The 8th Osaka Takashimaya Sake Festival (4)
Laughing Four Seasons Booth
We didn't bring Sensation, but the main lineup was fire-brewed Monsoon.
The brewer only offered plastic cups to Umaisan, so I was a little bit annoyed, but he shared some of what Umaisan was drinking 😅.
I drank Monsoon Tamaei Hi-ire!
It's fire-brewed, but it's still a quintessential Shiki, sweet and fresh!
I was a bit disappointed with the first one, so I left with only one type of beer💦.
Congratulations to bouken on your 4300 check-in 🎊🎊🎊🎊🎉🎉🎉!
You have surpassed it in no time 😊👍.
If you don't get a lot of response at events, you tend to go through a lot of other things 😁.
Thank you, Ponchan 🙇.
I didn't prepare any special drink so I decided to make it a Kiri-number here 😅 sometimes the drink is good but... 😅 sometimes the drink is not 😥.
bouken, I know I'm late...but congratulations on your 4300 check-ins 🎉you're stealth as usual 🙄 lol sorry to hear about the four seasons, it was delicious 😅we haven't tasted together lately, we'll have to go back 😉.
Thank you, Nemuchi 🙇 I didn't prepare anything in particular, so I just let it slide 🙄.
I didn't have anything in particular prepared, so I just let it slide 🙄.
I wanted to drink a lot of different kinds of sake though 😅.
I'd love to join you if I can make it to the event in Keihan or 🙇😁.
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Kibotsuru, which Icoma-san has started to handle and I have more chances to drink.
Thanks to Uma-san, I was able to drink it smoothly 🙇.
We drank
Velvet Fire-brewed
I drank Velvet raw before, but unlike the raw, it had a calmer taste.
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Mizuhashiro sake. It has been 2 years since the last mizu-hashiroshi.
It was delicious, with no peculiar taste, and the mizu-hashiroshi sake had a Kibotsukuru-like flavor.
Junmai Daiginjo Yamadanishiki
Polishing rice 35%, the one Maru-san drank before.
Gorgeous, beautiful and luxurious taste.
Junmai Daiginjo Kitashizuku
Polishing rice 40% Maru-san drank this one too 😁.
This one is sweeter than Yamadanishiki, which I prefer 🤔.
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Gentle sweetness 😋I think he said it goes well with sweets
Hiyoroshi
I forgot to take a picture💦I bought it last year and drank it, but it's still delicious!
Super dry, fire-brewed
Forgot to take a picture💦It's not that spicy and easy to drink
The owner and her daughter? and daughter? and the managing director? and the managing director?
I thought the tote bag was a little nice😃.
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From here, we joined Uma-san and went around together.
He is a very energetic brewer, isn't he? He seemed to be a very nice guy 😁.
We drank
Hitokui-iwa Hi-ire
Special Honjozo? I wonder if it is?
Unlike the image of Tamagawa, it was refreshing and somewhat light and dry.
Junmai Omachi Yamahai Unfiltered Nama-shu
It was dark and heavy, but had a good sweetness.
Junmai Ginjyo Omachi Unfiltered Nama-junshu
It is a little more reserved than Yamahai with a touch of sweetness and omachi character. I wrote "heavy" but there were also glimpses of cleanliness, and it was also delicious.
Hello bouken-san!
I haven't tasted the Hitokuiwa yet, but I see that it is light and dry 😳I think I prefer the naturally brewed (Yamahai) Omachi Tamagawa that you have also tasted 😋!
The 8th Osaka Takashimaya Sake Festival ①.
I couldn't go on Saturday because of work, so I joined the festival on Sunday.
Before meeting up with Umaumauma-san, I went to the Eiko-Fuji booth for some sake that I had heard from Nemuchi-san, who had joined the festival the day before, that there were only a few bottles left!
No one from the brewery came to the booth.
We drank
Asterisk Dry Junmai Sake
It's a light and refreshing dry type of Eiko-Fuji.
It has a more classic atmosphere than the retro fresh-stored sake we had the other day.
Gravity Junmai Ginjo Unfiltered Nama Nigori Sake
This sake is only available at this event.
Nigori sake often has a bitter taste, but it was sweet and juicy and delicious.
ZEBRA Ice temperature aged Junmai Daiginjo Unfiltered Nama Sake
The rice is Gohyakumangoku. It seemed to be spicy, so I didn't drink it until now, but it had a strong umami flavor and was sweeter than Gravity.
Shin Shin Junmai Daiginjo Unfiltered Nama-shu Tengami
This is a sake made from "shinryoku" (divine power). This is the first time I've seen this sake, but I searched for it and found that it has been in the lineup for a long time.
It is gorgeous but not too flashy and has a calm taste 😋.
Daiginjo-Ko Sake Hitori Yogari (Old Sake Brewer's Hitori Yogari)
This sake is made with 40% polished rice and costs almost 5,000 yen. This is the first time I've seen it.
I thought it was an aged sake because it says "Kozakaya" on the bottle, but it was beautiful and had a little sweetness to it.
It looks like they had about 10 different kinds lined up, but all the others were sold out. I guess it's one of those things where you don't get to go to many events.
They also sold a sake that cost about 120,000 with a 1% milling ratio 😳.
bouken, good morning 😊Mannequin said that she doesn't know why Kuranjin-san couldn't come anymore. The others were already sold out💦Did you get what you were after? Did you go to Daishichi?
Hi Nemuchi ☀☀☀.
The one I was after was replenished and pretty much there, or they said it was only for what was in line 🤔.
I haven't been to the big seven 💦 did you find anything good?
The other day, I visited Heiwa Dobrok, which opened this spring in Osaka Takashimaya 😀.
It is a store where you can drink and buy not only Dobrok but also Heiwa Shuzo's Kido and Heiwa Craft Beer😇.
But it looks like the store is not yet registered at Sake-no-wa 🤣.
I recently became a certified sake taster and have been telling everyone around me that sake is good, and they often ask me what is good for a first time sake drinker 🤣.
The first sake I recommend to them is Junmai Daiginjo by Kido 😀.
I think it is a must for first time sake drinkers because of its drinkability and cost-effectiveness😇.
But after thinking about it, I have been drinking this Junmai Daiginjo when I go to Heiwa Shuzo for rice planting and harvesting, but I realized that I haven't drank it at home for a long time 🤣.
I realized that I haven't had it at home for a long time, so I drank it at home today 🤣 I was able to reconfirm that it is a delicious sake with a good price that even first-time sake drinkers will never go wrong with 😀.
Good evening, Yasbaye🌛Peace Dobrok, I glanced by the other day: ✨️ I haven't been able to stop by due to other business, but I'm sure Kido is well distributed and cheap🤤Let's get swamped with the power of a certified sake taster: ☺️
Good evening, Mr. Yasube.
You can't go wrong with Kido-san. ⤴️
I see you have opened a good store in Osaka Takashimaya 😲.
I'll have to go there next time🤗.
I'm glad more people are interested in sake 😊.
Hi Nao888 😀
You're right... you've already checked out the shop😇.
They have seasonal dobrok and it's fun to drink in the store 😀.
I have two acquaintances who recently started drinking sake after I introduced them to Kochira's sake 😇
Hi, ma-ki-chan 😀
We are on the same floor as Takashimaya's sake department, but quite far away from it, so please look for us 🤣.
If more people like sake, the industry will be more vibrant😇.
Hi Jay & Nobby 😀
I think it's a great way to get people to know the taste and enjoyment of sake, especially if it's accessible, reasonable, and easy to get into 😀.
I don't know many sake drinkers around here, so I'm slowly gathering a few friends 😇.
Nemuchi and key shop -> purchased at Takashimaya after going to Sukumasa
The person who came was Mr. Murashige, president of Murashige Sake Brewery😊.
According to the internet, he is 36 years old. He was younger than me 😳.
Not that it matters, but are Murashige Brewery and Anna Murashige related? She's from Yamaguchi 🤔.
Sake brewed with Kyokai #8 yeast, which is not used very often.
It's a test brew so it only has a label on the back. I was holding it down with my hand so it was fine, but when I opened the bottle the cork blew out 🤣great gas pressure even though it's fire-brewed😳.
It's a very complex and interesting sake with a firm sweetness. Low alcohol content and easy to drink 😋.
It has a lactobacillus drink and pickle feel to it and it's pretty kinky, so I guess I should have made this my offline drink 🤣.
After a few days, the pickle feeling gets stronger and harder to drink💦.
There's a sake brewery in front of Shin-Iwakuni station on the Shinkansen line that's super close to the station so everyone should go 🚅.
Hello bouken 🐦.
There are many things about this sake that interest me 😆 It's rare to find a brewery near a train station and I'm related to Anna Murashige! I jumped on it 🤣.
I'm sure the cork will fly out, it has a pickled feeling, is it a certified perverted sake? 🤣
Hi Pon-chan 😃
I looked at the map and it's really in front of the station, it's a level of surprise 🤣I'm from Yamaguchi and you said your father's family was rich, so maybe you're related to him by a distant relative or something? I thought 🤔
Personally, I think it's a perverted sake 🙄.
After buying some sake at Sukumasa, we left the store and were greeted with rain and winds like we've never experienced before.
I thought to myself, "This is a typhoon," but my umbrella was overturned and my shoes and pants were soaking wet💦.
If only I had bothered a little more at Sukumasa, maybe I wouldn't have gotten wet 🤣.
Moved to Namba and went to Takashimaya while watching the liquor section of Ikari supermarket.
MURASHIGE SHUZO who brought a strange sake that was dry but sour at last year's Takashimaya Sake Festival!
I heard that the perverted sake was sold out, so the main sake was Kinkan Kuromatsu.
We drank
Junmai Daiginjo
It is labeled as -8 on the sake meter, but it has a classic taste with not so much sweetness. It tastes not like a daiginjo and is very unique.
It looks good heated up. A little nutty?
Junmai
I heard it's a sake for evening drinking, but it has a lot of acidity.
This is also a classic, but it has acidity and is easy to drink.
Junmai Ginjo
Less acidic than Junmai. The most orthodox, but not memorable.
Junmai Daiginjo Nishiki
Beautiful taste, but less flamboyant.
I also tasted a 1 year old junmai from MURASHIGE and 3 types of EIGHT KOTT, and bought the test brew of EIGHT KOTT because it was delicious 😋.
Finally, I stopped by the sake department of EDION and went home 😊.
It is fresh, slightly bubbly, with a delay in the arrival of umami and moderate sweetness.
The sweetness seems quite reserved among Eiko-Fuji wines, but it is usually delicious!
It is dry and even a little spicy, but the Eiko-Tomizi character is clearly felt.
I've always wanted to try this sake and was able to purchase it at the Takashimaya Sake Festival.
A little expensive for 3㌥ 😅.
It has a unique flavor, but it's gassy and almost like grapes or melon. It's juicy, sweet and delicious 😋.
There's a little bit of cemedine, but it doesn't bother me too much because the sweetness and gasiness outweigh it.
Tastes like peaches when the temperature goes from icy to cold.
The spoils of the Takashimaya Sake Festival.
Mr. Tsuchida, who boldly calls himself a perverted brewery.
Thick, rich sweetness. The second half is a bit bitter. It may be the sweetest Tsuchida I have ever had. The level of metamorphosis is a little reserved.
The acidity becomes crisp when you drink it with ice. I thought it was supposed to be served at room temperature because it is Tsuchida, but I'll have to try it cold as well.
If you drink it cold, it has a refreshing sweetness that makes it easy to drink.
Loot from the Takashimaya Sake Festival
Brilliant, juicy, sweet and tasty.
Slightly pineapple and rummy.
A little bitter at the end.
I remember that the ogara-mi version of this sake that I drank at a Gifu sake event was very tasty!
Spoils of War at the Takashimaya Sake Festival.
Sake I regretted not buying at the same event last year.
It says it needs to be refrigerated, so I asked about it and was told it was once-fired. The rice is Nojoho.
The rice is Nojoho, and it is more rounded than the other sake I have had in the past, with a rich sweetness in the second half. I don't like hiyaoroshi, but I like this one.
Nuts in the aftertaste as the temperature rises.
The third one is smoked duck and Mimigarh from Smokeya, which I bought at the Takashimaya Sake Festival!
The duck was good, but the Mimigarh was especially smoky and delicious 😋.
Loot from the Takashimaya Sake Festival
Seems to be made at a different location than Houraisen.
All rice used for Ichinenfudo is Yumesansui.
When I tasted it, I thought it was sweeter, but it is a refreshing summer sake with a spiciness that is mainly dry with a hint of sweetness.
It tastes like melon when you roll it on your tongue.
Hmmm, is it tasting magic or temperature range 🤔?
Loot from the Takashimaya Sake Festival
There was also a fire-brewed version, but I bought the 3㌥ here because they said you had to be in the brewery to buy the draft.
It has a ricey, schwarziness and a strong alu feeling at the end.
Might be the first time I bought and drank doburoku 🤔.
Loot from the Takashimaya Sake Festival
Craft saké from Adachi Nozo Brewery, brewed in Takatsuki's Tomida Danchi
Made with Tomiichigo from Minoh and Hinohikari from Takatsuki
It was harder to open than I thought it would be 💦 because it was so much more vigorous than I expected.
Sweet aroma of strawberries. Slightly effervescent, a fusion of strawberry sweetness and sake-like flavor. Low alcohol and easy to drink.
Empty in no time 😋.
The 7th Takashimaya Sake Festival⑬.
Last stop after the frozen raw sake!
I forgot to post this 💦.
They seem to specialize in doburoku!
I drank
Genryu Doburoku Kamidai, fire-brewed
It has a rice flavor and is not so sweet.
Genryu Doburoku Kamidai Nama
It has a strong and powerful taste.
I bought 3㌥ of the raw because they said it was only available locally😊.
There were other breweries I was interested in, but I left because I was about to go on a spending spree😅.
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Another major company, Kizakura's Frozen Nama Sake!
It seemed cleaner and thinner than Ozeki's.
I wanted to drink Hakusetsu, the sake brewery closest to my house, but there was no tasting, so I gave up on purchasing it😿.
I was also allowed to try the Sasanogawa nigorigo, but since I drink it at home, I'll skip it...
Hakubotan was still thawing, but it had melted a little and I was allowed to drink it!
It was the best frozen nama-shu I had that day, and several staff members recommended the White Botan, so I bought the White Botan and left 😊.
I also bought some smoked fish from Smokeya.
Tasted and bought duck roast and mimigar 😁.
The Tsuchida booth poured a cup full of it and I got wonderfully drunk 🤣.
Then we went to Edion and bought some mixed juice beer made in Nishinari and drank it 😋.
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I decided it was time to go home, so I went back to the frozen fresh sake booth for the last time.
3㌥😁😁
After a detailed explanation by a person who wasn't there earlier, I was told to try this one, which is sold in supermarkets, but don't be fooled, this is what I drank!
I'm willing to drink the big ones too, so I won't make fun of them 😅.
Fresh and fruity!
It's delicious and has a good umami taste because it's a raw sake 😋.
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It was spectacular to see the Kinkame line up from 20 to 100 (unpasteurized rice) 😁.
I tasted 30 to 70 for a fee for 20.
I didn't go through the 80-100 zone because I've had it before 🤣.
I drank
Ai 40 Nama-nazake (raw sake)
It's gorgeous and maybe the sweetest flavor? No sense of perversity at all.
I like this one the best.
Green F30 Nama-nazake
It's like a more beautiful version of indigo, and gorgeous!
Sake that doesn't lose to ice.
Sake to be drunk on the rocks. Gutsy and a little classic.
Kuro 50 Nama-no-Mazake
Beautiful and mild ginjo aroma. A little spicy.
Green 60 nama sake
The gorgeousness starts to disappear around this point.
I've tasted this before, but 60 seems to be the spiciest.
I forgot to take a picture💦.
Tea 70 nama sake
Different type from the highly polished one, but a little heavier with more sweetness and umami. Forgot to take a picture💦.
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The first thing they said to me was, "It's called a perverted brewery!
When I told him that I was here because of that, he just slapped me on the shoulder like "Oh my God! After that it happened a few more times🤣.
He was also at the Sake-1 Grand Prix, but he was talking a lot more than at that time 😅I wonder if it's because he has to sell?
I drank
Tsuchida Yoro-Jo-Kawaba Wooden Oke Brewing GI Tone Numata
Flagship of Tsuchida. It has a calm atmosphere and a little richness.
Tsuchida Bodai-moto x Nama-moto
Easy to drink but with a complex flavor. Spicier than other Tsuchida's?
I would like to drink Bodai Hashiro by itself.
Shin Tsuchida Active Nigori Nama
I've had it in the past, and it's delicious again 😋.
Honor Kunimitsu Oze no Kido 2024 Ver.2
This sake is full-bodied with a firm sweet flavor. It's only available in Gunma Prefecture.
Research Brewing 33 Thuchida12 No.7 yeast brewing
It has a strong umami and sweetness. It was my favorite.
Thuchida12
It is more refreshing than 33, but has a strong umami.
Kawaba-no-kaze
Low alcohol content, but you don't feel like it's low alcohol.
Forgot to take a picture💦.
I wanted to drink something else, but more and more people were coming, so I left!
