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Shizuoka Sake Tasting: Takashima Brewery-Hakuin Masamune Junmai Genshu
Winter is the season for strong genshu sake and Takashima Brewery in Numazu City is certainly no exception! At least they keep the names short there! LOL Rice: Aichi no kaori Rice milled down to 65%...
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Shizuoka Sake Tasting: Shidaizumi Brewery-Tokubetsu Honjozo Hyakumangoku
I have always been wondering at the wisdom of creating a honjonzo. After all it is certainly more difficult than making a straight junami as you have to blend the aforementioned junmai with pure sake...
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Shizuoka Sake Tasting: Sugii Brewery-“Yaoyorozu”Yamahai Junmai Homarefuji
Sugii Brewery has been brewing this particular brand for some time and it is noteworthy for more than reason. First of all it is a Yamahai, a variety of sake than many breweries conscientiously ignore...
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Shizuoka Sake Tasting: Hatsukame Brewery-Kame Jirushi Ginjo Nama
Hatsukame Brewery in Okabe, Fujieda City brews a lot of classics at all level and when you are looking for such nectars at a good liquor shop the distinctive labels make them very easy and fun to find!...
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Shizuoka Sake Tasting: Shidaizumi Brewery-Shinshookoshi
This is an extraordinary sake! It is made with rice cultivated exclusively in Izu since the Meiji period and sold there only. That is, if you do not know a good sake/wine shop who can produce it out of...
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Shizuoka Sake Brewers List (Regularly amended)
Here below is the list of all 29 “kura”/breweries in Shizuoka Prefecture, which were “working” as of May 2014 (with some nuances and notes attached!) They are listed in a “traditional” order. Official...
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Shizuoka Sake Tasting: Suruga Brewery- Tenko Junmai Nama Genshu Muroka
It’s been some time since I tasted a sake brewed by Suruga Brewery in Shizuoka City! Although still a very new brewery, at least in name, it is already getting recognition nationally! It goes for one...
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Shizuoka Sake Tasting: Hana No Mai Brewery-“Kira” Junmai Ginjo “Kura Dashi”...
I just had the opportunity to taste a very unusual, that is for that establishment, by Hana no Mai Brewery in Hamamatsu City, in my usual not so secret lair! The name, ”煌”/”Kira”, could be roughly...
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Shizuoka Sake Tasting: One-Cup Series 15: Fujimasa Brewery-Genkotsu
The other day I had the surprise to discover a One Cup sake by Fujimasa Brewery which is located in Fujinomiya City, a long way from Shizuoka City! Interesting and very macho name: Genkotsu, that is...
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Visit of Haginishiki Sake Brewery in Shizuoka City!
Haginshiki Brewery for the least is an off the beaten tracks sake brewery for many reasons. First it is located in Shuzoka City, a location in Japan super famous for its sake but which in spite of 27...
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