Koshi no Homare "90 Pink" Junmai Muroka Nama Genshu
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90 Pink returns to the States for another year! Last year we saw a very limited allotment that was widely adored by our club members.
This is the Spring release from Hara Shuzo's seasonal series highlighting the flavor of table rice exclusively grown in Niigata. The cultivation of higher acidity, moderate sweetness, full body and bright effervescence from fermentation, allows a study in contrasts: depth and fruity concentration vs. freshness and bubbly levity!
Notes of pineapple, juicy watermelon, strawberry cheesecake, mochi, and yoplait yogurt.
Brewery: Hara Shuzo、原酒造
Brand: Koshi no Homare, 越の誉
Location: Kashiwazaki City, Niigata Prefecture
Rice: Koshiibuki (grown only in Niigata)
Rice polishing ratio: 90% (kakemai), 60% (kojimai)
SMV: 0
Yeast: #701
ABV: 16%
Brewery website: http://www.harashuzou.com
Koshinohomare translates to “Pride of Niigata,” and has been in operation for 210 years as of this writing. Their location on the Niigata coastline, roughly at the midpoint between Niigata City and Joetsu, is a seismically tumultuous area however, and has had the unintended effect of forcing Koshinohomare to rebuild from scratch...more than once. In 1911, a fire swept thrugh Kashiwazaki; fanned by the powerful
sea breeze, the entire brewery and all of its contents were lost. Believing that sake brings happiness to people, the family rebuilt. Nearly a century later, the 2007 Chuetsu-Oki earthquake shook Niigata with tremors of magnitide 7. And again, the flattened brewery was rebuilt. In a way though, this constant rebuilding has interrupted the status quo in Kashiwazaki City, leading to a stylistic divergence from the rest of Niigata which is evident in the 90 series as well as their stylish young neighbors, Abe Shuzo. Making sake
from table rice such as this limits the energy and cost demands of rice polishing, and simplifies the
supply chain, a benefit for farmers and a safeguard against catastrophic loss of demand, as in Covid.
From our Spring 2024 club write up:
"I found an excellent pairing in Cuban food: fried plantains, black beans, plenty of lime, chopped up mango and avocado, fresh herbs...a little guayaba y queso app....whatever you do, head to the islands with this one.
47.76 YPR
What is the YPR? https://sunflowersake.com/pages/the-sunflower-ypr-yen-price-ratio
