Herman Mok
A nice sake, easy to drink, fruitiness with medium body together with rice sweetness. You can feel the freshness with its namazake & muroka identity. Great one.
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Herman Mok
The most premium version of Utashiro. A very nice one I would say - elegantly fruity ginjo feel comes at first, followed by the rice sweetness. You would also feel the freshness from genshu - well blended, clean and easy to drink. Excellent one, except a bit expensive :)
Herman Mok
Obviously more for fun. Beautiful bottle that is playful and for easy drinking. Will not give you much to remember of.
Herman Mok
Standard cup sake from Daishichi. You wont have a very high expectation but it gives you the thing you need and pair with oily food quite well. Balance the fatty feel with the fermentation alcohol which is a nice one.
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Herman Mok
I think it is still a good sake but it lacks a bit of complexity when comparing to the aged version i drank weeks ago - which cause I cant like this sake very much…
Herman Mok
Good as usual - slight and easy drink tomorrow after start. Freshness with slight and fine bubbles, fruity while also showing the rice character. Simple and clean finish.
Herman Mok
Just a so so one. Unbalanced with too much alcoholic feel. Will skip next time for sure.
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Herman Mok
I like this sake. It is well blended and the flavours are well merged together. When pour into the glass, it does give you a sense of fruity and ingredient smell. Obviously the slight lactic acid, rice and umami feel is more important in this sake. It also gives you a round texture with slight hint of nutty feel. I also like the ending of this sake - without significant alcoholic feel which is very pleasant.
Herman Mok
When you have ever drank the 袋吊 version of 王祿, you can never go back. While this version is still not bad, but it lacks the blended creaminess of that version, and a bit too mineral in feel. Need to pair with food to make it perform better.
Herman Mok
I like this version more than the 香子 one, as it has slightly more bitterness, adding one more layer to the plain soda like sake 😂
Herman Mok
Frankly I am a bit disappointed. It is just a bit funky and sweet like carbonic acid drink - but with not much a sake character that I would expect. It is more fruity sweetness like drinking soda - but lacking rice and ingredient complexity. Being so famous recently I would expect a bit more…
Herman Mok
It is good as usual, fresh and fruity smell and first palate, which is very easy to drink. I think comparing with other versions, I think this comes with slightly more bitterness and nutty feel.
Herman Mok
Sweet and fruity style, one that’s easy to drink. Not a lot of complexity, but still can feel the umami from Omachi rice, so with slight bitterness at end. Easy and balanced anyway, so not bad.
Herman Mok
My second time to drink this brand - still I think the wood smell and taste is too prominent. While it is clean and fruity style, it needs to be placed a while for the wood taste to blend into the sake, which makes me a bit confused.
Herman Mok
Special sake that I got as a gift when visiting the shuzo. It is new year blended koshu released from the brewery every new year time. It blended the Daiginjo from year 1989, 2001 & 2013. Surprisingly, its still very light body - unlike other koshu which makes you too full. I like the aroma, while soy sauce and umami is significant, you can also feel the raisin, dried grapes inside. On palate it leans more towards coffee, toffee & dark chocolate. Serving hot is a good choice too.
Herman Mok
I quite like this sake. Round and slight complexity. Aromatic in fruity style yet elegantly you could spot the cream and yogurt that blend great inside. Fresh and easy to drink with medium after taste.
Herman Mok
Better to drink after heated. When served in room temperature, the mineralic and sour taste is too sharp and not blend well.
Herman Mok
Standard kaze no mori though I think it has less mineral taste. Not very memorable for me.
Herman Mok
Sweet and easy to drink. Elegant fruity on nose with sweet fruity taste in palate as well. Slight sourness which makes a good balance indeed.
Herman Mok
This sake is nice to be drinking at room temperature or even in kansake form. Nice and elegant lactic acid feel with a sense of fresh cheese and yogurt. Smooth texture that blends quite well, can also feel the rice flavours inside with slightly nutty and umami ending. Good pairing with food indeed.