Imanishi Co.,Ltd. Reviews

solidfunk	3.2 Harushika (Spring Deer) Extra Dry Junmai Sake Sweet and a hint of vanilla. Some sushi rice like sugar. Clear pour. Light sweet finish, some booze. Not super dry. Poured literally from a box. Saturday, October 9, 2021
Wombata	3.4 Harushika (Spring Deer) Extra Dry Junmai Sake 1 Year old bottle so has developed some interesting funk Aroma: Light pepper (still cold), sweet rice, vanilla custard/cheese, Taste: Lightly funky vanilla custard, lightly sweet rice, some heat on the back end. Palate: Med-full-bodied. Monday, July 23, 2018
one51	4.1 Harushika Junmai Daiginjo Nigori Sake 300ml bottle purchased at the brewery. Fantastic explosion for the taste buds: it's a sparkling cloudy sake. Carbonation brings the sweet rice aroma to the fore. Then, a weighty mouthfeel from the mixed sediment, with a taste of almond. Finishing with a sweet while acidic/dry aftertaste, really interesting. Where can I get this back home for 6 Euro!? Thursday, May 10, 2018
one51	3.4 Harushika (Spring Deer) Tokimeki Happo Junmai Sake Part of a tasting at the Harushika sake brewery. Mild umami flavor behind the sparkling elegance of this unfiltered sake; mild residual sweetness. The only one at a tasting that my wife liked. Wednesday, May 9, 2018
one51	3.3 Harushika (Spring Deer) Sakura Junmai Part of a tasting at the Harushika sake brewery. The perfect flavor balance, sweet rice taste lingers smoothly on the tongue. Straight, pure, delicious flavor and not such a flowery aroma as many sakes. Wednesday, May 9, 2018
one51	3.2 Harushika (Spring Deer) Shiboribana Junmai Ginjo Namasake Part of a tasting at the Harushika sake brewery. Lingering sweetness with a strong fresh Berry aroma and flavor. A bit too sweet for my palate. Nevertheless a decent blend of sweet and dry. Wednesday, May 9, 2018
one51	4.1 Harushika (Spring Deer) Chokarakuchi Ginjo Nama Genshu Sake Part of a tasting at the Harushika sake brewery. Very dry sake but still hints of sweetness. Big mouthfeel, very aromatic fruit flavors, mild alcohol flavor considering the high percentage. Wednesday, May 9, 2018
Wombata	3.7 Harushika Kioke Sake Day 1 Aroma: Dusty grain, rice, wood mold/fungus. Flavor: Grain, sweet rice, mushroom, dry pear, marshmallow. Comment: Intense initial flavor at room temperature. Good, long finish. The aroma is somewhat unique and it doesn’t reveal the sweetness of the flavor. banana, Saturday, December 31, 2016
Oakes	3.1 Harushika (Spring Deer) Tokimeki Happo Junmai Sake Very sweet, dessertlike, has a light ricey, slightly floral character, accented by the fizziness. Friday, July 1, 2016
Oakes	3.7 Harushika (Spring Deer) Daiginjo Sironiki Sake Sampled at the brewery. Milky, sweet, fruity, complex. More complex than most nigori. Friday, July 1, 2016
Oakes	3.7 Harushika (Spring Deer) Master Brewer Secret Sake Floral aroma, sweet front, light spiciness, touch of orchard fruit and underripe cantaloupe in the finish. Friday, July 1, 2016
Oakes	3.6 Harushika (Spring Deer) Shiboribana Junmai Ginjo Namasake Clear, appley, crisp. White wine, quite refreshing. Easy going sake but with good complexity. Friday, July 1, 2016
Oakes	3.4 Harushika (Spring Deer) Chokarakuchi Ginjo Nama Genshu Sake Clear. Banana, melon nose. Pearlike palate, alcohol, banana, has a fairly dry finish and assertive fruitiness throughout. Friday, July 1, 2016
Oakes	3.3 Harushika (Spring Deer) Extra Dry Junmai Sake Completely clear. Soft, smooth with a fairly floral koji. Easy-drinking, sweetish sake. Nice fragarnt finish. Friday, July 1, 2016
Jow	3.4 Harushika (Spring Deer) Extra Dry Junmai Sake Grabbed a carafe while getting sushi to go, fairly clear pour. Nose is fruity and some cane sugar. Tastes of cane sugar, cantaloupe, light bitter melon, faint herbal tones. Relatively smooth slight alcohol warming on finish. Pretty good Wednesday, May 11, 2016
altonbrownd	3.3 Harushika (Spring Deer) Fuinshu Junmai Ginjo Sake Onboard ANA flight DC to Tokyo. Nice and light. Medium sweet flavour. Nice and clean. Well done Sake. Monday, November 16, 2015
lebermilz	4.2 Harushika (Spring Deer) Tokimeki Happo Junmai Sake Bottle at the brewery. Unfiltered, so it’s opaque, but no bigger depot like in Nigorizake. Cedarwood, fermenting must, maybe a hint of elderflower, some volatile acids. Slightly sparkling, sweet, but not too sweet, nice acidity. Also some volatile acids. By the taste I would guess this is not carbonated, but was bottled just before the fermentation ended. The cloudiness underlines that. This is an extremely good Sparkling Sake! Friday, October 16, 2015
KyotoLefty	3.3 Harushika (Spring Deer) Extra Dry Junmai Sake From a freshly opened 1.8 l bottle at Okariba. Clean and light, with solid dryness. Light citrus fruits and rice. Dry, bitter finish with alcohol. Simple but good. Wednesday, February 19, 2014
booweiss	4.7 Harushika (Spring Deer) Tokimeki Happo Junmai Sake Most enjoyable sake I’ve ever had. It was paired with the first course of a tasting menu at Coi in San Francisco, and was the most memorable wine of the evening. Bubbly, sweet and very easy to drink. Tuesday, April 10, 2012
altonbrownd	4.1 Harushika (Spring Deer) Extra Dry Junmai Sake Big bottle with Eric at Yamayu Santatsu, Brussels. Wonderfully clear body. Nose very dry and sweet. Taste is just lovely with some fruit notes. Syrupy texture. Went down very well, even too well. Drank the whole EUR 55 bottle.. Friday, May 20, 2011
douglas88	3.8 Harushika (Spring Deer) Junmai Daiginjo Sake Bottle shared by the Sake Master himself, Jordan. Pours a totally clear spring water hue. A very sweet pear and grainy rice nose, slightly earthy. The flavor has the characteristic heat of sake, vanilla, hot dry pears, a very dry palate. A bit of paper and other grain driven flavors. Well made and tasty. Thursday, November 4, 2010
thedm	4.1 Harushika (Spring Deer) Tokimeki Happo Junmai Sake This green bottled sake from a bottle shop poured a large sized head of frothy milky white colored fine to large sized bubbles that were mostly lasting and left behind a strong bubbly carbonation and a slightly hazy light milky white colored body and no lacing. The nice champagne like aroma was of sweet rice. The vinous mouth feel was tingly at the start with a mediumly tingly finish with a medium milky sweet aftertaste. The nice flavor contained notes of sweet vinous rice. A surprisingly delicious sake and one I would certainly buy again. Monday, July 19, 2010
austinpowers	3.6 Harushika (Spring Deer) Shiboribana Junmai Ginjo Namasake Enjoyed at Sakagura Sake Bar in Manhattan. Very smooth at 13% ABV, but I was hoping for even less alcohol burn. A nicer aroma than the Daiginjo I had with it. Flowery and slightly grassy. Buttery mouthfeel. Worth a try, but Kaika is better. Sunday, February 10, 2008
ClarkVV	4.4 Harushika (Spring Deer) Tokimeki Happo Junmai Sake Bottle at Oishii on 11/17/07 (not sure the size, probably around 300mL). Lightly cloudy as it gets to the bottom of the bottle, with obvious sediment on the bottom (though it does not cover the bottom). I did not mix it in and only let some get in at the end. A softly yellow-tinted white but without too much effervescence. It’s not like it has a head or anything (though a quick ring of bubbles perks up while pouring). Carbonation, furthermore, comes out of solution very quickly and it is closer to still than carbonated by the end of the bottle. Anyways, I don’t think it’s incredibly sweet and sprite tasting, rather, it’s certainly a sweet sake so in a relative sense, this is incredibly sweet. But it’s not like lindemans framboise sweet, or something of that degree. Not nearly as sweet as the kioshu dessert sakes. What it is, is deliciously full of tangerine, melon, lemon and herbal qualities. Both in nose and in flavor, with a distinct, though not strong zip on the finish, from the carbonation (which despite being very low, is quite tight). The carbonation really does help with the sweetness and it remains a very, very drinkable sake, with no sign of alcohol or flaw. Some light pineapple and vanilla creaminess develop as it warms and breathes. Soft, silky and full bodied. Absolutely marvelous! Wednesday, January 16, 2008
dchmela	3 Harushika (Spring Deer) Extra Dry Junmai Sake From bottle at Epcot food and wine. Pours almost clear. Very dry slightly fruity aroma. Taste is dry like a wine with earthy, rice notes and some hints of fruit. You really need to like dry wine to like this. Wednesday, November 7, 2007
austinpowers	5 Harushika (Spring Deer) Tokimeki Happo Junmai Sake At 6.5% abv, this is a good sake to start people off with. Very, very low alcohol. It’s also considered to be a fine example of sake brewing. One of my all time favorites - it’s incredibly sweet and tastes like drinking a Sprite. Utterly delicious if you like that sort of thing. Sparkling, which is really unusual - I think I’ve only ever had 3 sparkling sakes, and the other two weren’t quite my thing. Thursday, December 14, 2006
desurfer	3 Harushika (Spring Deer) Extra Dry Junmai Sake This is my first sake, so I’m not exactly sure what to expect. Pours almost colorless and slightly hazy. Somewhat fruity aroma, but this is light. Some alcohol noticeable. Flavor is very alcoholic, seems much more than 15%. Very dry with some flowery character. Finish is boozy. Alright, I guess, but I don’t have anything to compare it to. Friday, May 12, 2006
BückDich	3.2 Harushika (Spring Deer) Extra Dry Junmai Sake Light obscure beige color. I wish I had a snake eye cup. Instead I’m using a white guinomi. Usually I use my Le Face Cachee de la Pomme mini tulip. As does Oakes by the look of his ratings. Good sake tasting glass that is. Anyways. This has a nose of light floral nectar and spring melons but at the same time dusty dehydrated notes of the former. The flavor has a strong bit of ethanol and vodka notes along with some earthy plum and vanilla notes. The balance is there too as the nose matches the flavor fairly close. If memory serves me right, +15 is the highest nihonshu-do a sake can get when it ferments out, so this is about as dry as they get and surprisingly, I don’t mind it. It’s fairly pleasant. Finishes grassy and light bodied. I can see this going well after a big greasy meal. Tuesday, January 10, 2006
badgerben	3.5 Harushika (Spring Deer) Extra Dry Junmai Sake Pours as clear as water. Thinly veiled aroma of alcohol. Nice, light flavors of honey and flowers. Beautiful texture of velvet. Friday, May 27, 2005
obisbeer	3.7 Harushika (Spring Deer) Junmai Daiginjo Sake clean and refereshing, with slight sweet mid palate. Not bad sake though I’m confused by the light cinnamon flavor in the finish. Saturday, September 11, 2004