Ichinokura Junmai Koshu "Shozen" TenbuThe nose on this aged sake is a gentle collection of honey, melted butter, sea salt, butter popcorn, toffee, simple syrup, and walnut aromas. Say hello to a very friendly introduction to aged sake. Smooth, round, soft, slippery, and slightly thin, this brew drinks water like with nice aged sake components. Look for cooked orange, honey, sweet butter, almond, sweet tea, soy sauce, nutty, and earthy flavors on drinkable light flow that is a great
which also makes this sake good for warming
it’s thin
meat skewers
If you ever wanted to gift sake
This gentle brew was built for warm Kumamoto summers to be refreshing
When a brewery goes from just starting to make sake (in a prefecture that isn’t known for making nihonshu) to household name
and of course sporting that very soft Fushimi water
Sort of a quasi-True Sake exclusive
Why does he do it
light in the palate
meyer lemon
WORD: Rich WINE: Deep Reds/Massive Whites BEER: Belgian Ales FOODS: Red meat sashimi