Shochu that goes with elderflower liqueur
Wine, liqueur and spirits
These are bottles to mix elderflower liqueur into. Some of them taste of it too, and where that is the reason a bottle is here, its line says so.
St-Germain or similar: the flower with alcohol behind it, for stirred drinks. A half ounce is enough. For a long drink, the cordial above does the same flavour without the proof.
Best bottles for elderflower liqueur
The strongest matches in the catalogue, across every style. Everything below is the same ranking opened out by what the shochu is made from.
The liqueur version of the flower, for stirred drinks
rice, ginjo-like, floral, aged
rice, citrus, dried fruit, floral
rice, floral, aged
rice, floral, smooth, soft
rice, floral, fruity, smooth
rice, floral, honey, caramel
muscat, citrus, floral, sweet potato
Shochu, elderflower liqueur, lemon: a sour that tastes like spring
floral, clean, sharp, aged
rice, clean, smooth, aged
rice, aged
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.
Kome shochu
Rice shochu stirred with vermouth is a martini with koji where the juniper was. The strength depends on the bottle, not on the swap. Most shochu is 25 and lands well under a gin martini. The 40 percent bottles land beside one.
The liqueur version of the flower, for stirred drinks
rice, ginjo-like, floral, aged
rice, citrus, dried fruit, floral
rice, floral, aged
rice, floral, smooth, soft
rice, floral, fruity, smooth
Show the other 64 elderflower liqueur matches
Shochu, elderflower liqueur, lemon: a sour that tastes like spring
rice, soft, umami, rich
rice, umami, crisp, sweet
rice, vanilla, smooth, cask
rice, vanilla, smooth, sweet
rice, rich, aged
rice, soft, rich, aged
rice, smooth, aged
rice, rich, clean, bright
rice, soft, umami, rich
rice, soft, light-bodied, aged
rice, light-bodied, cask
rice, smooth, full-bodied, cask
rice, light-bodied, dry, aged
rice, vanilla, smooth, fruity
rice, banana, vanilla, chocolate
rice, citrus, silky, light-bodied
rice, umami, rich, aged
rice, vanilla, cask, aged
rice, melon, vanilla, toast
rice, sweet, clean, smooth
rice, chocolate, sweet
rice, steamed rice, citrus, pineapple
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
rice, smooth, aged
rice, smooth, light-bodied, sweet
rice, soft, smoky, creamy texture
rice, light-bodied, clean
rice, vanilla, caramel, chocolate
Awamori
Awamori has enough character to be the base of a cocktail, not the neutral part of one. So an orange liqueur or a mezcal sits beside it instead of covering it.
The liqueur version of the flower, for stirred drinks
floral, clean, sharp, aged
Shochu, elderflower liqueur, lemon: a sour that tastes like spring
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rice, pear, caramel, rich
rice, cask, aged
rice, whisky-like, cask, aged
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, rich, sweet
rice, soft, smooth, rich
rice, smooth, rich, sweet
rice, smooth, aged
rice, soft, rich, sweet
rice, clean, sweet
rice, smooth, sweet
rice, clean, smooth
rice, soft, aged
rice, smooth, rich, sweet
rice, light-bodied, sweet
rice, caramel, chocolate, crisp
rice, sweet, smooth, rich
rice, smooth, soft, aged
rice, soft, clean, aged
rice, sweet, crisp, smooth
rice, roasted grain, aged
rice, smooth, sweet
rice, smooth, sweet
rice, citrus, roasted grain, sweet
rice, smooth, maple, umami
rice, sherry-like, aged
rice, soft, smooth
rice, citrus, vanilla, chocolate
rice, steamed rice, soft, caramel
rice, earthy, mushroom, rich
rice, sweet, soft, smooth
rice, smooth, sweet, aged
rice, smooth, aged
rice, smooth, crisp, aged
rice, smooth, sweet, oily
rice, chocolate, sweet, aged
rice, smooth, sweet, aged
rice, sweet, rich, full-bodied
rice, cherry, vanilla, caramel
rice, clean, sharp, aged
rice, vanilla, funky, creamy texture
rice, citrus, tropical fruit, vanilla
rice, smooth, soft, clean
rice, nutty, dry, aged
St-Germain or similar: the flower with alcohol behind it, for stirred drinks. A half ounce is enough. For a long drink, the cordial above does the same flavour without the proof.
rich, smooth, clean, soft
rich, full-bodied, aged, umami
clean, off-dry, soft, light-bodied
umami, rich, full-bodied, cask
Imo shochu
The liqueur version of the flower, for stirred drinks
Muscat and elderflower
sweet potato, lychee, floral, fruity
Lychee-scented shochu and St-Germain
sweet potato, floral, full-bodied
sweet potato, lychee, chocolate, bright
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sweet potato, lychee, white peach, tropical fruit
Kasutori, chestnut and other bases
The liqueur version of the flower, for stirred drinks
floral, fruity, sweet, plum
chestnut, floral, roasted grain, sweet
Mugi shochu
Shochu, elderflower liqueur, lemon: a sour that tastes like spring
barley, rice, umami
The liqueur version of the flower, for stirred drinks
Shiso, sesame, yuzu and other flavoured shochu
The liqueur version of the flower, for stirred drinks
Shochu, elderflower liqueur, lemon: a sour that tastes like spring
Soba shochu
Shochu, elderflower liqueur, lemon: a sour that tastes like spring
Korui, the continuous-still shochu
Shochu, elderflower liqueur, lemon: a sour that tastes like spring