Hakutsuru Sake Brewing Co.

Saké Brewery in Nada, Hyogo, Japan 🇯🇵


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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

5.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Carton split at Chris & Ruths pre GBBF Shin Dig, cheers for all the shares, 05/08/17.
Clear liquid with no head.
Nose is sweet, floral, rice paper, straw.
Taste comprises much the same, paper, water melon, light smoke.
Medium body, light booze in a sweet finish.
Nothing I'd ever return to.
Tried on 17 Oct 2017 at 09:57

5.9/10 Appearance 2 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Clear as water. Aroma is sweet, fruity and anise seed. Flavor is quite sweet. Sweet finish. 300917
Tried from Bottle on 30 Sep 2017 at 12:57

5.9/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle. Clear colour. Nice marcipan aroma. Moderate marcipan flavor. Average finish. oily palate. OK sake.
Tried from Bottle on 30 Sep 2017 at 12:56

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 3
Drunk cold (highly recommended temperature). The color is straw yellow. The olfactory persistence is considerable. The taste on the nose - dominant aroma responds to fermented rice. The taste on the nose - secondary aromas find fruitiness, dried apricot and pineapple. The first impression of intensity in the mouth is of medium strength’s sake. The body is round. The taste intensity is normal, and the taste persistence is sufficient. On the palate the sweetness is medium. On the palate the body is of medium intensity. The taste is pleasant. On the palate there are hints of pear, apricot and banana. Plus, drunk at room temperature (recommended temperature) (My vote 6.4/10). The consistency of the liquid is clear. The color is a hint of yellow. The olfactory persistence is short. The taste on the nose - secondary aromas belong to vanilla, melon and plum. The body is medium. The final mouthfeel is easy to drink. The aroma in the mouth is directed towards white peach and dried apricot.
Tried from Bottle on 14 Sep 2017 at 10:35


4.8/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5
Carton shared at Chriso’s and Ruth pre GBBF shindig. 02/08/2017. Thanks to Leighton for this one. A clear solvent, water. Little head. Aroma is plum, , light grains, rice, . Palate is solvent, alcohol, no condition... Flavour is composed of alcohol, plum, alcohol. Really did not enjoy this.
Tried on 22 Aug 2017 at 15:28