Shochu that goes with hibiscus
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Cold-brewed hibiscus tea: sour, cranberry-red and floral. Acid and color in one pour.
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
- Kozuru Kuro Potato Shochu
Imo (sweet potato) · Kagoshima
Hibiscus: 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
Hibiscus: An earthy, heavy spirit flattens out without acid. This is the ingredient doing structural work, not decoration.
- Satoh Kuro
Imo (sweet potato) · Kagoshima
Hibiscus: An earthy, heavy spirit flattens out without acid. This is the ingredient doing structural work, not decoration.
- Natsu no Mannen 'Summer Penguin' Sweet Potato Shochu
Imo (sweet potato) · Miyazaki
Hibiscus: There is real sugar in this bottle already, and acid is what keeps it from reading as syrup.
- Daiyame Sweet Potato Shochu
Imo (sweet potato) · Kagoshima
Hibiscus: There is real sugar in this bottle already, and acid is what keeps it from reading as syrup.
- Toyonaga "Okukuma"
Kome (rice) · Kumamoto
Hibiscus: There is real sugar in this bottle already, and acid is what keeps it from reading as syrup.
- Kaikouzu Potato Shochu
Imo (sweet potato) · Kagoshima
Hibiscus: An earthy, heavy spirit flattens out without acid. This is the ingredient doing structural work, not decoration.