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This sake is brewed with sake rice from Takikawa, a town next to the brewery.
When served cold, the aroma was a little weak and lackluster, but as the temperature rose to a little below room temperature, it became just right.
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出世男吟醸 香具山
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Purchased when I stopped by Nara during my trip to the Expo in May.
The taste is sharp and tight, with a bit of a strong sake flavor.
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Shinshu Kamerei, fresh and fruity, but not too much so, very tasty!
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Purchased at the sake brewery's directly-managed store. This is a gem brewed with sake rice from Totsukawa Village and Shin Totsukawa Town. It is a simple junmai sake.
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Kariho純米吟醸 百田 瓶火入れ
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It is fire-aged, but sweet and juicy like fresh sake!
Purchased at the Akita Product Center in Shinagawa.
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Kinteki純米生原酒 蔵生
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It is a rare sake at this time of the year, and is believed to be a limited edition sake from the brewery.
My grandparents' house is located near the brewery, and I welcomed them with sushi with my relatives, but since Hokkaido is full of beer drinkers, there was no one to accompany us with sake, so I enjoyed the sake alone. (My grandmother is always kind enough to go to the brewery to prepare a bottle of sake for me).
I am very happy to be able to have a bottle of nama sake at this time of the year, the kind of sake we drink at New Year's!
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After the strong sweetness, there is a strong sake taste and bitterness. The mouthfeel is thick and mellow and quite tasty. It went well with Genghis Khan.
However, because of the added sugar, it is treated as a liqueur, not sake.
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It is served with sushi from Nagoyakatei, a conveyor-belt sushi chain based in Kushiro. Basic port city sake
As a local, I have to say that Hokkaido's sushi ingredients are top-notch, but the sake to go with them is not.
I wonder why Nemuro Hanamaru and Nagoyaka-tei only offer standard spec sake.
I always wish they would carry Junmai or Junmai-Ginjo sake with higher specifications. It is a waste that only a few restaurants do not have the concept of pairing sake with food, although this is partly due to the fact that we live in a car-oriented society. It's time to get rid of the idea that all you need is Sapporo Classic.
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田中酒造久蔵翁 純米吟醸 原酒
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This is the second sake from back home.
This one is a local brand using a rare rice called "Akagebyo" from Otaru, Kitahiroshima (the city where Escondido's Escon Field is located).
The sake has a nice ginjo aroma and sweetness with a hint of alcohol!
From an out-of-towner's point of view, this is a hidden sake brewery, but the taste is as good as you would expect!
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The first sake back home. Otokoyama sparring.
Very easy to drink with a strong sweetness and rice aroma!
It also has a strong core and goes well with Genghis Khan without losing its flavor!
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Purchased at the Akita Product Center in Shinagawa.
Low sweetness
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Third drink of the day.
Sweet and juicy
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Second drink of the day, first time I saw another brand of Takachiyo!
It tastes crisp and clean!
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Today's first drink, a refreshing summery taste
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I bought it two years ago when I visited the brewery in the fall. Somehow I lost the chance to drink it and had it in the back of my refrigerator.
This sake is made mainly from glutinous rice and is treated as a liqueur because it contains mulberry leaves and cinnamon.
My personal first impression was that it reminded me of Yomeishu, the sake that my father used to drink when I was a child and I was allowed to lick a drop of it.
The slight sweetness and medicinal aroma of mulberry and cinnabar is refreshing and easy to drink when mixed with lemon soda water
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Purchased on a trip to Miharu last fall, it was one of the last remaining bottles at the liquor store.
It has been aged for a long time, and was bottled only a year ago.
The color is golden like mirin (sweet sake), and it has the peculiar taste of aged sake. The alcohol content is 19 degrees, which makes it a super baby sake!
Serve this with squid with wasabi!
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Harushika純米酒 旨口四段仕込
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Today, we will be pairing it with salt fried chicken from a delicious fried chicken restaurant in the neighborhood.
Harushika's Umakuchi 4-dan brew. The sake has a strong mouthfeel and goes well with the fried bean curd. It was very tasty, and we could feel the umami of both the fried bean curd and the sake!
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Aizuあらばしり 吟醸生酒
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You can find this sake anywhere in Aizu Tajima. But this one is good. It is arabashiri sake, which means it is rough but has a beautiful sweetness and a good taste.
I buy some every time I go there!
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It has a slight sweetness of rice and is suitable as a food sake.
I paired it with Nasu steak and grilled ishimochi, and it went very well.
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Kariho純米吟醸 六舟
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At lunch at the Akita Products Museum in Shinagawa.
It is said to be dry, but has a nice sweetness after the juicy flavor.
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