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Kinoenemasamune純米吟醸

Iinuma Honke Chiba

2/4/2023, 2:41:32 PM

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Easy to drink with a fruity aroma, refreshing acidity and sweetness. It was served in a wine glass because it was tagged as a 2022 gold medal winner of the Delicious Sake in a Wine Glass Award. We received a set of one Hiramasa block, Kama and Ara from Kinko Town, Kagoshima Prefecture, so we had it with sashimi and Ara miso soup. The miso soup with the ara was too good, but the bone got stuck in my throat and I was in a hurry 💦. I'm glad I got it safely. ☺️ Polishing ratio 58 Alcohol content 16%. Iwataya 720㎖ ¥1,540 including tax

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Haneya翼純米大吟醸生酒

Fumigiku Shuzo Toyama

1/22/2023, 10:02:22 AM

1/22/2023

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This is a comparison with Haneya's representative brand "Kirabi". The ratio of polished rice is 60% for "Kirabi" and 50% for "Tsubasa". Both rice is Gohyakumangoku produced in Nanto City, Toyama Prefecture. The aroma is apple-like, and the sake has a clear, fruity taste and umami flavor. Personally, I preferred the Junmai Ginjo "Korohi". ☺️ We paired it with fresh kanpachi sashimi and grilled kanpachi kama (kama is a fish that is grilled with salt) from Kagoshima's Kinko Town, which was landed yesterday. Too delicious.

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Haneya煌火純米吟醸生酒

Fumigiku Shuzo Toyama

1/14/2023, 1:02:04 PM

1/14/2023

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Haneya's Junmai Ginjo and Junmai Daiginjo Drinking Comparison Set. The first hometown tax return this year also started with junmai sake. According to today's Nikkei Plus 1, while overall sake shipments are down to less than one-third of what they were in the mid-1990s, due in part to young people's shift away from sake, shipments of high-quality junmai sake have increased by more than 20% and are holding steady. I, too, have fallen for the allure of junmai sake. The freshness of this sake, made possible by the fact that it is a seasonal brewery, has a fruity aroma and tastes fresh and sweet, making it easy to drink and delicious 💕. It was served with mackerel simmered in miso and bamboo shoot rice. Rice: Gohyakumangoku produced in Toyama Prefecture Rice polishing ratio: 60 Alcohol content: 16%. Nama-zake (no heat treatment) 720㎖

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Izumibashi秋とんぼ　楽風舞純米吟醸

Izumibashi Shuzo Kanagawa

1/10/2023, 12:58:35 PM

とどろき酒店

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Although out of season, autumn dragonflies. Not much aroma, but fruity sweetness and clean, light dry taste. It is easy to drink and delicious. It is best served cold (room temperature) or cold (hanayaka). The second drink was a sake cocktail called "Ponchu Greer," made with Amaou strawberries. Pour the sake into a bottle filled with Japanese dried fruit and beet sugar, etc., and stir until the hackberry sugar dissolves to create a sweet, fruity sake cocktail. It is a delicious sake version of sangria. Rice used: 100% Raku-fu-mai produced in Kanagawa Prefecture Rice polishing ratio 55 Alcohol content 16 300㎖ ¥750 excluding tax

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KoeigikuSNOW CRESCENT原酒生酒無濾過

Koeigiku Shuzo Saga

1/8/2023, 12:13:42 PM

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I was curious about Koei Kiku Snow Crescent 100% Yamadanishiki after seeing it here. The store owner said it was slightly dry, and I was torn between Aizan's crown gold and silver light nigorigo, so I bought this one. I was afraid the lid was going to fly off, so I asked him to open it, but was surprised to hear a pop💦. The lees went up inside the bottle and looked like a beautiful snow scene. Delicious with citrusy acidity, bitterness, and a grapefruit-like shriek ☺️💕. Day 2. When I open the cork, it's poncy and energetic again. Juicy bitterness like grapefruit, not sweet, tasty today too. Yesterday I had it with grilled salmon and today with fried chicken in sauce, it goes well with both 😊. Rice: 100% Yamadanishiki Alcohol content 15 720㎖ ¥1,875 excluding tax

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御前酒鳳凰純米大吟醸

Tsuji Honten Okayama

1/1/2023, 3:15:04 AM

1/1/2023

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Happy New Year 🎍. May you have a great year with delicious sake. It has a gentle lychee-like aroma and is clean, dry, crisp and delicious for the New Year☺️. We had it with osechi and ozoni. Rice: Omachi rice Polishing ratio 40

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Sanuki Cloudy讃岐くらうでぃ

Kawatsuru Shuzo Kagawa

12/20/2022, 11:50:34 AM

12/20/2022

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I received this product as a hometown tax payment. This nigori sake tastes like non-alcoholic amazake and like makgeolli. It is said to be a low-alcohol sake created by using three times as much koji. With 6% alcohol content, it is easy to drink. It says it goes well with meat dishes, but today we had it with mirin-marinated silver fillet and simmered pumpkin.

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Ryu

Nice to meet you, Josephine 😌. Thank you for the Kagawa sake! It goes well with spicy dishes such as curry and bean curd 😊.

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Ryu, thanks for your comment & info! It was my first time in Kagawa and it was delicious. I will try it with spicy food this time 😊.

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Ryu

Thank you for your reply, Josephine 😌. I'm glad it suits your palate. Please give it a try 😊.

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Shinkame純米

Shinkame Shuzo Saitama

12/17/2022, 11:57:49 AM

12/17/2022

Todoroki Liquor Store Yakuin Stand (とどろき酒店薬院stand!)

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This sake is carefully and carefully brewed with only rice, rice malt, and water. I prefer it at about 50℃. I guess you can't get much sake from the Kanto region, because this was all they had when I went to buy it, but on a cold day like today, it was good👍. It went well with the chicken steak we had for dinner and the "Japanese style duck ajigyo" we had. Rice polishing ratio 60 Alcohol content 15.5 720㎖ ¥1,705

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Chiyomusubiこなき純米超辛口純米

Chiyomusubi Shuzo Tottori

12/5/2022, 2:39:07 PM

隆勝

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We were brought here today to celebrate. There was a sake from a prefecture I had never had before on the map of Japan, so I ordered it. It is dry, but tastes refreshing and delicious with chicken sashimi and charbroiled chicken. Today we had it cold. Rice: Gohyakumangoku (from Tottori Prefecture) Rice polishing ratio: 55 Sake degree: +15 Alcohol content: 16

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Rokujuyoshu冷酒本醸造

Imazato Shuzo Nagasaki

12/3/2022, 3:35:02 PM

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When I went to Huis Ten Bosch last month, I finally opened the one I bought at Famima to drink in my hotel room but brought it home without drinking it. It feels sweet when drunk after Nabeshima. It has a mild flavor and I never get tired of drinking it. Ingredient rice Reihou Polishing ratio 60 Alcohol content 15 300㎖ 440 yen

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NabeshimaGreen Label特別純米

Fukuchiyo Shuzo Saga

11/18/2022, 11:30:38 AM

11/17/2022

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Last week, after HAMA BAR, I went for a stroll along the sake brewery street. I stopped by for Nabeshima, and the store owner recommended tasting Toichi and Tocho, both of which were delicious, but as originally planned, I bought Nabeshima, which I had never had before. A man was showing a couple of guests around, and he was the president of Nabeshima. He was introducing this store's kasuzuke to the guests staying at the Auberge☺️. Definitely delicious with a fruity pear-like aroma, refreshing sweetness and sourness, and a sharp taste💕. Iimori Shuzo 720㎖ ¥1,650

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ちょろき

>Mr. Josephine. Good evening! Thank you for joining our club 😆. Iimori Brewery seems to be a relative of yours! The Tokujun is a definite ✨.

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Good evening, Choroki-san. Thank you for letting me join your club😊. Best regards 🙇♀️

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肥前蔵心ほっこり2022特別純米

Yano Shuzo Saga

11/15/2022, 12:27:32 PM

11/13/2022

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HAMA BAR⑤ HAMA BAR A dry sake with a sense of maturity and a gradually rising umami flavor, but it is sweet, thick, and easy to drink. It is made from 100% Hokkaido grown Kitashizuku. Retro 10 yen UFO catcher on Sake brewery street!

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Mitsutake純米大吟醸ひやおろし

Mitsutake Shuzojo Saga

11/15/2022, 12:03:13 PM

11/13/2022

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HAMA BAR ④ The bottle is decorated with autumnal maple leaves. The bottle has been upgraded to Junmai Daiginjo from this season. It is delicious with a deep flavor like ripe fruit. It was my favorite in this comparison.

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瀧特別純米原酒ひやおろし

Narutaki Shuzo Saga

11/15/2022, 11:41:41 AM

11/13/2022

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HAMA BAR ③. A sake brewery jointly established in Karatsu with a history of over 300 years. No aroma, first impression is a little bit bad, but the second sip, what's that? Delicious.

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Sachihime笑酒(えぐし)特別純米ひやおろし

Sachihime Shuzo Saga

11/14/2022, 1:10:34 AM

11/13/2022

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HAMA BAR②. The second drink of the five-drink comparison is this one, which is written as "Laughing Sake" and reads as "Egushi". It is made from 100% Yamada-Nishiki rice grown under contract with local farmers. The aroma was not very pleasant, but it was rich, mellow, slightly dry, and well balanced. This HAMABAR is located in a station where trains rarely pass, but when he saw me drinking it, he asked me to have one too. He said he missed the train (the timetable of conventional lines had changed after the opening of the Shinkansen bullet train on 9/23) and had to kill two hours by touring sake breweries. I laughed 🤭 because there was only laughing sake.

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>Mr. Josephine Hi!!! I went to HAMA BAR the other day too 😋. It's a great place ✨ That uncle was able to take his time to visit the brewery. and it's a blessing in disguise 😆.

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Good evening, Choroki! This was my second visit to HAMA BAR since last May and it's great 😊. I mean, I'm too envious of Auberge 😆 I really want to go here... and came back with a picture of the building ☺️.

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Amabuki秋に恋する純米純米

Amabuki Shuzo Saga

11/13/2022, 3:26:07 PM

11/13/2022

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HAMA BAR① We went to the sake bar at Hizenhama Station in Kashima City, Saga Prefecture. Ordered a set of 5 kinds of autumn sake to compare. The first drink was the Autumn Sake from the Koisuru Series, a seasonal product of Amabuki. I had tried Amabuki before and enjoyed it, but this was my first time drinking their autumn sake. It was brewed during the coldest part of the year and spent half a year in the brewery. The aroma is pear-like, the rice flavor is strong, and the refreshing acidity makes it easy to drink and delicious.

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Azumaichi純米大吟醸

Gochoda Shuzo Saga

11/3/2022, 10:42:19 AM

Sumiyoshi Shuhan (住吉酒販)

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I went to the "Hakata Tenjin Rakugo Festival" again this year. On my way home, I bought this bottle. It is just the right size as I cannot drink a lot. It is delicious with a fruity, torori (sweet) aroma and sweetness. It is a wonderful sake that leaves a refreshing aftertaste and lingering flavor. We paired it with fried sardines with tatsuta-age and miso soup with lots of vegetables. Category [modern light Alcohol content 15 Rice: 100% Yamadanishiki Polishing ratio 39 180㎖ ¥660

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Akishika純米吟醸ひやおろし

Akishika Shuzo Osaka

10/16/2022, 11:05:04 AM

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Akiga in autumn, the first sake from Osaka. Dry hiyaoroshi with a good balance of umami and acidity. Chilled today. Easy to drink and delicious. It is also good lukewarm. It went well with chestnut rice and grilled salmon for dinner. 100% Yamada-Nishiki, 60% polished rice Alcohol content 16 720㎖ ¥1,650

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Sohomare新・純米酒純米

Sohomare Shuzo Tochigi

10/9/2022, 9:19:05 AM

炭焼きはすの

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This is the third glass of the comparison. The umami taste of rice spreads in the mouth, and although it is dry, it is easy to drink and has a deep flavor. It is served with torikawa (chicken skin) with sweet sauce, anago (conger eel) fries, refined motsu-ni (simmered fish entrails), and sagari (fish cake).

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