Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Glass at Swingin'. Cleat. Nose is vanilla, rice. Rich, full flavor, sweet caramel and rice. Decent, rich junmai.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Glass at Asano. Icy, clear. Fruity nose, rice, koji, light peach. Sweet and fruity fice flavor, peach, melon, great fruit. full body. Good stuff.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5
Glass at Asano. Dry, dusty nose, some koji. Soft and silky body, light. Too sweet, rather one dimensional. Weird body too.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Glass. Watery looking, clear. Light citrus nose, some alcohol burn. Sweet flavor, citrus, orange and cantaloupe. Dry, crisp finish. Decent.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Taster at Jam. ricey nose, caramel and mizu-ame, and just a touch of smoke in there as well. Interesting. Sweet, peppery, flavor with hot alcohol burn. Tasty. Good, strong junmai.