Gekkeikan Nigori Sake

Brewed by Gekkeikan Sake Company (Japan)
Style: Saké - Nigori
KYOTO Prefecture, Japan

Serve in Guinomi, Masu, Ochoko

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Really good Nigori, creamy and full of texture. Lost a few points because of the low alcohol content.

Appearance: Consistency of Coconut Milk. Aroma: Banana notes dominate. Bubblegum. Peach. Taste: Here too banana is the leading element and like the aroma it comes across as very sweet to the point of being candy like. Bubblegum and sweet, ripe, fruity yeasts play a roll too. Palate: Very sweet but not cloying. Rich, sticky, thick, and powdery. Healthy feeling, like I’m drinking a nutrashake. Drinkability: Through the roof. This is exceptionally approachable and makes for a great introduction to Nigori or Sake in general for that matter. A very pleasurable sake especially for folks on a budget.

Bottled. Hot looking thin spunk appearance. Awesome legs. Green bananas in the aroma and in the flavour. Soft and creamy with nice sediment covering your tongue after swallowing. Satisfying.

Botella bought in Yanai City, Yamaguchi. Pours a cloudy thin milky colur. Fruity sweet rice aroma, bit of coconut. Good filling dusty mouthfeel. Sweet,fruity, rice, coconut flavour with alcohol. Tasty Nigori indeed.

Somewhat surprized by this one. Very fruity with banana and coconut flavours that almost burst out at you. Sweet, but not cloying. I like it!

300mL green screwtop bottle. Poured into a small glass it’s milky white, similar in appearance to a chalky antacid - it looks a bit thick, grainy almost, like a watery rice or potato mash. Semi-sweet aroma of some grapes, creamy oats and milk. Moderately sharp alcohol in the nose as well. Coats the mouth with a chalky, almost gritty semi-thick residue, although the body remains quite thin. It’s sweet, moderately harsh, somewhat milky but mostly chalky. Not that bad actually, I like how the sweetness and the sour chalkyness are competing.

Spinnaker’s Store, Victoria
Pours thick, white...milky and looking like guava juice or soghum beer. Nigori is fun to look at. Aroma of bubblegum, pear, peach, yeast. Smooth palate is sweet, sugary rice with light fruit notes and a hint of tartness late. With nigiri it demonstrates a lively, fruity, milky character. Scores bonus points for drinkability...for something that doesn’t look terribly approachable it sure tastes approachable.

Served chilled and shaken. Milky white, leaves a chalky residue on the sides of the glass. Aroma of canteloupe, coconut, and rice. Thick chalky mouthfeel. Green grape sourness, rice, and alcohol flavor. Very interesting, and very a very different experience. I would drink this again.

30 cL bottle, courtesy of faeroeviking. Pours murky/milky white head. Aroma is light phenolic, alcohol and light wooden. Dusty, smooth fruity and sweet. Lingering fruity and sweet finish.

Contents were settled in the bottle, After agitation, it pours opaque milky white with no head. Aroma of pears, alcohol. Slightly warming taste with pears, spice and rice. This is my first Saké rating, and my first try of the Nigori style.