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hoshiakiIida Sake Brewery - Spring Session 🌸
The second brewery was Akita's Fukukomachi🍶.
The first cup was Junmai Ginjo Nama Sake 🍶 Miso Nishiki 🌾 It was crisp and dry. When you take your time with it, you can taste the sweetness of the rice honey and the deep flavor.
The second cup is Junmai Ginjo Shinshu Nama Sake🍶Sake Komachi🌾 moderate acidity✨dry, gentle taste ☺️
The third glass is aromatic dry junmai🍶 less assertive and light. A little grassy, soft around the edges, good as a daily sake👍.
The 4th glass was a special junmai sake 🍶 extra 🎉I bought this one and drank it at home, I'll post it later 😅
Gokurakukai Iida Sake Shop @ Shiki 20240316 hoshiakiIida Sake Brewery Gokurakukai Spring Session🌸
Participated in the tasting of 5 sake breweries. First up was Kagamiyama from Saitama 🍶.
Kagamiyama×Iida Sake Shop collaboration sake😆 Junmai Daiginjo Unfiltered Nama ✨Lemon🍋, Citric Acid, Greffle. It was a sour and refreshing sake.
It's a limited edition sake for overseas 🍶I heard they are serving it in Hong Kong. Daiginjo Nama Sake ✨Dense and umami. It also has a strong sweetness. I wonder if this kind of thing is popular in Hong Kong 🤔.
Omachi🌾Special Junmai Unfiltered Nama Sake✨ Well balanced and pleasant to drink. You can also feel the bubbles.
Junmai Super Limited Shiboritate✨ Slightly refreshing, dry, acidic. It's probably the easiest to pair with a meal.
Iida Sake Shop, Gokuraku Kai @ Shiki 20240316 hoshiakiSpecial Junmai🍶 Yamagata Prefecture Izumiwa no Sato🌾.
Not flashy, but a little dry, sharp and full-bodied. Slowly. Take your time. Goes great with grilled salmon from Murakami, Niigata.
A week later, serve with pork koji. Warmed up at ♨️ 55 degrees, it is still hard. 65 degrees will open it up. It is easy to drink and the umami spreads. The miscellaneous taste disappears, and the rice flavor is enhanced.
Purchased at Iida Sake Shop @ Shiki. hoshiakiJunmai Ginjo🍶Aged Sake✨Snow❄️☃️
Aged sake, light yellow in color. Cold sake, matured, Daruma Masamune-like. Not heavy, warmed to 60 degrees. Soft around the edges. Mellow. ☺️ It's still a sake for warming up. I served it with scallop sashimi sent from my relatives in Hokkaido 😋The scallops were huge and delicious💕.
Purchased at Iida Sake Shop @ Shiki. hoshiakiJunmai Ginjo🍶Bonwu✨
It's a pure rice ginjo 😅 mirin. The aroma is like an old sake like Daruma Masamune. When you drink it, it is matured but also refreshing. Sourness and spiciness. Hot sake (60 degrees). Mellow aroma. Gentle flavor. My wife says it has a spicy taste 😆 Very good match with bonito tataki👍. I think the sake might be too much for Hiramasa 🤔.
I finally bought a heating device "Kanmakase" supervised by Shinkame 😆 Very convenient. It's great to adjust the temperature and let it warm up slowly. ❗️
Buy at Iida Sake Shop @ Shiki Drink at home 20231118 hoshiakiLeave quite a few days. It's like Daruma Masamune 😅 ripe ripe. It's a great way to mash up the flavor of sake-steamed oysters 🦪.
Drinking at home 20231216 hoshiakiJunmai Unfiltered Nama Sake🍶Olive Yeast🫒Sanuki Yomai🌾 from Kagawa Prefecture.
Sweet and sour dry ✨. White wine. Refreshing but also umami. Certainly muscat. The olive taste is 🫒a little bit hard to tell😅As the temperature rises, the acidity increases and the lactic acidity makes it light on the palate. Goes well with pork shabu-shabu and Japanese parsley pot 😋.
Purchased at Iida Sake Shop @ Shiki 20231026 hoshiakiJunmai Ginjo Nama 🍶Land of Water✨Amanoado in Summer🌾Miyama Nishiki from Akita Prefecture
A bit of cemedine, umami and spiciness. Uryu type 🍈. It is delicious with Aomori's specialty, kipper cut into pieces 🐟 and grated radish. Also good with cucumber and cured ham 😋.
Buy at Iida Sake Shop @ Shiki and drink at home 20230730 hoshiakiJunmai Ginjo Unfiltered Nama Sake🍶.
A little yellow. Mellow ☺️. As the name suggests, it's round 😅. A little schwar✨. Sweet and fruity. Between melon and pear 🍈. Matches well with thick fried tofu👍When paired with shime saba (mackerel), it's tangy and spicy. The smell does not spread and it is delicious. Lactic acidic. So it's from the sake brewery of Nisato🐇🤔.
Purchased at Iida Sake Shop @ Shiki, drinking at home 20230721 hoshiakiJunmai Daiginjo🍶Nihonokumi-Namazake✨First Drip Kiss💋Aiyama🌾.
Produced by 5 different liquor stores in Saitama ✨I was also shown a video of the direct pumping. I wish I had the chance to attend 😆.
Aroma of citrus 🍊. Sour Mucho 😆 lemonade 🍋 helps to shed the oil. With stuffed bell peppers 🫑. Looks, slightly mountain yellow. Spicy and bitter when combined with ketchup sauce. Highly acidic, winey.
Purchased at Iida Sake Shop @ Shiki, home drinking 20230716 hoshiakiJunmai Ginjo🍶Yuki ☃️
I tasted and bought this in March at the "Kokurakukai" event at Iida Sake Shop in Shiki, Saitama. I let it sit for quite a while😅.
Mellow and quite dry. Well-balanced, good bite. It's good on the rocks 🧊, chilled, it becomes more sharp and delicious 😆. It also has a sweetness to it. Pair it with lettuce🥬 and pork shabu shabu🐖 and it's endless😋!
Purchased at Iida Sake Shop @ Shiki, drinking at home 20230708 hoshiakiJunmai Ginjyo Nama Genjozo 🍶Nama Hashiroshi Ryu Label🐉Yamada Nishiki from Awa, Tokushima Prefecture🌾.
Tasted and purchased at Shiki Iida Sake Shop Gokuraku Kai.
Cold sake. Refreshing acidity and sweetness ✨. A little creamy with a dry aftertaste. Pair with squid sashimi 😋 Wasabi soy sauce makes it a little spicy, ginger soy sauce makes it a little sweet 😋 60 degrees warmed ♨️ makes it softer around the edges.
Buy at Iida Sake Shop @ Shiki, drink at home 20230415 hoshiakiJunmai Ginjyo Nama Genjyo Nama Sake 🍶Miyama DX✨Miyama Nishiki🌾.
Tasted and purchased at the Iida Sake Shop Gokuraku Kai 😆.
Clear✨, gentle fruity🍐, elegant dryness. Well balanced. Match with bonito sashimi 🐟 to make it more mellow. But spicier. Matches with Egyptian salt turnip leaves👍
Purchased at Iida Sake Shop @ Shiki, home drinking 20230420 hoshiakiJunmai Daiginjo-Hashimoto Sake🍶Umiyaki🌊Dewa Sanzan🌾.
Tasted and purchased at the Iida Sake Shop Gokuraku Kai 😆.
This is my first time to try this brand from Tohoku Meizou, famous for Hatsusun brand 😳 The aroma is grefrue. Refreshing ✨, fruity, sweet and delicious. Suitable for aperitifs, but can also be enjoyed in shochu 👍.
Purchased at Iida Sake Shop @ Shiki, drink at home 20230409 hoshiakiJunmai Unfiltered Nama Sake🍶Akaban Omachi from Okayama Prefecture🌾.
Tasted and purchased at Iida Sake Shop Gokuraku Kai 😆.
Solid and firm but not heavy 🤔. Quite yellowish green in color. A sense of maturity but no twitchy aroma 👍. Umami and acidity. Dry aftertaste. Goes well with Seijo Ishii's Hokkaido Takowasa.
Later, I had it warmed. Very tasty. Bitter chocolate 🍫. Mild rice soup. ☺️ No corners. More than a match for Itoyori sashimi. ❗️
Buy at Iida Sake Shop @ Shiki, drink at home 20230409 hoshiakiJunmai Daiginjo🍶Ginrei Premium✨🐋Matsuyama Mitsui🌾.
Tasted and purchased at Gokurakukai, an event of Shiki Iida Sake Brewery, which has not been held at Corona Hazama for a while 😆 Gokurakukai is a tasting and sales event inviting five sake breweries ✨.
Gentle taste ☺️. Light melon 🍈, soft dry taste. Not tiring to drink. It will change your impression of Tosa sake. Paired it with boiled strawberries we bought at Onoue Onsen Onsen 😋.
Purchased at Iida Sake Shop @ Shiki, home drinking 20230402 hoshiakiJunmai, a traditional sake yeast yeast yeast
Aged. Sourness and spiciness. Mouth-watering. Warmed up: mellow, more umami. ⤴️ Cooled down a little, the acidity comes out and it's delicious.
Buy it at Iida Sake Shop @ Shiki and drink it at home 20230210 ごぉにぃごぉHi, I often pass by this brewery.
It is on the R4, but...
I can't seem to get around.
Maybe I will take a peek next time. hoshiakiThank you for your comment, GoonyiGo😊I visited a sake brewery once before on a wine + sake tourism trip. The age-old brewery was nice ✨I think you can tour it if you make a reservation. hoshiakiSpecial Junmai 🍶Newly brewed ✨Yamada Nishiki🌾 from the special A district of Hyogo Prefecture.
Mellow ☺️, moderate acidity and sweetness. The taste is light but deep with a dry aftertaste. 1gou in a mug for 1 minute. The rice taste is more mellow and sweeter. More sweetness. 1 minute and 30 seconds and the temperature exceeds 60 degrees Celsius. More mellow. Pair it with soft fish cake from Iwaki and drink slowly 😋.
Purchased at Iida Sake Shop @ Shiki, drink at home 20230114 hoshiakiJunmai Daiginjo 🍶New bottle ✨Subzero storage🧊Kinmon Nishiki🌾Shirakaba Nishiki🌾 from Nagano Prefecture.
Good 😆, a hint of aroma when you take a sip. Not fruity but full. Spiciness, bitterness of rice. It makes a meal even more delicious 😋. Try it with jyoyo-nabe, it enhances the flavor of pork. ⤴️
Purchased at Iida Sake Shop @ Shiki, drink at home 20230107 hoshiakiJunmai Daiginjyo Unfiltered Nama Sake 🍶Nichinowa_☀️ brewed No.1 ✨Super limited, Tsuyahime🌾 from Yamagata prefecture.
Gorgeous label is interesting to see😅Sweet and sour type. Yubari chic among melons 🍈. Maybe an aperitif. A little spicy if you keep drinking. Maybe a little too glamorous to be a food wine 🤔.
Purchased at Iida Sake Shop @ Shiki, drink at home 20221225 hoshiakiJunmai Ginjo🍶34 ✨Bottle Enclosed Miyamanishiki🌾.
Cold. A little matured, as it's only been brewed for about 2 years. The acidity is moderate. Deep flavor. It also has a bitter taste. Warmed to lukewarm, it has a mild sweetness. More umami. It's nice that the label says what dishes it's good with: ☺️34 was named after the toji (master brewer) 😅.
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