Sake Reviews

  Full flavored and round. I found it sweet with a hint of bitterness, like a sweet grapefruit. Tasted so different from a typical Daiginjo sak...

Well-balanced, clean, hints of sweetness. A fruit bomb! Lots of melons. Initially bought it for the label but was pleasantly surprised. Gunma s...

Brewed using Kyokai No. 6 yeast. There was quite a bit of umami and acidity in this one, which mellows out as the sake comes to room temperatur...

Had this as part of @mtrsake’s Sake Scholar Course and by far is my fave from our tasting list!The ID Series was bottled to showcase terroir. It...

Ishizuchi makes 90% of its sake at a premium grade so it was interesting to try their Ginjo label. This was especially brewed for the summer hen...

This is part of the “Same Sky” series which features four bottles brewed in each season of the year. Since the pandemic, travel has been restric...

  There are only about 10 breweries in Tokyo so when I saw this at the supermarket I was quite keen to try it. This is part of the Sawanoi brand ...

純米酒 うさぎラベルI was quite lucky to get my hands on this bottle from Tottori, the least populated prefecture in all of Japan.This sake was aged for 2 ...

Can we all appreciate how cute this is?! Loved this sake. It was sweet with lots of tropical fruit aromas and felt even sweeter over time - whi...

This sake was created as part of a project called Sengoku Arcadia, a series of 47 sakes paying tribute to the famous warriors of the 47 prefectu...

The label "Shinku" is dyed in bright red to represent the dryness of this sake. But when we drank this we didn’t feel like it was extremely dry ...

  Seasonal sake from Kinshihai Shuzo. This brewery is quite popular among locals but I’ve hardly seen it outside of Japan. Fruity, refreshing, ea...