Akita Seishu Co. Reviews

VastActiv	2.7 Dewatsuru Choinama Sake Sample from the bottle 0.3l at home, Nivala. Color is clear water with no head. Aromas and flavors: Rice, some alcohol, some sweetness.... Thursday, March 28, 2024
Cuso	3.3 Dewatsuru Choinama Sake Shared by Cunningham. Fruity aroma with pear, apples, rice. Taste is rice wine, pears, apples, melon, light estery. Bit harsh in finish. Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Cunningham	2.8 Dewatsuru Choinama Sake Just for fun. Because it is my last remaining style at ratebeer Looks like water and smells rice. Mellow sweetness and a flat carbonation. A bit fruity flavor and some rice in it [Bottle from Vinmonopolet in Halden, Norway] Tuesday, February 27, 2024
OminouSC2	2.9 Dewatsuru Choinama Sake Pale, almost clear color, no head. Aromas of pears, honeydew melon, white wine, rice and alcohol. Taste of alcohol, honeydew melon, rice and slight pears. Wednesday, August 30, 2023
Sigmund	2.4 Akita Seishu Dewatsuru Sakura Emaki Sparkling 360 ml screwcap clear bottle, from Vinmonopolet, Nettbutikken. ABV is 11%, may for some batches be up to 11.9%. Clear and pale golden colour with a slightly pink-ish hue, pours sparkling with a shortlived white head. Aroma of cooked rice, mushrooms, strawberries and flowers. The flavour has notes of rice and alcohol, with a surprisingly bitter finish. Monday, May 8, 2023
arsol	2.9 Akita Matsukura Junmaishu Bortimot helt klar. Lukter ris og skall av grønne epler. Alkohol og litt eple i smak. Sunday, April 30, 2023
oh6gdx	3.6 Yamato Shizuku Kimoto Junmai Sake Bottled@SBWF2018. Very pale yellow colour with no head. Aroma is mildly spicy with some mild salty adn floral tones. Flavour is salty, aniseed, mild sweetness with some herbal tones too. A tiny bit of alcohol is there in the flavour too. Wednesday, December 28, 2022
silenz	3.2 Dewatsuru Choinama Sake Sunday, September 25, 2022
Ysok02	3.9 Yamato Shizuku Yamahai Junmai Sake Un saké classique avec une robe cristalline, un nez très agréable, floral et très fruité. La bouche est un cran en dessous mais reste néanmoins agréable et équilibrée. Friday, September 13, 2019
labeerinthum	3.6 Yamato Shizuku Junmai Ginjo Sake Bevuto freddo. La consistenza del liquido è limpida. L'intensità olfattiva è elevata e la persistenza olfattiva è apprezzabile. Il gusto al naso - aroma dominante riconosce il riso maltato Koji. Il gusto al naso - aromi secondari porta note di vaniglia, pesca bianca, melone e mela verde. La prima impressione di intensità in bocca è di sake potente. Il corpo è strutturato. L'intensità gustativa è elevata e la persistenza gustativa buona. Il gusto è piacevole. Le sensazioni boccali finali sono di pronta beva. Il finale è di gusto secco e pulito. L'aroma in bocca presenta impressioni di vaniglia, pesca bianca, melone, albicocca appassita e mandorla. Tuesday, January 29, 2019
omhper	3.5 Yamato Shizuku Kimoto Junmai Sake Bottled at Stockholm Beer Festival. Very pale yellow. Mild spicy nose. Mild and fruity, some salt and aniseed. Spicy mild bitter finish. Saturday, September 29, 2018
Hermod	3.6 Yamato Shizuku Kimoto Junmai Sake From bottle @ sbwf 2018. Nice spicyness, cucumber and anise in the nose. Warming finish with anise. Interesting. Saturday, September 29, 2018
IpaPils	2.5 Dewatsuru Choinama Sake Nesten transparent noe gultoner uten skum. Lukter fjøs, smør og gjær. Smaker alkohol, korn og gjær. Alkoholen sitter en stund. Saturday, April 21, 2018
Erzengel	3.3 Akita Matsukura Junmaishu Monday, January 22, 2018
AndySnow	3.2 Dewatsuru Choinama Sake How: Bottle. Where: Bought in Tokyo, had at home. Appearance: Hazy clear colour, slightly yellow, with no head. Aroma: Rice, fruit, some esters. Body: Medium body. Flavour: Rice, some fruit, some alcohol. Thursday, July 6, 2017
Hansen	3 Dewatsuru Choinama Sake Clear as water and no head. Nice neutral aroma, faint marcipan notes. Nice soft flavor, warming alcohol. Saturday, December 10, 2016
Zita	2.8 Dewatsuru Choinama Sake light sweet rice aroma,pale, clear, light sweetness, light body, oily feel, nice harmonich finish. Saturday, December 10, 2016
HenrikSoegaard	2.9 Dewatsuru Choinama Sake Bottle. Clear Water colour. Moderate nice marcipan aroma. Moderate marcipan flavor. Average finish. Oily palate. Saturday, December 10, 2016
Marheb	3.7 Dewatsuru Kimoto Shikomi Junmai Sake (Échantillon à Thorn Street Brewery - Sake + Beer paring): Légère acidité, lactose, alcool discret et parfaite dose de sucre dans un corps filiforme. Sunday, April 10, 2016
messycook	4 Yamato Shizuku Yamahai Junmai Sake Tuesday, March 29, 2016
Florya	3 Dewatsuru Choinama Sake How : bottle Appearance : translucent. Aroma : citrus, ripe fruits, mild perfume tones. Palate : medium to light body, no carbonation. (tried it both at 12 degrees and 48 degrees. Much better at 48.) Sunday, January 31, 2016
Singularity	1.8 Dewatsuru Choinama Sake Botten at the neighbors. Clear almost white. Aroma is mashy, alcohol, rice and light candy notes. Taste is thin, mash, rice, faint bubblegum and slight puke. No. Friday, December 18, 2015
anders37	2.7 Dewatsuru Choinama Sake Bottle. Pours a clear color with no head. Has a fruity grainy weak earthy rice aroma. Fruity slightly sweetish rice flavor. Has a slightly sweetish fruity grainy weak spicy rice finish. Friday, November 20, 2015
ClarkVV	3.9 Yamato Shizuku Kimoto Junmai Sake Bottle, 720mL, at Umi Sake House, drunk 11/4/15. Well after spending roughly 30 minutes scouring the internet, I’ve learned a lot about Kimoto Junmai and Yamahai Junmai, so that’s good. Apparently this is the less rare/intensive of the two, but not by that much of a margin. Very light, glassy, acetone-colored sake leaving good legs, if that’s even a thing (I don’t think it is). After being constantly baffled by what I should be looking for in a sake appearance, some research on the web turns up pretty much nothing; that is to say, from a professional judge’s quote, "I have been professionally trained to grade sake in the following manner - balance 30%-40%, taste 25%-30%, aroma 20%-25%, and finish 15%. So that about sums up appearance. Seems that as long as the non-nigiri sake is not cloudy/hazy, the appearance doesnt matter much or at all. And also quite interestingly, the balance aspect is a higher ratio of a sake’s overall score. Which, as a mid-abv beverage, makes sense. Anyways, this one had a very subtle nose of light flowers, hints of sweet rice, honey, light almonds and graceful vanilla notes. No alcohol noted in the aroma, with plenty of earthier notes developing with warming. Low on fruitiness. Incredibly soft and comforting in the mouth, yet with a fluid viscosity that goes down easily, leaving light nuttiness, delicate honey, almond meal and plentiful earthiness (moist brown rice). Gentle acidity perks up on the finish, which never reveals any alcohol but just a hint of sharpness/poignancy. It balances quite nicely, but the sweeter, umami and cream flavors certainly do build up on the palate over the course of the bottle. Still, the light, easygoing body and lack of any heavy fruitiness makes it pretty easy to keep drinking. Really enjoyed this stuff. Quite subtle. Kind of surprised by the average ratings for the Yamahai (assuming that is similar to this). Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Mad_Ferret	3.3 Akita Matsukura Junmaishu Bottle. Clear, almost colourless, no head. Weak sweet aroma of rice, apples, unmature white whine, alcohol, almonds. Medium sweet with almonds, apples, tangerine, alcohol and rice. Slight warming alcohol, smooth, oily, still. Haven't had much saké. Quite pleasant. Saturday, November 7, 2015
_angst_	3.4 Dewatsuru Choinama Sake Bottle courtesy of Nisse666. This poor fella has survived in the fridge for quite some time but seems ok so going to rate it anyway after having used most of what was left when cooking. Pours translucent pale green with no head leaving some legs on the glass. Smell tiny grainy and slightly estery with boiled rice, cereal, bubblegum, peach cobbler, hay and alcohol. Taste is sweet, tiny grainy and slightly estery. Mouthfeel is tiny viscous, round, slightly boozy and medium bodied. Finish is sweet and tiny sour with unflavoured puffed rice, bubblegum, peach flavoured booze, hay, dry soil and hints of lemon peal. Quite nice actually which is amazing considering how old it is. Sunday, July 26, 2015
oh6gdx	3 Akita Matsukura Junmaishu Bottled@fonefan. Water coloured, no head. Aroma is rice, some alcohol, mild strange sweetness as well as some slight phenolic and mild sweet vegetably notes to it. Flavour is similar, with the alcohol sweetness giving the whole thing a nice balance among all the other elements. Wednesday, April 1, 2015
rlgk	2.7 Dewatsuru Choinama Sake Bottle thanks to fonefan. No color, no head. Rice in aroma and flavor, fruity, salty notes, earthy, some warmong alcohol. A bit strage. Sunday, March 8, 2015
rlgk	2.8 Akita Matsukura Junmaishu Bottle thanks to fonefan. No color, no head. Aroma and flavor of rice and earthy notes, potatoes, almond, bread, some alcohol. Sunday, March 8, 2015
Koelschtrinker	2.6 Dewatsuru Choinama Sake Süßlich Antrunk nach Reis, weich, spritzig. Minimal süßlicher Mittelteil, schwacher Nachhall. 9/10/8/8/11/8 Saturday, February 28, 2015
Koelschtrinker	3.2 Akita Matsukura Junmaishu Etwas alkoholischer, allerdings sehr weicher Beginn. Intensiv nach Reis, minimal säuerlich. Gut. 9/9/11/9/11/9 Saturday, February 28, 2015
jredmond	3.7 Dewatsuru Matsukura Tokubetsu Junmai Sake Bottle during the premium sake pairing at Sushi Nakazawa with Linh. [Hoping this is the correct entry]. Pours a clear pink body with no bubbles. Mouthfeel is medium, light dryness with notes of hibiscus, fruits, melon and flowers. Very faint alcohol in the finish. Nice. Friday, February 6, 2015
Roger60	1.6 Dewatsuru Choinama Sake SB Oskarshamn, flaska. Småflaska med lite instängd arom. Sake de table milt sagt. Fan ta SB som inte kan ha någon stil alls på sake. Friday, January 2, 2015
Staffan47	3.4 Dewatsuru Matsukura Tokubetsu Junmai Sake Till nyårsmiddag bestående av lax, svartris, avokado med granatäpple och sesamsås. Elegant och len. Serveras varm, viktet troligen var ett bra drag. lagom sötma och ett kul inslag till middagen Thursday, January 2, 2014
Bamsen78	3 Akita Matsukura Junmaishu Bottle @ Scooper Tasting in Ulfborg. Pours transparent with no head at all. Clear aroma of rice, alcohol and potatoes of yesteryear. Sour-sweetish flavour with deep ricey notes. Bitter finish with tiny, sweetish touches. OK. Friday, November 22, 2013
Meilby	3.1 Akita Matsukura Junmaishu Bottle 300ml @ fonefan Pours clear as water with no head. Aroma has notes of rice, alcohol and almonds. Taste is light to medium sweet with a long warm finish. Body is medium, texture is oily. Friday, November 22, 2013
Christian	3.1 Akita Matsukura Junmaishu Ulfborg weekend celebration of nothing in particular. Clear with no head. Aroma of rice, caramel and spice. Sweet flavour of rice, bread and caramel Friday, November 22, 2013
Bamsen78	2.7 Dewatsuru Choinama Sake Bottle @ Scooper Tasting in Ulfborg. Pours clear transparent with no head. Clear aroma of rice and nothing. Sourish flavour of rice alcohol and bitter notes of the same. I am sorry, I just cannot get used to this liquid. Friday, November 22, 2013
Meilby	3.3 Dewatsuru Choinama Sake Bottle 300ml @ fonefan Pours clear as water. Aroma has notes of rice, alcohol and almonds. Taste is light to medium sweet with a warm, rice and boozy finish. Body is medium, texture is thin to oily. Friday, November 22, 2013
Dedollewaitor	2.2 Dewatsuru Choinama Sake Bottle @ Invasion U.S.A, Ulfborg 2013. Pours clear no color no bubbles. Rice, wine, dust, salty water, sushi. Friday, November 22, 2013
yngwie	3.4 Dewatsuru Choinama Sake Bottle, 30cl. It’s a clear, oily one, almost colorless. It’s quite fruity on the nose, with some rice hints in the back. Cellar hints and some notes of lemon. It’s oily and lighlty cardboardish on the palate, warming and full-bodied. Pleasant fruity flavor with some cooked rice in the far back. Apples, some pear and a lemony hint. Lasting finish. A pretty pleasant one, tasteful. 131122 Friday, November 22, 2013
Christian	3 Dewatsuru Choinama Sake Ulfborg weekend celebration of nothing in particular. Clear with no head. Aroma of alcohol, laquer and rice. Dry flavour of rice and alcohol Friday, November 22, 2013
gunnfryd	3.2 Dewatsuru Choinama Sake Bottle.Clear colour with no head. Aroma is rice, alcohol, citrus. Flavour is fruit, alcohol, citrus, rice. Tuesday, September 17, 2013
Ungstrup	3.4 Yamato Shizuku Yamahai Junmai Sake Bottled. A clear sake. The aroma has notes of roce. The flavor is sweet with notes of rice alcohol, and lemons, leading to a dry finish. Thursday, September 12, 2013
yespr	3.4 Yamato Shizuku Yamahai Junmai Sake 30 cl. Pours clear, no head. Aroma is mild fruity, mellow rice. Smooth fruity and mellow, light rice fruity. Lingering fruity and mild sweet finish. Thursday, September 12, 2013
hallinghansen	2 Akita Matsukura Junmaishu Bottle @ Danish Summer Gathering, 2013. Clear light body with no head. Aroma is rice and alcohol. Flavour is the same. Thursday, September 12, 2013
Dedollewaitor	2.3 Akita Matsukura Junmaishu Bottle @ Danish Summer Gathering, 2013. Pours clear no color and no head. Rice and alcohol. Quite hot and sweet. Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Benzai	2.7 Dewatsuru Choinama Sake Sampled @ RB Danish Summer Gathering 2013 day 1, Ulfborg. Bottle. Clear watery color, no head. Smell sweetish, alcohol and chlorine. Taste light to moderately alcoholic, lightly sweet-bitter. Hard to describe. Ok. Friday, August 30, 2013
yespr	3.4 Dewatsuru Choinama Sake 33 cL bottle. Pours pale, no head. Aroma is rice, fruity. Sweet, fruity and smooth rice. Lingering fruity and sweet finish. Mellow rice fruity finish. Friday, August 30, 2013
Benzai	3.4 Akita Matsukura Junmaishu Sampled @ RB Danish Summer Gathering 2013 day 1, Ulfborg. Bottle. Looks like water. Not a lot of aroma. Taste is so hard to describe. Anise maybe? No can’t be it, I dislike anise and this doesn’t taste too bad. Actually quite nice, but I have no idea how to rate this properly. Friday, August 30, 2013