Shochu that goes with soy sauce
Savory and salt
A drop. Think of it as salt with depth, for the savory glass only.
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
Soy sauce: 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
Soy sauce: 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.
- Seifuku Vintage Awamori
Awamori · Okinawa (Ishigaki)
Soy sauce: 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.
- Motoko
Kome (rice) · Miyazaki
Soy sauce: A drop of soy in a savory sake is seasoning, not flavoring