• Prefecture: Akita

• Rice & polishing: Miyama Nishiki, polished to 60%

• Style: Yamahai Junmai, extra dry (chokarakuchi)

• Food pairings: Salt-grilled fish, yakitori, oden, tempura

• Taste: Extra dry, full-flavoured, fruity, crisp

• Alc.: 15.5%

With a sake meter value of +12, this yamahai Junmai is extra dry, yet it carries a full, rounded flavour and a fruity nose. Made with Miyama Nishiki polished to 60%, it finishes refreshing, crisp and clean. The balance makes it easy to drink even for newcomers to dry sake, and it is a natural partner for grilled and fried dishes. Serve chilled.

SMV: +12

About the brewery

Akita Seishu is the umbrella company for two breweries in Daisen, Akita: Dewatsuru, dating from 1865, and Kariho, from 1913. Kariho draws medium-hard groundwater from three wells fed by the Ou and Dewa ranges, and aims for a dry, clean palate with a firm core of umami, including yamahai bottlings well past +20 on the sake meter.

醸造を終えた純米酒が、上層（搾り）機の空きがなく待機を余儀なくされた。その為醗酵が予定以上に進み、日本酒度が＋２０を超えてしまった。商品化したところ、大変評判がよく定番化された。辛さだけではない凝縮された旨味が口中に広がります。