When I first bought them, I didn't notice that the left sort of bottle was different from the right. And even the shop assistants at Yumi Hana sometimes fail to notice that they are different when I check out. (The right bottle is 0.60 Swiss francs more expensive than the left.)
I tried some googling, but so far I can only tell that they both seem to be from Nihonsakari Breweries. The left bottle has furigana: it is called Reishu.
Googling also told me that these are sake I should drink cold. The problem is that I don't like cold sake that much.
Of course I could buy table sake or sake in tetrapak cartons. But table sake (I will post a picture on occasion) is only slightly less expensive than these, and I have the impression that, once opened, the flavor of the sake in tetrapak cartons (again, pictures of that later) deteriorates over time.
To be continued.
So, did you drink the two sake chilled? How did you find them?
ReplyDeleteI like my sake well chilled!
I hate to admit it, but I have been an utter barbarian and drank them hot ;)
ReplyDeleteI only drink sake cold (or chilled) if I can't help it. Even last year in August when we were in Japan and the weather was really hot, I preferred my sake (and also my o-cha) hot.
I rather like these two varieties of sake. It may be that I buy the expensive sake one of my local supermarkets sells today. It costs almost twice as much as these two, but I like these better. I'll post about it when I do.
Of course, you are not a barbarian! Drinking chilled sake is a relatively new trend in Japan. When I was a child (+40 years ago), my father almost always had his sake heated (あつかん, 熱燗).
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