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ellieI have a very special sake I brought back from Shiga 🤔.
But I held back a little and opened this bottle 🍾 which had been left unopened since last year.
I guess it's an autumn sake, given the theme of "moonlight" 🍂.
Sake no Iwase has a wide variety of Koei chrysanthemums, with a variety of BYs. I bought an old one to try. It's been almost 3 years since I bought it, but I'm not sure how it tastes. ⁉️
Well, how does it taste?
Yes, it's good.
It has an obvious Koueikiku-like sourness and sweetness, and the aroma is obvious. I'm impressed that I can still drink it after 3 years 🥺I don't know what the original taste is, but it is generally round. But it seems thick and nice. The chiliiness is still there...I think.
I can't see the beautiful Mt. Fuji these days and can't take pictures 🫤. ジェイ&ノビィGood evening, ellie 😃
I'm curious to know what Shiga's specials are 🤔 but I'm also curious about the Koei chrysanthemums that have been laid up for 3 years 😆. ellieGood evening Jay & Nobby🌇.
I've only had the twilight orange, but this one is mellow 😋 The acidity seems to be intact.
Not that Shiga sake is expensive, but it's something you can never get in Shizuoka: ❗️ えりりん
Congratulations on your 🎊100☆🎉!
It's not easy to open a bottle of sake that you've kept for a long time.
A sake lover I know said that about 3 years is the perfect amount of time to lay it down: ☺️ ellieGood evening Erin 🌆.
Thank you 😊I enjoy going out by car, so I buy sake on the way out and hoard it 💧.
Letting it sit for 3 years...it surely gives depth to the Koei chrysanthemum and it's delicious ❗️ ellieI had some business in Gotemba, so I stopped by Iwase Sake for the first time 🚗I knew they had Koei Kiku, which is very rare in Shizuoka 🧐.
When I came face to face with the showcase, it was amazing! One case was filled with Koei Kiku 😲 I should have taken a picture!
There are even those labeled BY the year before last. After much deliberation, I chose two of the ones that claimed to be sour.
The store also had Kitajima, Morishima, and Yuzumi. I will definitely buy some next time.
I left the Echino Kanbai behind and opened one of the bottles.
It tastes like orange 😋 At first the candy-like sweetness turns to orange for a moment, then a refreshing sourness. This is not sake 💦.
I've experienced many different acids and I think this is the most refreshing? It's delicious 😋.
The side dish is grilled beef hormone from Matsuno butcher store. I've been addicted to it lately. 寿梨庵Good morning, ellie!
I have been a customer of Iwase-san when I lived close by. I have also been ordering Koei Chrysanthemum since the time of Kikutaka, and I am still ordering from them.
I hope you will continue to patronize me 😊. ジェイ&ノビィHi ellie 😃
First time for you, Mr. Kouei Chrysanthemum! Congratulations 🎉Twilight Orange 🍊 is delicious 😋 we love it too and it's one we want to drink every year 🤗. ellieHi Jurian 😃
Iwase-san was a very spectacular liquor store! We went to the outlet and it was more fun than that lol.
Next time I'll go for Kitajima 🚗. ellieHi Jay & Novi😃
Koei Chrysanthemum seems to sell sourness, and it was a dostrike favorite ❗️ delicious.
We were lucky that they barely had any in stock: ❗️ きっしーI visited "Sake-no-Iwase" to get a red label of "Beau Michelle" while I was in Gotemba on business, but they were sold out of only the red label.... They had brown, blue, cotton candy, and orange kijoshu, but only the red label was sold out. Too bad...
So I bought "Kido Junmai Daiginjo" and "Koei Kiku Snokure Shinshu" for work, and bought the blue "Snow fantasy in Summer" for personal use💛.
Yes, the fact that they sell summer sake even at this time of year is a feature of Sake no Iwase 🎶The proprietress also recommended the Aizan version of Koeigiku, but I'll save it for next time ⋆⸜🧡⋆⋆.
Snow fantasy in Summer" is a low-alcohol sake with a refreshing pear-like fruity taste 💛It has a low sweetness, a strong acidity and a fizzy taste, so it's like a summer sake, but it's still great during this season💛.
I had a lot going on last night and was in the mood for a drink to blow off steam, so I emptied it right away....
mutsuJacket purchase (^_^;)
Sourness
I'm not a fan of sourness, so I found it hard to drink at first sip, but as I went on drinking it, I found it delicious!
I noticed it was gone😅. きっしーToday, I bought "Koei Kiku Harujion" along with "Koei Kiku Dusk Orange" that I drank at yesterday's off-line meeting 🧡.
I bought it at "Sake no Iwase" in Gotemba 🎶The manager said that it is an unprecedented Kouei Kiku with a balance of fresh acidity and sweetness that reminds one of white wine.
Now, what do people say about it on the Internet?
A quick Google search reveals that "Harusion" is a new release brewed with low glutelin rice, Shunyo. When you open the bottle, you will notice a fresh citrus aroma, sweet and sour on the palate, and a lingering sweetness and bitterness like squeezed sudachi (a type of citrus fruit).
When you open the bottle...is it biased or does it have a fresh muscat aroma like a white wine? Aroma 🧡.
The taste is also fresh, moderate sweetness and firm acidity 🧡It is definitely a white wine type 🧡 The sweetness is also exquisite 🎶 The bitterness is exactly at the level of white wine and has no unpleasant strength at all. This is easy to drink 🧡.
I think it is best to drink it in a wine glass 🎶 the muscat aroma tickles your nose every time you bring it to your mouth 🧡.
The chicken and daikon radish stew I made yesterday 🎶 is a perfect match. 遥瑛チチGood evening, Mr. Kissey 🌇🌇.
You are opening Halcyon immediately ❗️
I was going to target it for my next collaboration 😄...
But reading your review, it looks delicious and I can't wait to drink it👍. つぶちゃんKiski, you are drinking Halcyon as soon as possible 😆 ♫
It looks delicious too 😊💕.
I hope we can collaborate again on something 😉🥂. ゆう🎶Good evening, Kishie 🌙
I too have a Halcyon waiting for me 😊 I'm really looking forward to your delicious review now ♬ Chicken and radish stew looks delicious too 😋. MAJGood evening, Mr. Kissey! I'm so glad to see you here 😄.
I see you opened a bottle of Halcyon right after Twilight Orange! I will try my best to drink Halcyon before Snoqualmie 😆👍 too 😋😋. きっしーChichi Haruei
I drank a bottle of Haruzion on my own and thought it was a refreshing white wine, so I brought it to a dinner with my business partner yesterday and drank it again 💛It's still delicious💛. きっしーTsubu-chan>
I recommend Halcyon💛I also want to drink Anastasia Green... きっしーYu🎶.
It has a refreshing taste and people who like white wine will like it💛It doesn't have as much acidity as white wine, but it has a well-balanced taste💛 きっしーMAJ>
Snoclet is delicious 💛It's one that I want to drink regularly 💛Hei Chrysanthemum is still good (๑̫✦ˑ̫✦)✨. 
きっしーOnline drinking session today 🎶.
I had a hard time deciding which sake to open, but I decided to go with "Koei Kiku Twilight Orange" that I bought yesterday in Gotemba.
I bought "Kouei Kiku Twilight Orange" and "Harusion" at "Sake no Iwase" in Gotemba! I talked with the manager and got a lot of information 🎶.
I had a hard time deciding which one to open, but I decided to open a bottle of "Dusk Orange".
The bitterness is definitely there, but the acidity and sweetness certainly remind me of citrus fruits.
According to the manager, last year's "Dusk Orange" had a very strong yogurt taste, but this year's is quite conscious of the balance between sourness and sweetness. I heard that he is talking directly with the sake brewery, so this is valuable information. I look forward to getting to know them better in the future 🎶.
I will enjoy it until the end 🧡. hondaKissey-san, thank you for your hard work yesterday.
I see you were also a twilight oleh 😲 by chance?
遥瑛チチGood morning, Kishy 😃.
Thanks for the offline meeting yesterday❗️.
Thanks for the collaboration with the twilight orange you got the day before 😊.
It's true that the yogurt feeling was weaker than last year... きっしーThanks for your time, HONDA. I had heard about drinking Twilight Orange together with everyone, but I didn't think that yesterday's offline meeting was the day of it. w I was wondering if I should go with Halgeon. きっしーHaruei Chichi>
Thanks for the offline meeting. I haven't had last year's Dusk Orange 🍊, so I can't compare, but if it has more of a citrusy feeling than a lactic acid yogurt feeling, I think I prefer this one... マナチーThanks for your hard work yesterday, Mr. Kissey...
You were drinking as usual 👍
Kouei Kiku, you all drank so much and looked delicious 🤤. きっしーMr. Manachie>
Thank you for your hard work at the off-line meeting.
I found myself emptying a 4-ounce bottle in the 2 hours I was there.
I'm sorry I couldn't stay with you until the end, but considering the amount I drank, it was probably a good thing. きっしーThe other day, I received the results of my health checkup.
To be honest, I was afraid to see my liver function numbers this time, but they were γ-GTP 14, ALT 22, AST 19, no fatty liver or anything (๑˃˃˃)و Yoshi! tomoさんKishie-san, thank you for your hard work yesterday. It was "nice to meet you" yesterday and we didn't get to talk much, but I look forward to working with you in the future 🙇♂ きっしーTOMO_LOVES_JUNMAISHU>
Thank you for your hard work yesterday.
I didn't have much time to talk to you.
I left early.
I'm sorry for that.
I look forward to working with you in the future. つぶちゃんKiski, here too 😄♪
Coincidence? I'm glad we collaborated 😆😆.
I see that you are going to be the next Halcyon ❣️.
I'm next to go to White Moon ❣️.
I'd love to collaborate with you guys again if I get a chance 😉. ジェイ&ノビィGood evening, Kissey 😃.
Thank you for your hard work yesterday - twilight orange is delicious!
We didn't have much time to talk, but I hope to join you again👍Thank you 😊.
きっしーTsubu-chan>
This is Halcyon opened a bottle.
It is more delicious than I expected. きっしーJay & Nobby>
It's nice to meet you too m(_ _)m
Let's talk about many things this time 🎶.
I will buy "dusk orange" again 🧡 and "halcyon" is also delicious 🧡. ゆう🎶Kishy, good day yesterday 😊I see you got the yellow ore 😆I thought you weren't too keen on the idea of simultaneous posting when I told you about it, but you're drinking offline 😳Thanks for the quick simultaneous post! MAJGood evening, Mr. Kissey! 😄
Thank you for the off-line meeting the other day... Sorry I fell asleep first even though we could have opened the collaboration bottle. 😅Let's drink remotely again! 😆👍 きっしーYu🎶> I wanted to drink Halcyon rather than twilight orange, so I thought I couldn't buy two bottles...sorry. I didn't know it was a concept to drink it that day (smiles). きっしーMAJ>
No, no, no, I left early too, so I'm sorry I couldn't talk much with you all. Let's talk again next time. mutsuI bought some horse sashimi in Gotemba and a bottle of Shizuoka sake to go with it.
Spring season limited edition
I have a weakness for limited editions😅.
I was also attracted by the cherry blossom label, so I bought it.
I found it to have a clean, light taste.
It might have been more suitable for lighter dishes. 
きっしーI brought this one in for work and drank it too (laughs).
I drank it after drinking the Tenpui Junmai Ginjo, but this one was sweeter. It was a little different from the clear sweetness of Tenpui, and had a unique flavorful sweetness. It's a sweetness that's better to drink on its own, rather than as an alcoholic beverage. It's not overly sweet by any means, but it doesn't have the same sourness as Anastasia Green. Yes, I can't feel the sourness. Personally, I'd prefer a little more sourness. Would love to try that one next time!
Alcohol content] 12
Price】1925 yen/720ml MantaGood evening, Mr. Kitchee ^ ^
Kouei Kiku, you can buy it in Gotemba, right?
I know it, but I can't go to Gotemba to buy it😢.
I want to drink Koei Kiku. きっしーManta-san, where do you live?
Do you live in Shizuoka Prefecture? Would you like me to buy it and bring it to you if I can deliver it? MantaMr. Kitchee.
Thank you ^ ^.
I'm happy just for that feeling😊.
While going to the outlet, if I can stop by, I will try to buy it👍. JoeGood evening, Mr. Kitchee! I'm jealous of your re-glorious chrysanthemum! I see you like the sour taste, I agree 😆.
I'll have to look for it in Gotemba in July, as I'm sure I'll be there! きっしーManta>
If you have a problem
Please consult me.
I'd be happy to help you expand your circle of friends. きっしーJoe>
That's right, isn't it? It's not just sweetness, but also sourness is important to keep the sweetness. きっしーThis is the Anastasia Green, which is quite late from everyone.
When I open the bottle, I can feel a light outgassing sensation♪♪
The aroma is a yogurt type to me, but I don't see anything like that in your comments. I'm not sure if it's a grapefruit or a citrus, but it's definitely a refreshing sweet and easy to drink.
Alcohol content 13
Price 1815 yen JoeGood evening, Mr. Kitchee!
Congrats on the full bottle opening 😊.
I'm sure the sourness was yogurt.
I'm not sure if I should go after it or not. I'm not sure if I should go after it or not. きっしーJoe!
White Moon?
Oh my god, I haven't even bought twilight orange yet....
I still have 10 bottles in my fridge, so I'm stuck... MAJGood evening, Mr. Kitschy! Hi 😄!
I see you've opened a bottle of Anaguri! 👍The taste is different for everyone 😋Keikogiku doesn't disclose the specs because they want people to drink it without preconceptions, so it's up to you to feel it 😆. きっしーMAJ>
That's right.
I drank half of it without hesitation.
Next time, I'll check how it is on the third day after opening the bottle. きっしーAnastasia Green on the 3rd day
The aroma has weakened, but the fruity sweetness and the refreshing sourness that follows have not changed. I was expecting it to be sweeter, but it's good! RecommendedContentsSectionView.title
