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Kid夏ノ疾風純米吟醸

Heiwa Shuzo Wakayama

7/6/2025, 6:11:10 AM

At Nessun Dorma. Summer sake. Refreshing acidity. Polishing ratio is 50% for koji rice and 55% for kake rice. Kake rice is 55% and the alcohol content is 15%.

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HidahomareW純米原酒生酒無濾過

Tenryo Shuzo Gifu

7/6/2025, 5:47:48 AM

At Nessun Dorma. I heard this sake is very popular. It is indeed delicious. It has a strong alcohol taste. 100% Hidahomare from Hida, Gifu Prefecture, 45% polished rice, 17% alcohol by volume.

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Yokoyama夏純吟純米吟醸

Omoya Shuzo Nagasaki

7/6/2025, 5:40:03 AM

At Nessun Dorma. A refreshing summer sake. Polishing ratio is 55% for Kake rice, 50% for Koji rice, and 15% alcohol by volume.

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Udagawacho Uokin (宇田川町魚金)

Amabuki無限辛口　冷奴（クールガイ）純米

Amabuki Shuzo Saga

6/30/2025, 12:35:44 PM

It has a clean, dry taste, but the umami of the rice can also be felt, making it a good mid-meal sake. Polishing ratio 60%, alcohol 15%. Serve with sea urchin in the shell (with jellied sea urchin).

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Tanigawadake超辛純米純米

Nagai Shuzo Gunma

6/28/2025, 6:57:52 AM

やきとり宮川

It has a dry taste with a delicious rice flavor, and is quite good as a mid-meal drink. Polishing ratio 70%, alcohol 15%. Pair it with yakitori (grilled chicken). We have found that yakitori with sweet and spicy sauce, especially motsu (pork), goes well with sake.

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Dewazakura Shuzo Yamagata

DewazakuraHONU特別純米

6/26/2025, 1:04:45 AM

The last sake of the evening. Honu is a Hawaiian word for a sea turtle, which is believed to be a guardian god of the sea. Serve with cream cheese marinated in miso as an after-dinner drink. The rice polishing ratio is 55%, and the alcohol content is 15%. Well, since three of us drank six different 2-ounce sakes, that's four sakes for each of us. However, there was no residue the next day. Perhaps it is better to drink it while taking in the water, but is this the power of the hamo?

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Shimizuseizaburo Shoten Mie

Zaku和悦純米吟醸

6/26/2025, 12:53:59 AM

After the refreshing summer sake we have had so far, the fruity flavor stands out. It is deeply delicious. Polishing ratio 60%, alcohol content 15%.

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Daishinshu夏のさらさら純米吟醸

Daishinshu Shuzo Nagano

6/26/2025, 12:47:49 AM

Summer sake will last forever. As the name suggests, this sake has a dry taste, but it also has a delicious flavor. Polishing ratio 59%, alcohol content 16%.

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Kakurei純米超辛口純米

Aoki Shuzo Niigata

6/26/2025, 12:42:52 AM

This is a summer sake with a touch of acidity. The sharpness may be due to the high alcohol content. I paired it with hamo (conger eel) shabu-shabu, the main dish this time. Sake is great with hamo (pike conger). This sake is made with 100% Miyamanishiki, 60% polished rice, and 17% alcohol by volume.

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Hakugakusen夏虫純米吟醸

Yasumoto Shuzo Fukui

6/26/2025, 12:32:08 AM

It is still a dry and refreshing summer sake, but has a wonderful aroma unique to junmai ginjo. 100% Gohyakumangoku from Fukui Prefecture is used. Polishing ratio is 55% for koji rice, 58% for kake rice, and 15% alcohol by volume.

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Hakuin Masamune夏純米

Takashima Shuzo Shizuoka

6/26/2025, 12:15:53 AM

A refreshing summer sake. It goes down quite smoothly and can really be drunk like water. 100% Yamadanishiki from Naka Izu, 65% polished rice, 15% alcohol by volume.

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Yoshida Shuzoten Ishikawa

Tedorigawahand in hand 5th anniversary純米大吟醸山廃原酒無濾過

6/19/2025, 2:32:58 AM

At a limited time "winner" at Depa. Tetorigawa has a robust flavor with a delicious taste typical of Yamahai. Polishing ratio 40%, alcohol 15%. Served with O-toro (fatty tuna), red snow crab, and eel.

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Kachikoma純米

Kiyoto Shuzojo Toyama

6/19/2025, 1:53:36 AM

At a limited time "winner" at Depa. I still love this sake. Dry and refreshing. Polishing ratio 50%, alcohol content 16%. With white shrimp, tiger puffer fish milt, and salmon.

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Kokuryu五百万石純米大吟醸

Kokuryu Shuzo Fukui

6/19/2025, 12:43:10 AM

At a limited time "winner" at a Depa basement. Gorgeous aroma, strong rice flavor. Made from 100% Gohyakumangoku rice grown in Fukui Prefecture. Polishing ratio 50%, alcohol 16%. Served with vinegared rock oysters, red squid, arabesque, and sweet shrimp.

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Haneya夏の純米酒生酒

Fumigiku Shuzo Toyama

6/19/2025, 12:36:17 AM

At a limited time "winner" at Depa. Refreshing summer sake with soft acidity. Polishing ratio 60%, 14% alcohol by volume. Iwamozuku (rock mozuku seaweed), white gas shrimp and bai clam sashimi, grilled tiger puffer fish (with green onion sauce).

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Ichinokura

Ichinokura Miyagi

5/30/2025, 6:26:53 AM

At Sanrikuzen, a sushi restaurant inside Sendai Station. I don't know more than that it is the first brewery. You can taste the flavor at room temperature. The entrée was cooked tuna. After that, we had raw oysters, sea squirts, sashimi, and grilled fish cakes.

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Jikon特別純米

Kiyasho Shuzojo Mie

5/29/2025, 12:36:42 PM

居酒屋いずみ

Aromatic and refreshing sake. I wanted to eat leatherfish with soy sauce for the liver. I was in a great mood.

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天虹　大竜爪　超辛口特別本醸造

Suruga Shuzojo Shizuoka

5/11/2025, 9:20:45 AM

まぐろ一筋みやもと

Since I had come all the way to Shizuoka, I had to try a local sake. It is a dry sake with a refreshing taste. Polishing ratio 55%, alcohol content 15-16%. Served with assorted tunas from Shimizu Port.

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