Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
300 ml bottle from the brewery.
Thin orange-pink color. Strong sake aroma, rice, sake yeast, spices, with a bit of fruity ume in the background. Flavor is also a clear mix of sake and ume. Clean, not so sweet, with sour plum, caramel, rice. Clean and light, with the sake flavor distinctly remaining. A very nicely drinkable and light infusion. Not really surprising or moving, but well done.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5
From the 1.8l bottle at the brewery restaurant. Aged Daiginjo brewed in 1990. 20 years old!
Aged aroma with caramel, funk, barrel, and sherry. Oxidized but not overly so. Almost nutty flavor, with peaches, almonds, pear, caramel. Fruity, with sherry notes. Amazingly smooth and rounded. Wow! Maybe one of the best sakes I’ve ever had. Very much worth the ¥850. As far as I know, this is only sold at the brewery restaurant, and you can only buy 120 ml per customer!
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
From the 1.8 l bottle at the brewery restaurant.
Fruity, woody aroma with saw dust and a bit of spice. Peppery, spicy, citrus flavor with cherry. Flavor is light and subtle but long-lasting. Decent. Not as good as their Kizakura Nama ginjo.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Straight from the barrel at their restaurant. I don’t think this is ever bottled.
Light aroma of cedar and fruit, including some citrus. Big, spicy, peppery, cedar flavor. Quite strong alcohol. Decent, but the cedar overwhelms everything else.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
From the barrel at the brewery restaurant. I don’t think it is bottled exactly this way, but they do have a Ginjo Nama genshu which should be pretty close.
Spicy, citrus aroma, fresh and full. Nicely fresh and fragrant. Full flavor, sweet, flowery, with bit fruit. Very nice, with all you expect from a nama ginjo. Big tastes. Very nice.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
From the barrel at their brewery restaurant.
You can feel the rice as you drink it (aragoshi=going down roughly). Hot and alcoholic. Spicy milk and vanilla flavor, just a bit sweet. Ok, but the least impressive of the day. Almost a doburoku, there is so much solidity to it.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Medium brown with orange tints and a low but thick head. Aroma of cocoa, milk, vanilla, caramel, dark fruits. Complex flavors of fruits, coconut, wine, cocoa, coffee, vanilla, milk. Nice balance, sweet but not too much, with sour and bitter to balance. A very interesting and original beer. I think I like it, though not completely sure! Quite bitter finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
180 ml bottle.
Fruity, caramel, milk, aroma, sweetish, a bit of oxidation from the koshu. Much more aging in the flavor, sweet, caramel and sherry. Funky too. Fruity, with raisins, milky. The taste is dominated by the koshu, though not overwhelming and with a regular sake palate, though quite creamy. Funky and interesting. A good introduction to koshu without the weirdness. That little 15% really kicks the flavor in, though. Cheap and tasty.
Appearance - 2 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3
Bottled at the brewpub. Pale pink with rich white head. Candyish nose. Sweetish, fruity and quite artificial tasting. After the initialsurge of confusin flavours it vanishes inot a black hole of nothingness. No bitterness, just some general fruitiness diluted by gummi bears.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Bottled at the brewpub. Hazy pale bronze colour. Floral nose with a bit of toffee. Medium bodied with clean, spritzy mouthfeel. Spicy and salty, almost mealy with evident notes of soy sauce. Medium bitterness. Hmm... I think I quite like it...