Fukuchitose "Happy Owl" Yamahai Junmai
Please note, this product is not available for shipping. It is available for free pick-up or delivery in Portland, OR. This small, family-run brewery only br...
Please note, this product is not available for shipping. It is available for free pick-up or delivery in Portland, OR.
This small, family-run brewery only brews Old-school style Yamahai. Typical to the Old-school style of Yamahai, there's a strain of mushroom and umami to it, but it's not overpoweringly funky. Fukuchitose's house style leans more towards "sessionable", with light, clean bodied sakes that carry just enough weight to make them interesting.
Despite the light body, there's complexity and earthiness within. Porcini mushrooms, late summer and autumn fruits (like yellow plum, pear, and pumpkin) as well as a little radish-like bitterness round things out.
There's enough heft here to put it up against pork belly fried rice, nutty cheeses, hamburgers, Japanese curry, as well as creamy pasta sauces. Happy Owl Yamahai shines at room temperature and when slightly warmed.