Koshinohomare Junmai Muroka Nama Genshu 2026 "90 Blue"

*NOTE: This sake is unpasteurized. We can ship unpasteurized sake, however it is at the customer's discretion. It's best to avoid shipping unpasteurized sake during extremely hot summers or freezing cold winters. When completing a purchase of unpasteurized sake from True Sake, you are giving us the OK to ship unpasteurized sake to you. Feel free to call or email us if you have more questions.

The nose on this extremely “talented” summer-released seasonal “Unpasteurized” (Nama) sake is a killer collection of peach rings, cheesecake, Greek honey yogurt, tangerine, cocoa butter, peach pie, and strawberry aromas. Why is this sake “talented”? It’s made with a very special sake brewing rice from Niigata that is only milled to 90%! No brewers do that really! In fact it’s so hard to make tasty sake with minimally polished rice that brewers don’t even try. Not Koshinohomare, they love it and they excel at this product! We love it! Zesty, spritzy, bright, crisp, and tingly, it drinks fresh with an elevated acidity to offset the sweetness and “brings out the full potential of the raw rice.” Look for a gentle fruity and rice sweetness including finger lime, white peach, egg custard, Danish, kefir, lemon cheesecake, powdered sugar, blueberry, and 7-11 Blue Raspberry flavors that ping-pong around in a white wine glass. Refreshing and bombastic! WORD: Lively WINE: Frisky Reds/Crisp Whites BEER: Zesty Ales FOODS: Sushi, sashimi, sweet and sour pork, mapo tofu, chop suey, sukiyaki, fried fish, steak, hamburger, fried chicken, international spice, tacos, and beach BBQ. (2026)

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The nose on this rare in-style summer Nama (unpasteurized) sake that is not charcoal filtered (muroka) is an amazing collection of rice cracker, violet, toffee, caramel, mochi, lychee, peach, sweet vinegar, kiwi, and nutty aromas. So in a world of over-polished sake, this is an incredible and refreshing seasonal sake that shows just how good sake making has become. Milled to only 90% (10% removal) and undiluted (genshu) with an ABV of only 13% this brew drinks spritzy, bright, crisp, light, tight, compact, and very refreshing. Look for crisp green apple, persimmon, kumquat, nectarine, lemonade, young melon, cream soda, Asian pear, lime, radish top, and a touch of citrus juice in a fluid that is not elegant, but very easy. There is a very quick finish for all of that action and it also has wine-like features with a bit of astringency and tannin-like dryness. WORD: Raw WINE: Big Reds/Crisp Whites BEER: Tight Ales FOODS: American sushi, comfort foods, street fare, tacos, salsa, Yakitori, grilled everything, oysters, and fried shrimp.  (2025)