300ml bottle shared at Umai Mai, Newcastle. Cloudy white colour. Sweet boozy aroma, sugary rice. Tastes strong and boozy with suggestions of sugared tropical fruit. Short finish. Slightly grainy texture but smooth enough going down. Quite good.

Bottle (gift); consumed at home. Colour is somewhere between water and Sauvignon Blanc. Smell of plum, peach and violet. Taste is very sweet with only a slight bitter-sour kick at the end. A real honey vanilla aftertaste. I'm no sake connoisseur by any means but this was very nice at the end of a long day.

Little 180ml bottle from the Japan Centre, London. Chilled. It's got a slight yellowish/greenish hue. Strong rice aroma, grassy notes, booze, a touch of vanilla. Initial sweetness is overcome by an almost sour booziness, soured citrus, leading to a lightly drying finish. Astringent aftertaste with more rice flavours. Hard to get into this one but it's reasonably good I suppose.

180ml jar/bottle from Luekens Wine & Spirits, Seminole. Mostly clear with the slightest milky edge. Harsh, slightly chemical aroma. Taste is a bit intense and boozy at first, then mellows to a lovely rice flavour toward the finish. Some incredible sweetness in the finish. There's quite a lot to this little sake.

300ml bottle as part of a delivery from the Japan Centre, London and drunk at home, turns out this will be my last rate in my old flat of 5+ years. Clear with the slightest yellowish tinge. Watermelon and bubblegum on the nose - wadnt expecting that - with rice aromas pushed to the background. Big melon falvoutlrs on the tongue - it is sweet at first but dries considerably - with the itially well-hidden alcohol coming out mid-sip. Slight body with a short finish. Refined and more complex than many sakes I've had.

180ml bottle as part of a delivery from the Japan Centre, London and drunk at home. Milky white, flat. Vanilla, rice pudding and marshmallow aroma - is this real or the whiteness making me imagine it? - along with light melon and citrus undertones. Sweet and slightly boozy taste with a medicinal bitterness lurking underneath adding balance. Gritty notes from the rice in the finish. I love this.

125 ml from Wagamama, Cambridge. Clear with a touch of visible carbonation. Not a lot of aroma but the sweet taste, with white grape and vanilla, more than makes up for this. Bit of tartness on the finish. Refreshing body with some light fizziness lifting the mouthfeel. I wouldn't imagine this is the pinnacle of sake but certainly worth a try.

12 ounce can taken away from the Needle & Pin and drunk at home. Dark gold and a little bit of quickly dissipating white head. Massive grapefruit aroma woven around the heady scent of biscuity malt. Nothing shy about this beer. Sweet taste, I’m almost tempted to say malt-led but theres loads of grapefruit pith and pineapple hop. Full body with carbonation just on the heavy side. Very impressive!

Keg draught at the Queens Road Tap, Leicester. Dark almost brownish gold and hazy with a small uneven white head. Floral aroma, some pear and some tangerine, a bit of vanilla. Sweet taste, some caramel and some orchard fruits, turning to hitterness in the finish ish. Light body, medium carbonation. A little uneven and messy. Still decent.

Keg draught at the Queens Road Tap, Leicester. Light gold, hazy with a swirl of white head. The aroma is gorgeous with lots of passionfruit, followed by melon, pear, a little bit of vanilla. Bittersweet taste with more passionfruit tangling with a lovely malt base. Bitterness in the finish ish. Very light body with very heavy carbonation. Yeah, this is how you brew a hazy.