Shochu that goes with banana
Tropical fruit
Ripe banana, muddled or as a syrup. The banana note in ginjo sake is real chemistry, not a metaphor.
Ranked over every bottle in the catalogue, with the reason each one is here. The reasoning is the same engine that recommends a mixer from a bottle, run the other way round, so the two never contradict each other.
Best with it
- Kana
Kokuto (brown sugar) · Kagoshima
Banana: Everything the tiki canon does with rum works here, and works better, because the drink does not end the evening.
- Nankai White Oak Shochu
Kokuto (brown sugar) · Kagoshima (Amami Oshima)
Banana: Everything the tiki canon does with rum works here, and works better, because the drink does not end the evening.
- Amami Kokuto Shochu
Kokuto (brown sugar) · Kagoshima (Amami)
Banana: Everything the tiki canon does with rum works here, and works better, because the drink does not end the evening.
- Lento Kokuto Shochu
Kokuto (brown sugar) · Kagoshima (Amami Oshima)
Banana: Everything the tiki canon does with rum works here, and works better, because the drink does not end the evening.
- Nankai Kokuto Shochu
Kokuto (brown sugar)
Banana: Everything the tiki canon does with rum works here, and works better, because the drink does not end the evening.
- Nankai Shochu (Original)
Kokuto (brown sugar)
Banana: Everything the tiki canon does with rum works here, and works better, because the drink does not end the evening.
- Ryukyu Awamori Kuon Hard Liquor
Awamori · Okinawa
Banana: Okinawa grows the pineapple, the passion fruit and the shikuwasa, and distils the spirit. The pairing is geography.
- Seifuku Coffee
Awamori · Okinawa
Banana: Okinawa grows the pineapple, the passion fruit and the shikuwasa, and distils the spirit. The pairing is geography.
- Selephant
Kokuto (brown sugar) · Kagoshima
Banana: Everything the tiki canon does with rum works here, and works better, because the drink does not end the evening.
- Tida Asahi Kokuto Shochu
Kokuto (brown sugar) · Kagoshima
Banana: Everything the tiki canon does with rum works here, and works better, because the drink does not end the evening.
- Tida Ichinojo Kokuto Shochu
Kokuto (brown sugar) · Kagoshima
Banana: Everything the tiki canon does with rum works here, and works better, because the drink does not end the evening.
- Yayoi Araroka Kokuto Shochu
Kokuto (brown sugar)
Banana: Everything the tiki canon does with rum works here, and works better, because the drink does not end the evening.
- Yokka Koji Ryukyu Awamori
Awamori · Okinawa
Banana: Okinawa grows the pineapple, the passion fruit and the shikuwasa, and distils the spirit. The pairing is geography.
- Zuisen Hiryu Awamori
Awamori · Okinawa (Naha)
Banana: Okinawa grows the pineapple, the passion fruit and the shikuwasa, and distils the spirit. The pairing is geography.