Poll of the Day > Soju review topic: Jinro chamisul fresh, green grape, and chamisul grapefruit

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On the back of the chamisul bottle, it describes soju as "Soju is a white spirit with clean and refined taste distilled from the best grains. Soju is the most popular Korean spirit."

First one I decided to try was the chamisul grapefruit. I don't really know what chamisul means, but on to some facts

13% abv
$5.49 at gov't owned liquor store
375 ml
Imported by Jinro America, Inc, Los Angeles, CA.
since 1924

Absolutely no identifying information at all on the bottle other than "neutral spirits with natural and artificial flavors"

Threw some into a glencairn wiskey glass. The color is very clear, but a little cloudy. The smell of it is...pretty much as if you had a grapefruit sprite soda. You smell almost no alcohol at all, its very refreshing. It has that classic sprite flavor going on though, like...the part about sprite which is why you drink lemon lime. that bite. The grapefruit isn't extremely prominent, but its there. Not super smelly.

Upon my first sip I was in heaven. You taste almost no alcohol, but it does something that very rarely happens with spirit based alcohols for me: I feel refreshed and immediately want to sip it again. The alcohol is so non existent here in the flavor you can drink it like soda. It says it has artificial flavors and I can see that somewhat but it still tastes fresh and amazing. Doesnt feel too much like drinking a soda but it is very reminiscent of one.

9/10 highly recommend.