Shochu that goes with pineapple
Tropical fruit
These are bottles to mix pineapple into. Some of them taste of it too, and where that is the reason a bottle is here, its line says so.
Fresh juice, or grilled wedges for a smokier drink. The awamori fruit.
Best bottles for pineapple
The strongest matches in the catalogue, across every style. Everything below is the same ranking opened out by what the shochu is made from.
Amplifies the tropical fruit already there
Banana and pineapple is a fruit-forward pair
Everything the tiki canon does with rum works here, and works better, because the drink does not end the evening.
kokuto, tropical fruit, vanilla, sweet
sweet potato, tropical fruit, floral, smooth
sweet potato, tropical fruit, spice, light-bodied
An earthy, heavy spirit flattens out without acid. This is the ingredient doing structural work, not decoration.
sweet potato, lychee, white peach, tropical fruit
kokuto, sweet, clean, rich
kokuto, chocolate, nutty, sweet
kokuto, aged
kokuto, soft, light-bodied, sweet
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.
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.
Amplifies the tropical fruit already there
Banana and pineapple is a fruit-forward pair
sweet potato, tropical fruit, floral, smooth
sweet potato, tropical fruit, spice, light-bodied
An earthy, heavy spirit flattens out without acid. This is the ingredient doing structural work, not decoration.
sweet potato, lychee, white peach, tropical fruit
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sweet potato, crisp, bitter
The bottle already smells of pineapple, and this puts more of it in the glass.
sweet potato, umami
sweet potato, fruity, soft, sweet
sweet potato, smooth, sweet
sweet potato, sweet, soft, light-bodied
sweet potato, berry, soft, sweet
sweet potato, sweet
sweet potato, roasted grain
sweet potato, light-bodied, clean, sweet
sweet potato, shiso, smooth, tea
sweet potato, umami, smooth
sweet potato, floral, fruity, clean
sweet potato, funky
sweet potato, roasted sweet potato, rich, clean
sweet potato, smooth, clean, aged
sweet potato, rich, full-bodied
sweet potato, roasted sweet potato, roasted grain, sweet
sweet potato, vanilla, creamy texture, bright
sweet potato, roasted sweet potato, sweet
sweet potato, smooth, sweet, vanilla
sweet potato, rich, crisp, soft
sweet potato, tea, vanilla, mushroom
sweet potato, rich, soft, aged
sweet potato, soft, sweet
sweet potato, crisp, sweet
sweet potato, smooth, soft, clean
sweet potato, full-bodied, sweet
sweet potato, smooth, nutty, umami
sweet potato, soft, smooth, aged
sweet potato, smooth
sweet potato, vanilla, toast, spice
sweet potato, roasted sweet potato, aged
sweet potato, sweet, rich, full-bodied
sweet potato, tropical fruit, floral, caramel
sweet potato, tropical fruit, floral, caramel
sweet potato, tropical fruit, pepper, sweet
The sweetness here is aroma rather than sugar, because sugar does not come over a still. Acid is what keeps the impression from turning cloying.
sweet potato, white peach, grape, berry
vanilla, cask, rich, crisp
sweet potato, roasted sweet potato, umami, silky
sweet potato, sweet, rich, full-bodied
sweet potato, earthy
sweet potato, coffee, earthy, pepper
sweet potato, fruity, earthy, mineral
sweet potato, earthy, crisp, aged
sweet potato, smooth, rich, sweet
sweet potato, sweet, clean, soft
sweet potato, umami, rich, sweet
sweet potato, umami, rich, sweet
sweet potato, soft, crisp, clean
sweet potato, soft, sweet
sweet potato, rich, clean, sweet
sweet potato, citrus, floral, sweet
sweet potato, rich, sweet
sweet potato, umami, sweet, rich
sweet potato, fruity, silky, smooth
sweet potato, sweet, sherry-like, cask
sweet potato, apple, soft, rich
sweet potato, soft, rich, full-bodied
sweet potato, smooth, rich, light-bodied
sweet potato, spice, sweet
sweet potato, smooth, rich, sweet
sweet potato, smooth, rich, sweet
sweet potato, rich, sweet
sweet potato, sweet, clean, rich
sweet potato, soft, light-bodied, sweet
sweet potato, sweet, clean, fruity
sweet potato, floral, fruity, umami
sweet potato, soft, sweet
sweet potato, smooth, sweet
sweet potato, sweet, smooth, aged
sweet potato, pear, grassy, rich
sweet potato, yogurt, creamy texture
sweet potato, soft, light-bodied, sweet
sweet potato, citrus, floral, caramel
sweet potato, rich, full-bodied, sweet
sweet potato, floral, soft, maple
sweet potato, sweet, soft, rich
sweet potato, smooth, sweet, long finish
sweet potato, chocolate, sherry-like, cask
sweet potato, banana, vanilla, clean
sweet potato, tropical fruit, bright, aged
Fruit without acid goes flat fast. A squeeze of something sour is what keeps a fruity bottle tasting fresh instead of sweet.
muscat, citrus, floral, sweet potato
citrus, pear, sweet potato, clean
sweet potato, lychee, grape, muscat
sweet potato, lychee, floral, fruity
Fresh juice, or grilled wedges for a smokier drink. The awamori fruit.
sweet potato, floral, full-bodied
sweet potato, soft, tea
sweet potato, light-bodied, long finish
sweet potato, soft, dry, sweet
sweet potato, smooth, aged
sweet potato, fruity, soft
sweet potato, umami
sweet potato, soft, dry, sweet
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, umami, soft, full-bodied
sweet potato, rich, full-bodied
sweet potato, spice, clean, sharp
sweet potato, whisky-like, cask
sweet potato, light-bodied, dry, aged
sweet potato, umami, rich
sweet potato, rich, full-bodied
sweet potato, smooth, rich
sweet potato, umami, rich, aged
sweet potato, fruity
sweet potato, umami, soft, clean
sweet potato, smooth, fruity, bright
sweet potato, fruity, umami, rich
sweet potato, pear, grassy, light-bodied
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, light-bodied, clean, dry
sweet potato, lychee, chocolate, bright
sweet potato, soft, smooth, rich
sweet potato, smoky, rich, long finish
Kokuto shochu
Everything the tiki canon does with rum works here, and works better, because the drink does not end the evening.
dried fruit, chocolate, honey, kokuto
kokuto, tropical fruit, vanilla, sweet
kokuto, sweet, clean, rich
kokuto, chocolate, nutty, sweet
kokuto, soft, light-bodied, sweet
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kokuto, light-bodied, clean, aged
kokuto, molasses, roasted grain, dry
kokuto, molasses, vanilla, spice
kokuto, vanilla, spice, cask
kokuto, rum-like, chocolate
kokuto, cask, aged
kokuto, rich, long finish, aged
kokuto, smooth, smoky, cask
kokuto, smooth, cask, aged
Awamori
Okinawa grows the pineapple, the passion fruit and the shikuwasa, and distils the spirit. The pairing is geography.
caramel, smoky, rich, earthy
rich, full-bodied, aged, umami
umami, rich, full-bodied, cask
rich, smooth, clean, soft
floral, clean, sharp, aged
clean, off-dry, soft, light-bodied
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aged, caramel, smooth, spice
rice, earthy, mushroom, rich
rice, nutty, dry, aged
rice, citrus, tropical fruit, vanilla
Mugi shochu
Banana and pineapple is a fruit-forward pair
The bottle already smells of pineapple, and this puts more of it in the glass.
The sweetness here is aroma rather than sugar, because sugar does not come over a still. Acid is what keeps the impression from turning cloying.
Amplifies the tropical fruit already there
barley, banana, white peach, tea
barley, melon, banana, floral
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barley, banana, toast
barley, pear, banana, bread
barley, banana, berry, bread
Fruit without acid goes flat fast. A squeeze of something sour is what keeps a fruity bottle tasting fresh instead of sweet.
Soba shochu
An earthy, heavy spirit flattens out without acid. This is the ingredient doing structural work, not decoration.
buckwheat, smooth, aged
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Shiso, sesame, yuzu and other flavoured shochu
There is real sugar in this bottle already, and acid is what keeps it from reading as syrup.
Tropical fruit is in this bottle, not just on its nose, so this doubles it rather than introducing it.
Kome shochu
Pineapple's acid and sugar overwhelm a soft rice bottle