Shochu that goes with amontillado sherry
Wine, liqueur and spirits
Lustau or González Byass. Fino is salt and living flor; this is what is left after the flor dies, and at 18 percent an ounce lengthens the glass rather than strengthening it.
Best bottles for amontillado sherry
The strongest matches in the catalogue, across every style. Everything below is the same ranking opened out by what the shochu is made from.
Rice shochu stirred with vermouth is a martini at half the proof.
Grain and roast are the same flavour arrived at twice, once by the still and once by the pan.
barley, caramel, rich, sweet
rice, steamed rice, citrus, pineapple
rice, umami, rich, aged
buckwheat, savory, nutty, earthy
barley, sesame, caramel, chocolate
barley, roasted barley, chestnut, vanilla
barley, rice, chocolate, earthy
barley, aged, koji
barley, smooth, light-bodied, clean
barley, smoky, soft, whisky-like
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 and anything poured at our bar come first. The ranking is the same engine that recommends a mixer from a bottle, run the other way round.
Kome shochu
Rice shochu stirred with vermouth is a martini at half the proof.
27 more, all of them in Kome shochu
Mugi shochu
46 more, all of them in Mugi shochu
Awamori
14 more, all of them in Awamori
Imo shochu
15 more, all of them in Imo shochu
Shiso, sesame, tea and other single-botanical shochu
3 more, all of them in Shiso, sesame, tea and other single-botanical shochu