Shochu that goes with honeydew melon
Melon, cucumber and garden
These are bottles to mix honeydew melon into. Some of them taste of it too, and where that is the reason a bottle is here, its line says so.
Ripe honeydew, juiced or in cubes. If a bottle says melon on the label, this is the proof.
Best bottles for honeydew melon
The strongest matches in the catalogue, across every style. Everything below is the same ranking opened out by what the shochu is made from.
A ginjo-like aroma already smells partly of melon
rice, ginjo-like, floral, aged
citrus, pear, sweet potato, clean
rice, ginjo-like
Melon and pear are neighbors
The bottle is already described as melon, and honeydew is that note as fruit
rice, melon, vanilla, toast
barley, pear, banana, bread
rice, pear, jasmine, light-bodied
Ripe honeydew, juiced or in cubes. If a bottle says melon on the label, this is the proof.
A clean barley highball takes a garden note without losing its own grain under it.
barley, bright, clean, light-bodied
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.
Mugi shochu
A clean barley highball takes a garden note without losing its own grain under it.
Melon and pear are neighbors
The bottle is already described as melon, and honeydew is that note as fruit
barley, pear, banana, bread
barley, clean, off-dry, smooth
barley, bright, clean, light-bodied
barley, sesame, caramel, chocolate
Show the other 87 honeydew melon matches
barley, chocolate, umami, smooth
barley, crisp, clean, aged
barley, smooth, crisp, aged
barley, crisp, clean
barley, tropical fruit, light-bodied
barley, soft, light-bodied, clean
barley, smooth, rich, light-bodied
barley, smooth, long finish, aged
barley, rich, crisp
barley, soft, clean
barley, smooth, light-bodied, clean
barley, smoky, soft, cask
barley, smooth
barley, umami, rich, sweet
barley, umami, rich, aged
barley, smooth, rich, aged
barley, soft, sweet
barley, smooth, rich, aged
barley, smooth, rich, whisky-like
barley, umami, rich, sharp
barley, chocolate, rich, full-bodied
barley, rich, full-bodied, cask
barley, light-bodied
barley, umami, savory, clean
barley, apple, pineapple, creamy texture
barley, vanilla, spice, cask
barley, rice, umami
barley, rice, umami
barley, honey, chocolate, spice
barley, roasted grain
barley, smooth, mint, caramel
barley, toast, savory, rich
barley, toast, rich, light-bodied
barley, smooth, crisp, cask
barley, toast, spice, rich
barley, banana, white peach, tea
barley, umami, light-bodied
barley, smooth, dry
barley, white peach, cherry, soft
barley, soft, bright
barley, soft, chocolate, toast
barley, banana, toast
barley, caramel, chocolate, smoky
barley, cask, aged
barley, jasmine, honey, vanilla
barley, vanilla, cask
barley, toast, light-bodied, sweet
barley, soft, silky, smooth
barley, soft, cask, aged
barley, smooth, crisp, aged
barley, rich, cask, aged
barley, crisp, light-bodied, fruity
barley, toast, cereal, rich
barley, fruity, light-bodied
barley, sweet, clean
barley, vanilla, nutty, toast
barley, cask, aged
barley, banana, berry, bread
barley, dry, cask, aged
Earth and melon do not agree
barley, melon, banana, floral
Kome shochu
Melon and cucumber sit in the same aroma family as a ginjo-scented rice spirit.
A ginjo-like aroma already smells partly of melon
rice, ginjo-like, floral, aged
The bottle is already described as melon, and honeydew is that note as fruit
Melon and pear are neighbors
Ripe honeydew, juiced or in cubes. If a bottle says melon on the label, this is the proof.
Show the other 63 honeydew melon matches
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, citrus, dried fruit, floral
rice, floral, smooth, soft
rice, rich, clean, bright
rice, soft, umami, rich
rice, soft, light-bodied, aged
rice, light-bodied, cask
rice, light-bodied, dry, aged
rice, vanilla, smooth, fruity
rice, banana, vanilla, chocolate
rice, citrus, silky, light-bodied
rice, floral, fruity, smooth
rice, vanilla, cask, aged
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, cask, aged
rice, smooth, rich
rice, smooth, aged
rice, smooth, light-bodied, sweet
rice, soft, smoky, creamy texture
rice, light-bodied, clean
Imo shochu
A ginjo-like aroma already smells partly of melon
Melon and pear are neighbors
Awamori
Melon and pear are neighbors