Shochu that goes with kiwi
Tropical fruit
Muddled with the seeds. Green, sour and refreshing, and cheap year round.
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
- Kaikouzu Potato Shochu
Imo (sweet potato) · Kagoshima
Kiwi: An earthy, heavy spirit flattens out without acid. This is the ingredient doing structural work, not decoration.
- Kozuru Kuro Potato Shochu
Imo (sweet potato) · Kagoshima
Kiwi: 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
Kiwi: An earthy, heavy spirit flattens out without acid. This is the ingredient doing structural work, not decoration.
- Satoh Kuro
Imo (sweet potato) · Kagoshima
Kiwi: An earthy, heavy spirit flattens out without acid. This is the ingredient doing structural work, not decoration.
- Chuko Ryukyu Awamori
Awamori · Okinawa (Naha)
Kiwi: Okinawa grows the pineapple, the passion fruit and the shikuwasa, and distils the spirit. The pairing is geography.
- Seifuku Vintage Awamori
Awamori · Okinawa (Ishigaki)
Kiwi: Okinawa grows the pineapple, the passion fruit and the shikuwasa, and distils the spirit. The pairing is geography.
- Yokka Koji Ryukyu Awamori
Awamori · Okinawa
Kiwi: Okinawa grows the pineapple, the passion fruit and the shikuwasa, and distils the spirit. The pairing is geography.
- Zuisen "Hakuryu" Kusu Awamori
Awamori · Okinawa
Kiwi: Okinawa grows the pineapple, the passion fruit and the shikuwasa, and distils the spirit. The pairing is geography.
- Zuisen Hiryu Awamori
Awamori · Okinawa (Naha)
Kiwi: Okinawa grows the pineapple, the passion fruit and the shikuwasa, and distils the spirit. The pairing is geography.
- Kagemusha Potato Shochu
Imo (sweet potato) · Oita
Kiwi: There is real sugar in this bottle already, and acid is what keeps it from reading as syrup.
- Kiccho Houzan
Imo (sweet potato) · Kagoshima
Kiwi: There is real sugar in this bottle already, and acid is what keeps it from reading as syrup.
- Komasa Akazaru Shochu
Imo (sweet potato) · Kagoshima
Kiwi: There is real sugar in this bottle already, and acid is what keeps it from reading as syrup.
- Nakamura Gyokuro Kuro Sweet Potato Shochu
Imo (sweet potato) · Miyazaki
Kiwi: There is real sugar in this bottle already, and acid is what keeps it from reading as syrup.
- Nami Hana Batch #25 Big Island Sweet Potato Shochu
Imo (sweet potato)
Kiwi: There is real sugar in this bottle already, and acid is what keeps it from reading as syrup.
- Tomino Houzan
Imo (sweet potato) · Kagoshima
Kiwi: There is real sugar in this bottle already, and acid is what keeps it from reading as syrup.
- Aka Kirishima Shochu
Imo (sweet potato) · Miyazaki
Kiwi: 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
Kiwi: There is real sugar in this bottle already, and acid is what keeps it from reading as syrup.
- Komasa Kurano Shikon Green Shochu
Imo (sweet potato) · Kagoshima
Kiwi: There is real sugar in this bottle already, and acid is what keeps it from reading as syrup.
- Jougo Shochu
Kokuto (brown sugar) · Kagoshima
Kiwi: Everything the tiki canon does with rum works here, and works better, because the drink does not end the evening.
- Nankai Gold Shochu
Kokuto (brown sugar) · Kagoshima (Amami Oshima)
Kiwi: Everything the tiki canon does with rum works here, and works better, because the drink does not end the evening.
- Seifuku Coffee Liqueur
Awamori · Okinawa (Ishigaki)
Kiwi: Okinawa grows the pineapple, the passion fruit and the shikuwasa, and distils the spirit. The pairing is geography.
- Tomino Hozan Imo Shochu
Imo (sweet potato) · Kagoshima
Kiwi: The newer imo shochu are bred for lychee and tropical aromatics, so tropical fruit is agreeing with the bottle rather than fighting it.
- Kumejima's Kumesen
Awamori · Okinawa (Kumejima)
Kiwi: Okinawa grows the pineapple, the passion fruit and the shikuwasa, and distils the spirit. The pairing is geography.
- Nankai Kokuto Shochu
Kokuto (brown sugar)
Kiwi: Everything the tiki canon does with rum works here, and works better, because the drink does not end the evening.
- Ryukyu Ohcho Awamori
Awamori · Okinawa (Miyakojima)
Kiwi: Okinawa grows the pineapple, the passion fruit and the shikuwasa, and distils the spirit. The pairing is geography.
- Selephant
Kokuto (brown sugar) · Kagoshima
Kiwi: Everything the tiki canon does with rum works here, and works better, because the drink does not end the evening.
- Zanpa Black
Awamori · Okinawa
Kiwi: Okinawa grows the pineapple, the passion fruit and the shikuwasa, and distils the spirit. The pairing is geography.
- Zanpa White Awamori
Awamori · Okinawa
Kiwi: Okinawa grows the pineapple, the passion fruit and the shikuwasa, and distils the spirit. The pairing is geography.
- Zuisen Hakuryu Awamori
Awamori · Okinawa (Naha)
Kiwi: Okinawa grows the pineapple, the passion fruit and the shikuwasa, and distils the spirit. The pairing is geography.