Izumi Bridge Aizan Cherry Blossom Dragonfly

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Sake marked by dragonflies Sake from Izumibashi

Aizan Cherry Blossom Dragonfly
Taste Aizan Cherry Blossom Dragonfly
Today’s snack is Basil Salad with Octopus and Broccoli

Aizan Cherry Blossom Dragonfly

愛山さくらとんぼ — Izumi Bridge Aizan Cherry Blossom Dragonfly

Japanese rice, 55% milling ratio, 16% alcohol by volume.

The cherry blossom season label is seasonal.

The bottle caps are black, too.

Opening.

Odorless. No particularly sweet smell.

Gulp

Taste Aizan Cherry Blossom Dragonfly

Izumi Bridge Aizan Cherry Blossom Dragonfly

The drink is a little peculiar at the beginning. Complex taste at first. The alcohol taste is strong. Slightly acidic. The aroma is so strong that it lingers after drinking.

Today’s snack is Basil Salad with Octopus and Broccoli

Today’s selection of snacks available at 7-Eleven stores in Japan.
Basil and garlic are not compatible with sake. Sweet sake and oily dishes clash with each other’s aromas and are not tasty.

Introducing this brewery

As a brewery, sake brewing begins with the cultivation of rice
Based on the belief that “sake brewing starts with rice cultivation,” we brew sake using sake rice grown in neighboring areas.

We are committed to environmentally friendly agriculture and aim to create a community that will lead to the future.

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How well does it pair with German potatoes? The jet-black label is inspired by the Milky Way.” Yamanoi Kuro, Milky Way.”　

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Sake alone in the dust today

Yamanoi black label Amanogawa
Yamanoi black label Amanogawa
Today’s snack is Steamed potatoes with butter and corned beef

The black label of “Yama-no-i” is nice.

Yamanoi black label Amanogawa

Japanese rice, 70% milling ratio, 15% alcohol by volume.

The bottle caps are black, too.

Opening.

The aroma is not particularly strong, with a slightly stronger, fruity aroma of rice.

Gulp

Taste Yamanoi black label Amanogawa

The taste is refreshing and clean.　Easy to drink at room temperature or cold.
Slightly sweet, with a weak alcohol taste. It is light after drinking, with no habitual taste.
Suitable for beginners and women.

Today’s snack is Steamed potatoes with butter and corned beef

Today I paired steamed potatoes with butter and corned beef on top.
The butter flavor was strong and not good with sake.
It seems to lose its flavor with fatty foods.

Introducing this brewery

This sake brewery was founded in 1688 in Minamiaizu Town (formerly Tajima Town) in the southwestern part of Fukushima Prefecture, near the border with Tochigi Prefecture.

Sake is still brewed in a brewery that dates back to the Edo period.

The water used is one of the softest in Japan, pumped up from 40 meters underground, and is characterized by its soft, round, and clean sake.

The brewery uses the latest technology and 330 years of sake brewing tradition, while making the most of the local climate and rice and water from Minamiaizu.

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Kikumasamune is famous in Japan. This is their sake for the sake show.

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Drinking alone on a whim today.

Kiku-Masamune
kikumasamune Taste Evaluation
Today’s snack is sausage

It was recommended to me at my favorite liquor store.

It is said to be a rare sake.

“Kiku-Masamune” is a famous sake. This sake is for a limited edition sake competition.

Kiku-Masamune

Your research group is amazing. To use an analogy, it is a match drink. They say this sake is not available in Tokyo.

Kikuma Masamune is a brand known to all sake drinkers in Japan.

No mark.

Opening.

It has the aroma of Showa-era sake.

Gulp

kikumasamune Taste Evaluation

It is not fruity. Sweet and sour. It is also very alcoholic to drink through. Better to drink on its own than as a food wine. When very cold, it is close to wine. Likes and dislikes are different. Not compatible with seasonings.

Today’s snack is sausage

Today’s snack is sausage
Not so good with sake.

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The appearance, bottle and label are exactly wine. “Bijofu”

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Sake alone in the dust today
Purchased based on label design

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“美丈夫” What is the etymology of the word “beautiful”?

“美丈夫” The birth of Biyoufu and the origin of its name.

The new, highly anticipated brand was named “Bijoufu,” meaning “a fine man with beautiful appearance,” in reference to Ryoma Sakamoto, an aspiring samurai from Tosa (present-day Kochi Prefecture) at the end of the Tokugawa Shogunate.

Meaning of the word.

Bijofu is a dry sake with a graceful and refreshing taste. The sake’s name means “handsome man” or “handsome man” in Japanese dialect.

This sake has won a trophy at the International Wine! I have high expectations for you.

It is described as a sake full of flavor, with a gorgeous apple-like aroma, sweetness, and acidity. Is it similar to wine?

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Gulp

JapanRanking 123rd
Kochi Prefecture Ranking 3rd

Comment: A
CEL-24 is the name of the yeast.
It came up when we were talking about the pull and sharpness of white wine and sake.It has a crisp sweetness and a beautiful pull. Perfect for a mealtime sake.

Comment: B
It has a pineapple smell and sweetness typical of CEL-24.
It is more smooth than the sweetness of Kameizumi and Kaygetsu, and the bitterness is cut off by a nice sourness. Delicious!

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It has a peculiar taste. First-time sake drinkers may have some resistance to it. It has a strong sweet and sour taste. Even after drinking it down, it still has a strong alcohol taste. When chilled, it tastes more like wine. The taste is different depending on one’s taste preferences. It does not go well with seasonings, regardless of how strong or weak the flavor is. It is best as an aperitif on its own.

Today I paired it with roast beef salad.

This time it was not good. It doesn’t go well with the seasonings…

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Taste statement well written on the labeling. “Sugata”

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Today, too, I’m drinking alone in the dust. Up until now, I have only chosen sake that everyone knows, so this time I challenged myself to try sake that I don’t know. I chose a sake that I personally do not know much about, “Sugata” sake.

Sake “Sugata” from Tochigi Prefecture, which expresses the original form of the sake as it was born.

What kind of sake comes to mind when you hear the phrase “sake as it was born”?

It has been a long time since the world has seen unpasteurized, unpasteurized sake, but “Sugata” is a sake from Tochigi Prefecture that is more raw than any other type of unpasteurized sake.

I bought it because I liked the label design. Unusually, the ingredients are well labeled.

Good. Imprint of the figure.

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Gulp

Easy to drink. Suitable for beginners. Sourness of sake after sweetness. It did not go well with vinegared food. And it tastes similar as it is a recent trend. I’ve had a lot of different sake.

Today’s snack is a vinegared dish purchased at a souvenir store. Sour and sweet were a little incompatible.

It was another good day.

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Sake with the same name as that famous hotel.

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Today, too, a dusty, one-person drink.

Autumn sake is called hiyaoroshi. Not all types of sake are called hiyaoroshi.
It is a seasonal product that has been stored in a warehouse until autumn to mature its flavor.

The name of the sake is “Four Season”, which sounds like a famous hotel.

I bought it because of its name.

Hiraizumi is located in “NIKAHO CITY” on the southern coast of Akita Prefecture.
Hiraizumi has been brewing sake for more than 500 years while keeping close contact with the four seasons of this region.

It is a cap with the family crest firmly in place.

opening.

A faint sweet aroma wafts through the air.

Gulp

It has a sweet taste at the beginning and a complex bitter taste. It is an unusual sweetness that has never been seen before. Suitable for food sake. Sake for intermediate or advanced drinkers. It seems to go well with strong flavored dishes.　

Today, I made homemade potato chips.

Surprisingly, it is not bad with fatty foods.

Another good day.

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