Made with a 90% rice polishing ratio. It has a mellow rice flavor, strong acidity, and a slightly old sake-like taste. The color is yellow. It is quite unique, but it is delicious in its own way.
Sake from Yoshimura Sake Brewery, a small sake brewery in the town of Dauda, Nara Prefecture. Purchased at the brewery.
Sweet and sour at first, followed by bitter and spicy. I had an image that the sake here was light and dry, but it has a robust flavor and is delicious.
Purchased at Yamaya. It had a little less aroma, a bit of the gasiness that is typical of namaishu, a solid sweet and savory taste, and a clean finish.
Junmai Ginjo brewed with our own Yamada Nishiki. It has a good aroma and a mild flavor and sweetness that is aged. It has a well-balanced taste as a sake-within-a-serving.
Drunken Whale's regular sake is often seen in supermarkets, but this was the first time I had seen a nama sake, so I bought one. It was a mellow, dry sake that was sweet on the palate, but quickly developed a strong acidity and spiciness.
This sake is from a sake brewery in Kawachinagano City, Osaka, and was mentioned in last week's episode of "Tsurube's Family Cheers. I've had the Junmai Ginjo sake before, so this time I bought the aluzoe sake. It had a full-bodied, fruity sweetness, with a slightly tangy alcohol aftertaste.
This Ninja is produced by Seko Shuzo in Koka City, the home of the Koga Ninja in Shiga Prefecture, and has a mellow, umami flavor with a strong acidity. It has a mellow and delicious taste with a strong acidity, followed by a bitterness and a strong spiciness. The label is nice.
It's cheap, about 1300 yen for a bottle, so I bought it for heating sake. At room temperature, it's a slightly sweet, old-fashioned sake. If you heat it up too much, the strong acidity and pungency come out, making it tough. When the temperature drops to lukewarm, the mild sweetness is delicious.
Kofukuji Temple in Nara collaborated with Hakkaisan. It is a special limited brew sake stored in a snow chamber.
It is sold only at Kofukuji Temple's National Treasure Museum.
It's an easy to drink sake with a mild sweetness in a refreshing dry taste.
This sake is produced by Inada Shuzo in Tenri City, Nara Prefecture. The taste is rather refreshing and dry, but it is not only dry but also has a good flavor. It is very easy to drink.
I bought it at the bus center souvenir shop of Hirayu Onsen on the way back from climbing to the North Alps. It is thick and has the consistency of Valium. It is more like eating than drinking. It is not so sweet as I thought. This is good for this.
It cannot be called Junmai because it is brewed with rice that is not of the same grade as Junmai, but it is unfiltered and raw. It is a little hard, but has a mellow sweet and umami taste with a good sharpness. At 1100 yen (tax included), it's a great value!
Hanahato is famous for its noble sake. We drank it unfiltered and raw. At first, it has a thick sweet taste, and gradually the pungent taste and bitter taste spread in the mouth. The aftertaste is sharp and clean. It is delicious. It is my favorite taste. The alcohol content is 17.5 degrees, so be careful not to drink too much.
Aeon's original Gohyakuman Junmai Daiginjo, unfiltered and raw. It is produced by Aoki Shuzo in Aichi Prefecture, which is famous for its Junmai Daiginjo. It has a mellow flavor, but there is a little tingling from the alcohol. The aftertaste is quite dry. I've never had Yonesu, but I wonder if it's different.
It is fruity and slightly mellow, with a perfect balance of sweetness, pungency and bitterness. It can be drunk easily. It is indeed a famous sake of Shiga.
For better or worse, it's a Niigata-style light, dry sake. Since I have been drinking a lot of mellow sake recently, I feel it is too dry and smooth. When it was cold, I didn't feel the umami, but as the temperature rises, a good umami comes out.
Junmai namaishu of Hideyoshi which I found at Yamaya. Unusual label, for export? Fresh, dry with a little sourness, sweetness comes out when the temperature rises. It went well with grilled ayu fish.