{"title":"Shimizu-no-Mai Sake","description":"\u003cp\u003eShimizu-no-Mai, the dance of spring water, is the export label of Takashimizu, the Akita Shurui Seizoh brewery in Akita City in Japan's snow country, where cold winters, soft water and the prefecture's own sake rice have made Akita one of the great brewing regions. The name came from a 1997 cocktail created at Tokyo's Hotel New Otani by bartender Nobuo Abe in the brewery's honor, and in 2009 Takashimizu launched the Pure series as a range built specifically for the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery bottle is junmai, brewed with no added distilled alcohol, and the series climbs by polish. Pure Snow is a soft, clean junmai nigori from Miyama Nishiki rice. Pure Dawn is a junmai ginjo that blends 45 and 60 percent polished Akita Sake Komachi for apple, pear and melon. Pure Dusk is the balanced, food-friendly junmai daiginjo at 45 percent. Pure Night, polished to 35 percent and wrapped in paper and cord, is the premium junmai daiginjo for an occasion. The frosted bottles in green, blue, white and black follow the hours of the day the names describe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrowse our full Shimizu-no-Mai collection with fast nationwide shipping delivered straight to your door.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"shimizu-no-mai-pure-dawn-junmai-ginjo-sake","title":"Shimizu-no-Mai Pure Dawn Junmai Ginjo Sake","description":"\u003cp\u003eShimizu-no-Mai is the export line of Takashimizu, the Akita Shurui Seizoh brewery in Akita City in Japan's snowy north, where the name, meaning dance of spring water, was borrowed from a 1997 sake cocktail created at Tokyo's Hotel New Otani in the brewery's honor; the Pure series launched in the United States in 2009 as a US-only range built on Akita's own rice and water. Pure Dawn is the junmai ginjo in the frosted blue bottle, and unusually it is a blend: junmai daiginjo polished to 45 percent married with junmai polished to 60 percent, both brewed from Akita Sake Komachi, the prefecture's own sake rice, with no added distilled alcohol, and bottled at 15.5% ABV in a 720ml bottle with a sake meter value of +1 and 1.7 acidity. The brewery describes a firm structure with a subtle fruity aroma of apple, pear and melon, a sharp, clean taste, and the character of traditional sake underneath the fruit. Serve it chilled in a wine glass with sushi, oysters, tempura or roast chicken.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuy Shimizu-no-Mai Pure Dawn Junmai Ginjo Sake online with fast shipping right to your door.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Shimizu-no-Mai","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50577440211200,"sku":"C0010442L","price":37.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0057\/8089\/7892\/files\/shimizu-no-mai-pure-dawn-junmai-ginjo_1_440c0b96-fb25-4009-a454-4a986c3880fd.jpg?v=1791693939"},{"product_id":"shimizu-no-mai-pure-night-junmai-daiginjo-premium-sake","title":"Shimizu-no-Mai Pure Night Junmai Daiginjo Premium Sake","description":"\u003cp\u003eShimizu-no-Mai is the export line of Takashimizu, the Akita Shurui Seizoh brewery in Akita City in Japan's snowy north, where the name, meaning dance of spring water, was borrowed from a 1997 sake cocktail created at Tokyo's Hotel New Otani in the brewery's honor; the Pure series launched in the United States in 2009 as a US-only range built on Akita's own rice and water. Pure Night is the top of the series, a junmai daiginjo premium in a dark bottle wrapped in paper and tied with a cord, brewed with no added distilled alcohol from Akita Sake Komachi, the prefecture's own sake rice, polished all the way to 35 percent of the grain, a level reserved for competition-grade sake, and bottled at 16.5% ABV in a 720ml bottle with a sake meter value of +1 and 1.4 acidity. The brewery describes a fruity flavor with an elegant aroma, a taste that is deep and dense yet transparent in texture, sweetness that builds from light to substantial in the mouth, and a long finish. Serve it well chilled in a white wine glass on its own or with sashimi, scallops, crab or a celebration dinner.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuy Shimizu-no-Mai Pure Night Junmai Daiginjo Premium Sake online with fast shipping right to your door.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Shimizu-no-Mai","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50577440243968,"sku":"C0010443L","price":119.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0057\/8089\/7892\/files\/shimizu-no-mai-pure-night-junmai-daiginjo_1_5799739a-7c53-4313-8a54-cd81051b7445.jpg?v=1791693939"},{"product_id":"shimizu-no-mai-pure-snow-junmai-nigori-sake","title":"Shimizu-no-Mai Pure Snow Junmai Nigori Sake","description":"\u003cp\u003eShimizu-no-Mai is the export line of Takashimizu, the Akita Shurui Seizoh brewery in Akita City in Japan's snowy north, where the name, meaning dance of spring water, was borrowed from a 1997 sake cocktail created at Tokyo's Hotel New Otani in the brewery's honor; the Pure series launched in the United States in 2009 as a US-only range built on Akita's own rice and water. Pure Snow is the cloudy junmai nigori in the frosted white bottle, coarsely filtered so fine rice particles stay in suspension, brewed with no added distilled alcohol from Miyama Nishiki sake rice polished to 60 percent alongside regular rice polished to 65, and bottled at 15.5% ABV in a 720ml bottle with a sake meter value of +3 and 1.6 acidity, which makes it drier and cleaner than most nigori on the shelf. The brewery describes a soft balance of elegant sweetness and acidity, a mild palate and a clean finish, and suggests pouring it over ice with fresh fruit as a cocktail base. Serve it well chilled, gently turned before pouring, with spicy food, fried chicken or dessert.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuy Shimizu-no-Mai Pure Snow Junmai Nigori Sake online with fast shipping right to your door.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Shimizu-no-Mai","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50577440276736,"sku":"C0010444L","price":30.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0057\/8089\/7892\/files\/shimizu-no-mai-pure-snow-junmai-nigori_1_bd1ab1da-aa89-4712-b1b9-576c7407b4b9.jpg?v=1791693939"}],"url":"https:\/\/chipsliquor.com\/collections\/shimizu-no-mai-sake.oembed","provider":"Chips Liquor","version":"1.0","type":"link"}