Shochu that goes with coconut
Tropical fruit
These are bottles to mix coconut into. Some of them taste of it too, and where that is the reason a bottle is here, its line says so.
Coconut water for lengthening, coconut milk or cream for weight.
Best bottles for coconut
The strongest matches in the catalogue, across every style. Everything below is the same ranking opened out by what the shochu is made from.
Everything the tiki canon does with rum works here, and works better, because the drink does not end the evening.
kokuto, molasses, vanilla, spice
kokuto, vanilla, spice, cask
kokuto, rum-like, chocolate
Pineapple and coconut is a pina colada, and the bottle is already the pineapple half
kokuto, tropical fruit, vanilla, sweet
kokuto, chocolate, nutty, sweet
Under its strength awamori is sweet and floral, and that is the half of it tropical fruit answers.
rice, nutty, dry, aged
dried fruit, chocolate, honey, kokuto
rice, steamed rice, soft, caramel
kokuto
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.
Kokuto shochu
Everything the tiki canon does with rum works here, and works better, because the drink does not end the evening.
kokuto, molasses, roasted grain, dry
kokuto, molasses, vanilla, spice
kokuto, vanilla, spice, cask
kokuto, rum-like, chocolate
kokuto, tropical fruit, vanilla, sweet
kokuto, chocolate, nutty, sweet
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dried fruit, chocolate, honey, kokuto
kokuto, rich, long finish, aged
kokuto, smooth, smoky, cask
kokuto, smooth, cask, aged
kokuto, sweet, clean, rich
kokuto, soft, light-bodied, sweet
kokuto, light-bodied, clean, aged
Awamori
Under its strength awamori is sweet and floral, and that is the half of it tropical fruit answers.
rice, citrus, tropical fruit, vanilla
rice, nutty, dry, aged
rice, steamed rice, soft, caramel
caramel, smoky, rich, earthy
rich, smooth, clean, soft
floral, clean, sharp, aged
Show the other 102 coconut matches
rich, full-bodied, aged, umami
clean, off-dry, soft, light-bodied
umami, rich, full-bodied, cask
aged, caramel, smooth, spice
rice, clean, smooth, aged
rice, pear, caramel, rich
rice, smooth, savory, aged
rice, smooth, cereal, sweet
rice, cherry, vanilla, chocolate
rice, umami, clean, light-bodied
rice, bright, aged
rice, clean, bright, aged
rice, citrus, cereal, aged
rice, smooth, rich, sweet
rice, soft, smooth, rich
rice, smooth, rich, sweet
rice, soft, rich, sweet
rice, smooth, sweet
rice, smooth, rich, sweet
rice, light-bodied, sweet
rice, caramel, chocolate, crisp
rice, soft, clean, aged
rice, sweet, crisp, smooth
rice, roasted grain, aged
rice, citrus, roasted grain, sweet
rice, sherry-like, aged
rice, soft, smooth
rice, citrus, vanilla, chocolate
rice, earthy, mushroom, rich
rice, sweet, soft, smooth
rice, smooth, sweet, aged
rice, smooth, crisp, aged
rice, sweet, rich, full-bodied
rice, vanilla, funky, creamy texture
Imo shochu
The newer imo shochu are bred for lychee and tropical aromatics, so tropical fruit is agreeing with the bottle rather than fighting it.
Pineapple and coconut is a pina colada, and the bottle is already the pineapple half
The bottle already smells of tropical fruit, and this puts more of it in the glass.
sweet potato, lychee, white peach, tropical fruit
Banana and coconut is a dessert
sweet potato, tropical fruit, floral, smooth
sweet potato, tropical fruit, floral, caramel
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The bottle is already nutty, and this puts more of that in the glass.
sweet potato, tropical fruit, spice, light-bodied
sweet potato, tropical fruit, floral, caramel
sweet potato, tropical fruit, pepper, sweet
sweet potato, pineapple, maple, mineral
sweet potato, melon, banana, sweet
Coconut water for lengthening, coconut milk or cream for weight.
vanilla, cask, rich, crisp
muscat, citrus, floral, sweet potato
sweet potato, roasted sweet potato, umami, silky
sweet potato, sweet, rich, full-bodied
citrus, pear, sweet potato, clean
sweet potato, floral, full-bodied
sweet potato, soft, tea
sweet potato, light-bodied, long finish
sweet potato, lychee, grape, muscat
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, milky, soft, aged
sweet potato, smooth, toast
sweet potato, rich, smooth, umami
sweet potato, smooth, umami, light-bodied
sweet potato, aged
sweet potato, earthy
sweet potato, umami, soft, full-bodied
sweet potato, rich, full-bodied
sweet potato, spice, clean, sharp
sweet potato, coffee, earthy, pepper
sweet potato, whisky-like, cask
sweet potato, light-bodied, dry, aged
sweet potato, umami, rich
sweet potato, rich, full-bodied
sweet potato, smooth, rich
sweet potato, umami, rich, aged
sweet potato, fruity, earthy, mineral
sweet potato, fruity
sweet potato, umami, soft, clean
sweet potato, smooth, fruity, bright
sweet potato, fruity, umami, rich
sweet potato, pear, grassy, light-bodied
sweet potato, earthy, crisp, aged
sweet potato, lychee, floral, fruity
sweet potato, bright
sweet potato, bright
sweet potato, rich, purple sweet potato
sweet potato, whisky-like, aged
sweet potato, crisp
sweet potato, umami, rich, aged
sweet potato, clean, aged
sweet potato, bright
sweet potato, bright
sweet potato, smooth
sweet potato, light-bodied, clean, dry
sweet potato, lychee, chocolate, bright
sweet potato, soft, smooth, rich
sweet potato, smoky, rich, long finish
Mugi shochu
The bottle already smells of tropical fruit, and this puts more of it in the glass.
The bottle is already nutty, and this puts more of that in the glass.
barley, vanilla, chocolate, nutty
barley, vanilla, nutty, toast
Pineapple and coconut is a pina colada, and the bottle is already the pineapple half
Banana and coconut is a dessert
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barley, banana, white peach, tea
barley, melon, banana, floral
barley, banana, toast
barley, pear, banana, bread
barley, banana, berry, bread
The bottle carries the grain and the mixer carries it roasted, so it is one ingredient reaching the glass two ways.
barley, sesame, caramel, chocolate
barley, chocolate, umami, smooth
barley, crisp, clean, aged
barley, smooth, crisp, aged
barley, crisp, clean
barley, chocolate, earthy, smooth
barley, soft, light-bodied, clean
barley, smooth, rich, light-bodied
barley, pear, soft, spice
barley, smooth, long finish, aged
barley, rich, crisp
barley, soft, clean
barley, smooth, light-bodied, clean
barley, smoky, soft, cask
barley, umami, rich, sweet
barley, umami, rich, aged
barley, smooth, rich, aged
barley, smooth, rich, whisky-like
barley, umami, rich, sharp
barley, chocolate, rich, full-bodied
barley, rich, full-bodied, cask
barley, citrus, melon, white peach
barley, vanilla, spice, cask
barley, rice, umami
barley, honey, chocolate, spice
barley, roasted grain
barley, smooth, mint, caramel
barley, toast, rich, light-bodied
barley, smooth, crisp, cask
barley, toast, spice, rich
barley, chocolate, coffee, rich
barley, umami, light-bodied
barley, smooth, dry
barley, white peach, cherry, soft
barley, soft, chocolate, toast
barley, caramel, chocolate, smoky
barley, cask, aged
barley, jasmine, honey, vanilla
barley, toast, light-bodied, sweet
barley, soft, silky, smooth
barley, rich, cask, aged
barley, crisp, light-bodied, fruity
barley, toast, cereal, rich
barley, fruity, light-bodied
barley, sweet, clean
barley, dry, cask, aged
Kome shochu
Pineapple and coconut is a pina colada, and the bottle is already the pineapple half
The bottle carries the grain and the mixer carries it roasted, so it is one ingredient reaching the glass two ways.
rice, citrus, dried fruit, floral
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rice, vanilla, smooth, fruity
rice, citrus, silky, light-bodied
rice, melon, vanilla, toast
rice, pear, jasmine, light-bodied
rice, smooth, light-bodied, sweet
rice, light-bodied, clean
Banana and coconut is a dessert
rice, citrus, apple, pineapple
Soba shochu
The bottle is already nutty, and this puts more of that in the glass.
buckwheat, nutty, earthy, vanilla
The bottle carries the grain and the mixer carries it roasted, so it is one ingredient reaching the glass two ways.
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Shiso, sesame, yuzu and other flavoured shochu
The bottle is already nutty, and this puts more of that in the glass.
Tropical fruit is in this bottle, not just on its nose, so this doubles it rather than introducing it.