Kikusui Brewing Company

Saké Brewery in Shibata, Niigata, Japan 🇯🇵

Contact
750, Shimagata, Shibata, 957-0011, Japan
Description
菊水 This is the Niigara Kikusui, the more famous one. There is also one in Nagano with different characters.

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6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

300ml bottle from Japan Centre. Chilled. Pours clear with no head and aroma of rice, melon, grassy. Taste is rice, fruity, melon, vanilla, boozy. Oily mouthfeel, medium bodied, low carbonation, dry boozy finish. Quite sippable.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Aug 2019 at 21:16


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Can at this new ramen place in neighborhood. Slightly tinged sake. Nose is soft fruit and some rubbing alcohol. Tastes of lychee, vanilla and booze. Slight rice on finish. Decently paired with my spicy noodles.

Tried from Can on 13 Aug 2016 at 13:55


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Can (black) at Hojoko, 2/1/16.
As far as I can tell, they have the regular nama (yellow), aged 1 year (red), freshly harvested rice (green) and this, containing single distilled sochu (black).
Clear, light pearl-tinted liquid.
Big melon, blackberry and light pina colada in the nose, it smells like a nigori, almost, though with less coconut and pineapple than those usually have. The fruitiness, mixing with the alcohol is interesting, at least and it doesn’t smell fusel-like.
The flavor is quite sweet, immediately, with a light berry-like acidity that I haven’t found in many sakes. Alcohol adds dryness and a good deal of heat, while strong koji notes and light coconut sit on the end. Quite interesting and fairly drinkable, but just too sweet for my tastes.

Tried from Can on 10 Feb 2016 at 11:26


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Can. Boozy nose, rice and vanilla. Sweet, slightly boozy flavor with rice and melon. Rich and silky. Not bad for the price and format

Tried from Can on 03 Feb 2016 at 17:32


6
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Can at the RBWG hotel share

Clear white, no head or lacing. Aroma of rice. Flavors of rice, hot alcohols, sugar with a dry finish

Ok

Tried from Can on 02 Feb 2016 at 18:30


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle at a Japanese restaurant in abs über were given gift card to including babysitting. Slight hazed pour. Nose is light melon and rice. Tastes of rice, papaya, melon, grainy. Not cleanest palate but drinkable and fine enough

Tried from Bottle on 23 Dec 2015 at 18:52


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Lukt: Duft av søtlige Frukter og alkohol.

Utseende: Klar som vann.

Skum/kullsyre: Ingen skum.

Smak: Søtlig hvitvinaktig, eple og en alkovarmer.

Hvor: Kjøpt@Supermarked, Pentaling Jaya, Malaisya, Nydt@Hotellet.

Medium: Boks@200ml, ABV@19%, Når@12.06.2015

Kommentar: Godt i mindre mengder.

Tried on 13 Jun 2015 at 06:43


5.6
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7.5

Can at home. I bought this a couple months ago but got drunk and left it behind on my travels. Lost hope we would be reunited but my travels brought me back and I found my can in a friends fridge awaiting my return. Pours yellowish amd you cam smell the booze as soon as u pop the top. Also some pineapple and marijuana on nose. Tastes of pineapple, cocounut, cedar, rubbing alcohol, rice, and weed. Harsh unpolished palate amd boozy warming. Tastes as expected with packaging.

Tried from Can on 23 Apr 2015 at 23:27


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

180 ml can from Yamaya. Light fruity, dry nose, a bit of rice. Dry flavor, nicely fruity, oranges, rice, a touch of grape. Light and elegant. A nice karakuchi dry sake from Niigata.

Tried from Can on 29 Oct 2014 at 05:22


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 8

Bottle for poker. Pours milky white. Nose is tropical fruit and rice. Tastes of pineapple rine, coconut, talc, rice, and some almonds. Grainy rough mouthfeel and touch of harsh alcohol on finish.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Sep 2014 at 18:25