Kikusui Kikusui no Four-stage brewing (yodan jikomi)
菊水 菊水の四段仕込Kikusui — Kikusui Shuzo, Niigata
Light, smooth sweetness with a refined, stylish finish.
Specifications
- Type
- Honjozo
- Rice
- Not disclosed
- Rice polishing ratio
- 70%
- Yeast
- Not disclosed
- Alcohol
- 15%
- Sake meter value
- -5
- Acidity
- 1.5
Flavor profile So-shu
So-shu — clean and light
SMV −5 signals clear sweetness, and the 70% polishing ratio with a honjozo style and acidity of 1.5 points to restrained aroma and a light body. This matches the description of a smooth, lightly sweet sake.
Estimated by AI from the published specifications and the brewery's description; your impression may differ.
About
When dry sake was all the rage, Kikusui deliberately released a sweet sake. This was a time when only dry sake seemed to be accepted as a match for a wide range of dishes. As food culture diversified, so did consumers' tastes, and we believed people would want to drink sake that was not dry. With that in mind, we introduced our Four-stage brewing (yodan jikomi) sake. However, this is a sweet sake unlike the sweet sakes of the past. Built with today's food culture in mind, it is crafted as a sake that is lightly sweet and delicious.
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