Beer5000
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
From my sake backlog. 305 ml bottle. Clear, pale golden body, light sparkling, but no head. Looks like white wine. Mild aroma with sake yeast and light fruity. Flavor is rather sweet for a sake, quite much citric fruit, hint of flowers, very weak rice and almost no alcohol. Medium body and a bit short in aftertaste. Easy to drink, not very complex.
Beer5000 (11295) reviewed Sake Sparkling Sake from Nøgne Ø 1 month ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
From my sake backlog. On tap and bottled (rating is a compartment of several tastings) . Clear, very pale-yellow body with no head and sparkling carbonation. Aroma is quite distinct Sake with rice, yeast and mild fruit like apple and some citric. Flavor is refreshing citric fruity, hint of grapes, mild rice and yeast. Medium body and average aftertaste. This is a light and refreshing sake that’s probably a nice start for somebody that not familiar with the style. The aroma is quite distinct sake, but the flavor feels a bit like a refreshing white wine. But compared with a white wine side by side there is a big difference, then the Sake flavor becomes more distinct with less fruitiness and more rice/yest flavor. The balance between sweet and light acidity works well and the touch of alcohol feels just right. Delicate and nice.
Beer5000 (11295) reviewed Yamahai Muroka Junmai Ginjo Sake from Nøgne Ø 1 month ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
From my sake backlog. 350 ml bottle at Nøgne ؘ Christmas party 2013. Clear, close to water in color with no head of course. A bit oily texture, looks quite attractive. Aroma is relatively strong citric fruit, hint of star fruit and rice. Flavor is sweet fruity, fruity acidic, hint of yeast, rice and almond with a certain touch of nice warming alcohol. Smooth body and sweet and refreshing acidic aftertaste. Well balanced and slightly fruitier than the other Sakes from Nøgne as far as I remember. Easy to drink, mild in esters, should not scare anyone away from tasting Sake this one.
Beer5000 (11295) reviewed Sake YK 70 from Nøgne Ø 1 month ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
From my sake backlog. 350 ml bottle. Clear, pale straw golden body with no head. The consistence is a bit oily. Mild, subdued complex and really delicate aroma of fruit, especially citric fruit and a hint of something between canned pear and peach. Flavor is delicate as in aroma, relatively strong fruity for sake, acidic like berries, mild gooseberries, mild warming alcohol and a hint of yeast. Fine body and a long, quite refreshing, slightly acidic aftertaste with strong umami. This is the best sake I have tasted so far. Nice by itself and a perfect match with blue cheese.
Beer5000
updated a beer:
Sake YK 70
brewed by Nøgne Ø
1 month ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
From my sake backlog. 180 ml bottle served hot at Oyisi Running Sushi & Wok, Aabenraa. Clear slightly oily body with no head. Mild, floral and spicy aroma with hint of rice and vinous alcohol. Flavor is mild, floral, spicy yeast and warming vinous, almost similar to dry fruit, but not right there. Medium body and decent aftertaste. Mild and quite nice for the meal.
Beer5000 has a new beer style achievement
Level 3 for Saké ticks with a total of 15 ticks of this master style.
Shirayuki (White Snow) Sake from Konishi Brewing Company was the one that did it!
1 month ago
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 4
From my sake backlog. 750 ml bottle. Body is almost clear as water and a bit oily, no head. Aroma is alcohol, fusel and a faint scent of marzipan, feels sweet in aroma. Flavor is sweet and alcoholic with a hint of harsh bitterness. Behind the alcoholic flavor the body feels more soft and almost chewy in palate. Fruitier in aftertaste. A bit rough in style and not particular elegant in taste.
Beer5000
updated a beer:
Shirayuki (White Snow) Sake
brewed by Konishi Brewing Company
1 month ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
From my sake backlog. Blue 180 ml bottle served at a sushi restaurant in Aabenraa, Denmark (served hot) . Clear, almost like water body with no head. Aroma has yeast, rice and fusel with a hint of boozy alcohol that becomes stronger as the sake turns less hot. Flavor is quite sweet, some yeast, rice and alcohol fusel. Quite easy to drink, not very complex and I agree with the waitress for recommending to drink this hot as it becomes boozier served cold.