Shochu that goes with ume (japanese plum)
Orchard and stone fruit
Umeboshi (salt-pickled), ume syrup, or the fruit's own liqueur. Sour, salty and savory at once.
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
Ume (Japanese plum): 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
Ume (Japanese plum): An earthy, heavy spirit flattens out without acid. This is the ingredient doing structural work, not decoration.
- Satoh Kuro
Imo (sweet potato) · Kagoshima
Ume (Japanese plum): An earthy, heavy spirit flattens out without acid. This is the ingredient doing structural work, not decoration.
- Nakamura Gyokuro Kuro Sweet Potato Shochu
Imo (sweet potato) · Miyazaki
Ume (Japanese plum): 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
Ume (Japanese plum): There is real sugar in this bottle already, and acid is what keeps it from reading as syrup.
- Kaikouzu Potato Shochu
Imo (sweet potato) · Kagoshima
Ume (Japanese plum): An earthy, heavy spirit flattens out without acid. This is the ingredient doing structural work, not decoration.
- Kuro Kirishima Shochu
Imo (sweet potato) · Miyazaki
Ume (Japanese plum): An earthy, heavy spirit flattens out without acid. This is the ingredient doing structural work, not decoration.
- Tomi no Houzan Sweet Potato Shochu
Imo (sweet potato) · Kagoshima
Ume (Japanese plum): An earthy, heavy spirit flattens out without acid. This is the ingredient doing structural work, not decoration.
- Zuisen "Hakuryu" Kusu Awamori
Awamori · Okinawa
Ume (Japanese plum): An earthy, heavy spirit flattens out without acid. This is the ingredient doing structural work, not decoration.
- Aka Maoh Shochu Red Satan 12
Imo (sweet potato) · Miyazaki
Ume (Japanese plum): There is real sugar in this bottle already, and acid is what keeps it from reading as syrup.
- Heihachiro Organic Potato Shochu
Imo (sweet potato) · Miyazaki
Ume (Japanese plum): There is real sugar in this bottle already, and acid is what keeps it from reading as syrup.
- Jougo Shochu
Kokuto (brown sugar) · Kagoshima
Ume (Japanese plum): There is real sugar in this bottle already, and acid is what keeps it from reading as syrup.
- Kagemusha Potato Shochu
Imo (sweet potato) · Oita
Ume (Japanese plum): There is real sugar in this bottle already, and acid is what keeps it from reading as syrup.
- Kappa No Sasoimizu
Imo (sweet potato) · Miyazaki
Ume (Japanese plum): There is real sugar in this bottle already, and acid is what keeps it from reading as syrup.
- Kiccho Houzan
Imo (sweet potato) · Kagoshima
Ume (Japanese plum): There is real sugar in this bottle already, and acid is what keeps it from reading as syrup.
- Kirishima Melt Barley 720ml
Mugi (barley) · Miyazaki
Ume (Japanese plum): There is real sugar in this bottle already, and acid is what keeps it from reading as syrup.
- Kiroku 'Memory' Sweet Potato Shochu
Imo (sweet potato) · Miyazaki
Ume (Japanese plum): There is real sugar in this bottle already, and acid is what keeps it from reading as syrup.
- Komasa Kurano Shikon Pink Shochu
Imo (sweet potato) · Kagoshima
Ume (Japanese plum): There is real sugar in this bottle already, and acid is what keeps it from reading as syrup.
- Kuro Isanishiki Sweet Potato Shochu 900ml
Imo (sweet potato) · Kagoshima
Ume (Japanese plum): There is real sugar in this bottle already, and acid is what keeps it from reading as syrup.
- Kuro Kirishima Melt 720ml
Imo (sweet potato) · Miyazaki
Ume (Japanese plum): There is real sugar in this bottle already, and acid is what keeps it from reading as syrup.
- Nami Hana Batch #25 Big Island Sweet Potato Shochu
Imo (sweet potato)
Ume (Japanese plum): There is real sugar in this bottle already, and acid is what keeps it from reading as syrup.
- Nankai Imo Black
Imo (sweet potato)
Ume (Japanese plum): There is real sugar in this bottle already, and acid is what keeps it from reading as syrup.
- Sasshu Sekitoba Shochu
Imo (sweet potato) · Kagoshima
Ume (Japanese plum): There is real sugar in this bottle already, and acid is what keeps it from reading as syrup.
- Satsuma Houzan
Imo (sweet potato) · Kagoshima
Ume (Japanese plum): There is real sugar in this bottle already, and acid is what keeps it from reading as syrup.
- Satsuma Hozan
Imo (sweet potato) · Kagoshima
Ume (Japanese plum): There is real sugar in this bottle already, and acid is what keeps it from reading as syrup.
- Sweet Potato Shochu 'Imo'
Imo (sweet potato) · Kumamoto
Ume (Japanese plum): There is real sugar in this bottle already, and acid is what keeps it from reading as syrup.
- Tenshi No Yuwaku Sweet Potato Shochu
Imo (sweet potato) · Kagoshima
Ume (Japanese plum): There is real sugar in this bottle already, and acid is what keeps it from reading as syrup.
- Tomino Houzan
Imo (sweet potato) · Kagoshima
Ume (Japanese plum): There is real sugar in this bottle already, and acid is what keeps it from reading as syrup.
- Toyonaga "Okukuma"
Kome (rice) · Kumamoto
Ume (Japanese plum): There is real sugar in this bottle already, and acid is what keeps it from reading as syrup.
- Watanabe Shochu Bros 'Imo' Sweet Potato Shochu
Imo (sweet potato) · Miyazaki
Ume (Japanese plum): There is real sugar in this bottle already, and acid is what keeps it from reading as syrup.
- 24-DO Kinjo Shiro
Kome (rice) · Kumamoto
Ume (Japanese plum): Rice shochu distilled with ginjo yeast carries apple and melon esters already, so orchard fruit is amplification.
- Aka Kirishima Shochu
Imo (sweet potato) · Miyazaki
Ume (Japanese plum): There is real sugar in this bottle already, and acid is what keeps it from reading as syrup.
- Asahi Mannenboshi
Mugi (barley) · Miyazaki
Ume (Japanese plum): Barley's light sweetness reads as orchard fruit already, so apple and pear extend the bottle rather than decorate it.
- Chingu Black Iki Barley Shochu
Mugi (barley) · Nagasaki
Ume (Japanese plum): Barley's light sweetness reads as orchard fruit already, so apple and pear extend the bottle rather than decorate it.
- Chingu White Iki Barley Shochu
Mugi (barley) · Nagasaki
Ume (Japanese plum): Barley's light sweetness reads as orchard fruit already, so apple and pear extend the bottle rather than decorate it.
- Genkai "Iki"
Mugi (barley) · Nagasaki
Ume (Japanese plum): Barley's light sweetness reads as orchard fruit already, so apple and pear extend the bottle rather than decorate it.
- Hitotsubu No Mugi Shochu
Mugi (barley) · Kagoshima
Ume (Japanese plum): Barley's light sweetness reads as orchard fruit already, so apple and pear extend the bottle rather than decorate it.
- iichiko Saiten
Mugi (barley) · Oita
Ume (Japanese plum): Barley's light sweetness reads as orchard fruit already, so apple and pear extend the bottle rather than decorate it.
- Iki
Mugi (barley) · Nagasaki
Ume (Japanese plum): Barley's light sweetness reads as orchard fruit already, so apple and pear extend the bottle rather than decorate it.
- Komasa Kurano Shikon Green Shochu
Imo (sweet potato) · Kagoshima
Ume (Japanese plum): There is real sugar in this bottle already, and acid is what keeps it from reading as syrup.
- Mahoko
Imo (sweet potato) · Miyazaki
Ume (Japanese plum): Ume sour: the second most ordered shochu drink in Japan after lemon
- Masako
Mugi (barley) · Miyazaki
Ume (Japanese plum): Barley's light sweetness reads as orchard fruit already, so apple and pear extend the bottle rather than decorate it.
- Mizu Green Tea Shochu
Mugi (barley) · Saga
Ume (Japanese plum): Barley's light sweetness reads as orchard fruit already, so apple and pear extend the bottle rather than decorate it.
- Motoko
Kome (rice) · Miyazaki
Ume (Japanese plum): Rice shochu distilled with ginjo yeast carries apple and melon esters already, so orchard fruit is amplification.
- Yama no Mori
Mugi (barley) · Nagasaki
Ume (Japanese plum): Barley's light sweetness reads as orchard fruit already, so apple and pear extend the bottle rather than decorate it.
- Yamaneko "Wild Cat"
Imo (sweet potato) · Miyazaki
Ume (Japanese plum): Ume sour: the second most ordered shochu drink in Japan after lemon