Before Corona, Takeuchi Sake Brewery had a directly operated standing izakaya in Osaka, which I often visited. I bought this sake when I was near the brewery. It is a draft sake, but it is not very fresh, with a mellow sweetness at first, followed by a sharp spiciness. I hope they will bring back standing drinking after Corona is over.
Sake from Iki City, Nagasaki Prefecture, with a fresh, mellow, sweet flavor like a draft sake, and a refreshingly bitter aftertaste. It is best drunk in a wine glass rather than a boar cup. Like the label, it would be best to drink it chilled by the sea.
Sake from Ito Sake Brewery in Handa City, Aichi Prefecture, which has been revived for the first time in 21 years. Juicy sweet, umami, and gassy. It is like a cider with little carbonation. It is not a food sake, but rather a sake that can be drunk by itself. Be careful not to drink too much.
Sake from Awaji Island, Hyogo Prefecture. It was a delicious sake with a good balance of mellow umami and moderate acidity.
It was a delicious sake with a good balance of mellow flavor and moderate acidity.
Purchased at a store in front of a brewery in Koka City, Shiga Prefecture, it was freshly made, so the first day after opening the bottle it was fresh but a little hard and dry, but from the second day onward it had a nice sweetness.
Purchased at a sake brewery in the shopping district in front of Tenri Station. The moderate acidity is pleasant at this time of year when the temperature is rising. It was a light and dry sake, although it was sweet at first.
This sake is a blend of sake from 16 Toyama sake breweries. I saw it at a business supermarket and bought it. It is said that this year is the second time it has been released, having started last year. I applaud this new attempt at a time when sake is not selling well due to coronization. The price of 1,000 yen for a bottle of No. 4 sake is also very reasonable.
Purchased at the tourist information center in front of Niimi Station, Okayama Prefecture. It is a mellow, dry sake with a strong rice flavor. With an alcohol content of 20°, one bottle is quite intoxicating. I was so happy to be able to drink it while looking out the train window in such a rural area. The taste was 30% more delicious.
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.