Shochu that goes with lychee

Tropical fruit

Fresh in early summer, canned in syrup the rest of the year (drain it). The signature aroma of a whole school of imo shochu.

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

Daiyame Sweet Potato Shochu
Imo (sweet potato) · Kagoshima
Lychee: The newer imo shochu are bred for lychee and tropical aromatics, so tropical fruit is agreeing with the bottle rather than fighting it.
Kirishima No.8 Shochu
Imo (sweet potato) · Miyazaki
Lychee: The newer imo shochu are bred for lychee and tropical aromatics, so tropical fruit is agreeing with the bottle rather than fighting it.
Ryukyu Ohcho Awamori
Awamori · Okinawa (Miyakojima)
Lychee: Okinawa grows the pineapple, the passion fruit and the shikuwasa, and distils the spirit. The pairing is geography.

Also works

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