Shochu that goes with blackberry
Berries
These are bottles to mix blackberry into. Some of them taste of it too, and where that is the reason a bottle is here, its line says so.
Late summer fruit with a savory edge. For the deeper bottles.
Best bottles for blackberry
The strongest matches in the catalogue, across every style. Everything below is the same ranking opened out by what the shochu is made from.
Blackberry and imo shochu is a bramble with a Kyushu accent
sweet potato, white peach, grape, berry
vanilla, cask, rich, crisp
Dark fruit meets earthy depth without either backing down
sweet potato, smooth, rich, sweet
sweet potato, sweet, sherry-like, cask
sweet potato, earthy
sweet potato, whisky-like, cask
sweet potato, fruity, earthy, mineral
sweet potato, floral, fruity, umami
sweet potato, earthy, crisp, aged
sweet potato, vanilla, toast, spice
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.
Imo shochu
Blackberry and imo shochu is a bramble with a Kyushu accent
sweet potato, white peach, grape, berry
vanilla, cask, rich, crisp
Dark fruit meets earthy depth without either backing down
sweet potato, smooth, rich, sweet
sweet potato, sweet, sherry-like, cask
Show the other 135 blackberry matches
sweet potato, earthy
sweet potato, whisky-like, cask
sweet potato, fruity, earthy, mineral
sweet potato, floral, fruity, umami
sweet potato, earthy, crisp, aged
sweet potato, vanilla, toast, spice
sweet potato, chocolate, sherry-like, cask
sweet potato, purple sweet potato, berry, yogurt
lychee, grape, jasmine, rich
muscat, citrus, floral, sweet potato
sweet potato, sweet, rich, full-bodied
sweet potato, crisp, bitter
sweet potato, sweet, clean, soft
sweet potato, umami, rich, sweet
sweet potato, umami, rich, sweet
sweet potato, pineapple, tropical fruit, fruity
sweet potato, pineapple, maple, mineral
sweet potato, soft, crisp, clean
sweet potato, soft, sweet
sweet potato, umami
sweet potato, rich, clean, sweet
sweet potato, citrus, floral, sweet
sweet potato, floral, full-bodied
sweet potato, rich, sweet
sweet potato, soft, tea
sweet potato, lychee, grape, muscat
sweet potato, umami, sweet, rich
sweet potato, fruity, soft, sweet
sweet potato, fruity, silky, smooth
sweet potato, apple, soft, rich
sweet potato, soft, rich, full-bodied
sweet potato, smooth, sweet
sweet potato, tropical fruit, bright, aged
sweet potato, soft, dry, sweet
sweet potato, smooth, aged
sweet potato, fruity, soft
sweet potato, umami
sweet potato, soft, dry, sweet
sweet potato, tea, rich
sweet potato, sweet
sweet potato, roasted grain
sweet potato, milky, soft, aged
sweet potato, smooth, toast
sweet potato, aged
sweet potato, sweet, soft
sweet potato, spice, sweet
sweet potato, umami, soft, full-bodied
sweet potato, smooth, rich, sweet
sweet potato, rich, full-bodied
sweet potato, spice, clean, sharp
sweet potato, shiso, smooth, tea
sweet potato, umami, smooth
sweet potato, floral, fruity, clean
sweet potato, melon, banana, sweet
sweet potato, citrus, fruity, mint
sweet potato, funky
sweet potato, smooth, rich, sweet
sweet potato, rich, sweet
sweet potato, roasted sweet potato, rich, clean
sweet potato, umami, rich
sweet potato, sweet, clean, rich
sweet potato, rich, full-bodied
sweet potato, smooth, rich
sweet potato, umami, rich, aged
sweet potato, fruity
sweet potato, sweet, clean, fruity
sweet potato, umami, soft, clean
sweet potato, soft, sweet
sweet potato, smooth, sweet
sweet potato, smooth, fruity, bright
sweet potato, fruity, umami, rich
sweet potato, sweet, smooth, aged
sweet potato, yogurt, creamy texture
sweet potato, lychee, floral, fruity
sweet potato, rich, full-bodied
sweet potato, roasted sweet potato, roasted grain, sweet
sweet potato, tropical fruit, floral, caramel
sweet potato, bright
sweet potato, bright
sweet potato, vanilla, creamy texture, bright
sweet potato, roasted sweet potato, sweet
sweet potato, rich, purple sweet potato
sweet potato, whisky-like, aged
sweet potato, crisp
sweet potato, rich, crisp, soft
sweet potato, tea, vanilla, mushroom
sweet potato, rich, soft, aged
sweet potato, soft, sweet
sweet potato, umami, rich, aged
sweet potato, clean, aged
sweet potato, crisp, sweet
sweet potato, rich, full-bodied, sweet
sweet potato, smooth, soft, clean
sweet potato, full-bodied, sweet
sweet potato, smooth, nutty, umami
sweet potato, soft, smooth, aged
sweet potato, floral, soft, maple
sweet potato, smooth
sweet potato, bright
sweet potato, bright
sweet potato, smooth
sweet potato, sweet, soft, rich
sweet potato, lychee, chocolate, bright
sweet potato, smooth, sweet, long finish
sweet potato, soft, smooth, rich
sweet potato, smoky, rich, long finish
sweet potato, sweet
sweet potato, tropical fruit, floral, caramel
sweet potato, roasted sweet potato, aged
sweet potato, sweet, rich, full-bodied
sweet potato, tropical fruit, pepper, sweet
Kome shochu
Cask and blackberry: think of a whisky smash
rice, soft, umami, rich
rice, vanilla, smooth, cask
rice, vanilla, smooth, sweet
rice, banana, vanilla, chocolate
Show the other 5 blackberry matches
rice, vanilla, cask, aged
rice, smooth, aged, cask
rice, cask, aged
rice, vanilla, caramel, chocolate
Mugi shochu
Dark fruit meets earthy depth without either backing down
Cask and blackberry: think of a whisky smash
barley, smooth, rich, whisky-like
barley, rich, full-bodied, cask
barley, caramel, rich, sweet
barley, soft, silky, smooth
Show the other 1 blackberry matches
barley, rich, cask, aged
Awamori
Dark fruit meets earthy depth without either backing down
Cask and blackberry: think of a whisky smash
rice, cask, aged
rice, whisky-like, cask, aged
rice, steamed rice, soft, caramel
rice, sweet, soft, smooth
Kokuto shochu
Cask and blackberry: think of a whisky smash
kokuto, vanilla, spice, cask
kokuto, chocolate, nutty, sweet
kokuto, cask, aged
kokuto, smooth, smoky, cask
kokuto, smooth, cask, aged
Kasutori, chestnut and other bases
Cask and blackberry: think of a whisky smash
barley, smooth, honey, vanilla
Blackberry and imo shochu is a bramble with a Kyushu accent
smooth, rich, full-bodied, sweet
Soba shochu
Dark fruit meets earthy depth without either backing down
Cask and blackberry: think of a whisky smash