6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
720 ml screwcap bottle, from Vinmonopolet, Nettbutikken. ABV is 12%. Hazy pale yellow to straw colour, no carbonation. Pleasant aroma of yuzu fruit and plums, hints of rice and mushrooms in the background. The flavour has the same elements, notes of alcohol in the somewhat dull finish.
Tried
from Bottle
from Vinmonopolet Nettbutikk (netstore)
on 27 Jan 2026
at 21:38
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
300 ml bottle. Somewhat faint nose of ginjo-ka spice, citrus, rice. Clear, slightly viscous. Sweet and spicy with rich rice, stone fruit, light tropical fruit: orange, papaya, a bit funky, which adds interest. Medium to full body. Nice enough.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Oct 2023
at 10:36
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
150 ml blue bottle. Clear, crystalline. Nose of citrus, apple, rice, bit of apricot or nectarine. Slight cedar notes. Flavor is a bit sweet, rich rice, koji/fermentation notes, citrus. Rather light and crisp up front with a bit of heaviness in the finish. Finish is honey, koji, stone fruits. Decent stuff, good drinking. Not so surprising.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jan 2022
at 09:22
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Taster at Aburacho. A bit yellowish, surprisingly. Nose is caramel, vanilla, a bit toasty rice. Thick and sweet with caramel. A bit dull, and seems older than your typical Autumn hiyaoroshi.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Sep 2019
at 03:34
7.2/10
Fantastic smooth fragile beginning. Very soft with lots of fragile sweetish fruitiness. Round and fruity pears and banana-melon. Fruity fragile and sweetish round in the end.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2019
at 14:44
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Glass at Shiori Bukkoji. This is the unpasteurized nama version. Slightly yellow and oily. Fresh cream butterscotch nose, caramel, vanilla, yogurt. Huge, crazy butterscotch flavor, apple, yogurt, enormous yamahai thing goinig on with great acidity and tons of lactic acid, though the nama aspect kind of clashes with it in a fun way. Normally this would be warmed, but of course as a nama it is meant to be consumed chilled. Like a rice cream sundae!
Tried
on 30 Jan 2019
at 00:33
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
300 ml bottle. Clear, oily, icy. Rich rice nose, clean, slightly spicy cedar, a bit of ripe apple and partly ripe apricot. Flavor is slightly spicy with cedar notes and rich rice. Light sweetness with hints of ripe stone fruits. Very refined and reserved. Full, silky body. Like this one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Feb 2018
at 09:42
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottle at Seito Sushi in Orlando, living out of hotel for next week without wife and kid so expect plenty of rates. Cool blue bottle. Clear pour thicker looking in glass. Leggy. Nose is melon and wood. Tastes of wood, melon, vanilla, some grass, cobwebs. Thick bodied. Good value.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Nov 2017
at 17:46
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Taster. Sweet and sour sake designed to go with meat. Sweet and sour flavor, pineapple, a bit lactic, some yogurt. Crisp and tasty, and nicely tart.
Tried
on 29 Apr 2015
at 22:24
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
720 ml bottle. Spicy and flowery nose, citrus blossoms, rice. Sweet and fruity, very light and thin, too sweet and fruity. There is some of the ginjoka, but really this is a crappy daigin (but I could have predicted that from the \950 price!) I think they used table rice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Apr 2014
at 05:52