More of the same. This is one of the cheapest sake you can find in Ontario. Costing just 10 bucks for a 750ml bottle, this is in fact the cheapest I can find within Ontario. How about quality though? Well, it’s meh. This is filtered sake with a tint of yellow to it. It doesn’t...
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