Tsuchida99 STUDY 1

Tsuchida99 STUDY 1

Tsuchida99 STUDY 1

Tsuchida — Tsuchida Shuzo, Gunma

A world first: learn how koji-making time shapes flavor. Koji-making time: 29 hours.

Specifications

Type
Junmai Shu
Rice
Asahi no Yume
Rice polishing ratio
70%
Yeast
Mutenka
Alcohol
14.3%
Sake meter value
-48
Acidity
4.7

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Flavor profile Jun-shu

Juku-shuJun-shuSo-shuKun-shu
RestrainedAromatic
RichLight

Jun-shu — rich and umami-driven

DrySweet
LightFull

With SMV -48, acidity 4.7 and 70% polishing in a junmai, the aroma is restrained and the rice character is prominent. The strong sweetness is balanced by the high acidity, suggesting a full, mellow body.

Estimated by AI from the published specifications and the brewery's description; your impression may differ.

About

Tsuchida99 is a sake that lets you experience how the amount of koji dramatically changes the taste of the sake. The focus is on koji-making time (seikiku jikan). This bottling has a koji-making time of 29 hours. "You may wonder whether koji-making time can really change the flavor? Yet this sake carries a factor that is important to sake and has never before appeared even in textbooks. We hope you will be present at the moment a new page of history is opened.

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