Shochu that goes with celery
Melon, cucumber and garden
These are bottles to mix celery into. Some of them taste of it too, and where that is the reason a bottle is here, its line says so.
Juiced, or a stalk as the stirrer. Savory, salty and cold.
Best bottles for celery
The strongest matches in the catalogue, across every style. Everything below is the same ranking opened out by what the shochu is made from.
Celery on a clean bottle reads as a savory highball
barley, bright, clean, light-bodied
Celery's salt and green note pull umami forward
barley, crisp, clean, aged
barley, crisp, clean
barley, soft, clean
barley, smooth, light-bodied, clean
barley, rich, clean
barley, umami, rich, aged
barley, umami, rich, sharp
barley, citrus, melon, white peach
barley, umami
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.
Mugi shochu
A clean barley highball takes a garden note without losing its own grain under it.
Celery on a clean bottle reads as a savory highball
barley, bright, clean, light-bodied
Celery's salt and green note pull umami forward
barley, crisp, clean, aged
barley, crisp, clean
Show the other 94 celery matches
barley, smooth, light-bodied, clean
barley, umami, rich, aged
barley, umami, rich, sharp
barley, citrus, melon, white peach
barley, rice, umami
barley, umami, light-bodied
Barley shochu and celery is an unlikely, real pair
barley, sesame, caramel, chocolate
barley, smooth, crisp, aged
barley, chocolate, earthy, smooth
barley, tropical fruit, light-bodied
barley, smooth, rich, light-bodied
barley, smooth, long finish, aged
barley, rich, crisp
barley, smoky, soft, cask
barley, smooth, rich, aged
barley, smooth, rich, whisky-like
barley, chocolate, rich, full-bodied
barley, rich, full-bodied, cask
barley, vanilla, spice, cask
barley, honey, chocolate, spice
barley, roasted grain
barley, smooth, mint, caramel
barley, vanilla, chocolate, nutty
barley, toast, savory, rich
barley, smooth, crisp, cask
barley, toast, spice, rich
barley, banana, white peach, tea
barley, melon, banana, floral
barley, chocolate, coffee, rich
barley, smooth, dry
barley, banana, toast
barley, caramel, chocolate, smoky
barley, cask, aged
barley, jasmine, honey, vanilla
barley, soft, silky, smooth
barley, smooth, crisp, aged
barley, rich, cask, aged
barley, crisp, light-bodied, fruity
barley, toast, cereal, rich
barley, fruity, light-bodied
barley, vanilla, nutty, toast
barley, cask, aged
barley, banana, berry, bread
barley, dry, cask, aged
barley, soft, light-bodied, clean
barley, apple, pineapple, creamy texture
barley, citrus, melon, banana
barley, sesame, grassy, chocolate
barley, caramel, rich, sweet
barley, toast, rich, light-bodied
barley, white peach, cherry, soft
barley, pear, banana, bread
barley, toast, light-bodied, sweet
Kome shochu
A light rice spirit takes a green, quiet garden note. Anything savoury leads instead of following.
Celery on a clean bottle reads as a savory highball
Celery's salt and green note pull umami forward
rice, rich, clean, bright
Show the other 56 celery matches
rice, light-bodied, clean
rice, aged, cask, smooth
rice, ginjo-like, floral, aged
rice, vanilla, smooth, cask
rice, rich, aged
rice, soft, rich, aged
rice, citrus, dried fruit, floral
rice, soft, light-bodied, aged
rice, light-bodied, cask
rice, light-bodied, dry, aged
rice, vanilla, smooth, fruity
rice, banana, vanilla, chocolate
rice, floral, fruity, smooth
rice, vanilla, cask, aged
rice, melon, vanilla, toast
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
Celery fights sweetness
Imo shochu
Celery's salt and green note pull umami forward
sweet potato, smooth, clean, aged
sweet potato, umami, soft, clean
sweet potato, roasted sweet potato, umami, silky
Celery on a clean bottle reads as a savory highball
Show the other 18 celery matches
sweet potato, umami
sweet potato, rich, smooth, umami
sweet potato, smooth, umami, light-bodied
sweet potato, spice, clean, sharp
sweet potato, umami, smooth
sweet potato, umami, rich
sweet potato, umami, rich, aged
sweet potato, floral, fruity, umami
sweet potato, fruity, umami, rich
sweet potato, umami, rich, aged
sweet potato, clean, aged
sweet potato, smooth, nutty, umami
sweet potato, light-bodied, clean, dry
Celery fights sweetness
sweet potato, pear, grassy, rich
sweet potato, smooth, soft, clean
Awamori
Celery's salt and green note pull umami forward
caramel, smoky, rich, earthy
Celery on a clean bottle reads as a savory highball
floral, clean, sharp, aged
rich, full-bodied, aged, umami
Show the other 7 celery matches
clean, off-dry, soft, light-bodied
umami, rich, full-bodied, cask
rice, clean, smooth, aged
rice, clean, bright, aged
rice, soft, clean, aged
Kasutori, chestnut and other bases
Celery's salt and green note pull umami forward
tea, umami, savory, rich
Barley shochu and celery is an unlikely, real pair
Celery on a clean bottle reads as a savory highball
Korui, the continuous-still shochu
Celery on a clean bottle reads as a savory highball
sweet potato, soft, crisp, clean
rice, soft, crisp, clean
Shiso, sesame, yuzu and other flavoured shochu
Celery on a clean bottle reads as a savory highball
sesame, nutty, toast, off-dry
Soba shochu
Barley shochu and celery is an unlikely, real pair
Celery's salt and green note pull umami forward
Kokuto shochu
Celery on a clean bottle reads as a savory highball