Shochu that goes with pear
Orchard and stone fruit
These are bottles to mix pear into. Some of them taste of it too, and where that is the reason a bottle is here, its line says so.
Ripe pear, muddled or as nectar. Delicate, so it belongs with delicate bottles.
Best bottles for pear
The strongest matches in the catalogue, across every style. Everything below is the same ranking opened out by what the shochu is made from.
The bottle is already described as pear, and fresh pear says it again
Soft bottles and pear are quiet together, which is the point
rice, soft, rich, aged
barley, soft
rice, soft
barley, soft, light-bodied, clean
rice, floral, smooth, soft
barley, soft, clean
barley, smoky, soft, cask
rice, soft, umami, rich
barley, soft, sweet
rice, soft, light-bodied, aged
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
Barley's light sweetness reads as orchard fruit already, so apple and pear extend the bottle rather than decorate it.
The bottle is already described as pear, and fresh pear says it again
Soft bottles and pear are quiet together, which is the point
barley, soft, clean
barley, smoky, soft, cask
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Melon and pear are neighbors on the aroma wheel
barley, citrus, melon, banana
barley, melon, banana, floral
barley, white peach, cherry, soft
barley, pear, banana, bread
barley, soft, silky, smooth
barley, clean, off-dry, smooth
barley, bright, clean, light-bodied
barley, earthy, mineral, pepper
barley, sesame, caramel, chocolate
barley, chocolate, umami, smooth
barley, crisp, clean, aged
barley, smooth, crisp, aged
barley, chocolate, earthy, smooth
barley, tropical fruit, light-bodied
barley, smooth, rich, light-bodied
barley, smooth, long finish, aged
barley, rich, crisp
barley, smooth, light-bodied, clean
barley, umami, rich, aged
barley, smooth, rich, aged
barley, smooth, rich, whisky-like
barley, umami, rich, sharp
barley, chocolate, rich, full-bodied
barley, rich, full-bodied, cask
barley, apple, pineapple, creamy texture
barley, vanilla, spice, cask
barley, honey, chocolate, spice
barley, roasted grain
barley, smooth, mint, caramel
barley, vanilla, chocolate, nutty
barley, toast, savory, rich
barley, toast, rich, light-bodied
barley, smooth, crisp, cask
barley, toast, spice, rich
barley, banana, white peach, tea
barley, smooth, dry
barley, banana, toast
barley, caramel, chocolate, smoky
barley, cask, aged
barley, jasmine, honey, vanilla
barley, toast, light-bodied, sweet
barley, smooth, crisp, aged
barley, rich, cask, aged
barley, crisp, light-bodied, fruity
barley, toast, cereal, rich
barley, fruity, light-bodied
barley, vanilla, nutty, toast
barley, cask, aged
barley, banana, berry, bread
barley, dry, cask, aged
Kome shochu
Rice shochu distilled with ginjo yeast carries apple and melon esters already, so orchard fruit is amplification.
Soft bottles and pear are quiet together, which is the point
rice, soft, rich, aged
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Melon and pear are neighbors on the aroma wheel
The bottle is already described as pear, and fresh pear says it again
rice, soft, smoky, creamy texture
Ripe pear, muddled or as nectar. Delicate, so it belongs with delicate bottles.
rice, aged, cask, smooth
rice, ginjo-like, floral, aged
rice, umami, crisp, sweet
rice, vanilla, smooth, cask
rice, vanilla, smooth, sweet
rice, rich, aged
rice, citrus, dried fruit, floral
rice, rich, clean, bright
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, steamed rice, citrus, pineapple
rice, smooth, aged, cask
rice, citrus, apple, pineapple
rice, smooth, crisp, aged
rice, cask, aged
rice, smooth, light-bodied, sweet
rice, light-bodied, clean
Awamori
Soft bottles and pear are quiet together, which is the point
clean, off-dry, soft, light-bodied
The bottle is already described as pear, and fresh pear says it again
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rice, soft, smooth
rice, steamed rice, soft, caramel
rice, sweet, soft, smooth
Imo shochu
The bottle is already described as pear, and fresh pear says it again
Soft bottles and pear are quiet together, which is the point
sweet potato, soft, dry, sweet
sweet potato, fruity, soft
sweet potato, soft, dry, sweet
sweet potato, milky, soft, aged
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sweet potato, umami, soft, full-bodied
sweet potato, umami, soft, clean
sweet potato, pear, grassy, light-bodied
sweet potato, soft, smooth, rich
Korui, the continuous-still shochu
Soft bottles and pear are quiet together, which is the point
soft, light-bodied, clean, sweet
barley, soft, crisp, clean
Kokuto shochu
Melon and pear are neighbors on the aroma wheel
Soft bottles and pear are quiet together, which is the point
Kasutori, chestnut and other bases
Soft bottles and pear are quiet together, which is the point
The bottle is already described as pear, and fresh pear says it again
Soba shochu
Soft bottles and pear are quiet together, which is the point