Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
180ml can from Sakeshop, Stanmore, Sydney. Clear with slight yellow gold coloured tint, no head and aroma of rice, melon, fruit, earthy. Taste is sweetish, rice, fruity, melon note, with some grassy alcohol. Medium bodied, low carbonation, drying warm earthy boozy finish. Nicely drinkable.
Beer5000 (11295) reviewed Akita Matsukura Junmaishu from Akita Seishu Co. 1 month ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
From my sake backlog. 300 ml bottle. Clear, pale yellow body. For me the aroma is just like water from boiling rice and quite strong alcohol fusel. Flavor is boiled rise water and alcohol as well. I had another sip the next morning, and might just sense a little hint of something between fruity and flower. I don’t know much about Sake, but I can’t believe this strong alcohol flavor make this one of the better samples. I’s simply too sharp on the alcohol. With the rest I just have to work my scores around middle as a I go on and learn more about this stuff.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
360 ml screwcap clear bottle, from Vinmonopolet, Nettbutikken. ABV is 11%, may for some batches be up to 11.9%. Clear and pale golden colour with a slightly pink-ish hue, pours sparkling with a shortlived white head. Aroma of cooked rice, mushrooms, strawberries and flowers. The flavour has notes of rice and alcohol, with a surprisingly bitter finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Drank cold. The consistency of the liquid is clear. The olfactory intensity is high, and the olfactory persistence is appreciable. The taste on the nose - dominant aroma recognizes malted Koji rice. The taste on the nose - secondary aromas brings notes of vanilla, white peach, melon and green apple. The first impression of intensity in the mouth is of powerful sake. The body is structured. The taste intensity is high, and the taste persistence is good. The taste is pleasant. The final mouth sensations are ready to drink. The finish is dry and clean. The aroma in the mouth presents impressions of vanilla, white peach, melon, dried apricot and almond.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Bottled at Stockholm Beer Festival. Very pale yellow. Mild spicy nose. Mild and fruity, some salt and aniseed. Spicy mild bitter finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
From bottle @ sbwf 2018.
Nice spicyness, cucumber and anise in the nose. Warming finish with anise. Interesting.
AndySnow (19631) reviewed Dewatsuru Choinama Sake from Akita Seishu Co. 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
How: Bottle.
Where: Bought in Tokyo, had at home.
Appearance: Hazy clear colour, slightly yellow, with no head.
Aroma: Rice, fruit, some esters.
Body: Medium body.
Flavour: Rice, some fruit, some alcohol.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Bottle. Clear Water colour. Moderate nice marcipan aroma. Moderate marcipan flavor. Average finish. Oily palate.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle, 720mL, at Umi Sake House, drunk 11/4/15.
Well after spending roughly 30 minutes scouring the internet, I’ve learned a lot about Kimoto Junmai and Yamahai Junmai, so that’s good. Apparently this is the less rare/intensive of the two, but not by that much of a margin.
Very light, glassy, acetone-colored sake leaving good legs, if that’s even a thing (I don’t think it is). After being constantly baffled by what I should be looking for in a sake appearance, some research on the web turns up pretty much nothing; that is to say, from a professional judge’s quote, \"I have been professionally trained to grade sake in the following manner - balance 30%-40%, taste 25%-30%, aroma 20%-25%, and finish 15%.
So that about sums up appearance. Seems that as long as the non-nigiri sake is not cloudy/hazy, the appearance doesnt matter much or at all.
And also quite interestingly, the balance aspect is a higher ratio of a sake’s overall score. Which, as a mid-abv beverage, makes sense.
Anyways, this one had a very subtle nose of light flowers, hints of sweet rice, honey, light almonds and graceful vanilla notes. No alcohol noted in the aroma, with plenty of earthier notes developing with warming. Low on fruitiness.
Incredibly soft and comforting in the mouth, yet with a fluid viscosity that goes down easily, leaving light nuttiness, delicate honey, almond meal and plentiful earthiness (moist brown rice). Gentle acidity perks up on the finish, which never reveals any alcohol but just a hint of sharpness/poignancy. It balances quite nicely, but the sweeter, umami and cream flavors certainly do build up on the palate over the course of the bottle. Still, the light, easygoing body and lack of any heavy fruitiness makes it pretty easy to keep drinking. Really enjoyed this stuff. Quite subtle. Kind of surprised by the average ratings for the Yamahai (assuming that is similar to this).
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Süßlich Antrunk nach Reis, weich, spritzig. Minimal süßlicher Mittelteil, schwacher Nachhall. 9/10/8/8/11/8