Sake specs
- Prefecture
- Ōita (大分)
- Rice type
- Bizen Ōmachi (備前雄町)
- Polishing rate (semaibuai)
- 60%
- Alcohol content
- 15%
- SMV
- -5.0
- Acidity
- 1.8
Chiebijin Bizenōmachi Tokubetsu Junmai Namazake (ちえびじん 備前雄町 特別純米酒 生酒) is made of Bizen Omachi rice milled to 60%. The story goes that the recent 6th-generation master brewer was fascinated with the popularity of Ōmachi rice when sampling sake bars in Tokyo and elsewhere. The fans of Ōmachi rice were called "Omachists" (オマチスト). He swore to himself to create a Ōita sake based on Ōmachi. Using the luxurious Yamadanishiki for kōjimai and the untamed Bizenōmachi for kakemai creates the soft, beautiful quality of Chiebijin with the wild, powerful flavour of Omachi. This namazake comes in a cool aluminium-like label the brewers refer to as "Metachie" (メタチエ). Metachie celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2023.
About the brewery
- Brewery
- Nakano Shuzō
- Name in Japanese
- 中野酒造
- Address
- 2487-1 Minamikitsuki, Kitsuki, Ōita 873-0002
- Phone
- 0978-62-2109
- Website
智恵美人×ちえびじん 醸造元 / 有限会社 中野酒造
明治7年(1874年)、創業当時の女将の名前「智恵」から命名して生まれた「智恵美人」は 大分県で日本酒を中心とした酒類（焼酎・リキュール含む）の製造をしております。酒造りに情熱を燃やし日々精進して参ります。info@chiebijin.comchiebijin.com
Nakano Brewery (Ōita) is located in Kitsuki on the Kinosaki Peninsula. The brewery was founded in 1874 and had been producing sake for 140 years under the brand Chiebijin (智恵美人), after Chie, the former proprietress of the brewery. Nakano Brewery also produces shōchū. The natural water used for brewing sake at Nakano Sake Brewery has won the highest gold medal for three years at the "Monde Selection", a global food competition known as the Olympics of food.