The 7th Matsuo Taisha Sake-1 Grand Prix ④
Islander sake brewery had a stall at "Sake World Summit in KYOTO" and we were curious about it.
Since the system of multiple lines was not good for time performance, bouken and I changed to a sharing strategy.
They had passion fruit, Kona coffee, and Junmai Daiginjo.
ISLANDER SAKE Junmai Daiginjo Unfiltered Nama-Genshu.
It was a proper sake with a gentle acidity and a rather refreshing taste. It is a loose sake that is a little lacking in my opinion. The price is expensive, so I don't think I will buy it.
ISLANDER SAKE Kona Coffee
The color is a little brownish and it smells like coffee. I always drink my coffee black, so I thought it was very light coffee. I don't think I'll buy this one either.
Here, I ran into the owner and manager of "Sake Bar Shinshiro," which I had visited with bouken-san before.
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This year we received another sake brewed on the island of Hawaii.
The taste is a jun-dai with a good balance of sweetness and acidity, deep aroma and very smooth on the palate.
Thank you again for the delicious sake. 🙇♂️
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Matsuo Taisha Sake-1 Grand Prix ④
islander sake brewery in Hawaii
I had known about this sake for a while but could not afford it because of its high price.
I took this opportunity to try it.
Rutemi drank it a while ago 😁.
I drank
● Junmai Daiginjo Unfiltered Nama Sake
It was made with KITASHIZUKU.
It was quite a proper sake. It was moderately floral and had a good amount of sake flavor. The price is 7,700 yen and if you ask me if I would buy it, I would say 🤔.
Kona Coffee Unfiltered Nama Sake
Sake that was not on the distributed list. This was more interesting than the Jun Dai.
There was also a fruity tropical sake, but I could imagine the taste and thought coffee would be more interesting, so I tasted this one.
The rice is Kitashizuku and Calrose rice.
Coffee beans soaked in sake?
It tasted like fresh coffee beans!
It had an atmosphere similar to the canned coffee called "Fresh Bean Blend" that Nescafe used to offer.
I wonder if this is a liqueur or a craft saké, and how it would be classified?
At Ya-Ya in Kobe.
This is the first time to drink Neko Masamune since it was transferred from the defunct Omi Sake Brewery to Maihime🐱.
It has a sweet taste with a slight graininess from the freshness.
It tastes a little messy, but it's not that bad, right?
Might prefer it to Omi Neko Masamune 🤔.
It's quite fruity and pungent and alu-feeling when I drink it again, but maybe it's good?
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@Shinshu Spring Sake Festival
Sweet and hearty
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Dry. It has a strong umami flavor and is crisp and clear. Miyamanishiki. With avocado and tomato salad
Sake you can drink every day 🍶.
I don't get much of a ginjo aroma, but it's a "this is so good!" cup of sake: ☺️
It's like a young, hard pear, but it has a good rice flavor too.
It's great at room temperature and goes with everything 🍶🤤.
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I didn't expect a cup of sake at a pub.
But delicious 😋.
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Yakitori restaurant near Kyushu University Hospital
Drink with slightly chilled cold sake
clear and colorless
Mild and classic aroma
Slightly less peculiar on the palate, reminiscent of old-fashioned sake
The taste has a good sharpness.
The taste has a lingering dryness, but the aftertaste is quite short.
Warming it up gives it more sharpness.
Overall, it gives the impression of classic sake.
We went on a bullet trip to a hot spring in Gunma 😆♨️
Before arriving at the ryokan, we went to a local liquor store.
I decided to buy some Gunma sake at a local liquor store before we arrived at the ryokan! I was so excited,
I visited Takahashi Yo Shoten for the first time, which I sometimes order from Corona Disaster!
I visited Takahashi Yoh Shoten for the first time!
I found a bottle of sake that I had ordered before and was very impressed.
The Gan brewed by Mikito Takai, who is no longer with the company, was really delicious, so I chose the New Gan with the feeling that I would like to try it too.
I was surprised to find that it was brewed by Mikito Takai!
And it's still delicious 😭✨
It was great slightly chilled, but also great warmed 👍.
Not spectacular, but deeply delicious...
And it's so cosy!
I brought home the rest of the bottle.
I'm going to drink it with care 🍶🎶.
It was a delicious and refreshing sake that was not too assertive as a food wine.
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Shiga Kogen's sake, Enki by Tamamura Honten.
This beautiful junmai sake is brewed with organically grown rice. Firm flavor and a clean, clear aftertaste. Delicious.
Izutsunaga Limited Edition Active Nama Sake
Limited active nigori (nigori rice wine) only available at the brewery.
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Hot. Spicy. ⭐︎2.5.
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lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
Nigori, effervescent. Slightly sweet and firm taste. Weak acidity, bitterness on the tongue. I rather like it.
The label on the back of the bottle says it is supposed to be heated to O, but I warmed it up. It was cold. It is very easy to drink, but it is not impressive. Certainly O.
Purchased at a sake brewery. Limited edition at the brewery shop.
A magnificent house. The shop is spacious and sells not only sake, but other goods as well. There is also a cafe and event space. The museum is open to the public, and you can see the old tools, sake containers, signboards, and so on. The name of the shop is said to mean "chief (osa) of a well. I had never heard of it before.
Picture 4 is a back fatty pork bone ramen with Kurosawa Sake Kasu (sake lees). It tasted like a big fight between the aroma of sake and pork bone. The collaboration between a ramen shop and a sake brewery in Saku is now being held - 2/12.
It's been a while since I've splurged!
Sake that is pleasant to drink
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Limited edition sake. The "sanzui" seems to refer to the kanji character sanzui bias. The label is cool ✨.
Sweet and refreshing aroma reminiscent of melon at the entrance.
In the mouth, the sweetness of the rice spreads with a lot of fruity aroma and gentle acidity in the beautiful mouthfeel.
Finishes gently with soft acidity.
This is the kind of beautiful, sweet, voluptuous, juicy sake that is all the rage these days 🍶It's easy to drink ✨.
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Delicious!
I found it a little heavy, but not disgusting at all, and yet easy to drink 🍶.
It tasted more fruity.
I drank too much and my memory is a bit... 😅
Drinking at a sake tasting at Komae Sake Brewery Kagoya.
The sake brewery was destroyed by the Great East Japan Earthquake and is now brewing sake again at a different location.