Shochu that goes with white crème de cacao
Wine, liqueur and spirits
Tempus Fugit or Giffard. Clear, so the drink stays pale, and at about the shochu's own strength, so an ounce lengthens rather than fortifies.
Best bottles for white crème de cacao
The strongest matches in the catalogue, across every style. Everything below is the same ranking opened out by what the shochu is made from.
Rice shochu stirred with vermouth is a martini at half the proof.
The cocoa note is already in the tasting notes; this makes it the point of the drink
barley, mint, caramel, chocolate
rice, banana, vanilla, chocolate
barley, rice, banana, white peach
barley, roasted barley, chocolate, coffee
rice, kokuto, chocolate, coffee
rice, smoky, creamy texture, smooth
rice, smoky, creamy texture, smooth
rice, floral, ginjo-like, clean
Cocoa wants a little weight under it, and a creamy bottle has it
rice, aged, cask, smooth
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 and anything poured at our bar come first. The ranking is the same engine that recommends a mixer from a bottle, run the other way round.
Kome shochu
Rice shochu stirred with vermouth is a martini at half the proof.
27 more, all of them in Kome shochu
Mugi shochu
7 more, all of them in Mugi shochu
Awamori
3 more, all of them in Awamori
Kokuto shochu
1 more, all of them in Kokuto shochu