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記録用に始めました。 ここ数年で日本酒を嗜むようになった初心者です。皆さんから勉強させていただいてます。 旅先で地酒を買うのが好きです。

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abe
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Senkin線香花火原酒無濾過
せんきんTochigi
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I opened a new bottle of sake and now it's back to summer again, going back and forth between seasons 🎆. I decided to go through with this one because I was buying too much, but after a while I saw it in the fridge at the liquor store...so I ended up buying this one. The aroma is slightly citrusy and sour. It's Sentori. When you sip it, you can feel a little bit of a sourness with a slight lemon-like bitterness, and it lingers on the side of your tongue. It has a delicious flavor, but there is no sticking point, and you can drink it easily. It is a delicious sake that can be drunk in large gulps due to its crisp acidity, or rolled around on the tongue to enjoy its gradual umami.
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Good morning, Kotaro 😃. I often come across a sake that I passed up on and end up buying it again 🤗. It turns out to be delicious, so I don't have a problem 😅.
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YokoyamaSILVER 超辛7純米吟醸原酒生酒無濾過
Omoya ShuzoNagasaki
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I decided to start my new sake with Yokoyama 🍶. The aroma is slightly rummy and acidic. When you drink it, it has a fresh, chiri-chiri-chiri-shuwaku mouthfeel with the delicious taste of rice spreading through the mouth, and finally, a slight sweetness that gradually tightens up. Delicious! It is not so hot as to be super spicy, but not so hot that you can clearly feel the sweetness on your tongue. There is a citrus acidity and a juicy muscat-like flavor. As the temperature rises, there is a bitterness at the end? It has a fizzy and light mouthfeel, but it has a robust, or rather rich, juicy flavor that is typical of nama-zake, so it goes surprisingly well with oil-based meals. Even after a few days, it is still fresh sake? Even after a few days, it's still good because it's a new sake, and even if it doesn't go all shwashy, the gas is still well dissolved. Is it sweet? It has a subtle hint of rummy gas, and the acidity tightens it up. It was a delicious sake with a strong flavor that made me want to drink the next one!
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Banshuikkon純米吟醸 ひやおろし純米吟醸ひやおろし
San'yohai ShuzoHyogo
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The aroma is of sweet rum and rice. When you drink it, you will find a little chili, a sweet and delicious taste of rice with a hint of rummy flavor, and a sour and bitter taste that comes slowly to the side of your tongue. This goes well with the mild autumn flavors! It would also be good with simmered dishes or miso grilled dishes with a sweeter flavor. On this day, it was perfect with saikyo yaki gindara (cod). The flavor is not too rich and assertive (although it is delicious in its own way), and it finishes smoothly and cleanly. It is not so much that it is sharp...but rather that it disappears quickly, leaving no trace of the bird that stood in its path. The balance is stable even after a few days. The acidity comes first, but as it rolls around in the mouth, the sweetness and umami gradually spread, and the mild acidity and slight bitterness bring it to a close. It was a delicious sake that could be sipped with a meal for a long time.
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Good evening, Kotaro 😃. Banshu Issen Hiyoroshi! It's delicious 🤗. It's true that the autumn flavors go perfectly with it 😋 and the heated sake 🍶 was delicious too 😚.
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Jay & Nobby, good evening 🌙. This is so delicious 🥳Yes, I completely forgot to mention that the heated sake was delicious! It's the best this time of year 🍶♨️ mellow and more delicious ☺️
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Fusano Kankiku電照菊純米大吟醸原酒生酒無濾過
Kankiku MeijoChiba
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Suddenly I wanted to drink the sweet and tasty type, so I bought Denshogiku on impulse. The aroma is sweet and fruity. When you take a sip, you feel a fresh chilli and a rich umami catch. Is it sweet? It comes back before being too sweet and ends up with a fruity apple flavor and a sweet sourness. I split it over several days, but I think it rounds out after a few days and has a milder, more refreshing aftertaste overall. I enjoyed it and my desire for a sweet and tasty drink was successfully satisfied 💯.
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HyakujuroMONONOKE 宿儺純米大吟醸原酒生酒
Kuramotohayashi HontenGifu
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I thought it opened normally, but after a beat, the liquid level started to rise. After opening and closing the bottle several times, the bottle was opened. The aroma is citrus and rice soda. When you drink it, it is very sizzling! The citrus spreads out, and the alcohol has a sharp kick when you think you've tasted the umami. It has a slightly bitter taste, and the fizz helps to keep it dry and delicious. The bubbles are still there even after a few days! The flavor gradually mellows out and you start to taste apples. The citrus and apple rice dryness makes it drinkable. It was delicious on its own or with food.
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Shinshu Kireiひとごこち 純米吟醸純米吟醸
Okazaki ShuzoNagano
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It was a dinner party at a relative's house, so I opened the bottle of the one I brought (or rather, the one I had originally evacuated to the relative's house in terms of refrigerator capacity). First of all, when I opened the bottle, I could smell a nice aroma - fruity but not persistent, and I could smell it forever. When you drink it, it is fire-brewed but fresh, with not so strong acidity, and a gradual umami flavor. It was delicious from the first sip, and everyone loved it! The first sip was delicious, and everyone loved it. The first sip was delicious, and everyone loved it. It is more mild and refreshing than the last Yamada-Nishiki draft we drank. But it has a nice balance of freshness. Both modern and dry sake lovers said it was delicious. It's amazing how popular sake is, and when you drink it, you can understand why. Good food and good sake are always the best👍.
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HiranHEAVEN生酛原酒生酒無濾過
森酒造場Nagasaki
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After all this time, the label looks like stained glass, a beautiful summer sake from Jiran 🍶. Aroma is slightly sour? I don't think so. It has a sweet, slightly carbonated taste with a slight sourness and a light bitterness that gives it a grapefruit 🍋‍🟩 feel. The official description says it is like a sports drink, so you can gobble it up. It is light and refreshing like white malted rice! After a few days, it mellows out, but it doesn't get much sweeter. It's more like a grapefruit with acidity and a bit of bitterness. Although it has some flavor, it is quite light in the mouthfeel, so it was a perfect match when served with a light, acidic meal rather than as a greasiness cutter. This is certainly a sake I would like to drink in the summer.
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Beau MichelleSnow fantasy原酒生酒にごり酒
Tomono ShuzoNagano
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I'll open the one I've had laying around since last year (already got this year's or not...). When I twisted the cap, the lees started bobbing around and it took me a few minutes to open it, it's almost a year old but quite healthy 🫧. The aroma is sour and a touch of fluffy sweetness? Firmly schwaggy when included! The wine has the same kind of sapidity and juicy wineiness as the Cotton Candy of the same brand. It also has a floral note with a hint of honey like flowers in the back, and although it is cloudy, it is more floral than ricey. Since it was late in the day, I thought it would be light, but it was so sweet, sour, and juicy with a strong flavor that it killed me in the blink of an eye. Well, it is 9 degrees and 500ml, so it is in the category of light!
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AkabuAKABU MONSTER 2024
赤武酒造Iwate
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Opened this bottle on Halloween👻 night. The aroma is slightly sour, malted rice, and apple? When you drink it, the honey apple-like sweetness spreads, but it quickly converges with a citrus-like sourness and spice, and then it finishes with bitterness. This is something interesting! Although it is only 16%, and you can feel more alcohol than other Seasonal Akabu for a moment, the clarity through the throat is still there as usual, and on the contrary, it is amazing how smooth it is at 16%. After a few days, the taste becomes safe to drink while thinking, "It's Akabu. It is a sour slurp and the spicy taste is not so noticeable. The sourness that slowly creeps up on the side of the tongue is delicious, and it's so refreshingly sweet and acidic that it makes you want to drink the next one. It was a delicious sake with the excitement of Halloween and the stability of an Akabu sake 🎃.
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GokyoMIZUCHI 純米大吟醸生酒純米大吟醸生酒おりがらみ
Sakai ShuzoYamaguchi
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I bought it immediately when I saw it because it looked so delicious in the reviews of MIZUCHI🐍 who were also eating it at Sake-no-wa! The aroma is sour, alcoholic, and a little apple? On the palate, it was a slightly carbonated muscat-flavored lemon squash (?). And, oh, this is delicious! It is light, easy-drinking, white wine-like, and smooth. However, compared to a white wine, it has a pleasantly refreshing taste, without the alcoholic acidity. It has not only acidity, but also moderate sweetness and umami, and it is smooth without any stickiness. It was so good that you could drink it without thinking too much. I wonder if this is just a test brew. I hope I can drink it again.
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Good morning, Kotaro! ☀️ 蛟🐍It's delicious 😋. I drank it too and was captivated by it. Your review made me want to drink it again 😆.
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Good evening, Kotaro 😃. This is one we seem to like ‼️ and a delicious review that makes us want to drink even more 😋.
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ワカ太
Good morning, Kotaro 😃I was attracted by your very tasty review and I also wanted to look for 蛟. ❣️ I wonder if they still have it in stores that carry Gohashi 🤫.
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Good morning, Maru ☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀. Jia, it's very tasty and not much else like it 🙏✨I'm also tempted to drink it as I write this 😆.
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Good morning Jay & Nobby, ☀️ I think it is a taste that you two would kill for in a blink of an eye because it is so sweet and sour and refreshing 😆Thank you, it is the best part of sakéwawa to be able to tell people how delicious you feel 🎶.
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Good morning, Wakata-san ☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀. Thank you for saying so 🥳It's a fresh sweet and sour with a light gassy taste that I think you will like, Wakata🥰. Please look for it at the stores that carry it in Gohashi 👍✨.
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Hatomasamune発泡純米酒 花火純米生酒発泡
hatomasamuneAomori
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Turn the cap and slowly open it as the liquid level slowly rises. The aroma is sour and apple. I couldn't get the supernatant because it got mixed up, but when I drank it, it still had a dense fruity apple flavor, and it was refreshing, light and dry. I wanted to pair it with a strong dish...so I ordered some stewed beef from Marusan Restaurant in Mito, which was recommended by Manachie-san, and it was perfect! Thank you very much 🙏. (I looked closely at the expiration date...well, if you heat it up, it should be good to go!) After a few days, including only the top layer, it is sweeter. Apples and a candy-like taste? The fizziness is still there, and a little bitterness at the end. When mixed, it mellows out and the rice milky taste increases. The taste is robust and refreshing, yet satisfying. The end is sweet and rich like cotton candy. I think I prefer it when it is freshly opened and apple-dry, but it was a delicious sake that I could enjoy changing its flavor.
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Good evening, Kotaro😆Oh, you ordered motsu-ni from Marusan Shokudo☺️ it's delicious❗️ Hato is a perfect combination because it goes well with gutsy food as well❤️
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ワカ太
Good morning, Kotaro-san 😃I also drank this the other day! Like you, I liked it best when it was freshly opened 😆 I thought it would go well with meat because of its acidity but also a bit of weight, so it's really good with motsu (pork belly): ‼️
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Hello Kotaro 😃 We have had the top clear 🤗 we could drink the top clear 😊 but we liked it better mixed 😊 it would go great with stewed motsu 😍. We...killed it in the blink of an eye 😙I only know how good it tastes freshly opened 😆.
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Good morning, Manachie! I immediately ordered motsu nimono 😆 It's a delicious dish that goes well with both alcohol and rice 😋Thank you ‼️ It was a perfect match with the pigeon that goes with the meat 🥰.
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Good morning, Mr. Wakata! Oh, did you enjoy it too, Mr. Wakata? ☺️ I love the feeling of freshly opened, delicious and fizzy 👍I thought it might be... because it's a pigeon, but it turned out to be a great accompaniment ✨.
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Good morning, Jay & Nobby! I got a HANABI because you both recommended it to me before 💪✨It was a quintessential taste that goes well with guts 😋I think it tastes best if you just open it and kill it 🤣.
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IslanderHAWAIIAN SAKE Lilikoi
Islander Sake Brewery
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I opened a bottle of a souvenir I bought in Hawaii. This one is a so-called craft saké of lilikoi (passion fruit). I had heard that they had built a brewery relatively close to Waikiki and wanted to go there, but unfortunately, the brewery has moved to the Big Island of Hawaii in 2022, leaving only the store. The aroma was sour and koji-like, with a hint of Japanese sake, and a soft tropical breeze! It is not as fruity as one might imagine. When you taste it, it has a light, acidic flavor, but it is not a citrusy, sour sake either. It has a refreshing sweetness and acidity with a clean aftertaste, but it also has more rice than expected, making it more like a sake. It has a tropical flavor, but I thought it would be more like a juice. It goes well with vinegar-based foods such as salads. The volume is blinding, but the end of the bottle has more lilikoi than the beginning. The flavor is refreshingly tropical and astringent when you bite into the seeds, and the sake flavor is light. I enjoyed it with thoughts such as, "I want to go back soon. By the way, the store that handles Junmai Ginjo...which part of Junmai is Junmai? I thought, "What part of Junmai is Junmai? If I have a chance, I would like to try the Junmai one.
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Hello Kotaro 😃 🌺Hawaii 🏝️ sake! It's so tropical 🤗I want to try Islander too 😋 but more importantly I want to go to Hawaii 🥹!
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ポンちゃん
Good morning, Kotaro 🐥. I love Hawaii 🌺Lilikoi itself is suggestive as I don't see it in Japan😻and it tastes like sake (excuse the pun 🙏). I'd love to try some of the foreign brewed sake 😊.
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Hi Jay & Nobby, ☀️ I drank it for the first time and it was an interesting mix of sake and tropical 🍶🏝️ Hawaii is nice ✨I want to go there already too because it's a great place no matter how many times you go 😆.
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Hi Pon, ☀️ I was wondering about the lilikoi and pineapple, but decided to go with the refreshing tropical fruit lilikoi 👍. I was surprised to find that I could taste the sake in spite of the tropical flavor 😁.
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Mimurosugi純米吟醸 雄町 ひやおろし純米吟醸ひやおろし
Imanishi ShuzoNara
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With a sideways glance at the summer sake still in the fridge (is it still there?), I open a bottle of hiyaoroshi. The aroma is typical of the ROMAN series, with a rummy and acidic flavor, but not strong. When you drink it, you can feel the slightly chili-chili-stingy taste of ramune, but the full-bodied sourness comes in slowly. It is also sweet but not sticky, refreshing and pleasant. This is a delicious Mimuro Cedar! This is the feeling of drinking a delicious Mimuro cedar. Even though it is hiya oroshi, it has a fresh feeling and a clean aftertaste. Even after opening the bottle, the taste remains stable. The umami, acidity, and sweetness are well balanced, and while it has a full flavor, the clear mouthfeel makes it easy to drink for a long time. It was finished long after the bottle was opened, but the stable Mimuro cedar flavor made it delicious all the way through.
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Good morning, Kotaro 😃 I finally couldn't get this one, but after reading your review, I can imagine how delicious it must have been 😁 I will definitely drink it next year ☺️
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Good morning, studying ☀☀☀☀☀☀. Thank you for saying so 🙏✨I thought it would be ripe since it is hiyaoroshi. I thought it would be ripe since it was hiyaoroshi, but it was very tasty with a freshness that is typical of Mimuro cedar. ☺️ Please come back next year👍👍
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Hououbidenミクマリ FLY HIGH 2nd純米大吟醸生酒
Kobayashi ShuzoTochigi
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Mikumari drinking comparison, followed by this 2nd release. When you open the bottle, the liquid level rises a little! The aroma is similar to that of the prototype, but a little more refreshing. The aroma is similar to the prototype, but a little more refreshing. It also has some citrus and muscat elements. When you drink it, it has a fruity flavor, with a light sweetness and umami that spreads softly, and finishes with a bitter bitterness while giving off a sharp acidity. Overall, it is similar, but I think I prefer the 2nd one. I am not sure if it has something to do with the passage of time since it was released from the warehouse.... For various reasons, I drank the rest of the bottle after the bottle had been opened for quite a few days. Surprisingly, the sapidity has not decreased. It has a feeling that the umami and acidity spread more clearly and softly than the prototype. It is delicious and has a nice sharpness through the throat. Both were delicious, but I thought I liked the 2nd better after some time had passed.
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Good morning, Kotaro 😃. Mikumari-chan drink comparison! I like it 🤗 We were the 1st to drink it in the blink of an eye 😙Time lapse reviews are helpful 👍I think the next time we drink it, it'll be in the blink of an eye 😆.
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It just so happened that there was a period of time after the bottle was opened when I couldn't drink it, so I was able to enjoy the passage of time, but it really is a blink-and-you'll-miss-it taste 😆✨.
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ポンちゃん
Hello Kotaro 🐦. I'm jealous of your drinking comparison😻I didn't get to drink the 1st one, so I was curious to see what the difference was😊Yes! I was surprised that it didn't lose its gassyness after a couple of hours 😳.
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Good morning, Pon, ☀️ I don't know if it's due to the difference in construction or the passage of time, but it was a little different and interesting 😋The retention of the gassy feeling is amazing! To be honest, it's been about 3 weeks and it was delicious ☺️🫧
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Hououbidenミクマリ FLY HIGH純米大吟醸生酒
Kobayashi ShuzoTochigi
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I wanted to drink it after reading your review, but I saved it... so I decided to compare Mikumari with each other. The first one is the prototype that was released first. The aroma is a cage of alcohol and koji malt? The aroma is a bit like a cage of alcohol and malted rice. It is thin. When you drink it, the mouthfeel is smooth and slightly carbonated. It has a slight sweetness and a light umami flavor, and the acidity and bitterness make it dry. I drank the rest of the bottle, sobbing with anxiety about how it would taste. The sushwashiness was almost gone, but the rice aroma, light umami, and light acidity made it still easy to drink. It is a pity that I could not taste the changes between sips, but I enjoyed it to the end. The difference between the two is not noticeable to my taste buds unless I drink them at the same time...but when I drank them at the same time, they were definitely a little different and interesting. Continue to 2nd🔜.
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Mikotsuru純米吟醸 活性にごり生酒 山恵錦純米吟醸生酒にごり酒
Suwa Mikotsuru ShuzojoNagano
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When it comes to Mikotsuru, Yamae Nishiki, and active nigori, there is no way to avoid drinking it. The aroma is sweet? The aroma is sweet, with a hint of cotton candy. When you drink it, it has a surprisingly smooth texture on the tongue, but as the bottle opener warning tag says, it is very soft and smooth. It is typical of Shinshu sake (?). It has a forest-like richness. It is easy to drink even after a long time. It has a gradual umami flavor. It is not too peculiar and can be drunk easily. It seems to get a little sweeter as time goes by, but it has a bitter taste and is not sticky. It is also full-bodied. You can feel that you are drinking Mikotsuru! You can feel that you are drinking Mikotsuru. It was a delicious active nigori that reminded me of the Mikotsuru Yamae Nishiki I had previously enjoyed.
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Kamokinshu秋あがり よりそい秋味特別純米
Kanemitsu ShuzoHiroshima
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The aroma is not very strong, maybe a hint of rum? A little milky too. Which way will it go? I take it at room temperature, wondering which way it will turn out. When I take a sip, I think, "Oh, this is the one I like! It's an autumn sake, but it still has a freshness to it, and you can feel the schwash. But it is gentle, calm, and refreshing. Maybe a hint of pear or rum. When chilled, it has a great clarity through the throat. Mild rice sweetness and soft acidity with a freshness. It has an autumnal richness, but it is not at all cloying, a good balance. It is delicious even when heated. It is warm and mild, with a slight sourness and a soft sweetness of the rice. The expression changes depending on the temperature range, but it is consistently a delicious sake with a gentle taste. I have not been able to drink much of this sake due to various reasons, and new sake has started to be released, so I feel like I have been left behind by the season.
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HijiriHizirizm 白麹仕込 活性酒
Hijiri ShuzoGunma
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The aroma is slightly citrusy, acidic, alcoholic? and rice. When you drink it, it is a thin, cloudy white pichisuwa, with a light texture on the tongue. It has a sourness and a hint of rice sweetness. I had an image that sake mother liquors are refreshing but have a rather strong flavor, but this one may not be so. The acidity is not as strong as one might imagine. It is a very light and light sake. But it tastes good on a hot day. It becomes even milder as the day goes on. Soda water? Water? It's so refreshing. It is so easy to drink! It was so refreshing that I could drink it after a workout.
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Take a flight on the last mile and drink an ibuki while looking back at MIU 404. The aroma is a hint of rummy? A little chili, rummy, light sweetness and tartness, refreshing when included. Delicious! I like this one. With time, the chili mellows out, but the forest-like freshness is still there. It's like a cool breeze in your mouth. It's like being kidnapped by the wind while the fluffy, gentle sweetness and squeaky light acidity come. As the day goes on, you can feel a slight bitterness coming out, but it is not harsh, but rather a refreshing bitterness, which is good. You can drink this as much as you want! The taste is perfect for the name. I enjoyed it with meals or by itself all the way to the end.
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Hiranあさひらん生酛原酒生酒無濾過
森酒造場Nagasaki
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The aroma is of sourness and yogurt with a hint of sake yeast. The milky aroma and refreshing sourness continue to coexist, and the slightly sweet taste is refreshing. The light, full-bodied flavor spreads throughout the mouth, leaving you with a sense of satisfaction, but it is also light and easy to sip. As the day goes by, the sweetness becomes more noticeable than the sourness. Yogurt goes well with cheese. As time goes by, the sweetness becomes more and more honey-like, but the aftertaste is relatively light, so you can drink it easily. The aroma may be honey-like. The sweetness and richness comes in a second, and then disappears. It is a delicious sake to drink after a meal rather than during a meal.
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