Miyamanishiki: 55
We enjoyed it so much last year that we bought it again this year!
It has an exquisite acidity that perfectly matches the sweetness, and a pleasant aftertaste.
Screw stopper type
Nito Zodiac Bottle 2025 Junmai Ginjyo Banzai 55% Nama-shu, Shiboritate Nama-shu, SNAKE & RABBIT
Rice used is Banzai 55% polished rice
The label is gold with a cute snake charmer rabbit vs. puppet snake fist rabbit.
The sweetness is well balanced by the acidity on the palate.
Innocent type
Kangiku 39-Special Thanks 2024 Junmai Daiginjo Omachi 39 Unfiltered Nama-shu
The sweetness is firm with a light gaseous taste, and the acidity is low and calm.
The label changes every year: last year it was red, this time orange.
UchiNobutsu type
Mimuro Sugi Bodai-Hashimoto Yamadanishiki Year of the Snake Limited Edition Sake KINOTOMI
Using the natural brewing method "Bodai Hashiro".
The first New Year's sake to incorporate the Chinese zodiac
Complex taste with a gentle sweetness and bitterness at 13 degrees alcohol by volume.
Utsunokinu type
Sake Mirai Unfiltered Nama Sake
A repeat purchase because it was so good last time!
The moderate sweetness and acidity harmoniously spread on the palate.
Screw stopper type
Hirotogawa Junmai Nigori Nama Sake
Since it is active nigori, open it carefully and slowly while letting off the gas.
Fruity and shuwa shuwa is the best
Screw stopper type
Junmai Ginjo Orange - New Sake Nama Sake
Fresh, sweet and sour fruitiness typical of nama-shu, with a gorgeous aroma.
Rice used: 100% Gohyakumangoku
Rice polishing ratio: 55
Alcohol content: 16%.
Utsunokin Type
The bottle was quiet when opened, but there was a good sense of gas.
This is the first Tenbi since the replacement of the master brewer, and it is fruity and has good acidity.
It is a perforated bottle type.
Yukimo Nigori Nama-shu
Open the bottle slowly and carefully to release the gas.
The second fermentation makes it very juicy, but it is not too sweet for a nigori sake, but it is still full of juicy flavor.
Sake meter: -2
Acidity: 2.0
Rice used: Izumo Sakonishiki
Rice polishing ratio: 55-65
Alcohol content: 15
Screw stopper type
Ultra Supernova HYPER NOVA
Sake rice is 50% Setsuwakamaru, the younger brother of Tsuyahime.
It is sweet (-11 degrees C) and has a nice fruity acidity.
Screw stopper type
Urasato Mild Nigori Nama Sake
When I opened the cork, I didn't feel much gas, but when I put it in my mouth, I could feel it.
The taste is citrusy sweet and sour.
Screw stopper type
Toji's Special - Kido Shibata's Junmai Daiginjo be ambitious
Toji's limited edition sake
Sweetness is weak, acidity is moderate, and it is gorgeous and easy to drink.
Screw stopper type
KOU NO TSUBASHI Junmai Ginjo Fuyuakari Slightly sparkling nigori Nama-shu
The first supernatant has a little sweetness, a little bitterness and a refreshing taste.
The second day, when the turbidity is mixed, the nigori sweetness comes out.
Screw stopper type
SENKYU Yukidaruma Shiboritate Activated Nigori Sake
The sweetness and gassiness are comparable to those of the previous year.
The acidity is a little weak.
Screw stopper with a hole in it.
OCEAN99 Shirogane Sea SnowSea Nigori
This is the third year for this new sake, and it has become the face of new sake.
It has a perforated cork, but it is not as carbonated as expected.
Sweetness and acidity are as expected.
Sake rice is Gohyakumangoku, alcohol 13%.
Bottle is corked with a hole in the bottle.
Ohmine 3 grains, winter's coming
The lid was opened carefully and there was a shpon sound.
A fresh aroma spreads.
The gaseous, muscat-like sweetness and acidity are superb, and it's hard to believe it's fire-roasted.
I recently went to Akiyoshido in Yamaguchi Prefecture, but unfortunately did not have time to visit the nearby Omine Sake Brewery.
Natto type