Imo shochu

Sweet potato shochu is the one people are told they have to drink with hot water. Hot water is genuinely good, and it is also the hardest first sip to sell. Start it long and cold with soda and a wedge of grapefruit, and come back to the hot water once you like the spirit.

Across the bottles we hold

bottles: 68
Strength: 20–40%
Usual koji: Black 25/45
Mostly from: Kagoshima, Miyazaki, Tottori
Runs higher on: sweetness, fruit

Counted from this catalogue, not from the category in general. It describes what reaches the United States, which is a narrower thing than what Japan makes.

Poured at Juraku

We have these open at the bar, so the notes below come from the glass rather than from a listing.

The rest of the catalogue

Nobody here has tasted these. Each profile is estimated from what the importer publishes, and each page says so.

Aka Maoh Shochu Red Satan 12Imo (sweet potato) · MiyazakiStart with Ginger beer, Yuzu AkaeImo (sweet potato) · MiyazakiStart with Ginger beer, Yuzu Chie Imai Morris Spirits ShochuImo (sweet potato) · KagoshimaStart with Ginger beer, Yuzu Chiran Tea ChuImo (sweet potato) · KagoshimaStart with Ginger beer, Yuzu Chiyomusubi Hama no ImotaImo (sweet potato) · TottoriStart with Ginger beer, Grapefruit ColorfulImo (sweet potato) · MiyazakiStart with Ginger beer, Grapefruit CrioImo (sweet potato) · KagoshimaStart with Ginger beer, Grapefruit Daiyame Sweet Potato ShochuImo (sweet potato) · KagoshimaStart with Tonic water, Yuzu GoroImo (sweet potato) · KagoshimaStart with Ginger beer, Cinnamon Hamanoimota Shochu 12Imo (sweet potato) · TottoriStart with Ginger beer, Yuzu Heihachiro Organic Potato ShochuImo (sweet potato) · MiyazakiStart with Ginger beer, Yuzu Hokutan HouzanImo (sweet potato) · KagoshimaStart with Ginger beer, Grapefruit Issho Bronze Imo ShochuImo (sweet potato) · AkitaStart with Ginger beer, Yuzu Jikuya BlackImo (sweet potato) · KagoshimaStart with Ginger beer, Yuzu Jikuya WhiteImo (sweet potato) · KagoshimaStart with Ginger beer, Yuzu Kagemusha Potato ShochuImo (sweet potato) · OitaStart with Lemon soda (ramune, Sanpellegrino), Yuzu Kaikouzu Imo ShochuImo (sweet potato) · KagoshimaStart with Ginger beer, Yuzu Kaikouzu Potato ShochuImo (sweet potato) · KagoshimaStart with Ginger beer, Yuzu KannokoImo (sweet potato) · KagoshimaStart with Ginger beer, Yuzu Kappa No SasoimizuImo (sweet potato) · MiyazakiStart with Ginger beer, Yuzu Kiccho HouzanImo (sweet potato) · KagoshimaStart with Soda water, Yuzu Kiroku 'Memory' Sweet Potato ShochuImo (sweet potato) · MiyazakiStart with Ginger beer, Yuzu Komasa Akazaru ShochuImo (sweet potato) · KagoshimaStart with Tonic water, Yuzu Komasa Kurano Shikon Green ShochuImo (sweet potato) · KagoshimaStart with Ginger beer, Yuzu Komasa Kurano Shikon Pink ShochuImo (sweet potato) · KagoshimaStart with Ginger beer, Yuzu Komasa Migaki ShochuImo (sweet potato) · KagoshimaStart with Ginger beer, Cinnamon Kozuru Kuro Potato ShochuImo (sweet potato) · KagoshimaStart with Ginger beer, Yuzu Kozuru Kuro Sweet Potato ShochuImo (sweet potato) · KumamotoStart with Ginger beer, Yuzu Kurano Shikon Potato ShochuImo (sweet potato) · KagoshimaStart with Ginger beer, Cinnamon Kuro Isanishiki Sweet Potato Shochu 900mlImo (sweet potato) · KagoshimaStart with Ginger beer, Yuzu Kuro Kirishima Melt 720mlImo (sweet potato) · MiyazakiStart with Ginger beer, Yuzu Kuro ShiranamiImo (sweet potato) · KagoshimaStart with Ginger beer, Yuzu MahokoImo (sweet potato) · MiyazakiStart with Ginger beer, Green tea (sencha)Meiji no ShochuImo (sweet potato) · KagoshimaStart with Ginger beer, Yuzu Mitsutake Hokuto KenshiroImo (sweet potato) · KagoshimaStart with Ginger beer, Yuzu Mitsutake Hokuto RaohImo (sweet potato)Start with Ginger beer, Yuzu Moriizou Ultra PR ShochuImo (sweet potato) · KagoshimaStart with Soda water, Yuzu Nakamura Gyokuro Kuro Sweet Potato ShochuImo (sweet potato) · MiyazakiStart with Lemon soda (ramune, Sanpellegrino), Yuzu Nami Hana Batch #25 Big Island Sweet Potato ShochuImo (sweet potato)Start with Lemon soda (ramune, Sanpellegrino), Yuzu Nankai Imo BlackImo (sweet potato)Start with Ginger beer, Yuzu Natsu no Mannen 'Summer Penguin' Sweet Potato ShochuImo (sweet potato) · MiyazakiStart with Soda water, Yuzu Sasshu Sekitoba ShochuImo (sweet potato) · KagoshimaStart with Ginger beer, Lemon Sasshu Sekitoba Shochu MatchaImo (sweet potato) · KagoshimaStart with Ginger beer, Yuzu SatohImo (sweet potato) · KagoshimaStart with Ginger beer, Yuzu Satoh KuroImo (sweet potato) · KagoshimaStart with Ginger beer, Yuzu Satsuma HouzanImo (sweet potato) · KagoshimaStart with Ginger beer, Yuzu Satsuma HozanImo (sweet potato) · KagoshimaStart with Ginger beer, Yuzu Satsuma ShiranamiImo (sweet potato) · KagoshimaStart with Ginger beer, Yuzu SG Shochu IMOImo (sweet potato)Start with Tonic water, Yuzu Shiratsuyu Mayuko Sweet Potato ShochuImo (sweet potato) · KagoshimaStart with Ginger beer, Yuzu Shiro KirishimaImo (sweet potato) · MiyazakiStart with Ginger beer, Grapefruit Sweet Potato Shochu 'Imo'Imo (sweet potato) · KumamotoStart with Ginger beer, Yuzu Tenshi No Yuwaku Sweet Potato ShochuImo (sweet potato) · KagoshimaStart with Ginger beer, Yuzu Tenson Korin (Kourin)Imo (sweet potato) · MiyazakiStart with Ginger beer, Grapefruit Tomi no Houzan Sweet Potato ShochuImo (sweet potato) · KagoshimaStart with Ginger beer, Yuzu Tomi no Hozan Imo ShochuImo (sweet potato)Start with Ginger beer, Grapefruit Tomino HouzanImo (sweet potato) · KagoshimaStart with Soda water, Yuzu TsurushiImo (sweet potato) · KagoshimaStart with Ginger beer, Yuzu Watanabe Distillery 'Yuki no Mannen - Winter Penguin' Sweet Potato ShochuImo (sweet potato) · MiyazakiStart with Ginger beer, Green tea (sencha)Watanabe Shochu Bros 'Imo' Sweet Potato ShochuImo (sweet potato) · MiyazakiStart with Ginger beer, Yuzu Yamaneko "Wild Cat"Imo (sweet potato) · MiyazakiStart with Ginger beer, Yuzu