たっつうAfter work.
The first glass was Katsuma, a hard-to-find brand from Toyama, which I had wanted to try.
It's a light, fresh, and soft cup. 🙆♂️
It is probably best drunk as a food sake, but it is also delicious on its own!
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Hidakami純米大吟醸 助六初桜 生酒
たっつうThe second bottle is Hidakami, a sake from Ishinomaki.
It is characterized by a slight sweetness, freshness, and sharpness.
It is a light and elegant food sake, but it is also very tasty as a stand-alone sake!
It has "Sukeroku" in its name, but it seems to be a perfect match for sushi and sashimi 🍣.
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Atagonomatsu純米吟醸 はるこい
たっつうToday we have two spring sake from Miyagi Prefecture.
First, let's start with Harukoi.
Many reviewers say it's like a strawberry shake, and they are right, the sweet and sour taste and the aftertaste after drinking makes it feel like a spring sake. 🙆♂️
It was a wonderful sake that was not as sludgy as it looked and the sweetness did not linger 👏👏.
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Mimurosugi純米吟醸 おりがらみ 華きゅん
たっつうChecking in for the 4th month in a row Mimuro Sugi, this time it's Hana Kyun, which I didn't get to drink last year.
It is a delicious bottle with melon-like fruity, light, sweet and sour and gassy 👏👏👏👏.
I feel the level is very high.
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Kid純米吟醸 春ノ薫風
たっつうPurchased again this year, Kido's spring sake.
It was less acidic than last year? But the fruity taste and the pleasant feeling after drinking reminded me of spring. 🙆♂️
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Horaisen和 熟成生酒
たっつうThe second bottle was a brand from Aichi, Houraisen, which I was curious about.
It seems to be a sake that has been aged in ice temperature for 3 years, and has a mellow and rich sweetness with a mature taste. 🙆♂️
It may be close to kijoshu (noble sake).
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Shinomine純米吟醸 中取り生酒 五割磨き
たっつうThe first bottle was a bottle of Shinomine, which I had never had before, even though I like Nara sake.
The first bottle was a bottle of Shinomine, which I had never had before because I like Nara's sake.
I have had Kushira, a brand from the same brewery, before, but I wonder if it is characterized by astringent taste? 🤔.
I thought it had a unique taste.
Postscript.
I drank it a few days later and found that the astringent taste was gone and it tasted better!
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Gasanryu別誂 純米吟醸 朝顔
たっつうThe third cup was Gazanryu.
It is an unseasonal summer sake, but it is surprisingly light and refreshing and seems to go well with summer 🍶.
The bottle pattern and label also give it a summer sake feel. 🏝️
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たっつうThe second drink was Mitsuo Yamakawa, a first time drinker.
This time I had a sake made by Otokoyama Shuzo.
The theme for this year seems to be "collaboration with fermented foods," and the taste was indeed lactic acidic with a sweet and sour flavor that would go well with fermented foods.
It was a good sake too 👏👏👏👏.
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Kikuzakari死後さばきにあう 生原酒
たっつうToday I went to the Tohoku products exhibition in Abeno again 😅.
The first sake I drank was this one from Kikumori.
I was curious about the taste because of the strong name, but I found it to be a dry sake with a sharp taste and surprisingly high quality. 🙆♂️
It's the kind you can drink with ease lol.
The brewer said that the label was created to be the same as the Christ sign that he used to see since he was a child.
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たっつうThe second bottle was a brand I was curious about, Hiran, a sake from Hirado, Nagasaki.
It was fruity and juicy like a tropical fruit, and had a gassy taste, too 👏👏.
By the way, "Nikomaru" seems to be the name of sake rice.
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たっつうThis time we chose two bottles. The first one is Zhuyin, which we bought because we thought it was very tasty when we drank it outside before.
It is very gentle and sweet, but also surprisingly sharp, so it goes well with food. 🙆♂️
I checked it out and found that it is polished to the 30% rice polishing ratio.
It is a great deal because you can buy it for around 1600 yen 🤣.
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Hakkaisan純米大吟醸 雪室貯蔵三年
たっつうI found this sake at home when I went back to my parents' house.
It is not as soft as the Echigo de Doro I drank before, but it is a fine, light, dry sake that you can drink forever: 🙆♂️
It was delicious!
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Tenmei槽しぼり 純米本生
たっつうThird drink.
This is the sweetest and most fruity sake of the three 🍶.
However, it also has a calmness that is typical of sake from Fukushima.
There are so many delicious sake from the Tohoku region, it is hard to decide what to drink when visiting a product exhibition like this 😌.
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Roman裏ロ万 純米吟醸 一回火入れ
たっつうThe second glass was a lomang.
It was fruity but I think the taste was the mildest of all of these.
They blended several kinds of sake to make this one.
It seems to be a sake for everyone. 🙆♂️
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Hohai純米吟醸 豊盃米
たっつうDrinking comparison 🍶 at the Tohoku products exhibition being held in Abeno.
The first one was Toyobai from Hirosaki, Aomori.
It had just the right amount of rice flavor and sharpness, and seemed to be a good sake for a meal. 🙆♂️
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ひるぺこGood evening, Tatsu-san. I wanted to go to the Tohoku products exhibition at Abeno Harukas! I mean, you could drink sake too ‼️ and a great lineup💕I'm jealous😊.
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たっつうHi, Hirupeko. We are having a Tohoku products exhibition until next Tuesday: 🙆♂️
By the way, they also have some kinds of Shinsei! If you have time, please visit there!
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たっつうThe third bottle was Ikezuki from Nakanotomachi, which I purchased because I wanted to buy sake from a brewery as close to the disaster area as possible.
It has a strong flavor of rice, which is typical of Ishikawa sake, but it also has a mildness to it that makes it delicious.
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たっつうThe second bottle of Hokuriku souvenir is Bon, a famous sake from Fukui.
Stable and easy to drink, I thought it was a good bottle for a mid-meal drink. 🙆♂️
Many of Fukui's sake are classics, but they were all easy to drink and delicious!
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たっつうSouvenirs from my trip to Hokuriku.
Sake from the three Hokuriku prefectures was on sale there as a commemorative bottle for the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen extension, and this time I purchased sake from three of the breweries!
The first one is Ippongi, which is brewed in Katsuyama, Fukui Prefecture.
It is a light and dry sake similar to Kubota.
It has a nice sharpness and is a good sake for a mid-meal drink. 🙆♂️
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たっつうThe second cup is Wakasa.
It has a ginjo aroma and is fruity and easy to drink!
The station in Tsuruga is being renovated, and now all we have to do is wait for the Shinkansen to open, which we are looking forward to 😌.
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