UPDATED: JAN 26, 2017 Light pear aroma, the taste is pear and a hint of cantaloupe with a nice heat in the finish. Also tried it warmed up when it gets a fried apple taste, but it’s much more enjoyabe chilled. I really like the bottle which looks very much like a well designed oil can.

Bottle (oil can?) from Sakaya, 08/09/2015. Clear pour. Aroma of cantaloupe, watered-down pineapple, canned fruits, full-bodied rice. Taste is pear, cantaloupe, mildly sweet rice, mellow heat in the finish. Full, clean and smooth body, slightly oily. Decent overall.

This oil can of sake has been staring me down for weeks and since the wife is out at work event figured I bes hit this puppy up. Pours slighty greenish yellow water. Nose is tropical fruit and some wood. Tastes of pineapple, pears, doughy, touch of cedar, red bull, and of course rice. Palate is slightly oily with only faint alcohol on finish.

Bottle at Izakaya Seki. Clear water pour. Sweet red cherry nose with vanilla and pineapple. Taste is has small amount of vodka booziness, mild alcohol heat, some pineapple rum. Finish is clean, sweet, refreshing. Not super tropical, but certainly not heavy starchy and alcoholic.

Glass at Sakagura. Pours clear. Clean and pure on the nose, but really not much going on save for the faintest melon notes. Sweet warm rice, sweet banana fruit and a touch of pudding and toastiness on the finish.

Bottle@CPH BeerFest2010 (thanks to whoever shared this one). Very pale yellow colour, close to water-clean-see-through. Aroma is alcohol, some spices, mild herbs and mild rice. Flavour is spices, rice, some alcohol. Actually quite mellow in the flavour.

From the Bottle at TAP 1, Copenhagen 07/05/2010 Fruity aroma. Clear strong in alcohol and fruity with a dry warming finish.

At Copenhagen Beerfestival, on May 7, 2010
Clear inside of pear color, no head. Wood, alcohol, pear scent, some dough. Alcohol, sweet, bitter taste. Medium to smooth mouthfeel, some bitterness.

Bottle 720ml.
Clear white color like water with virtually none head. Aroma is moderate rice, light alcohol, pernod notes. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat, finish feel is light to moderate alcoholic. [20100409]

Clear watery. Sweet fruity aroma with hints of red bull and jelly. Sweet flavour with fruity and red bull notes. Finished ricey with warming alcohol. Finished dry.