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Wataya夏綿 純米酒 山田錦
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Cotton store's summer sake: ☀️ It has a strong acidity and an unexpectedly strong bitterness. Even when well chilled, it tastes warm. It's not my favorite on its own, but it really comes into its own when paired with food 😳. The acidity goes well with chicken oil 😭I bet this would go well with fried food too. I don't mind the bitterness when it's a food wine, why 😅? I went through the spring, summer, fall, and winter, and each one is unique. It's hard to predict the taste just from the information on the label. I wish you would send out your recommendations for dishes 😭
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Summer version of hode nasu 🍆. First time I've ever purchased summer ✨. It's completely different from the winter version, crispy 😳 almost no acidity! I prepared a steak with the winter flavor, but I ate it with yesterday's leftover mansaku and ate the hode nasu with edamame and cucumbers 😅. Hode nasu in summer is more like sushi or pickles than meat 🤔.
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Mansakunohana微炭酸の美味しい日本酒
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Mansaku no Hana is my idea of orthodox Akita sake✨. This one claims to be slightly carbonated, but it's not, but it's very well carbonated! Even the day after opening the bottle, it's still carbonated! It tastes sweet and tasty + crisp! The sweetness doesn't linger, so the spiciness of the alcohol and the carbonation make it crisp ✨. I wanted to make it sleet in the freezer like it says on the label, but I finished it as is 🤦.
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I finally got around to opening a bottle of this summer-only Hiwada. Most summer sakes are refreshing, but this one is sweet and sour and has a big bone structure. Nichiranda is a versatile sake, so of course it goes well with the sashimi I prepared, but I think it's more for meat 😅The acidity seems to go well with the oil 😋.
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Shisora純米吟醸 ラムネラベル
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I saw it in the store and was curious about it, so I bought it... I had an image of purple air being sweet, but it's dry and refreshing 😁. The sweet and sourness is there and I feel the freshness of the ramune ✨. The bubbles bursting in the glass is beautiful and I love it this time of year 😆.
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Purchased because of the 60% milled rice ratio and 20 alcohol by volume. I wanted to drink it on the rocks on the day the rainy season ended, so I opened the bottle. ☀️ I paired it with frozen Genghis Khan that I brought back from Tono. It's well separated, so I shook it lightly before putting it in ice 🧊. It's less lactic than I thought it would be, and it's very spicy and thick, but it's cold and refreshing and delicious 🤤. I like this kind of sketchy in a good way. My brain feels good🤩. Definitely this for Genghis Khan 😭
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Kakuemon夏酒 荒責混和 しろくま
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Kakuemon in summer with cute shikuma bottles😍. I wonder if this bear is modeled after Gota? Bring it to the drinking party! The aroma is sweet and fruity 😚. But the taste is light and refreshing, with just the right amount of spiciness, so you don't have to choose what to cook with! Perfect for everything from edamame and pickled cucumbers to pizza, pasta, gratin, and party food👍. Three drinkers and we emptied it in seconds 😭.
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Wataya梅雨綿 特別純米酒
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The rainy season is about to end, so we hurriedly opened the package. Unique sweet and sour taste, stable and delicious 😆. The boundary between sweet and sour is not so clear than usual Wataya, and the ambiguity is like the sky in the rainy season. The dishes were tandoori chicken and eggplant grilled with spices 🍆. I like cotton-ya that doesn't let the strong peculiarities of the spices get the better of it 😊.
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I bought it in January, but it was too good to open, so I opened it at my parents' house. This is a Junmai Daiginjo sake matured by Hagino Shuzo. When I hear the word "aged", I imagine a unique fermented aroma and taste, but this sake has a beautiful aroma and taste like Hagi no Tsuru, but with the strength of Hiwada 😳. It's easy to pair with meals, and you'll never get tired of drinking it, so it will keep you coming back for more...
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Kinryu祥雲金龍 純米吟醸
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Only Ichinokura brand sake is made in Kurihara City. When Mr. Tokoro introduced it in a TV shooting at the end of last year, it was in short supply in Kurihara City 😱😆😆. The first sip tastes slightly sweet and clean without any peculiar taste. It goes well with kiwi and kurichi wrapped with prosciutto ham. It also goes well with strong meat dishes!
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翠玉特別純米 無濾過生 秋田酒こまち
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Got it at a liquor store in Tomiya City. This one is sweet but easy to match with food and I like it 😚. As expected, it's sweet and umami, but it's also very refreshing ✨. I think it's because it's unfiltered raw, but I can really taste the rice 😳. I had it with saikyo yaki chicken and carpaccio of prosciutto ham 👍. It's easy to prepare dishes when you know what it tastes like 😌.
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遠野どぶろく50%純米吟醸仕上げ
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Towa, went on a day trip to Tono and purchased at a roadside station in Tono ~. Tono is a major producer of doburoku. This doburoku also has sweet, dry and junmai ginjo! The sweetness and sourness are moderate. It has no peculiarity and is easy to drink. The rice has a crumbly texture as if it had been stirred in a blender. Firm milky white color. Next time I go there, I would like to drink it with Genghis Khan!
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Yoemon「夏ぎんが」純米吟醸 無濾過生原酒
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Got it at a liquor store in the neighboring Ichinoseki area~! The cool packaging is eye-catching 👀. This is a brand that is the perfect food wine! The aroma is fruity and sweet, but the taste is spicy and slightly sour. If I had to say something, I'd say it would be my favorite if there was a little more sweetness in the aftertaste 🤭.
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I've never had Kakuemon before ✨. Found it left at a liquor store in Tomiya 💡. The aroma is similar to Fukukomachi, but weaker than Fukukomachi 💡. Taste is simple and clear with no sourness 😆. The bitterness becomes more pronounced when paired with a meal 😳. It is perfect with edamame, vegetable sticks, homemade pizza Neapolitan style, chikuwa and natto tempura, chicken tempura, and other dishes that lack cohesiveness.
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Purchased at a liquor store in the neighboring Ichinoseki area. It is a sake made in Hitachi City, Ibaraki Prefecture, so it is a coastal sake! It is a coastal sake. I paired it with shime saba (mackerel) and yakitori (salt) according to the website! This combination was very 👍, I wondered what other dishes would go well with it...? Very light and refreshing without any unnecessary sweetness ✨. It's good as a food sake, but if you drink it by itself, it might be a bit of a pain 😅.
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Haginotsuru純米吟醸 雄町
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Purchased at a local liquor store ~. There are a lot of spring limited edition sakes out there, and with Hagino Sake Brewery, I thought it would be for glasses only..., Today I selected this one, which I was told is medium-bodied and well-balanced ✨. It's definitely not too spicy, not too sweet, light and easy to drink...after all, Haginotsuru is Haginotsuru and has a very beautiful and delicate mouthfeel! I have the impression that it is more of a pre-dinner drink than a mid-dinner drink, and is best paired with a refreshing vegetable-based appetizer. The grilled chicken with lots of garlic and salted malt that I had prepared for today was a splendid competition with the leftover Hamamusume from last week.
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Purchased in Ichinoseki next door I thought it would be light and dry, but it has a firm sweetness and umami, with a tangy fizz in the back of the throat. I was convinced by the description "mellow" on the label 🤔. It would be good with seafood au gratin or boiled fish rather than sashimi!
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This is also a souvenir of the cherry blossom viewing. The aroma is not too strong... and this one tastes like nothing I've ever had 😳 Sweet with a hint of bitterness and light and refreshing✨ Light, but it makes a statement when drunk after a meal 😳. It reset my slightly bitter bamboo shoots, croquettes with lots of sauce, and garlicky fried chicken with just one sip ✨. It was similar to the feeling I had when I went outside after a bad day, only to be blown by a fresh but strong yet enveloping warm wind that took all the bad things with it. (Am I tired?)
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I got it on the way back from Hanamiyama Park to see cherry blossoms 🌸 The first sip was sweet and spicy at the same time, like an orthodox sake! It's like an orthodox sake 😆. It was my first time to drink it but it was familiar to me 😁. It was very easy to pair with dishes, and it helped to refresh the oil from the Saikyo style chicken ✨. I think it would go well with fish too ✨
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Wataya特別純米原酒
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A dream collaboration between Matsubara-source and Cotton Shop, who had a business relationship ✨. I opened a bottle for the launch party by myself after work was over.... This is my first time to drink Wataya's raw sake 😆. Mellow -> sourness of lactic acid -> spiciness -> dry and fizzy feeling Rarity of the unique feeling of Nama-no-Harajiku? Rarity or braniness? It goes well with strong flavored dishes. Kurihara's highly acclaimed grilled chicken with Gyoja garlic sauce 😭
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