takashima (Shiga Prefecture) sake is a sure thing. It is a reliable sake with high quality.
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ひるぺこ
Good evening, Yasu-san. Thank you for drinking Haginorodoro. My partner's parents live in Takashima, so I am glad to hear that Takashima's sake is the best 😆 I just received a large amount of Haginoroshi sake lees from my parents😊.
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Good morning, Hirupeko! ☀️ It's too nice that your partner's parents live in Takashima ✨I'd like to get covered in a huge amount of Hagi no Dew sake lees 😆. I'd like to be covered with a lot of Hagiwaro sake lees 😆 However, the area with so many high quality sake breweries is one of the best in Kansai, isn't it?
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Urakasumi生一本特別純米生一本
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Buy a single-serving size at the supermarket. It is served at room temperature. The entrance has a thick aroma with a hint of banana. When you put it in your mouth, the thick aroma you felt at the entrance is accompanied by the fullness of the rice, which is more than enough to spread in your mouth. The sharpness is mild with exquisite acidity that does not interfere with the fullness of the umami. It is delicious 🍶 The taste of the rice itself. Definitely one of the reliable brands like Masumi from Suwa. The rest is warmed by boiling the whole bottle in hot water. From about 30 degrees to as hot as 45 degrees. Although there is a difference in the acidity and the alcohol taste at different temperatures, the softness of the rice flavor and the gentleness of the fullness do not change regardless of the temperature, which is a sign of a good sake ✨. The taste ✨✨ conveys only the plumpness and deliciousness of the rice in a straightforward manner. This kind of sake has survived since the days when there were no refrigerators, and I hope it will continue to survive as a standard in the future. By the way, I am one of those people who have long thought that I would be happy if sake in 1-gou bottles became more widely available. The size is just right for tasting, and the whole bottle can be heated up at the end. After all, you can drink out the opened bottle as it is 🍶 and the empty bottle after boiling and drying can be used for transferring other sake, which is very useful.
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Born梵の初雪 しぼりたて純米大吟醸原酒生酒
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I've seen and heard about it for a long time, but maybe for the first time. The entrance is surprisingly not a sweet aroma of rice, but a gentle cream aroma with a soft but thick acidity. In the mouth, the sweetness that reminds one of gentle rice malt is carried by the thick acidity felt at the entrance, and finishes with a sense of volume. It finishes with a crisp aftertaste with a soft but present acidity. Delicious!
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Kagamino限定生酒純米原酒生酒無濾過おりがらみ
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The entrance has a sweet and sour aroma, like juice, reminiscent of rumne or lychee. There is also a sweet aroma of rice malt. In the mouth, a thick, dry acidity passes across the tongue faster than expected, while the sweet flavor of the rice with a sense of volume is in the middle of the tongue. The finish is dry and crisp. The thick dry acidity is there from the beginning, but in a good sense, it does not suppress the umami in the middle. I think the greatest feature of this wine is its overall volume while maintaining the sweetness of the origami.
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Matsunohana限定品 しぼりたて本醸造原酒生酒無濾過
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I bought a bottle the other day at Kobe Hankyu. While it was my first brand, I am sure that it is a sake from Takashima, Shiga! So, I bought it. And it's "Noto Toji" ✨✨. I went home and opened the bottle after being happy with the one cup of Shinkame 🐢 I just had. The entrance aroma is thick and acidic, like whipped cream. There is also an aroma of rice like sweet Kamishinko. In the mouth, the soft and gentle sweetness of rice spreads gently on the thick acidity at the entrance, and at the same time, the crisp and dry acidity slowly follows to the finish. The sharpness gradually spreads, with no unpleasant bitterness at all and a clear acidity. This is extremely delicious! I thought it might be one of the sweet, delicious, clean types that have been popular in recent years, but from the mid-palate to the finish, it has a wonderful balance of acidity and a nice bitter sharpness. This mid-palate umami and the wonderful sharpness of the finish seem to go well with almost any home-style Japanese food. I thought it would go well with meat and potatoes, komatsuna and fried bean curd, or any other dish that uses dashi (Japanese soup stock), but when I looked in the fridge, I didn't see anything of that sort 😆😆😆. But this is really great. The temperature rises a bit to almost room temperature, which is a wonderful temperature range because you can feel the flavor of the rice even more ✨.
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Shinkameワンカップ純米
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I'm on the express train on my way home with a cup of Kamikame 🐢✨✨It's not often that I have such a happy time! I'll take it at room temperature exactly 🍶🍶. At the entrance, the familiar aroma of maturity, which reminds me of dead grass and straw, is accompanied by a thick, sweet aroma that reminds me of mizuame and cotton candy. In the mouth, the rich umami of the rice spreads endlessly as if the thick acidity is pushed aside. The umami slowly shifts to a gentle sweetness in the mouth while the thick yet soft acidity finishes it off with a sense of happiness. The finish is not too sharp, but rather gentle and soft acidity. Every time I drink this sake, I think that there is really no other sake that is this good. The deliciousness of sake lies in the rich umami and gentle sweetness of the rice, and the perfect balance of acidity makes you feel this to the fullest. I am so happy! Tomorrow will be another good day 😆. Good food is good food! I know 😆. (I've used this a few times recently and it didn't go over very well 😆 It's a Yakiniku commercial that Tsurube did a long time ago. Hope someone in Kansai can get it 😂)
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My first brand name. I thought it was "Drunken Whale" from the label design on the bottles lined up a bit far from the fridge in the standing room, but it seems to be a brand from Niigata. Grateful for this coincidence, I ordered it. At the entrance, the aroma is like a thick sweet syrup. In the mouth, it is full of sweetness from the rice, but the sweetness does not spread too much on the clean and elegant mouthfeel, and in the latter half, it finishes crisply with dry acidity and a little bitterness. It is very interesting - a very classical Niigata sake with plenty of sweetness in the second half. A bottle that reminds me again how interesting sake is. Delicious 🍶.
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Kinoenemasamuneはなやか生純米吟醸生酒
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The entrance also has a green apple-like aroma at the back and a sweet, cotton candy-like aroma in the middle. In the mouth, a surprisingly firm acidity precedes a moderate sweetness on the tongue. The finish is sharp with a lingering aftertaste of contoured acidity. This is the first time for me to drink this brand, and I had imagined it to be a more delicate, sweet, and beautiful sake, but it is actually quite a thick core sake. The gap between the flowery aroma at the entrance and the taste in the mouth was interesting. The aroma, umami, volume, and acidity are all there.
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Fruity nose reminiscent of lychee and muscat on entry. On the palate, the sweetness of the rice is blended with a crisp, chasing acidity, and finishes elegantly. Delicious! The overwhelming cleanness of the water, the umami and plenty of sweetness, and the acidity is elegant. This is unquestionably delicious. What makes this sake so special is the soft, gentle sweetness of the rice in the middle part, the very sweet deliciousness that you would feel in your mouth if you were chewing white rice. It's so good... I love this kind of thing✨.
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At the Sannomiya branch of Asano Sake Brewery. I remember standing in the Umeda main store and drinking a heated Furozumi sake that tasted so good that I wanted to make my own heated sake at this level! I wanted to make my own heated sake at this level! This was my first visit to the Sannomiya branch. First, the waitress recommended Modern Sentori, which I hadn't had in a while. Kame-no-o. At the entrance, the aroma was fresh and contoured, with a sharp acidity. In the mouth, a moderate umami and a moderate sweetness come with a clear and beautiful acidity. The finish is crisp and clean with a refreshing acidity. The clean acidity is the most distinctive feature of this sake, which makes one want to call it "sake like white wine. I rarely drink this type of sake these days, but when I tried it again, it was still well made - it was delicious.
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Good morning, Yasu-san 😃! I knew Senkou-san was well made 🤗I'm so glad to hear it's good again 😊Tochigi love 🥰.
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Good morning, Jay & Nobby. ☀️ I like how you are full of Tochigi love ✨✨It's a relief to know that good drinks are local 🍶.
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My first brand name. I like your face on the label ✨✨. The sweet aroma reminds me of cotton candy, which is modest at the entrance but elegant at the back. When you take it into your mouth, the elegant sweetness of the rice you felt at the entrance spreads beautifully in your mouth on the clear and quiet mouthfeel. The sharpness is achieved with a restrained acidity. I think this is very well made. The just right spread of umami and sweetness is balanced by the elegant acidity. It feels like you are drinking clean and tasty water. Very tasty! I would order this sake again if I see it again 🍶.
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It has been a long time since I have had this brand. The aroma is very modest at the entrance, but has a gentle acidity at the back. When you put it in your mouth, it has a creamy acidity that is not too assertive, with a wonderful sense of balance and umami that expands and quietly finishes as it is. Delicious 🍶. Beautiful and clear mouthfeel with just the right amount of umami. A beautiful version of mellow sake. I feel at ease when I drink this kind of sake. Stable taste.
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Kirakucho新活性生酒純米生酒にごり酒
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The entrance has a sweet aroma with a hint of creamy rice malt. In the mouth, it is fresh and refreshing, and at the same time, the acidity with a strong presence, accompanied by a slight carbonation, is well balanced with the sweetness of the rice that reminds one of rice malt. The finish is also refreshing, with refreshing acidity and a slight bitterness. Delicious! Just the right volume of reassuring rice sweetness. I imagine that right after opening the bottle, there would have been more carbonation on it and another piece of cohesiveness due to the carbonation 🫧.
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Meikyoshisui酒門の会 辛口純米 鬼辛
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The label also shows a demon with its mouth open. Yikes, scary! The entrance aroma is crisp, dry, and acidic. When you take a sip, you can feel the clear, yet at the same time elegant umami flavor spreading in your mouth on top of the clear acidity. The sharpness is achieved by the acidity and bitterness that spreads to the side of the tongue while leaving a firm aftertaste. Delicious! The word "dry" does not do justice to this wine. There are so many ways to describe sake. You have to try it first without judging it only by the information on the label.
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ひるぺこ
Good evening, Yasu-san. I also enjoyed this sake when I drank it, and it was the sake that made me rethink about the sake labeled as dry.
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やす
Hi Hirupeko, good evening ✨I see that you were right! There are so many different types of dry sake ✨. Let's drink a variety of sake and enjoy sake from now on 🍶.
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