6.8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

2004 bottle from the Belfast Organic Co-op in Maine. Ah, it’s nice to finally have the chance to sit down and rate a beer (sake in this case) in front of the computer. It’s been a long time.
Aroma of crystal clear spring water, light, bleached white rice. Faint touches of coconut and rice meal. Hints of alcohol are very faint. Not tremendously aromatic, or at least, I can’t find much. Flavor, however, is quite interesting. Coconuts, rice pudding/boiled white rice. Rice milk beverage and hints of vanilla. Palate is voloptuous and silky at the same time, with a full, creamy and light-coconut milk like texture. Finishes rather dry, and with some odd rice husk flavors that are not quite as good as the flavor through the body. Vanilla beans and some alcohol linger on, with the liquid sitting thickly on the tongue. A very interesting sake. Appearance is still and clear. Good amount of legs coat the rim of the glass, lasting and quite 3-dimensional.