Shochu that goes with mango
Tropical fruit
These are bottles to mix mango into. Some of them taste of it too, and where that is the reason a bottle is here, its line says so.
Ripe mango puree. Needs lime beside it or it goes flat.
Best bottles for mango
The strongest matches in the catalogue, across every style. Everything below is the same ranking opened out by what the shochu is made from.
Under its strength awamori is sweet and floral, and that is the half of it tropical fruit answers.
The bottle already smells of tropical fruit, and this puts more of it in the glass.
sweet potato, tropical fruit, bright, aged
Two tropical perfumes in one glass
sweet potato, lychee, grape, muscat
sweet potato, lychee, floral, fruity
sweet potato, lychee, chocolate, bright
caramel, smoky, rich, earthy
Everything the tiki canon does with rum works here, and works better, because the drink does not end the evening.
floral, clean, sharp, aged
rich, full-bodied, aged, umami
umami, rich, full-bodied, cask
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.
Awamori
Under its strength awamori is sweet and floral, and that is the half of it tropical fruit answers.
rice, citrus, tropical fruit, vanilla
caramel, smoky, rich, earthy
floral, clean, sharp, aged
rich, full-bodied, aged, umami
umami, rich, full-bodied, cask
aged, caramel, smooth, spice
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rice, clean, smooth, aged
rice, pear, caramel, rich
rice, smooth, savory, aged
rice, cherry, vanilla, chocolate
rice, umami, clean, light-bodied
rice, bright, aged
rice, clean, bright, aged
rice, smooth, rich, sweet
rice, soft, rich, sweet
rice, smooth, sweet
rice, smooth, rich, sweet
rice, light-bodied, sweet
rice, sweet, crisp, smooth
rice, roasted grain, aged
rice, citrus, roasted grain, sweet
rice, sherry-like, aged
rice, soft, smooth
rice, citrus, vanilla, chocolate
rice, steamed rice, soft, caramel
rice, earthy, mushroom, rich
rice, sweet, soft, smooth
rice, smooth, sweet, aged
rice, smooth, crisp, aged
rice, sweet, rich, full-bodied
rice, vanilla, funky, creamy texture
rich, smooth, clean, soft
clean, off-dry, soft, light-bodied
Imo shochu
The newer imo shochu are bred for lychee and tropical aromatics, so tropical fruit is agreeing with the bottle rather than fighting it.
The bottle already smells of tropical fruit, and this puts more of it in the glass.
sweet potato, tropical fruit, bright, aged
Two tropical perfumes in one glass
sweet potato, lychee, grape, muscat
sweet potato, lychee, floral, fruity
sweet potato, lychee, chocolate, bright
Show the other 72 mango matches
Mango's sweetness needs a bottle that can carry it
Ripe mango puree. Needs lime beside it or it goes flat.
muscat, citrus, floral, sweet potato
sweet potato, roasted sweet potato, umami, silky
sweet potato, sweet, rich, full-bodied
sweet potato, banana, vanilla, clean
sweet potato, floral, full-bodied
sweet potato, soft, tea
sweet potato, light-bodied, long finish
sweet potato, smooth, aged
sweet potato, fruity, soft
sweet potato, umami
sweet potato, tea, rich
sweet potato, milky, soft, aged
sweet potato, smooth, toast
sweet potato, rich, smooth, umami
sweet potato, smooth, umami, light-bodied
sweet potato, aged
sweet potato, earthy
sweet potato, umami, soft, full-bodied
sweet potato, rich, full-bodied
sweet potato, spice, clean, sharp
sweet potato, coffee, earthy, pepper
sweet potato, whisky-like, cask
sweet potato, umami, rich
sweet potato, rich, full-bodied
sweet potato, smooth, rich
sweet potato, umami, rich, aged
sweet potato, fruity, earthy, mineral
sweet potato, fruity
sweet potato, umami, soft, clean
sweet potato, smooth, fruity, bright
sweet potato, tropical fruit, floral, smooth
sweet potato, fruity, umami, rich
sweet potato, pear, grassy, light-bodied
sweet potato, earthy, crisp, aged
sweet potato, tropical fruit, floral, caramel
sweet potato, bright
sweet potato, bright
sweet potato, rich, purple sweet potato
sweet potato, whisky-like, aged
sweet potato, crisp
sweet potato, umami, rich, aged
sweet potato, clean, aged
sweet potato, bright
sweet potato, bright
sweet potato, smooth
sweet potato, soft, smooth, rich
sweet potato, tropical fruit, spice, light-bodied
sweet potato, smoky, rich, long finish
sweet potato, tropical fruit, floral, caramel
sweet potato, tropical fruit, pepper, sweet
Kokuto shochu
Everything the tiki canon does with rum works here, and works better, because the drink does not end the evening.
kokuto, vanilla, spice, cask
kokuto, tropical fruit, vanilla, sweet
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kokuto, rich, long finish, aged
kokuto, smooth, smoky, cask
kokuto, rum-like, chocolate
kokuto, smooth, cask, aged
kokuto, molasses, vanilla, spice
dried fruit, chocolate, honey, kokuto
kokuto, sweet, clean, rich
kokuto, chocolate, nutty, sweet
kokuto, light-bodied, clean, aged
Mugi shochu
The bottle already smells of tropical fruit, and this puts more of it in the glass.
Shiso, sesame, yuzu and other flavoured shochu
Tropical fruit is in this bottle, not just on its nose, so this doubles it rather than introducing it.