Shochu that goes with olive brine
Savory and salt
A bar spoon, no more. Salt, and the savory note that comes with it.
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
- Zanpa White Awamori
Awamori · Okinawa
Olive brine: Salt does not make a drink salty in small amounts. It makes a savoury bottle taste more like itself, which is why this pairing reads as strange and drinks as obvious.
- Kuro Kirishima Shochu
Imo (sweet potato) · Miyazaki
Olive brine: Salt does not make a drink salty in small amounts. It makes a savoury bottle taste more like itself, which is why this pairing reads as strange and drinks as obvious.
- Mahoko
Imo (sweet potato) · Miyazaki
Olive brine: Umeboshi in hot shochu is a Kagoshima winter, and salt is the fastest way to make an earthy bottle taste like more of itself.