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!
Sweetness in the mouth? Umami? The moment you take a sip, sweetness and umami are all over the mouth, followed by a sense of sake and a little bit of acidity.
It is an easy-to-drink sake!