Shochu that goes with cranberry
Berries
Unsweetened juice. Sharp and a little tannic, useful for cutting sweetness.
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
- Kaikouzu Potato Shochu
Imo (sweet potato) · Kagoshima
Cranberry: An earthy, heavy spirit flattens out without acid. This is the ingredient doing structural work, not decoration.
- Kozuru Kuro Potato Shochu
Imo (sweet potato) · Kagoshima
Cranberry: An earthy, heavy spirit flattens out without acid. This is the ingredient doing structural work, not decoration.
- Kozuru Kuro Sweet Potato Shochu
Imo (sweet potato) · Kumamoto
Cranberry: An earthy, heavy spirit flattens out without acid. This is the ingredient doing structural work, not decoration.
- Satoh Kuro
Imo (sweet potato) · Kagoshima
Cranberry: An earthy, heavy spirit flattens out without acid. This is the ingredient doing structural work, not decoration.
- Zuisen "Hakuryu" Kusu Awamori
Awamori · Okinawa
Cranberry: An earthy, heavy spirit flattens out without acid. This is the ingredient doing structural work, not decoration.
- Daiyame Sweet Potato Shochu
Imo (sweet potato) · Kagoshima
Cranberry: There is real sugar in this bottle already, and acid is what keeps it from reading as syrup.
- Yamaneko "Wild Cat"
Imo (sweet potato) · Miyazaki
Cranberry: Tart cranberry gives soft rice sweetness structure