Shochu that goes with allspice dram
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These are bottles to mix allspice dram into. Some of them taste of it too, and where that is the reason a bottle is here, its line says so.
St. Elizabeth, in 375ml. A bar spoon is the whole dose: concentrated enough to flavour a low-proof drink without diluting it or raising it.
Best bottles for allspice dram
The strongest matches in the catalogue, across every style. Everything below is the same ranking opened out by what the shochu is made from.
Clove and cinnamon give an earthy bottle the warmth hot water usually provides, in a cold glass
It joins the pepper already in the glass instead of introducing a new one
aged, caramel, smooth, spice
rice, banana, vanilla, chocolate
barley, vanilla, chocolate, nutty
rice, earthy, mushroom, rich
rice, vanilla, caramel, chocolate
Pot still rum underneath, which is where the molasses note comes from in the first place
St. Elizabeth, in 375ml. A bar spoon is the whole dose: concentrated enough to flavour a low-proof drink without diluting it or raising it.
rice, ginjo-like, floral, aged
sweet potato, roasted sweet potato, umami, silky
kokuto, vanilla, spice, cask
Grouped by what the shochu is made from, because that is the level the reasoning works at: what this does to an imo shochu is a fact about imo shochu rather than about one bottle. Within each style the strongest matches come first, and bottles we pour are marked rather than promoted. The scores are the same engine that recommends a mixer from a bottle, run the other way round, but the labels are not: a bottle page badges at most twelve strong matches and at most three per family, so that the twelve describe that bottle rather than the same citrus and soda every time. Here there is no cap, so a pairing badged strong on this page can read as a good match on the bottle's own.
Awamori
Awamori has enough character to be the base of a cocktail, not the neutral part of one. So an orange liqueur or a mezcal sits beside it instead of covering it.
Clove and cinnamon give an earthy bottle the warmth hot water usually provides, in a cold glass
It joins the pepper already in the glass instead of introducing a new one
rice, earthy, mushroom, rich
St. Elizabeth, in 375ml. A bar spoon is the whole dose: concentrated enough to flavour a low-proof drink without diluting it or raising it.
umami, rich, full-bodied, cask
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rice, pear, caramel, rich
rice, cask, aged
rice, whisky-like, cask, aged
rice, smooth, savory, aged
rice, smooth, cereal, sweet
rice, cherry, vanilla, chocolate
rice, bright, aged
rice, citrus, cereal, aged
rice, smooth, rich, sweet
rice, soft, rich, sweet
rice, soft, smooth, rich
rice, smooth, rich, sweet
rice, smooth, aged
rice, soft, rich, sweet
rice, smooth, sweet
rice, soft, aged
rice, smooth, rich, sweet
rice, light-bodied, sweet
rice, caramel, chocolate, crisp
rice, sweet, smooth, rich
rice, smooth, soft, aged
rice, sweet, crisp, smooth
rice, roasted grain, aged
rice, smooth, sweet
rice, smooth, sweet
rice, citrus, roasted grain, sweet
rice, smooth, maple, umami
rice, sherry-like, aged
rice, aged
rice, soft, smooth
rice, citrus, vanilla, chocolate
rice, steamed rice, soft, caramel
rice, sweet, soft, smooth
rice, smooth, sweet, aged
rice, smooth, crisp, aged
rice, smooth, sweet, oily
rice, chocolate, sweet, aged
rice, smooth, sweet, aged
rice, sweet, rich, full-bodied
rice, cherry, vanilla, caramel
rice, vanilla, funky, creamy texture
rice, citrus, tropical fruit, vanilla
Kome shochu
Rice shochu stirred with vermouth is a martini with koji where the juniper was. The strength depends on the bottle, not on the swap. Most shochu is 25 and lands well under a gin martini. The 40 percent bottles land beside one.
It joins the pepper already in the glass instead of introducing a new one
rice, vanilla, caramel, chocolate
St. Elizabeth, in 375ml. A bar spoon is the whole dose: concentrated enough to flavour a low-proof drink without diluting it or raising it.
rice, ginjo-like, floral, aged
rice, soft, umami, rich
rice, umami, crisp, sweet
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rice, vanilla, smooth, cask
rice, vanilla, smooth, sweet
rice, rich, aged
rice, soft, rich, aged
rice, citrus, dried fruit, floral
rice, floral, smooth, soft
rice, soft, light-bodied, aged
rice, light-bodied, cask
rice, light-bodied, dry, aged
rice, vanilla, smooth, fruity
rice, citrus, silky, light-bodied
rice, floral, fruity, smooth
rice, vanilla, cask, aged
rice, melon, vanilla, toast
rice, steamed rice, citrus, pineapple
rice, smooth, aged, cask
rice, citrus, apple, pineapple
rice, smooth, crisp, aged
rice, rich, bright
rice, pear, jasmine, light-bodied
rice, cask, aged
rice, smooth, rich
rice, smooth, aged
rice, smooth, light-bodied, sweet
rice, soft, smoky, creamy texture
Mugi shochu
It joins the pepper already in the glass instead of introducing a new one
Clove and cinnamon give an earthy bottle the warmth hot water usually provides, in a cold glass
barley, chocolate, earthy, smooth
barley, pear, soft, spice
barley, citrus, melon, white peach
barley, vanilla, spice, cask
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barley, honey, chocolate, spice
barley, smooth, mint, caramel
barley, toast, spice, rich
barley, melon, banana, floral
Imo shochu
Clove and cinnamon give an earthy bottle the warmth hot water usually provides, in a cold glass
sweet potato, earthy
It joins the pepper already in the glass instead of introducing a new one
sweet potato, coffee, earthy, pepper
sweet potato, fruity, earthy, mineral
sweet potato, earthy, crisp, aged
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sweet potato, lychee, floral, fruity
sweet potato, vanilla, toast, spice
sweet potato, tropical fruit, spice, light-bodied
Kokuto shochu
It joins the pepper already in the glass instead of introducing a new one
Pot still rum underneath, which is where the molasses note comes from in the first place
Soba shochu
Clove and cinnamon give an earthy bottle the warmth hot water usually provides, in a cold glass
buckwheat, nutty, earthy, vanilla