Hakutsuru Sake Brewing Co.

Saké Brewery in Nada, Hyogo, Japan 🇯🇵


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5.8/10 Appearance 2 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 4 Overall 6
28/7/2018. Bottle at Højbjerg tasting. Pours clear and colourless with no head. Aroma of rice, rubbing alcohol, light marzipan and a little fruit. Medium sweetness. Moderate body, slight sticky texture, soft to flat carbonation.
Tried from Bottle on 28 Jul 2018 at 11:25

5.6/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Bottle. Clear water colour. Moderate marcipan aroma. Dry nice marcipan maripan flavor. Average finish. Oily palate.
Tried from Bottle on 28 Jul 2018 at 11:13

4.5/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 4
Bottle @Højbjerg Tasting. Clear, almost colourless, no head. Rice aroma, light alcohol. A tiny hint of spice. Watery, sweetish flavour. Rice and alcohol.
Tried from Bottle on 28 Jul 2018 at 11:12

4.8/10 Appearance 2 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Bottle @ Saxo tasting. Clear as water withot head. Aroma is sweet, rice and anise. Flavor is quite sweet. Sweet finish with warming alcohol. 280718
Tried from Bottle on 28 Jul 2018 at 11:11

5.8/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle @Højbjerg Tasting. Milky white, no head. Aroma has rice, flowers, white chocolate perhaps. Sweetish flavour, milky, white chocolate. Warming alc.
Tried from Bottle on 28 Jul 2018 at 11:09

5.2/10 Appearance 2 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle @ Saxo tasting. Hazy pale as water without head. Aroma is sweet, cooked rice and rice milk. Flavor is quite sweet. Sweet finish with a little alcohol. 280718
Tried from Bottle on 28 Jul 2018 at 11:08

6/10 Appearance 2 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle. Cloudy watery colour. Moderate marcipan aroma. Moderate marcipan flavor. Average finish. Oily palate.
Tried from Bottle on 28 Jul 2018 at 11:07

5.5/10 Appearance 2 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle @ Højbjerg tasting. No head. Color is water. Aroma and taste are rice malt, alcohol and little marzipan. Warming finish.
Tried from Bottle on 28 Jul 2018 at 10:11

6.1/10 Appearance 2 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 4 Overall 7.5
Carton 1800ml. @ [ chriso & Boudicca's pre- GBBF Shindig 2017 ] - Chris and Ruth's House, London.

[ As Hakutsuru (White Crane) Tokusen Junmai Sake ].
Clear crystal water colour with virtually no head. Aroma is rice, fruity, pineapple, alcohol. Flavor is moderate sweet with a long duration, pineapple, fruit, rice. Body is medium, texture is watery, carbonation is flat, finish feel is light alcoholic. [20170805]

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Tried on 24 Mar 2018 at 08:58

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Taster at the brewery. Rice nose, light peaches and melon. Sweet rice flavor, stone fruit, lightly spicy. Very pedestrian junmai but not terrible.
Tried on 07 Mar 2018 at 03:44