I had been drinking this sake for a long time, but I happened to see this 'hiyaoroshi' in the refrigerated section of the supermarket. It was still a delicious sake with a sharp taste and umami.
It was a gift and at first I found it to be very sweet, but as I continued drinking it, I found it to be a rather calm sake characterized by its mildness.
It is dry at a sake strength of +8, but it has a slight sweetness and umami taste at first, which soon became refreshing and clean. It was a delicious sake to drink chilled in summer.
Although it was rated -4 on the sake scale, it was characterized more by its clean and mild character than by its sweetness, and was the very essence of a chilled summer saké.
It is a local sake from Ibaraki, but I did not see much of it in the liquor stores nearby. I happened to see it and picked it up. It was a dry sake with a deep flavor.
I started thinking it would be somewhat dry and mild, but when I compared it to other sakes, I found it to be a slightly more distinctive and umami flavorful sake.