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Sennenichi Sake Brewery, Awaji Island, Japan

MoIppai — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 11:00:24 +0000

On a recent trip to Awajishima (Awaji island, a tiny island inbetween Honshu and Shikoku, just off the coast of Kobe), we stopped in at the local sake brewery Sennenichi to pick up a bottle of the local brew to take home.

Sennenichi Sake Brewery

We were greeted very warmly and were very quickly invited for a mini-tour of the brewery by the extremely friendly owner.
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Godzilla Sake Est Arivee!

MoIppai — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:11:01 +0000

After only a couple of days my “‘Hakai-O’ Sake Godzilla“, I blogged about recently, arrived in the post! No.43 of 3000. Nice.

Nice Packaging

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The Sake Sections in My Local Shops

MoIppai — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 14:24:45 +0000

I thought I’d post a couple of photos of the sake sections in some local shops near me.

The first is a more specialised off-license, which as well as shochu, whiskey, and crates of beer, has a Sake Corner, with bottles from all over Japan, as well as Ji-sake (地酒) which is craft-brewed sake (basically sake brewed in smaller quantities by smaller breweries).

The Sake Corner at my Local Off-License

This photo is of the sake section in one of my local supermarkets.

Sake Cartons at the Supermarket

Basically various sizes of cartons, from one-cup individual lunch box sizes up to the big several-litre packs. There are One-Cup Sake Jars on the top row too.

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A New Way To Drink Sake

MoIppai — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 23:19:57 +0000

In Japan there are a thousand and one ways to buy and drink sake. From the huge barrels you find outside Shinto shrines and at weddings or company promotional events, to the standard 1.8l or 750ml bottles, to the one-cup glasses or box cartons from vending machines.

Recently in Family Mart convenience stores a new way to drink sake has appeared, or as they say on the side in remarkably good English for a Japanese company

With this product we bring you a new way to enjoy sake.

“This product” is a small, 200ml,screw-cap metallic bottle that you usually find containing coffee.

A New Way To Enjoy Sake

There are four in this range ranging from your standard sake
(Kire no Aru cho Karaguchi Seishu from Takara Shuzo, the black can) at ￥265 up to the slightly more expensive (Sukkirishita Ajiwa Daiginjo from Nihonsakari, the blue can) at ￥365.
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Sake Club for July

MoIppai — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 02:56:52 +0000

Late again with my post about July’s sake club selection – the August delivery arrived yesterday. At least I’d managed to try them all this time. Just this minute posted up the reviews.

Sake Club for July

All three were phenomenal sakes this time, all scoring 90 or more with one reaching 95!

The sake’s were from three different breweries in 3 different prefectures and all made with different rice varieties. But all were excellent.

Junmaikarakuchi Yauemon (純米辛口弥右衛門) from Yaumeon Brewery in Fukushima Prefecture : 94 points.
Tenryou Tokubetsu Junmai Tobikiri (天領　特別純米　飛切り) from Tenryou Brewery in Gifu Prefecture : 90 points. They have an English website worth checking out…here.
And finally, my favourite:
Yoimai Ayakiku (よいまい綾菊) from Ayakiku Brewery in Kagawa Prefecture : 95 points.

An excellent selection from July, let’s hope the August batch are just as good.