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Sake choices
In article >, Geoff Waters
> wrote: > Otokoyama (cold!) is a good place to start. Or Suigei or suishin. Ask > them which "cold premium sakes" they have. Back after a few years away. I'm quite a Sake fiend. Recently at a restaurant new to me, I asked for cold sake and what they had. They tried to pawn off the usual Sho-chiku-bai and Ozeki single-serves. Which are getting better in recent years, by the way. Nonetheless I noted a number of the large bottles nearby and asked about those instead. I stressed again I wanted "cold sake" and "country sake" and other wink-and-nudge methods I use to avoid hot nameless sweet swill and hopefully to find interesting novelties. They had Otokoyama (a mainstay of my home habit) as well as Karatamba and Suishin. I like them all, I went with Suishin and he made a point of saying it was room-temperature. Was that okay? Sure, what the hell. They poured it into a lovely wine glasses. I prefer it in the small cup, with overflow trough. Failing that the small cups and flasks is okay. A wine glass? Oh well. But drinking it at room temperature was pretty nice, frankly I was impressed, despite having had Suishin many times before. I felt the same kind of difference as between well-chilled and less-chillled German Beer. The later really blooms in taste. Same with the room-temperature Suishin. I got home and recently bought a bottle of Otokoyama and a type I hadn't had in a while; Hanonomai "Katana" extra dry, which was supposed to be Ginjo. Between Ginjo, Jummai, Genshu, etc., I'm always confused over which is what and why. So I looked it up in "The Book of Sade" (Kondo, pub: Kodansha), and read this part again. But the thing I noted--elsewhere was a list of premium sakes and their qualities--I was amazed to find that in the intervening 5-6 years I've tried many of these! And Suishin, it noted, should be drunk at room temperature. Live and learn. Particularly with a tasteful buzz. -- ///--- Vote for the richest Republican. He understand the common man. |
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Sake choices
Went to Bristol Farms in nearby Newport Beach. Got fancy vinegars and
past and all kinda good eats. Noted that they had a rack of sakes outside the wine section. Over by the deli. Maybe 12-15 different bottles, all more or less a fifth-sized bottle, maybe closer to a bottle of wine. All were country sake's mostly Jummai Ginjo and though 3 or 4 cost $25-ish, most were 45 up to 67 bucks. Man-o-man I hope they don't get popular at those prices! Later in the wine section there are few different ones, more moderatly priced but still up there when you realize the big-jug (is that liter?) is around $40 for many excellent sakes. A label was on the back of all of them in English and concluded with a web site they may be of interest: <http://www.esake.com> -- ///--- Vote for the richest Republican. He understand the common man. |
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Sake choices
In article > , Gerry
> wrote: Through perusal of Gauntner's sake site: <http://www.esake.com> I encountered (finally!) an Unitedstatesian importer that distributes fine small-brewerey sake and will mail it directly to your home if you live in 34 states. They can get in there from 2-5 days in 18 states, closer to two weeks in the others. <http://www.800wine.com/sake.cfm> Pretty cool if you're a sake fan... -- ///--- Vote for the richest Republican. He understand the common man. |
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