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I couldn't copy the label and the details are unknown, but it's a little schwag, and with the horse sashimi.
It said it was fruity, but it seems more carbonated than that.
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The first drink. With sashimi and salad.
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My family bought "Natsuko Monogatari" with the "Let's try a major series." Natsuko Monogatari" was purchased by my family. I thought, "Isn't there that many people of that generation who know that manga? (There was a TV drama, wasn't there?) We opened the bottle.
Today, we had fried kamaboko with corn as our main snack, and it was a very smooth drink that went down well without a scratch.
I wish I could visit sake breweries in Nagaoka when there is no snow.
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Weekend! Hot and humid, already summer.
Sake series sent from Yuzawa, chilled Mantis Shozu. Mantis Sho, one of the 72 signs of the season. If it were true, it would be a little earlier, in early June, which fits the calendar. It is right around this time of year that the brewery conducts a sake tasting of the sake brewed, and the name of the sake has "nakimikiri" in it.
I thought it would be refreshing because of the season, but it has a strong umami and aroma with a bitter aftertaste. It has a bitter aftertaste. This is a good match for strong-flavored snacks.
We are having it with grilled black soybeans, marinated cherry tomatoes with balsamic vinegar, and lightly salted cod roe. It goes well with raw cod roe!
It seems to be an all-around temperature drink, but I think I'll finish it in a gachibi.
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Things are finally getting back to normal, and I am enjoying a chilled bottle of sake sent from Echigo-Yuzawa.
It is 100% Gohyakumangoku, 14% alcohol by volume, a bit low.
Today is the second day of Father's Day mode, and we are having a Western-style main course with rosé sparkling wine. My family is having cake and red wine after dinner, so I am having sake and snacks.
On this business trip, I brought three four-packs of sake to Southeast Asia (just in time for duty free). (Just in time for duty free.) The people I gave them to all love sake. But it is very expensive there, so they can't drink so much sake all the time. It's a hot area, so I always bring something that tastes good chilled. This time, too, they were very happy. The Hokusetsu Junmai Daiginjo we are drinking today comes in a wooden box, so I don't have to worry about taking it overseas. It is safe because it is delicious, and everyone will be pleased. We also talked about the earthquake on New Year's Day this year. Sado Island, where Hokusetsu is located, was also affected, he said.
I hope that sake lovers will spread globally in various ways.
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Finally, I got a bottle on the weekend. I was still tired from my business trip, so rather than trying a new one, I had a classic one that I have had many times in the past. I had it with sushi to celebrate Father's Day weekend.
Drunken Whale" is written in English as "Drunken Whale" and I recognized it on the label for the first time.
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I was in a flurry of work and went on an overseas business trip, so I was far away from sake (I was surprised to find that the price of sake in retail shops overseas was about five times that of sake in Japan!) I was living a life that was far removed from sake.
Here is a side view of the Kubota that my husband was drinking after returning to Japan. It is a stable taste. I was so impressed that I came back to Japan! I was so happy to be back in Japan.
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Since the opening of the Golden Week holidays, it has been raining so much in the Kanto region that one might say it is already the rainy season. It has been raining so much in the Kanto area since the beginning of Golden Week.
There was a lot of work and private life going on, so I decided to open a Junmai Daiginjo even though it was a weekday! So I opened this bottle.
Today, I had Jingisukan-style seasoned beef, tofu paste, and mozuku seaweed.
It is not clumpy, but has a strong sweetness and umami flavor.
It was served cold. It was delicious.
Let's work hard again from tomorrow!
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Waiting for the sake sent from Echigo-Yuzawa, today's sake is junmai sake from Iinuma Honke, a brewery in Chiba. The label is cute. It is a tortoise and a mouse.
The ingredients are Gohyakumangoku from Shakai-cho and Yachimachi City, Chiba Prefecture. (Shisui-machi is the best sake brewing area in Chiba Prefecture, isn't it? I want to go see the well once.)
As the name "soft" suggests, it is gentle on the palate. I had a preconceived notion that it was supposed to be very sweet, but it had a moderate sweetness that made me feel relaxed after drinking it. Today, I drank only one cup after dinner (though I drank at least one cup since it contains 180 ml) and had shrimp crackers as snacks. It was a relaxing drink that made me think, "I'll do my best for this drink tomorrow, too.
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Golden Week is coming to an end.
I cleaned out the refrigerator, clearing out all the vegetables in the vegetable room, and the main dish was yakiniku (grilled meat). After dinner, we finally have sake.
It's not at all peculiar, and seems to go with everything.
The snack is aojiso-flavored kaki no tane (persimmon seed), but I guzzled it down before opening the bag.
Sashimi might have been good.
Tomorrow I will go back to Tokyo after buying sake.
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I have been so busy with my new life since April that I have not had a day to enjoy sake at home. On the first day of the first half of Golden Week, I was finally able to enjoy sake.
All the liquor stores near my house have closed down, and I spend my days going to large chain liquor stores, supermarkets, department stores, and electronics mass merchandisers whenever I can. I chose this Yamagata sake, wishing I could go back to Echigo-Yuzawa.
It is mild when heated and refreshing when cold. I had it heated, even though it's been hot in Tokyo for the past few days. The snack was fried baby sardines!
It really sinks in, I thought to myself, and then I realized that the four-pack was empty. Well, it's my day off tomorrow, I thought.
And now I'm thinking about what to drink and eat on the second day.
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It was really hot today. Ski slopes, it was a jabbering hot day. The last edition of the season's practice should lead to next season.
I was thinking of craft beer on a day like this, and then I remembered that there was this cute pink fizzy stuff. It has 8 degrees alcohol by volume and is insanely easy to drink. I guzzled it down with a little yogurt taste. (I did drink a spud and a glass of water before that.)
I have heard from a sake brewer that "Sake that doesn't look like sake is selling well as an introductory drink for young people. I am sure this is one of them.
100% "Gohyakumangoku" rice grown in Tsunan, Niigata Prefecture
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The snow has already disappeared from the lower elevation ski areas, Echigo-Yuzawa.
Today, we have a bottle of Echigo-Yuzawa Benibai with a cute label.
It is made from 100% Gohyakumangoku rice produced in Kakizaki, Niigata Prefecture, 60% polished rice, 16% alcohol by volume, and requires refrigeration.
It has a sourness and a little bit of a "splash" feeling.
It has a high aroma and is very refreshing.
Today's snack was silken tofu with salted black pepper and olive oil.
It is an Italian dish, but it goes well with it.
I wonder if my life of unlimited sake selection will soon come to an end!
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The first bottle of the new year.
This is also a bottle I purchased when I visited the brewery at the end of last year. It is located next door to the Matsuyama Brewery in Towashi, and we sometimes hold events together.
Since I went all the way to the brewery, I chose this one because it is limited to Kyoto and next year's historical drama is Murasaki Shikibu.
Today I am enjoying it at room temperature with mozuku vinegar. The aroma is like a strong white wine. It also tastes like a rich white wine.
I posted the back of the label, but it looks like it can be served at various temperatures too. I'll have to try it.
Oh, this one is also "100% Kyoto Shukui".
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Matsuyama Shuzo's "Jyuseki" which we visited at the end of last year for a sake brewery tour at an event.
It is a bottle made with 100% "Shuku" (celebratory rice) grown in Kyoto Prefecture and made with locally produced ingredients.
It has a strong, robust flavor.
We paired it with sesame tofu. Even one gou (one cup) was enough to make you feel as if you had drunk a lot.
I am so hungry, it is hard to find it in Tokyo.
I would like to visit Kyoto again as they have a new pink label.
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We are pleased to announce the spring release of "Tsubamekitaru" by Kinmasu Sake Brewery, which is released in accordance with the 72 seasons of the year.
As I posted the other day that it is time for wild vegetables, this sake was recommended to me as it goes well with the "bitterness" that is the taste of spring. (I tasted it and decided to go for it...).
This sake itself has a bit of bitterness, and it certainly goes well with the bitterness of wild vegetables. It was like both melded together in the mouth without clashing. The brewer said, "We really brought the freshly pressed sake.
It is a home-grown Koshitanrei. The alcohol content is 17 degrees.
It is not so sweet that those who think sake is sweet might be surprised. It is refreshing, but has a bitter aftertaste.
A new world of sake has opened up to me.
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The sun came out this afternoon and it was hot in Echigo-Yuzawa. On a day like this, I thought it would be nice to have a very cold drink, so I went to the cooler area. I remember drinking it last season and enjoying it, so I had a Choshamori again today. I like the way it's a bit chilled, and it fits my mood perfectly.
I was told that it is a limited-edition product, hand-packed on the day of the first tank.
I paired it with spinach with sesame paste and butterbur sprouts tempura. Wild vegetables are coming out soon. They are the best accompaniment for sake (or is it the other way around?!). It is the best accompaniment to sake (or is it the other way around?!).
It is a little bit strong, but not too strong. It has a strong flavor, so the bitterness of the butterbur doesn't overpower the sweetness of the sesame paste.
Since it is a pure sake, the alcohol content is a little high (17%).
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It has been snowing since yesterday, and the ski slopes are in conditions that are hard to believe it is March. I went looking for heated sake and found this bottle. (I went looking for heated sake and found one.)
It was a Choujamori, which I had never seen before, and which is sold only in Niigata Prefecture. The moment I opened the bottle, the aroma was so sweet. When heated, the aroma became even sweeter.
The taste is robust, but has a light aftertaste.
We've included a photo of the back of the label. It's an all-around great sake that can be served at a variety of temperatures. It can be drunk at different temperatures depending on the situation.
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I did it again. When I bought it, I was going to heat it up because I saw that "the flavor blooms even more when heated to 55 degrees Celsius," but I drank it cold, and it went down a treat. It was paired with oden (Japanese style rice dumplings) and went well with sakura ebi-ten (shrimp tempura)! I drank it quickly! It has a robust flavor, so it doesn't lose out to fried fish paste.
The last time I drank it cold, I tried to heat it up, but it was Kirinzan.
This year, they call it a light snowfall, but it's still snowing in March. I think I'll be able to enjoy hot sake a little more, so I'm going to go looking for heated sake.
(I heard someone say that heated sake is also good during the hot season...)
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Tomorrow is a national holiday! I finished work early and had yakitori today. It is a junmai ginjo without any peculiarities and goes well with either sauce or salt. It's so light and smooth, I'll finish the bottle the day I open it.
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