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Re: Japanese Spirits
« Reply #10 on: August 18, 2015, 07:12:26 AM »
Here in Commiefornia, about $100 for the Miyosakae, $7-$8 for a small bottle of Platinum. If you can find this small bottle on sale for the same or less than the Platinum, give it a try. More fruity than the Platinum with more bouquet, but less umami.

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Re: Japanese Spirits
« Reply #11 on: August 18, 2015, 07:18:18 AM »
Ah sake...I do love it.  Not as complex as wine, but when done well it can be: fruity, marshmallowy, yeasty, or floral.  (After lots of tastings, those are the categories I made up myself.)
Breweries I love:  Masumi, Daishichi, Born.  If you go with a sake from them, you should not be disappointed. :)p1 

Yes- that Miyosakae Tenbi is toasted marshmallow with a hint of mint and has fantastic concentration for a sake.  Beautiful bottle as well.

If you are in San Francisco, stop by True Sake on Hayes Street.  Pick up a CAN of Narutotai Nama Genshu.  Most sakes are double-pasteurized to make them shelf-stable.  This is not.  So it has to be temp controlled (along with arabishiris) on the flight from Japan.  Thick, sweet, delicious.  Loses nose and a little "roundness" the next day.

For umami:  Kenbishi brewery, "Mizuho".  Crazy, big, kind of oxidized yeastiness that is strange and strangely satisfying.

Great intro all-rounder/easy-drinker?  Masumi "Okuden Katsukuri" or Mizbasho "Water Flower".

Points to consider:  these change with temperature, colder beverages are not sensed as sweetly.  As it warms, you'll get more on the nose and the palate.  I actually swish certain sakes and warming plus dousing the tongue helps unlock and try to amplify flavors.  In general, good sakes are softer than white wines even.  Flavors are more delicate, unless the yeasty one goes into "cat pee" territory.
One last thing:  Friends don't let friends drink Sho Chiku Bai.  :gross:  
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Re: Japanese Spirits
« Reply #12 on: August 18, 2015, 07:21:44 AM »
Here's the Mizbasho at a local place (with three locations).


Here's True Sake where you can price things out and a TON of educational stuff from Beau Timken (first guy to open an only sake shop in US).


True Sake ships what can be shipped without refrigeration and his newsletters are little classes on sake with a special code at the end for a sake of the month discount.
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Re: Japanese Spirits
« Reply #13 on: August 18, 2015, 08:33:30 AM »
Quote from: marvey on April 27, 2015, 05:35:21 AM
Hakushu Single Malt Japanese whiskey, 12 years.
Great choice, not with fame and few heard about it. 
I ordered one shipped to hotel at Tokyo, so that my friend and I can drink every night when we finish our day.


Totally worth the money. 
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Re: Japanese Spirits
« Reply #14 on: August 18, 2015, 01:22:58 PM »
^In Japan, you can buy chocolate bars that have the real thing inside. Delicious. Couple of weeks ago fellow campers surprised me by having The Hakushu in a flask.
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Re: Japanese Spirits
« Reply #15 on: September 08, 2015, 06:52:14 PM »
Well, I found a story that has Hibiki Harmony in stock, planning on getting a bottle later this week. should be a nice way to unwind after the crazy week I have lined up at work.
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Re: Japanese Spirits
« Reply #16 on: September 12, 2015, 01:34:20 AM »
Bad news, they were out of Hibiki. Good news, they had Yamazaki 12 year single malt. It's not the sweetest whiskey I've ever had, but it's extremely smooth and easy to drink. Definitely worth the cash.
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