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Sake Rankings by Flavor Tag

Introducing sake brands with the strongest impression of "Smoky" flavor, ranked by the strength of the impression.

# 1

4.99 pt.

Sakuramuromachi

Muromachi Shuzo Okayama

141 check-ins

Smoky CherryBlossom Subtle Silky Creamy Bitterness Rugged

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Slightly cloudy. Smoky aroma like smoked fish, but round and quite sweet in the mouth. It would be great if it wasn't smoky...

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It was hard to ask them to let me take a picture because they looked so busy, so no picture. The aroma is classic Japanese sake. When you drink it, it is quite refreshing and slightly sweet. The color is dark and I wonder if it has aged a bit. I was allowed to take a picture of it as the restaurant was getting settled, so I switched it out.

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〰︎ Bizen Omachi, Specified Cultivation, produced in Okayama Prefecture 2023/10 Contracted with a farmer in Seto-cho, Okayama City. The brewery uses the best sake rice for its luxury sake brewing. The brewing water is one of the "100 best waters in Japan Omachi Cold Spring", one of the "100 Best Waters in Japan Sake received as a souvenir from Okayama Elegant dry taste Slightly ginjo aroma, no sweetness or sourness, strong bitterness You can taste the umami part of the rice.

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# 2

4.00 pt.

Funaki Shuzo Fukui

115 check-ins

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Tasted here also at Hankyu Department Store. Junmai Ginjo-shu made with Kuzuryu. It is a refreshingly dry sake, but has a sweet and fruity taste. This time I bought a bottle of unfiltered raw sake made with Jinryoku.

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Tasted at Umeda Hankyu Department Store. The rice was said to be Gohyakumangoku. The quality of the sake is clean and refreshing for hiyaoroshi. It is easy to drink without a sense of maturity. As the person in charge said, it is a quiet type of sake, so I think it is suitable for a mealtime drink.

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It looks like all of them use locally grown rice, as did the two types of Kitanosho I posted the other day. It seems that only Ryu-ryoku and Koko use Jinryoku all the time. I'm sure there are other places like Okura that use it for single use. When I tasted it, my impression was that it was quite sweet and the second half was heavy, but it was smoky and the flavor of the rice came through with a bang. It has a strong bitterness at the end. It is not the type of sake I would drink on its own, so I will have to wait and see. I don't think it should be chilled too much. If you like Shimane or Tottori area sake, this would be good for you. I think it has a quality of sake that would not be affected by letting it sit for a while. There are glimpses of sweetness and a fruity atmosphere, but I wonder if it's basically more of a classic. Is it a multi-faceted, multi-personality sake?

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# 3

3.98 pt.

Shiokawa Shuzo Niigata

88 check-ins

Caramelized Miso Smoky Soy Source

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Today is Valentine's Day!👩‍❤️‍👨 This Sake paired very well with the filet mignon I prepared for my wife. There is a full mouth feel with umami. There is a light smoke flavor and wood. The aftertaste is short.

Sweet, but with a strong sake flavor.

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It has a unique flavor with a hint of sourness and a dry, firm throat. It has a high alcohol content of 18.5 degrees and seems to have been made as a sake that goes well with meat dishes, a flavor I have never tasted before.

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# 4

3.96 pt.

Momokawa Aomori

114 check-ins

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https://shop.momokawa.co.jp/?pid=93664373

Sweet, winey, delicious.

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It is almost sweet sake.

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# 5

3.83 pt.

518 check-ins

Umami Smoky Acidity Dry Hot Temperature Astringent Bitterness Room Temperature

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My impression is that this sake has a fresh, blue feeling among the Takezumi brands. It also has a grassy feel. It has a powerful wildness. It conveys a strength that seems to be unaffected even if it is laid down to rest.

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Konnyaku at the store and

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Is this Takezumi's first low-alcohol original sake? It seems to be. The aroma is a bit aged, but there is a sourness and a light gassy feeling. It is claimed to be dry, but the low alcohol content and the aforementioned characteristics make it easy to drink. It also has a fruity taste in the mouth for a moment.

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Where to Buy

酒舗まえたに＋Tokuriya

竹泉純米吟醸雄町飴色Vintage720ml箱入り¥2,090

# 6

3.81 pt.

522 check-ins

Fizzy Smoky Umami Muscat Bitterness Acidity Sharp Dry

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Closing out the drinks we had last weekend 😆. Smell good 😌. The Mikotsuru was quite rich and sweet, so I felt a lot of sourness when I took a sip 😳. The more I drank, the more umami and the sourness and aliveness were also good 👍 I can feel the strong aroma of the barrels! Is this a dry wine? and Nobby Well, I guess it's umakuchi. It is labeled 18 degrees, but you don't feel it. I thought it would have been better if it was warmed up to lukewarm 🤔 I thought so later, but I finished it before I realized it 😆. But I drank a little too much from Thursday to the weekend 😓. I'll enjoy a quiet rest day for the first half of this week 😮💨.

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Nice to meet you Shikishima ~ ⤴️🍶 Light, refreshing, fruity🌸🍶✨ A little 🍈, a little 🍍, a little citrus 🍊 😊. This is super oicy ❕. I enjoy it very much.

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Tonight, I'm opening a bottle of the first bottle of Masamune instrument for the weekend dinner because it's so good it's about to run out 💁. Shikishima Light Nigori Nama Sake 2022BY Back on the nigori road a bit, but again it's almost a year old 😅. When I opened the bottle, I could hear the gas escaping with a nice sound. The aroma is mainly chemically aromatic, with a hint of greffle skin and a little bit of maturity. The mouthfeel changes from sourness and citrus bitterness to bitterness, umami, and spiciness. The alcohol content is 18%, so it has quite a punch, but the sweetness and umami from the aging process gives the impression that it is more rounded. It's good that the lees are so cloudy and the umami and richness is so much better 😊.

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Where to Buy

酒専門店　知多繁　楽天市場店

敷嶋純米うすにごり　生酒　720ml【愛知県半田市　伊東株式会社】¥1,540 敷嶋特別純米生原酒　夢吟香　720ml【愛知県半田市　伊東株式会社】¥1,650

# 7

3.74 pt.

かねたまる

Wakakoma Shuzo Tochigi

25 check-ins

Grapefruit Pineapple

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For the first time in my senses, there is a slight aroma of wooden vats, and the fermentation is elegantly expressed and luxurious. Is it a regular sake because there is no specific name on it? Pair it with horse mackerel nameko and it's the best match!

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I bought reading glasses at DAISO. Now with chikumo Exchange goods 😆 Thank you for everything 😄 It's a bright yellow color and feels like it's made in a wooden vat 😆. It's not intimidated by greasy food. The taste is very robust ✨👍 The lack of cloying taste is already great! It was a delicious bottle!

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This is a record of a sake tavern I stopped by when I was in Shibuya on a business trip. There was Wakakoma, which I had been interested in for a while, so we compared drinks by specifying the brand name. Wakakoma was a beautiful sake. It was comfortable to finish it easily without any sticking point. Kanemaru had a black and white label, which I preferred. The rice flavor was strong and distinct. Delicious! The red and white label had a strong smoky aroma, perhaps a wooden vat feeling, and it was hard to taste it as a sake. Next was Eiko Fuji no Hoshimatsuri. I saw it in the basement of Shibuya Tokyu, but did not buy it because of its high price. I drank one pot of it deliciously and appreciated it as I should have. The white malted rice of Sanzen Sakura was the best discovery of the day. The acidity comes first, but the umami comes soon after. It is really delicious. I think it is one of my favorite sake with acidity attack. I want to drink it again. The last sake is from Kuwana City, Mie Prefecture. This sake is refreshing, but a little bit rich, and quite delicious. The sake sommelier's recommendations offer new discoveries. It was a good way to spend a Friday night.

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# 8

3.71 pt.

吉野杉の樽酒

Choryo Shuzo Nara

126 check-ins

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At Sake Brewery Chikara in Musashiurawa. Yakiton (grilled pork belly), motsu-ni (stewed pork), and senmai sashimi. Reds Sour made with red shiso from Hokkaido.

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Strong liquor-like taste like Shaoxing wine, very thick. Personally, I don't like the taste and smell.

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I feel like it's been a long time. Heated. The aroma and flavor of the barrels come to life when heated. Serve with a slightly darker side dish.

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# 9

3.69 pt.

Yoshie Shuzo Toyama

77 check-ins

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The rice used is Gohyakumangoku. I bought it at the end of last year at an antenna store in Toyama. I didn't know about this brand. The color is a light amber. The color is pale amber, and the flavor is just as it should be. It's relatively easy to drink because it's crisp and not overpowering, but it didn't seem to suit my partner who likes floral and sweet flavors. It didn't match well with the grilled chicken, but I think it will swell up with time, so I'll leave it for a while. It's quite a unique sake, and I don't dislike it!

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Subtle aroma of rice The taste is honest, with an acidity and sharpness that spreads in a penetrating manner. Not for those who like fruity types, but it seems to go well with all kinds of food! Enjoy it slowly in the middle of a meal 🍶.

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I was drinking so much in a row that my memory is a little fuzzy. However, all the Toyama sake was delicious, so I am sure this one was too.

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# 10

3.64 pt.

元帥酒造 Tottori

51 check-ins

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☆☆☆ I had some errands to run after the night shift, so I went out to the central part of the prefecture. I wanted to drink nigori after a long time So I stopped by a sake shop. I was interested in the mountains, but I was still intrigued by I was intrigued by the mountainous area, but I was also intrigued by the maniacal local sake 😊✌️ Tempura from the usual fish cake shop for snacks! I bought jako and cheese 🐟🧀! #Genshu Sake Brewery #Limited edition #Nagori Sake #Nagori Sake #Newly Stored Unblended Sake #Cold sake #20% alcohol #Tottori

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☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ Today's main dish was takikomi gohan. I went to the brewery in the spring and bought some I went to the brewery in the spring and bought a bottle of "Genchou" Kamisen and put it together. ‼️ I've already tasted it in a cup! Very well balanced and slightly fruity I can smell the fruity aroma 🥹💖. Home Run Cup wants you to drink it while watching sports They want you to drink it while watching sports ⚽️🏀🏈⚾️🎾🏉🏓🏸🥊✨ #GensenBrewery. #Jozen #home run cup #slightly dry #Cold sake #Tottori

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🌾Domestic rice 🅰️20 degrees Purchased at a direct sales shop in the Kurayoshi Shirakabe storehouse complex. It has a flavor that is not in vogue, which is common among Tottori's sake. A dignified sake that goes well with fish. ⭐️⭐️⭐️

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