Shochu that goes with sumomo (japanese plum) liqueur
Wine, liqueur and spirits
Dewazakura's from Yamagata plums, or Machida Shuzo's on Amami kokuto shochu. It does umeshu's job and leaves the glass drier, which matters when the bottle is already sweet.
Best bottles for sumomo (japanese plum) liqueur
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 Amami bottlings are literally kokuto shochu with plum steeped in it
Rice shochu stirred with vermouth is a martini at half the proof.
rice, citrus, silky, light-bodied
rice, rich, bright
kokuto, molasses, roasted grain, dry
Acid and colour at once, and the drink stays drier than it would with umeshu
rice, floral, ginjo-like, clean
muscat, citrus, floral, sweet potato
rice, aged, cask, smooth
rice, ginjo-like, floral, aged
kokuto, molasses, vanilla, spice
dried fruit, chocolate, honey, kokuto
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 and anything poured at our bar come first. The ranking is the same engine that recommends a mixer from a bottle, run the other way round.
Kome shochu
Rice shochu stirred with vermouth is a martini at half the proof.
36 more, all of them in Kome shochu
Shiso, sesame, tea and other single-botanical shochu
12 more, all of them in Shiso, sesame, tea and other single-botanical shochu
Kokuto shochu
9 more, all of them in Kokuto shochu
Imo shochu
9 more, all of them in Imo shochu
Mugi shochu
2 more, all of them in Mugi shochu