No. 389INDEX / 321
No.6 Beast II
Aramasa Shuzo, Akita
Reviewed in H2 2024
A sweet temptation leading down to hell
SCOREOverall score
88pts
SPECBasic data
- Rice
- Akita-grown rice
- Polishing ratio
- 60%
- Alcohol
- —
- Type
- Kijoshu, bottle-conditioned (secondary bottle fermentation), dégorgement (lees disgorged)
- List price
- ¥6,666
PROFILEFlavour chart
JUDGEMENTStraight-Talking Sake Judgement
TOCKY's report
Taste4.5
Aroma4.0
Value for money2.5
Numata's report
Taste4.5
Aroma4.0
Value for money3.0
NOTESNumata's tasting noteTRANSLATED
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PAIRINGCOMING SOON
No.6 Beast Type, born two years ago from a collaboration with the noted music critic Masanori Ito, is back. It's an elaborate release even from the first edition — a kijoshu (sake brewed with sake) made with kioke shikomi (wooden vat brewing) and bottle-conditioned secondary fermentation — but this second edition adds ori-nuki (lees removed) on top. Refreshing sweetness like green apple and pear, clean acidity, creamy body and umami, and tannins from the wooden vat all intertwine in complex fashion — and so begins the flavour's Hyakki Yagyo (night parade of a hundred demons).