쿠로키리시마 소주 (Kuro Kirishima 黒霧島)

“쿠로키리시마는 한국에서 가장 잘 알려진 고구마소주 입니다. 편의점은 물론 돈키호테 , 면세점에서도 손쉽게 구할 수 있는 이 고구마소주는, 일본을 대표하는 고구마소주이기도 합니다. 흑누룩으로 발효시킨 매력적인 고구마 소주를 혼술준과 함께 알아봅시다.”

“Initially, it's all textural, coming off creamy and rich, and then in a few seconds there's a much more pronounced richer sweetness of dough and kinako (toasted soybean), almost alittle earthy, sort of like an earthy brown sugar doughy sweetness. Perhaps a sort of pastry dough coaxed in with brown sugar and kinako, that's yet to be baked, or maybe a traditional Malayan pastry known as Hum Chim Peng, with its sweet pillowy dough.”

“It's very comforting and has a very understated earthiness to it that I find very enjoyable - it almost works great as a digestif with its richness. I enjoyed this quite a bit and it lingered on my mind for some days after - and hence this review! If you see this, definitely give it a taste, don't let the label daunt you, what sits inside is gentle, approachable and softly sweet and earthy of pastry dough.”