Shochu that goes with raspberry
Berries
Sour enough to be useful. Muddle a handful, or use a good puree.
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
- Kozuru Kuro Potato Shochu
Imo (sweet potato) · Kagoshima
Raspberry: An earthy, heavy spirit flattens out without acid. This is the ingredient doing structural work, not decoration.
- Kozuru Kuro Sweet Potato Shochu
Imo (sweet potato) · Kumamoto
Raspberry: An earthy, heavy spirit flattens out without acid. This is the ingredient doing structural work, not decoration.
- Satoh Kuro
Imo (sweet potato) · Kagoshima
Raspberry: An earthy, heavy spirit flattens out without acid. This is the ingredient doing structural work, not decoration.
- Natsu no Mannen 'Summer Penguin' Sweet Potato Shochu
Imo (sweet potato) · Miyazaki
Raspberry: There is real sugar in this bottle already, and acid is what keeps it from reading as syrup.
- Daiyame Sweet Potato Shochu
Imo (sweet potato) · Kagoshima
Raspberry: There is real sugar in this bottle already, and acid is what keeps it from reading as syrup.