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Showing posts with label Sake Reviews. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sake Reviews. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 25, 2025

Mana 1751 "True Vision" Yamahai Tokubetsu Junmai Muroka Genshu: An Umami Bomb!

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A nearly 275 year old Sake brewery. A Toji , Sake brewmaster, who has won numerous gold medals. A compelling Sake, rich in umami, and produc...
Tuesday, October 8, 2024

Izumibashi Kurotonbo Kimoto Junmai Sake: A Cultivation Brewery

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One of my favorite styles of Sake are the Kimoto/Yamahai , which can taste earthy with lots of umami and higher acidity. Because of their hi...
Tuesday, June 4, 2024

Iwate Meijo "Dragon of Oshu" Tokubetsu Junmai Sake: The Turtle's Tail

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Yesterday, I wrote about a Greek wine produced from a grape saved from extinction and I'm continuing that extinction theme today, but c...
Tuesday, March 26, 2024

XOXO Sushi Bar: An Impressive Spot, Newly Opened in Chestnut Hill

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Edomae-style sushi . With origins extending back about 200 years, this style has been returning, and there are a few spots in the Boston+ ar...
Monday, February 20, 2023

Imada Shuzo Fukucho "Forgotten Fortune" Junmai

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While enjoying a wonderful dinner at Yakitori Totto , at Assembly Row in Somerville , we ordered a bottle of Sake, the Imada Shuzo Fukucho ...
Tuesday, February 14, 2023

Heiwa Shuzou "Kid" Junmai Ginjo Hiyaoroshi: A Sake For The Autumn

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With the importance of seasonal cuisine and drink in Japan, it's natural that seasonal Sake would be produced as well.  Hiyaoroshi is a ...
Friday, April 15, 2022

WeSake: Easy Drinking Canned Sake

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White Claw Hard Seltzer is hugely popular and other canned hard seltzers sell very well too. Canned RTD (ready-to-drink) Cocktails are also...
Monday, January 31, 2022

WeSake: A Canned Junmai Ginjo

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Sake in a can? Japanese Sake, especially in Japan, comes in a variety of different packagings, from cans to tetra-paks. It's also not ju...
Tuesday, April 20, 2021

Pairing Feta & Sake: Greece Meets Japan

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Greek Feta Cheese paired with Japanese Sake? It's certainly not a common pairing, and generally isn't suggested in the articles ...
Wednesday, January 27, 2021

Yuki Otoko "Yeti" Honjozo Sake: Like Melting Snow

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What is that hairy creature on the label?  It is the Yuki Otoko, the Snow Yeti . The illustration is from a 19th century book, the Hokuetsu...
Wednesday, October 7, 2020

Ryujin "Dragon God" Junmai Daiginjo Namazume Sake: A 400+ Year Old Brewery

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A 400+ year old Sake brewery named after a mythological Dragon God , the Lord of the Sea.  The Ryujin ("Dragon God") Shuzo , found...
Thursday, October 1, 2020

Fukucho "Seaside" Junmai Sparkling Sake: A Female Toji & Brewery Owner

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Prior to the Meiji Era (1868-1912), in the Hiroshima Prefecture, Sake breweries were finding some difficulties in the brewing process.  Dur...
Wednesday, September 30, 2020

Takahiro Nagayama "Noble Arrow" Namazake Tokubetsu Junmai: All About Terroir

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Wine lovers, pay attention to a Sake with similarities to Chablis from Burgundy.  The Nagayama Honke Brewery, which was founded in 1888, is...
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Tuesday, September 29, 2020

Nanbu Bijin "Southern Beauty" Shinpaku Junmai Daiginjo Sake: White Heart

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The label for this Sake is reminiscent of a grain of rice, and the large white area in the middle could be the the Shinpaku , the " whi...

Tensei "Endless Summer" Tokubetsu Honjozo Sake: Briny Melons

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As summer is now over, and cooler weather is starting to come, wouldn't you like to reclaim a touch of summer? First, cue up Point Break...