About awamori
The history of awamori goes back more than 600 years.
In the early 15th century, the Ryukyu Kingdom traded heavily with China and Southeast Asia.
Awamori’s roots are thought to be in raon, a distilled spirit introduced through Siam (Thailand).
Later, our Ryukyu forebears established a unique Okinawan distillation technique.
In this way, awamori came to play an essential role in Okinawa’s international relations as a one-of-a- kind spirit.
Under highly strict control, awamori came to be prized as a gift to present to China and Japan.
This through attention to quality made Ryukyu’s awamori one of the world’s choicest spirits.
Everything you need to know about awamori
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How to drink
With water
This is the classic way to enjoy awamori!
The gently wafting bouquet and flavor are a perfect match for meals.
The standard ratio is three parts awamori to seven parts water.
As you become accustomed to the drink, adjust the ratio to suit your tastes.
With soda
Recommended for beginning awamori drinkers!
It draws out awamori’s refreshing taste and sweetness.
It’s perfect as a first glass or before or during a meal.
Add touches like lemon or lime to discover your own best way to drink awamori.
On the rocks
Try awamori on the rocks to savor its moderate sweetness and crisp taste!
This is a common way of enjoying awamori in various situations, including during or after meals. Enjoy awamori’s mellowness and subtle bite.
Straight
Recommended for those who want to savor awamori’s aftertaste!
The rich, satisfying taste of awamori is perfect on the rocks. Aromatic vintage awamori tastes best consumed straight.
Another way of enjoying awamori is by sipping it slowly in a sake cup after a meal.
With hot water
For those who want to savor the bouquet!
Hot water makes awamori taste sweeter and helps its aftertaste to linger.
A warming sip of awamori with hot water is a great way to enjoy its full aroma and delicious taste.
Recommended awamori pairings
With meat
Awamori’s bold taste goes perfectly with meat dishes like roast beef.
The interaction between the savory meat and awamori's savory bouquet makes a good meal even more enjoyable.
We recommend awamori with soda as a pairing to draw out the rich flavor of meat.
With seafood
Born in Okinawa, awamori is a perfect match for the abundant flavors of the seal.
Its light, clear taste draws out the deliciousness of fresh seafood.
We recommend awamori with water or soda as a pairing to bring out the flavors of the sea to the fullest.
With sweets
Awamori is a perfect match for sweet treats like dried fruit or chocolate.
Its distinctively sweet, mellow aroma melds with the sweetness and richness of sweets to accentuate both.
We recommend pairing vintage awamori straight or on the rocks with sweets.
Awamori, is a unique spirit distilled with attentiveness and care
The perfect awamori souvenir
Koryukyu: sold only in Okinawa!
Koryukyu’s pleasing feel comes from its exquisite balance of a perfect vintage bouquet and gentle taste.
It’s available in three proofs for everyone from first-time drinkers to awamori aficionados.
Top five awamori recommendations for beginners
Chuko(30% alcohol) 720 ml
Chuko awamori’s leading variety
Chuko’s gentle bouquet and bold flavor go well with any meal. Recommended with water, which broadens its bold taste.
Yumekokai(30% alcohol) 720 ml
A fruity bouquet like green apples
This variety has been beloved in Okinawa ever since its introduction in 1983.
It combines a fruity bouquet like green apples with a crisp, refreshing flavor.
Recommended for a wide range of drinkers, including awamori beginners. Recommended with soda or fruity soda.
fruity soda
Chuko Genshu(44% alcohol) 720 ml
Enjoy an aroma and taste that change with age.
This awamori is brewed using new yeast from Okinawa mangoes.
It’s a fascinating awamori that develops a sweet taste like vanilla after long aging. Recommended as the essence of unrefined, vintage awamori.
Chuko Gold Premium(30% alcohol) 720 ml
Luxuriant blended awamori
This luxuriant blend of three different types of awamori—aged three years, aged 10 years, and fresh— delivers an exquisite flavor that draws out the distinctive taste of each.
Its refreshing sweetness like honey and rich bouquet are recommended on the rocks or with hot water.
sugar sponge cake
Chuko Yokkakoji(43% alcohol) 720 ml
A flowery bouquet evocative of pears
The gentle taste of this awamori belies its high alcohol content.
Mixed with water, its aroma blooms like pear blossoms.
Recommended ways to enjoy Chuko Yokkakoji include with water and in partial shot glasses.
The first batch of
this rare terroire awamori
sold out quickly!
Moon Distillery (made from rice grown on Iheya Island)(43% alcohol) 500 ml
A heartwarming, nostalgic aroma of scorched rice
Combines the nostalgic aroma of scorched rice with an elegant, rich taste that calls to mind baked fruit. The tone as it splashes over the tongue is deep and mellow. The aroma of scorched rice through the nostrils takes on a sweet, vanilla flavor. Its mature flavor is an exquisite harmony of sweet and bitter.
・First aroma: Scorched white rice, fragrant brown rice
・Second aroma: Baked fruits, baked sweet potatoes
・Third aroma: Vanilla ice cream, yoghurt
Okinawa’s only terroire distillery
The first batch consisted of only 60 1.8 liter bottles, or about 2% the production of our main distillery. Nearly all distilling processes are conducted by hand the old-fashioned way.
The rice is distilled in earthenware jigamakoshiki vats from the Ryukyu Kingdom era, baked in Chuko’s own kiln, for Okinawa’s only earthenware vat distillation process.
This new type of special distillery learns from the past to restore ancient production methods.
Our top of the line exceeds 1300% of its target!
One-of-a-kind vintages perfect for that special gift
Chuko vat-distilled 18-year-old vintage(40% alcohol) 500 ml
This treasured 18-year-old awamori is vat aged for a thick, full body.
The ultimate vat-aged vintage awamori, it makes up only 1.08% of our cellar stock.
Chuko put its all into this treasured vintage awamori, aged in vats to deliver the ultimate vintage flavor. It’s distinguished by a thick, rich palate and deep caramel aftertaste.
Recommended straight or on the rocks.
Chuko The Vanilla 14-year vintage(43% alcohol) 500 ml
Immerse yourself in an alluring world of vanilla, created from a fascinating yeast. A delicious, treasured 14-year vintage awamori.
This treasured vintage awamori is the oldest produced using TTC-360 yeast—the ultimate for slow aging.
Immerse yourself in an alluring world of luxuriant, mouthwatering vanilla.
Its lingering smooth, delicious aftertaste wins praise from whiskey drinkers.
Recommended straight or with hot water.
Its gentle taste and
smoothness make this
our most popular beverage among women drinkers
Kusu plum wine(10% alcohol) 500 ml
This premium mellow plum wine is produced by exquisitely blending three-year aged sake with plum.
By using three-year aged sake (kusu), it has a gentle plum bouquet while emphasizing the taste of vintage sake. It's a gentle plum wine that never gets boring, made especially for women drinkers.
Founded in Tomigusuku, Okinawa in 1949.
A one-of-a-kind brewer that combines cellars with a kiln.
Under our basic vision of passing along and creating awamori culture, we continue to take on the challenges of pursuing new possibilities in awamori’s evolution.
