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Akagisan純米吟醸原酒生酒無濾過
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This is my first time to see Akagisan with Shiba Inu label: 🙇‍♂️ Kawaii💕 The aroma is subtle. Slightly effervescent 🫧. It has a strong alcohol and sake taste, but it also has a cool and refreshing taste, just like ramune 🙂. Gentle sweetness and peach fruitiness 🍑❔❔. Unfiltered raw, but flows smoothly and has no curds 〰︎ As the label of the dry honjozo says "man's sake", my image of Akagisan is exactly man's sake💪💪. But I thought this sake was very feminine for an Akagisan 😊.
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Denshu四割五分 百田純米大吟醸
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This is the first time for me to drink sake made with Momota rice, and it is a Junmai Daiginjo made with 45% polished rice, which is familiar with other sake rice ✨It seems to be a limited edition in a can It smells like sweet honey and koji with greenish flavors like grass and trees. ☘️ I guess I didn't feel much of the top shelf because it was chilled so well, but when I sipped it, the fruitiness was just amazing. The luscious aroma of grapes, apples, and pineapple tickles the nose and finishes nicely, leaving a delicious flavor and light bitterness. 〰︎ The sweetness is moderate and refreshing. Fresh but I could also taste a bit of maturity 🤔. I think all Tasake is great, but maybe it's the visual of the cool can with the different flag colors that makes it the most stylish ❔. It's quite expensive (actually a gift 💦), but I'd love to have a whole bunch of it in my stylish fridge 😆.
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Hi Jurian 😃 We've never had this one, but it would be great to have it as an accompaniment to a drinking cup 🚃 ‼️ It would be a spectacular sight to open the fridge and see all this stuff lined up 🤩.
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寿梨庵
Hi Jay & Nobby😊. This is pretty good👍 If you could stock it in a cooler box and drink as you wish... that would be awesome ✨.
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AKABUSNOW 2025 EXTRA純米生酒にごり酒
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Chilled thoroughly and opened the bottle. It didn't blow at all...huh? Oh well, there is no warning. Only the supernatant was served... Grapes, grapefruit, orange, apricot... It's refreshing, dry, and a bit lackluster... I mixed it... Slightly effervescent 🫧. Still light, but with more flavor and body. I knew it 👍 Reminds me a bit of Snoqualmie 🤔. I've had Akatake many times before, but this is the first time I've had it up and finally conquered Iwate✨. With so little left, I'm suddenly reminded of the "Saegusa no Kuni-torii Game" 🇯🇵 I felt like I was about to pull a monk 😅
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Hakkaisan雪室貯蔵三年純米大吟醸
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Uonuma no Sato is a theme park-like facility operated by Hakkai Brewery in Nagamori, Minamiuonuma City🌲. It's been a while since I visited and this time I made a reservation to take a tour of the snow cellar: ❄️ The last stop was a tasting included in the tour price at the tasting area 🌲. Junmai Daiginjo, three years in snow storage The basic taste is light and dry, but it has a strong, concentrated core. There is no obvious fruitiness, but a strong umami of rice (clear but mellow), which is the result of the aging process. There is also a characteristic that is hard to describe that I feel is common to other sake stored in the snow 🤔. And what a surprise, we were able to try a paid tasting of the rice whiskey before it went on sale ✨10ml for 500 yen. We were lucky to join the tour 🤗. A side note 🐍. I recommend the soba noodle shop in the facility 😋.
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Looks like a new brewery: 🙇‍♂️ It's called sake, but it seems to be junmai (no mention of rice polishing ratio) 🌾. It rises with herbs, cream, and lychee ❔ pear ❔. The acidity is distinctive ❕, but it's not just light and fresh. But it's not just light, it's a solid, elegant, high quality sake ✨. I felt a very modern essence in a classic 🤔. And with this flavor, it is recommended to be warmed up to lukewarm ❔. I tried it 🍶. Lukewarm changes the atmosphere of the acidity, it's sweet and sour like hot honey lemon 🍋. It's refreshing to begin with, but even more so: ☺️ It's also a great food sake 👍. I recommend drinking it cold to lukewarm, but after trying many different ways, I thought cold or lukewarm would be better 🤗.
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Hi Jurian 😃 It's now available here in Tochigi and we had it a while ago 🤗It has a nice refreshing aftertaste 😋we killed it in an instant 😅Next time we'll try it lukewarm 🍶!
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寿梨庵
Good evening, Jay & Nobby 🌙. It was indeed a bit too much to drink cold sake, but I restrained myself 😆. Please try lukewarm next time 🌙.
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Yorokobigaijin山廃赤磐雄町仕込18〜20号純米山廃生酒無濾過
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I was allowed to bring it to a personal farewell party for a senior colleague who has been a great help to me. I took a shot 😅 and said it was "one of my most favorite sakes. I asked for half hot sake at a sushi restaurant I wasn't that familiar with 🙇‍♂️ The other senior member of the group, who was also participating in the event, said he was used to drinking Niigata sake, so this was a sake he had never experienced before. As for the hot sake, they said it was the best heated sake they had ever had... 😉. All of Etsukaijin's sakes are excellent cold, chilled, or hot (personal preference), and they are also great warmed 💕. Among them, this Omachi is easy to drink, and again, it is particularly well-balanced 😊.
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Good morning, Jurian 😃! We had Etsukaijin for the first time at our weekend outing 🤗We had it cold and chilled, but I can only imagine how good heated sake 🍶 would be 🤤!
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寿梨庵
Hi Jay & Nobby 😊. We think there is no other sake as complex in flavor as Etsukaijin and can be enjoyed at various temperatures 🤗. Please enjoy it warmed up as well 🤗♨️
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Bentenmusume生酛玉栄 H30BY 20番娘純米生酛
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We were able to get some mackerel ripe sushi from Ota Sake Brewery, so we paired it with our stock of bentenmusume. First, cold... The nose has a standing aroma of brown sugar, rice wine, and tanned leather. On the palate, the acidity is quite strong and intense 😯. However, the mouthfeel is round and the aftertaste is gentle and quite dry. ⚡️ All the daughters are massive, but not that heavyweight 😊. With the recommended hot sake... 🍶. The aroma is like freshly cooked rice 🍚. It's still dry, but the sweetness and umami of the rice has increased and the acidity is still prominent, but more rounded. It's a warm sphere: ⚪️ It's like a flattened sphere becoming a sphere. With ripe vinegar 🐟. Dip it in plenty of rice... the sticky mackerel has a lot of flavor and waits for the sake! There's no reason why it can't go with it 😋.
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Tsuchida168 菩提酛×山廃酛 5年熟成
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For some reason, I got off the Shinkansen at Takasaki and when I got out of the ticket gate, I found a souvenir shop called Iroha and dropped by. 🚶‍➡️ It's a big store with a lot of old and new Jyoshu souvenirs, including products from the Miyashi Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Shop ✨. There is a sake corner at the far end of the shop, and the selection is quite good. And in one corner, there is an automatic tasting machine with two types of Tsuchida that are only available at the store. It seems to be for a limited time only, and the price is 100 yen per glass. It seems to be sold in a different way than usual... The one we chose was an elaborate sake, Bodai-Hashiwado and Yamahai-Hashiwado, aged for 5 years, and quite expensive ✨. This is a pretty good deal 😆. It tastes exactly like Tsuchida, but less peculiar and smoother than the sake I've had so far 〰︎ It has a strong acidity, fruity and sweetness, but the body is rather light and refreshing 😌. Thank you for the drink!
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OosakazukiART DECO 純米吟醸 NOUVEAU純米吟醸
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The naming of this drink is 🫨. The name is ART DECO, but the label has the word NOUVEAU in large letters💧. What, not Art Deco but Art Nouveau❔. I think NOUVEAU probably means new wine, but it's really confusing😅. The label is designed like an art deco sake cup... So where is the art deco expressed in this sake 🤔? Pear, cream-like aroma Fresh, fine effervescence, like a refreshing cream soda 🫧. This is rather NOUVEAU isn't it 😆. The punch of the new wine is understated and easy to drink 🙂 🙂. The finish is clean and cool ❔.
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Okunoto no shiragiku本醸造+本醸造無濾過
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It is a valuable sake. As the label on the back says, the sake that survived the earthquake was unavoidably? As the label on the back says, this sake is made by blending sake that survived the earthquake. That is why it is called Honjozo+. When one thinks of its painful origins, one is reminded of the following... Although it is a honjozo (+ junmai), it has a ginjo-like aroma. It has a gentle sweetness like pineapple, and the mouthfeel is soft and refreshing like water. Yet it is rich in flavor and overflowing with gentle rice flavor. The body is soft and full. I took the liberty of imagining a different sake quality, but it caught me by surprise... It was a charming, lovely, and hopeful sake. ☺️
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Isojimanしぼりたて本醸造生詰酒
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This is the only fresh-pressed version for this time of year✨. By the way, "Shiboritate" is my favorite word related to sake 😆. There was a milky lactic aroma when opened, but it calmed down and became a banana 🌿 with an herbal-like aroma that quickly passed through the nose. More fruity ❔ when fresh packed. But not much difference 🤔. Watery mouthfeel, no unpleasant taste. Mellowness and rice flavor as the temperature rises 🌾. The whole thing flows with a positive atmosphere typical of Shizuoka sake: ☀️ I paired it with red tuna, and it was still perfect👍! I can feel the taste of alcohol, but I can't say whether it is there or not 😤. I left it at the entrance, which is the coldest place this time of year🚪. It's nice to have one open after all! It's always a pleasure to have it there: ☺️
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まるわ
Good evening, Jurian. This sake was very good! I drank it on New Year's Day and finished it right away. I am planning to buy the next (next year's) Shiboritate.
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寿梨庵
Thanks for your comment, Maruwa 😊. Of course the regular Honjozo is good, but the fresh-packaged version, which is only available at this time of year, has a special feel to it - I repeat it quite often👍.
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Wa純米大吟醸生酒
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It is labeled as a sake for the competition and is a Junmai Daiginjo with 40% Yamadanishiki polished rice ✨. I put it down for a long time for a reason (I didn't think it was raw 💧). Once it cooled down... The standing aroma is faint. The aroma is like water, and the noble scent of the ginjo aroma appeals to the nose 💫. Ripe melon 🍈. But there is nothing showy or luxurious about it, it is rather tranquil and fine😌. It was 2022BY😥. But I couldn't detect any matured aroma, and I didn't feel any oldness, but rather freshness 😋.
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It's my first time to land in Oita. Speaking of landing, I have a strong memory of landing❔ in a hovercraft from Oita Airport. ✈️ I heard it's gone now... 😢. A souvenir from a friend who traveled to Saiki. 3 deci🙇‍♂️ I make love to you classic I was a little concerned about the bran-like aroma, but when I sipped it, it had a nice ginjo aroma like Japanese pear ✨. It has a firm rice flavor and sweetness 🌾. It has a firm structure and is very Jungin-like 😋.
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Good morning, Jurian 😃. Congratulations on your Oita embed㊗️🎉! Landing in a hovercraft is going to be memorable‼️ I wonder what the ride is like!
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寿梨庵
Thank you Jay & Nobby, 🙇‍♂️ The hovercraft stopped operating a while ago, but I checked and it looks like they plan to resume ❕ Please visit Oita: ✈️😊
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千代緑活性にごり酒生酒にごり酒
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I bought the jackets without a second thought😍. This visual has several points that tickle my sake heart... I love the green bottle, the retro label (♡♡♡) and the "生" sticker 🟢. I don't think I've ever seen so many green bottles in one place. Cool and stylish✨ Only the shoulder label is not so good 😅. Uzumi is... Lactic acid drink on top, also smells like dead ferns 🌿. Quite bitter and dry lemon squash on the palate 🍋 cool and refreshing 😆. Mixed with... I felt fine particles, sweetness, bitterness, and other flavors 😋. Still dry, refreshing and easy to drink👍 I should have bought a square of this 😞. I want to go gulp it down with a glass: ⤴️ And I'd love to see a bottle of this visual ❕.
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Shinomineうすにごり純米原酒生酒無濾過
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It is my favorite Junmai Unfiltered Nama-shu from Shinomine! It has a faint lactic acid beverage on the top. It has a nice crispness and liveliness, but it has a slight effervescence 🫧. The aroma is like rumney, melon, banana, etc. 🍈. Good sharpness, but enough flavor. Fresh and pleasant to drink 😌. However, the lingering bitterness is quite strong and may not be to everyone's taste 🤔. My impression of Shinomine so far is a well balanced (in a very good way) and moderate sake✨. Casual but with a touch of hare 👍 This one has a slightly different flavor profile, but it's a nice, spunky, unpretentious sake 😋.
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Good evening, Jurian 😃. Shinomine! I bought the wrong Shigemasu 😅I've only had one bottle yet 🥲 but I'd like to try some Rokumaru too 😋.
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寿梨庵
Hi Jay & Nobby 😊 Shigemasu ❕It sure looks like it 😆. I think all Shinomine sakes (except the Daiginjo class) are very useful and suitable for both stand-alone and during meals 😋❕ Please give them a try ❕.
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Kikumasamuneしぼりたて ネオカップ大吟醸生貯蔵酒
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Ya-ya's cup sake corner I found it tucked away on a very bottom shelf 👀. I didn't recognize it and lovingly rescued it: ☺️ I don't think "Shiboritate" is a common name for freshly stored sake... It's fresh, but not too fresh. Flavors like peach and melon 🍑🍈. A little bit of seme flavor Flows beautifully like a daiginjo, with a sharp and bitter taste. Overall, I have the impression that it's a major flavor, but it has a local sake feel that I don't get much else ❔, which I think is pretty good 🤔.
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Gunmaizumi初しぼり特別本醸造生酒
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I drank Gunma Izumi the other day to celebrate Maebashi Ikuei's ⚽️ victory ㊗️🎉. Ota is a long way from Maebashi... I've had this sake every year in recent years since I was a student in Gunma ✨They specialize in Yamahai, but this one is a fast brew 🌾. I think it used to have more lees🤔. Koji, lactic acid, cream stew... and fruity aroma of apple, pear, etc. in it 🍏. Slightly effervescent, fresh, pear-like fruitiness. Good rice flavor, strong bitterness in the second half, alcoholic 😋. It's a crisp, wintery, windy taste: ❄️ I have felt in recent years that it is gentler or smoother to drink than before 😌.
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This is a sake from a brewery in Fuchu that has been revived after 38 years ✨. When you open the bottle, the aroma of slightly sweet brown sugar and caramel rises up. There is also a banana aroma 🍌. The sweetness is light and the acidity stands out 😮. Finishes with a sharp, subtle astringency and bitterness. I can feel many elements, but they seem to be a bit inconsistent... It has a mixture of freshness and mature taste 🤔. I will try again in two days 🤲. The acidity is the same, but the flavors are more cohesive: ⤴️ The bitterness has increased and tightened up, and it has a clicky, jungin-like feel to it 😋.
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Kubota百寿特別本醸造
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I remember when Kubota was born, Senju was a honjozo and Hyakusyu was a regular sake 🤔. Now Senju is Ginjo and Hyakusyu is Tokubon. After the Sanbai boom led by Kanbai, a major brand that has led Niigata's sake ⭐️ Just got a bottle of Hyakusyu... I hadn't had it in a while 😆. The entrée was homemade royal fern stew + simmered fu from Takano Supermarket @ my hometown, and the Uonuma kikkoshi pickles👍, a treat this time of year! Aroma of rice with a beautiful, uncluttered taste 🌾. It's a typical Niigata honjozo, but it has the perfect balance of sharpness and fullness, and it's also very drinkable 😋. It is a perfect balance of sharpness and fullness, yet it is also very drinkable 😋 It blends in like water when paired with local products like this 😌.
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Kubota is a popular sake that has come of age, It has no peculiarities, and it is especially good with Japanese food. Homemade Zenmai-ni and Kuruma-fu are my favorites, too. It's a local delicacy👍.
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寿梨庵
Hiraccio, good evening 🌙 Hyakusyu was a special bottle. So it is now on par with my favorite Hakkaisan Tokubon 🤔... I felt it was more refreshing than before, but still has the characteristics of Kubota 😊.
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abe十周年記念酒純米大吟醸
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Happy New Year to all of you in Sakewa 🎍. My first revue of the new year is a sake given to me by a colleague as a gift for my promotion: 🙇‍♂️ If you don't open it now, when will you open it😅 It's a very expensive sake in a paulownia box and has a special atmosphere 🌟. The aroma is slightly grapey 🍇❔. Slightly effervescent on the palate with discreet fruitiness like grape, orange and apricot. Flows nicely and smoothly like water, light bodied and crisp ⚔️ A lingering bitterness slowly and slowly rushes in 😌. Fresh, but at the same time, a hint of maturity... the acidity is moderate... I felt more "Niigata" than usual Abbey 🌾. I associate it with 🌾. There is a definite essence of Abé there 🙂. The theme is the ultimate Niigata food sake or ⁉️🤔
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ma-ki-
Happy New Year to you, Jurian🎍. I look forward to working with you again this year 🙇🙇 Congratulations on your promotion! Congratulations on your promotion 🎉. Beautiful bottle, looks so refreshing and delicious✨ Abe would love to try this sake someday 😊.
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Happy New Year, Jurian 🌅New Year's greetings to you too🙇🏻🙇🏻‍♀️ The ultimate food sake that you can feel Niigata: ‼️Click here. It was recommended to me at a liquor store before, but when I heard the price 😨 I politely declined 😆 It was the one I should drink now 🤗.
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寿梨庵
Thank you, ma-ki, and I look forward to working with you again this year. 🙇‍♂️ I was once asked by a coworker who is not familiar with Japanese sake what I would recommend, and I answered "Abe" if it's in the prefecture. And he replied 😅
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寿梨庵
Jay & Nobby, thank you for your support this year as well: 🙇‍♂️ I think Hi-Gan is probably aiming for the ultimate food sake, and I felt this sake has something in common with it... That's just my opinion 😅
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