Shochu that goes with gentian (suze-style)
Bitter and aperitivo
Suze or Salers. Bitter root, bright yellow. A little in a highball changes everything.
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
- Chuko Ryukyu Awamori
Awamori · Okinawa (Naha)
Gentian (Suze-style): Aged kusu is intense enough to meet amaro without either one winning.
- Kiccho Houzan
Imo (sweet potato) · Kagoshima
Gentian (Suze-style): Amaro and gentian answer the earth with more earth, which is why a split-base imo drink reads as intentional rather than odd.
- Kuon Ryukyu Awamori
Awamori · Okinawa
Gentian (Suze-style): Aged kusu is intense enough to meet amaro without either one winning.
- Kuro Kirishima Shochu
Imo (sweet potato) · Miyazaki
Gentian (Suze-style): Amaro and gentian answer the earth with more earth, which is why a split-base imo drink reads as intentional rather than odd.
- Tomino Houzan
Imo (sweet potato) · Kagoshima
Gentian (Suze-style): Amaro and gentian answer the earth with more earth, which is why a split-base imo drink reads as intentional rather than odd.
- Yokka Koji Ryukyu Awamori
Awamori · Okinawa
Gentian (Suze-style): Aged kusu is intense enough to meet amaro without either one winning.
- Zanpa Black
Awamori · Okinawa
Gentian (Suze-style): Aged kusu is intense enough to meet amaro without either one winning.
- Zanpa Premium 35 Awamori
Awamori · Okinawa
Gentian (Suze-style): Aged kusu is intense enough to meet amaro without either one winning.
- Zanpa White Awamori
Awamori · Okinawa
Gentian (Suze-style): Aged kusu is intense enough to meet amaro without either one winning.