Shochu that goes with blueberry
Berries
These are bottles to mix blueberry into. Some of them taste of it too, and where that is the reason a bottle is here, its line says so.
Muddled, or as a syrup. Mild; bring acid from elsewhere.
Best bottles for blueberry
The strongest matches in the catalogue, across every style. Everything below is the same ranking opened out by what the shochu is made from.
Berry against a lactic note is what a lassi does, with the fruit on top
These bottles run to berry rather than to anything an orange potato gives, and blueberry sits on top of that
sweet potato, white peach, grape, berry
The bottle already smells of berry, and this puts more of it in the glass.
Gentle fruit for a gentle bottle
kokuto, molasses, vanilla, spice
clean, off-dry, soft, light-bodied
rice, soft, umami, rich
rice, soft, rich, aged
barley, soft
rice, soft
sweet potato, soft, tea
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
Berry against a lactic note is what a lassi does, with the fruit on top
These bottles run to berry rather than to anything an orange potato gives, and blueberry sits on top of that
sweet potato, white peach, grape, berry
Gentle fruit for a gentle bottle
sweet potato, tropical fruit, bright, aged
sweet potato, soft, dry, sweet
Show the other 9 blueberry matches
sweet potato, fruity, soft
sweet potato, soft, dry, sweet
sweet potato, milky, soft, aged
sweet potato, umami, soft, full-bodied
sweet potato, coffee, earthy, pepper
sweet potato, umami, soft, clean
sweet potato, fruity, umami, rich
sweet potato, rich, purple sweet potato
sweet potato, soft, smooth, rich
Awamori
Gentle fruit for a gentle bottle
clean, off-dry, soft, light-bodied
rice, soft, smooth, rich
rice, soft, rich, sweet
Show the other 9 blueberry matches
rice, smooth, soft, aged
rice, soft, clean, aged
rice, soft, smooth
rice, steamed rice, soft, caramel
rice, sweet, soft, smooth
rice, smooth, soft, clean
Mugi shochu
The bottle already smells of berry, and this puts more of it in the glass.
Gentle fruit for a gentle bottle
barley, soft, light-bodied, clean
barley, pear, soft, spice
barley, soft, clean
barley, smoky, soft, cask
Show the other 8 blueberry matches
barley, white peach, cherry, soft
barley, soft, bright
barley, soft, chocolate, toast
barley, soft, silky, smooth
barley, soft, cask, aged
Kome shochu
Gentle fruit for a gentle bottle
rice, soft, rich, aged
rice, floral, smooth, soft
Show the other 2 blueberry matches
rice, soft, smoky, creamy texture
Korui, the continuous-still shochu
Gentle fruit for a gentle bottle
rice, soft, crisp, clean
soft, light-bodied, clean, sweet
barley, soft, crisp, clean
Kokuto shochu
Gentle fruit for a gentle bottle
Kasutori, chestnut and other bases
Gentle fruit for a gentle bottle
Soba shochu
Gentle fruit for a gentle bottle