One that got me hooked on Chiebijin.
Not as good as last year, but I found it delicious.
No bitterness at the end of Chiebijin, which is always a change of taste for me.
Not in a flat sake cup or a glass.
I felt the taste was the most integrated and tasty with a sake cup or a snake's eye cup.
This time last year, I was looking for a new sake and tried this relatively easy to find Chiebijin for the first time 😆.
It seems to be their first attempt at a genre called Nama-juku, where they mature the raw sake by letting it sit for 6 months. I guess it's like doing the same thing at home where you mature and enjoy the raw sake at the brewery😃It was sweet and fruity, with a slight chili flavor, personally it tasted like Kawanakajima Genmai and was very delicious 😋.
Label: 🏷️
Difficulty medium
The slightly sticky label was hard to remove and left a few wrinkles 👊.
Place of purchase: Shusendo Fujimori
Chiebijin Ura, Junmai Unagarami Nama Sake
Rated 4.4-4.3
Ingredients: rice, rice malt (Yamadanishiki, produced in Yamakamachi, Kitsuki City, Oita Prefecture), rice polishing ratio: 65% for koji rice, 70% for kake rice
Sweetness and aroma create a new marriage. The sweetness is mild. Slightly lactic acidic. Challenge sake, analysis value undisclosed.
Alcohol content 15
Ingredients Rice, Rice malted rice
Koji rice: 65% Yamadanishiki produced in Yamaka, Kitsuki City, Oita Prefecture
Kake rice: 70% Hinohikari produced in Oita Prefecture
I have been drinking sake from all over Japan, but this is the first time I have tasted sake from Oita. The label has a somewhat luxurious feel to it, but let's get to it!
The aroma is gorgeous, pear-like, fresh, and sweet. There is also a faint botanical aroma that lures you in like a honeybee. When the brewing water is smoothly sloshed in, the sweetness, which is not strong but not too thin, and the slightly lemon-like acidity gently mingle together. It is more like drinking a soft-tasting juice than like drinking sake. It finally disappeared leaving a slight sharpness. Oita Chibijin was very delicious! For those of you who are not yet accustomed to drinking sake, how about this? Thank you again for the sake tonight!
