330mL Bottle @ Ryo Izakaya in Torrance, CA: Mostly clear except for a small layer of sediment on the bottom. Once mixed together, it looks like the water you’d pour out of a milk carton you’re rinsing. Almost silvery. I did a little more vigorous shaking than I should have to get everything suspended, which resulted in a mini-geyser, but that’s ok. The nose is lightly fruity with melon and a hint of flower blossoms, a faint koji puff and very little alcohol. Clean body and a sweeter flavor. Approachable and bubbly, fairly fruity flavors for being uninfused. Maybe the best sparkling sake I’ve had, but it’s still in the realm of "easy" sake. Sake which makes its living off of distancing itself from real sake, which can be amazing. This is simply palatable and approachable. I now see the sarcasm in austinpowers’ rating.

Bottle from tonraner on 3/24/08. Interesting to try a sake at 7.5%. The Jizake name is another Japanese marketing faux-pas when selling to the US. Up there with pocari sweat. I thought they were much higher. Also, this is first sparkling sake I’ve tried. Also, nigori sakes are usually cloudy, this one is clearish. There is a white sediment in the bottle, which I will try at the end. Yeasty aroma when I peel back the cap. Pours into glass with no head, but some bubbles floating up. Aroma has some bubble gum, some licorice. A bit of citrus fruitiness in the aroma and taste. Very, very much like a Ramune soda. Pretty yummy.

I would say it is a bit overated so far. Aroma is a bit citrusy. No head, but a very fizzy body that is a cloudy, ghostly white color. Drinks like a soda, really harsh carbonation, sweet and fruity with a really dry mouthfeel. So-so, and pretty expensive.

330cL bottle. Pours a hazy white color (which gets progressively hazier); slight head at the beginning that quickly disappears. Soft rice and vanilla in the aroma, without any show of alcohol. Pleasant, fizzy carbonation at the front of the palate, easing out into a very soft presence in the mouthfeel; on the sweet side, with light vanillas and rice and a mild toastiness; doesn’t approach the complexity of most of the other sakes I’ve tried, but it’s intensely drinkable and slightly sugary (everyone! will at least find this sake palatable). Takes like a good sake mixed with soda water. The complexity increases as the pours get hazier. Clean, soft rice and bready finish.

A cool, refreshing sake, with a spicy aroma, full-bodied, sweet, fruity taste. Balanced with a medium finish. Very accessible, not complex. Great for newcomers to sake.