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東京と越後湯沢の二拠点生活をしています。 I live in Tokyo in summer / in Echigo Yuzawa in Niigata prefecture in winter for snow activities.

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I went to the slopes to enjoy the snow that had been falling since Wednesday afternoon, but came home exhausted from the hard, wet snow. My family kept a bottle of "Sanzui" chilled for me! There are four different label colors, each with a different brewing process. This black label is "unfiltered, bottle-fired". This one is delicious when chilled to a crisp and very fruity. Sushi from the local supermarket is the main dish for dinner today, and it goes great with raw fish. Some sake has a fishy smell, but this one has none. It also goes well with sweet and spicy fish like conger eel. When you put it in your mouth, the sweetness spreads with the aroma, but there is a bitter aftertaste. This may be what makes it so refreshing, but there is no sweetness left in the mouth at all. It is bliss. The alcohol content is 15%, a little low.
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It is limited to 600 bottles and was sold after the master decided that it was "time to drink it now! The brewer decided to sell it after deciding that it was the right time to drink it. I tasted it and decided immediately. It is easy to drink with a refreshing 15% alcohol content. I tried to drink it with white sashimi, but my son ate all of them. My family said it was a little sweet. It seems to be aimed at young people who don't have much experience drinking sake, but I enjoyed it with light Japanese food. I think I will finish it soon...easy to drink = drink quickly.
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Koshinokagetora特別純米酒 名水仕込
Morohashi ShuzoNiigata
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A little hot sake. I plan to warm myself up with this and go to bed. No bitterness at all. It's very smooth and sweet. It hasn't snowed recently, and the temperature has been warm, but I went to the trouble of acquiring a sake that can also be drunk warm. Processed cheese with almonds is a snack. Cheese is becoming an established part of sake.
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I am busy with work. I'm going to have a quick drink and a quick sleep today and start work early tomorrow morning. Kirikiri chilled Echigo-Densho and Kagura Nanban Miso and chilled cucumber. Yam with wasabi. Oh, I can drink it smoothly. Kagura Nanban Miso goes very well with it. By the way, I heard yesterday that Aoki Shuzo is reviewing the product lineup of Tsururei, and will discontinue the current Honjozo this year. I am assured that it will always be there, and I always have a bottle on the shelf when I warm up sake. It is a matter of course, but it is something that is brewed every year and is different every year. Still, it is a little sad to see something that has always been there change, and I also look forward to seeing what new things will come out after the review. I was reminded of the time when Umaisuke (a limited edition sake made by Takachiya Brewery and sold only in Echigo-Yuzawa) was discontinued. That sake was always there when I came to Yuzawa, and I always felt at ease with it.
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It was a beautiful day, a full day of snowboarding and sweating. It's getting colder and colder. I couldn't stand it any longer, so I decided to have either amazake or heated sake, and heated sake won out. At the Echigo Yuzawa Station food stall village, you can choose between cold and hot sake in a Choja cup for 400 yen. The cups are boiled in a pot. (What an efficient drink, I thought...). Actually, I spent 30 minutes looking at the storefront to decide whether to buy amazake or heated sake. When I saw that no one was buying a cup of chosha, I said to myself, "In this situation, go for what you want to drink! I decided to go with the heated Choja Cup. There were plenty of draft beer and amazake on tap, though. I'm going to give a big shout out to the fact that many people may not know that you can get 200ml hot sake here for 400 yen (cold sake is also available). This sake has won a gold medal in the National Heated Sake Contest!
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After all, I was not feeling well from New Year's until about yesterday, and could hardly enjoy any alcoholic beverages. Finally, today I was able to enjoy good drinks and food for the first time in a while. The yellow label of "Chosan" from Niigata Meikozo, famous for Choshamori and Koshino-Kanchubai, comes in various colors. The label does not say "Junmai-shu," but the ingredients are only rice (produced in Niigata Prefecture) and rice malt (produced in Niigata Prefecture). Today I paired it with sushi from Harimaya, a local supermarket. It was a delicious sake with raw fish, with quite a sweet taste in the mouth, but the aftertaste refreshed the fat of the fish. We had it today with gachibier. The alcohol content is a bit high at 17 degrees.
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I caught a throat cold and have been non-alcoholic for the past few days. The Kagamibiraki (Kagami-biraki) event hosted by the condominium was held at Mt. The year-end and New Year's holidays remind us of the importance of good health. Happy New Year to everyone!
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Ofukumasamune荒　荒走り　純米大吟醸　生原酒純米大吟醸原酒生酒
Ofuku ShuzoNiigata
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Three days into the season and with excruciating muscle pain, I took yesterday afternoon and today off from snowmobiling to do some housework. (You can't take a day off from housework.) Finally, I've got most of the work done, and I'm slowly heating sake, lukewarm. The aroma is soft and banana-like. Of course it's delicious cold, but it's also very tasty lukewarm. I served it with Kameda's Kaki-no-tane without peanuts. The aroma spreading in your mouth is a treat, but it also warms you up as it passes down your throat and into your stomach, making heated sake a delicious winter treat. It has snowed heavily this year, and has been snowing since the day before yesterday, and is expected to continue to do so this evening.
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It's been a while since I've been out drinking sake. My family told me to go out for dinner if I was going to be late. (When you go skiing, even 17:00 is considered "late".) If I go to the hot spring resort area, I won't be able to go home normally (=take a cab home), so I went to the station today. I ordered at "Minatoya Tousuke", which I had used many times as an errand, but I hadn't used it recently. It came in a large buckwheat noodle cup that could hold one cup of sake, but it was over in a flash. The snacks were iburigakko cheese, tochi-age (with kagura nanban), and oden. Sake is made from rice, and although I am keenly aware that sake is sweet because it is made from rice, I can drink it without any stickiness at all, and it is very easy to drink. It's so versatile. I will continue to choose it for my errands.
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The season is finally here. Housework is still a bit of a mess, but I went to Echigo-Yuzawa anyway. After looking at sake at Tokyo Station, I decided to drink a craft beer to commemorate the 110th anniversary of Tokyo Station. It was very good, and I recommend it. (I know this is off topic, but I'll post a picture.) Takachiya came out when I opened the refrigerator at home. I poured it into a glass without any snacks and enjoyed it with a gulp. Gentle, sweet, and easy to drink. It was over in a flash. I am looking forward to another season of encountering delicious sake. By the way, it is snowing heavily. It was snowing heavily when we arrived at ❄️ White Christmas, but my family was already exhausted after a full day of snowboarding, and we ended up eating and drinking as usual. Well, it's Christmas Eve.
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This is also the Sasaki Sake Brewery in Kyoto, which I tried with one of the bottles available for order at the Co-op. It is one of the breweries that I have been wanting to visit but have not yet been able to do so. In December, when we eat a lot of Western food, I learned to pair softer sake with cheese, so I paired it with Camembert. I had a happy time with Yotsuba's solid Camembert. We had it at room temperature, cold, and lukewarm. All were delicious. I think it would be good with a pizza with only cheese. I will give it a try.
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This bottle was promoted as being suitable for warming sake. It seems that this is the one that the supermarket Yoshiya asked the brewer to make for them! (The brewer's website introduced it as a "PB product.) Today, I was in the mode where I wanted to drink it soon, so I heated it for 40 seconds in the microwave, and the moment I opened the microwave, I was surprised by its aroma. When I poured it into a glass, there was no aroma at all, and I wondered what it would be like, but it was a deliciously sweet and robust rice flavor. In December, a small amount of beef leg block has started to appear, so I prepared low-temperature cooked roast beef and enjoyed it with it. It goes well with mashed potatoes with a little consommé. Red wine is not the only thing that goes well with Christmas menu!
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This is part of the "Buy Sake at the Co-op" program. My co-op has a long relationship with Yoshikawa, the hometown of this sake, and also handles rice for food. The city is also the hometown of an important character in a certain manga, and is the home of sake. (In the past, there was a high school with a brewing department.) In Echigo-Yuzawa, of course there are a lot of sake from Joetsu, and I have seen a lot of them, but this is my first time to see this "Ten-Eraku". (Sake names are really interesting.) This time I drank it all up at room temperature & lukewarm, but I might recommend it cold. It is what is called "light and refreshing," and goes with everything. It was a perfect match with carrot shiriririri (miso flavored). It would also go well with cold boiled tofu with ponzu sauce. It is refreshing and easy to drink. I would like to pair it with light meals. It is almost time to head to Echigo-Yuzawa. I'm looking forward to seeing many more Niigata sake this season as I work a little harder.
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KarihoSilky Snow Time 冬ひや酒純米吟醸
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This is a bottle that I was drinking alongside Honorary Pond Moon. This one is a jacket purchase, with a design of snowflakes and a tree with snow drifting on it. This Akita sake is brewed with Akita rice and an original Akita sake mother. The description is exactly what it sounds like: a clean, refreshing drink with no cloying flavors. Ah, this is the type of sake that tastes great in a thin glass wine glass (but I guzzled it down in a thick, rugged glass...). It was a quick bottle.
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誉池月秋限定純米ひやおろし
Ikezuki ShuzoShimane
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A little more autumn sake before it gets cold. Polishing ratio 60%, Yamadanishiki. The ingredients are 100% Shimane rice and rice malt. This time we served it mostly at room temperature. It has a gentle flavor, and of course it would be delicious chilled, but I felt that if it were chilled to a crisp, it would lose its gentle, omnidirectional network of flavors. I like the sourness that lingers in the aftertaste. I am pairing it with grilled chicken with salted malted rice, potato salad, and pumpkin with minced chicken.
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It's cold today as forecasted. Echigo Yuzawa already has news of snow accumulation at ski resorts, and Kagura might open on schedule for the first time in a while. I should have bought more this weekend. I don't have anything suitable for heating sake today. So, I went rummaging around and came up with a bottle of Takeba, which I bought at Noto Cheer. I served it cold first, with boiled komatsuna and deep-fried tofu. It was light and easy to drink, but had a strong umami flavor that went well with the fried bean curd soaked in the dashi broth. We finished the first sake in no time, and next we had it lukewarm with sweet and spicy teriyaki chicken. After the sake was warmed up a little, the sourness started to appear on the back of the mouth. The sourness in the back end of the sake was good, not to be outdone by the sweet and spicy flavor. The flavor changed so much just by warming it up, it was like a great deal. I hope you will try both. Oh, I think the cold one was the sashimi. (No, the fried tofu was delicious, but I would definitely pair it with white meat sashimi for that refreshing taste!)
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I was attracted to this sake by a store pop-up that said it could be served cold or warmed. Today's meal was a Western-style meal, so I had a glass of sparkling wine and then an after-dinner glass of sake. I've been drinking a lot of strong sake recently, so at first I thought it would be easy to drink. But after the second sip, I thought, "Oh, it's a well-balanced sake with a lot of umami, what should I do with snacks? So I paired it with Kameda's Wasabi Kaki no Tane (persimmon seeds with wasabi). (I think Naniwaya's Aojiso Kaki-no-tane would be a better match.) Today I drank it cold, so I will try heated sake from tomorrow onward. Next week it will be as cold as December, so I feel like I'm going into winter without drinking much autumn-aged or hiyaoroshi sake.
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A family member bought this bottle after seeing it on the road. It's a carbonated schwashy type. It has 12% alcohol by volume and is 500ml, so it didn't last more than an hour in our house. It is sweet. Also, my mouth feels like when I eat a grape. I wonder if it was made with champagne in mind... It's not a food wine, but a starting drink.
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While we were eating oden, I said to myself, "I want some hot sake! (I think I drank a lot of hot sake yesterday and had very little left), so I had a bottle of Dainichi hot sake. It was very tasty and I drank it in gulps even though it was still very cold, but it was definitely more delicious when it was heated. I paired it with some meatballs that were in the oden. This was also purchased at the Co-op. The buyers at the Co-op are amazing. They suggest delicious sake every week.
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Chikumanishiki辛口特別純米特別純米
Chikumanishiki ShuzoNagano
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What's for dinner tonight? I asked him what he had for dinner tonight, and he said oden. I was muttering to myself, "Isn't there a lot of oden these days? But the ingredients were totally different from usual. The frozen takoyaki had soaked up the broth and looked like Akashiyaki. I was surprised to see shrimp and octopus. Today, in an attempt to "buy sake at the Co-op," I bought a bottle of Chikuma-Nishiki from Nagano Prefecture, at room temperature. It is a light golden color and has a strong sake taste. I enjoy it alternately with oden soup stock. It goes really well with boiled quail eggs. If you like easy-drinking sake, you may feel that it has a strong sake taste. I would like to try it lukewarm next time.
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