No. 392INDEX / 321
AKABU MONSTER
Akabu Shuzo, Iwate
Reviewed in H2 2024
Summoning the Acidity Monster in defence position
SCOREOverall score
83pts
SPECBasic data
- Rice
- Ginginga
- Polishing ratio
- 60％
- Alcohol
- 0.15%
- Type
- Junmai (pure rice), binkan hiire (bottle-pasteurised in hot water), Iwate yeast
- List price
- ¥2,200
PROFILEFlavour chart
JUDGEMENTStraight-Talking Sake Judgement
TOCKY's report
Taste3.5
Aroma4.0
Value for money4.0
Numata's report
Taste3.5
Aroma4.0
Value for money3.0
NOTESNumata's tasting noteTRANSLATED
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PAIRINGCOMING SOON
From "AKABU," the popular label representing Iwate Prefecture, here's "AKABU MONSTER," released during the Halloween season. This sake's defining feature is an acidity that stretches on and on, resonating from the very first sip through to the aftertaste, and it won't let you go. Building on that acidity as its base, a pale sweetness gently wraps around the mouth in the first half, while umami firmly captivates the tongue in the second.