I ended up buying this set of three types of sake as a souvenir when I visited the Dokusu Sake Brewery. Each one tasted different, and although they were supposedly bottled and stored, the more they aged, the more they tasted like they had been stored in oak barrels, which was interesting.
As it is often described as a man's sake, it has a strong acidity and umami taste, and there are different tastes for different tastes.
Personally, I preferred Kikuhime, which has a milder acidity after being hiyaoroshi.
I had heard good things about it, but had given up on it because it was hard to find, but I happened to find it in stock at my favorite liquor store.
When I opened the bottle, it was very strong and more fizzy than I expected.
It has a gorgeous taste with a slight bitterness afterwards. It seems to have a sweet taste, but the bubbling gives it a spicy taste.
It would be a shame to drink it only during this season, but it has an interesting taste.
It was my first time to try foaming sake, and I was surprised by the power of the bubbles. I've just started drinking sake myself, but there are so many different kinds of sake available every week that I never get tired of them!
The drink was quite sloppy. It was quite sweet.
A slight fizzing sensation in the mouth.
Since it is a sweet sake type of drink, it is not suitable as a mid-meal drink, so it did not suit my drinking style.
Rice polishing ratio 45%.
I couldn't help but buy it because it was only available at my favorite liquor store.
It has a nice aroma and flavor, but it is also very crisp and easy to drink.
I used to avoid drinking unpasteurized sake because I couldn't finish it before it started to taste bad, but it's good to drink it once in a while.
The rice polishing ratio was 35%. I visited Sado Island on a trip last year, and it was very good, so I received this as a hometown tax return gift.
It has a strange taste. It has a woody taste like a barrel wine? It has a mellow flavor that I have never experienced in a Daiginjo. I can't wait to see what it tastes like when it's heated.
My first rice wine.
Rice polishing ratio 55%.
Purchased for 1540 yen. Thank goodness there is a liquor store in the neighborhood that carries it.
It smells like a fruit after the umami. It's easy to drink. It's easy to drink.
I bought it at a liquor store because they recommended heating it up.
It has an interesting taste, with a strong pungency when served cold that mellows out as the temperature rises. It's also easy to heat up in an ippo bottle.