Yet another sake identification request to add to the Japan forum. Hoping someone can help!
I have a bottle of Gekkeikan sake (RB link: https://www.ratebeer.com/brewers/gekkeikan-sake-company-japan/4152/) but the problem is there is no name on it. I’ve browsed their Japanese website (with Google’s help), AND the website of their American subsidiary but couldn’t find matching bottles on either of them.
The bottle I have is definitely from the Japanese brewery rather than the American one, but apart from that all I know is it’s 14.5% ABV. The European importer (I bought this in the UK) is a Dutch company, Lucullus B.V., and the label on the back is therefore in Dutch, but after translating that it’s literally just serving suggestions rather than anything about the beverage itself. It doesn’t even give the polishing rate.
“Gekkeikan Traditional Sake” is what they’ve called it but I don’t know what traditional means in this context, and in any case there isn’t any sake by this name in our database. The only other English text on the label is their tagline “The Superior Japanese Sake”.
On a semi-related note, I see that someone added https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/gekkeikan-sake-junmai-the-superior/1086762/ using said tagline, and it’s the same ABV. I wonder if this person had the same bottle I do and thought that was its name? How would I know if mine is a Junmai style? Unfortunately they didn’t add a picture so who knows… but here’s pics of my bottle:
Kanpai!
