Sake Club for May

Bit late posting this as the June delivery is due tomorrow, but these are the 3 sake bottles that were delivered in May from my Sake Club here in Japan.

Sake Club for May

Again, they are all from the Slow Food Nippon 2009 contest, and they are (from left to right) :

Umenishiki Junmaigenshu from Umenishiki Brewery in Ehime Prefecture
Houyou Junmaishu from Uchigasaki Brewery in Migaki prefecture
Hanzo Tokubetsu Junmaishu from Ota Sake Brewery in Mie Prefecture

So far I’ve only tried the Umenishiki (which was a little disappointing) and the Houyou (which was fantastic and is highly recommended!). Clean, fresh and very drinkable.

The Uchigasaki website (here) is only in Japanese but worth checking out for some cool Japanese images and designs as well as this page if you’re into anime, and the Sengoku Basara (戦国Basara) TV series (which I have only just heard of but like the bottle labels so will be looking out for that sake).

The Umenishiki Brewery home page is also only in Japanese but the Ota Sake Brewery site does have English with lots of good information about their sakes including whether it’s best to drink them chilled, room temperature or warm. Which is very useful to know.