Name: のみよし Nomiyoshi w/gold flakes
Type: 山の芋焼酎 Mountain Potato shōchū
 
Potato: 加賀丸いも（山の芋）Mountain Potato
Ingredients: 加賀丸いも（山の芋）Mountain Potato, 米麹（国産）Rice Koji (Domestic)
Alcohol: 25%
Distillery: 黒木本店 Kuroki Honten
Address: 776 Kitatakanabe, Takanabe, Koyu District, Miyazaki 884-0002, Japan
Website: http://www.mujou.co.jp/
 
Additional Content: Unfortunately could not find anything directly from the distiller, there are some reviews available on youtube

In the bottle: Pure sweet potato shochu bliss in a bottle, although a little soft at first, once this opens up, it really shines. On the nose, Ayakashi Fukusuke blends everything together perfectly, and the alcohol does a great job to carry the pureness of the sweet potato aroma as well as some of the sweeter notes without ever getting in the way. Interestingly, the vanilla that was so forward when I tried this on-the-rocks is not detectable in the bottle, usually something so strong at the start finds it way into those initial vapours.

On the rocks: The first sip is an intense candied vanilla before the sweet potato comes pouring in; this results in an excellent balance that would have been a bit heavy if one way or the other. One of the best features of Ayakashi Fukusuke is that it drinks so fresh and smooth, there is nothing weighing this down which really adds to the drinkability. On the finish, you end up with a wave of black peper and several waves of sweet potato sweetness and flickering hints of vanilla. Once the ice mets a fair amount you lose a lot of what makes this shochu so amazing, this gives me a lot of hope for my next tasting, which is neat in glass.​

Straight: Soft, smooth and subtle at first before the sweet potato hits, once it does you are treated to a pure sweet potato flavor that reminds me of that first taste after removing the sweet potato from the BBQ grill. The finish starts with a bite of black pepper with a bit of alcohol that carries a slight sweetness with hints of vanillia that pleasantly hangs around for quite some time.

Reflections on this shōchū

• For the life of me, I cannot remember where I picked this up, but I am glad I did as this was my first time having mountain potato shochu and overall I really enjoyed this bottle.

• The gold flake adds a nice bit of class and in the glass it does look really nice, like gold snowflakes floating in the ice. The glass looks pretty nice as well once everything dries up and the gold sticks to the side of glass.

• While not mind blowing, I would certainly try another bottle of shochu made from mountain potatoes.