Kokuto shochu
Brown sugar shochu is legally only made on the Amami islands, and it is a cane spirit in everything but name. Every rum drink you know is available to it at two thirds the alcohol.
Across the bottles we hold
- bottles
- 27
- Strength
- 20–43%
- Usual koji
- White 9/13
- Mostly from
- Kagoshima
- Runs higher on
- sweetness
Counted from this catalogue, not from the category in general. It describes the bottles we have found records for, which is a narrower thing than what Japan makes.
Tasted 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
Each profile is built from the notes the producer or importer publishes, and each page names its source.
Amami AgingKokuto (brown sugar) · KagoshimaStart with Hot water (oyuwari), KiwiBlack AmamiKokuto (brown sugar) · KagoshimaStart with Hot water (oyuwari), CinnamonBlue OceanKokuto (brown sugar) · KagoshimaStart with Hot water (oyuwari), CinnamonJougo ShochuKokuto (brown sugar) · KagoshimaStart with Hot water (oyuwari), LimeKanaKokuto (brown sugar) · KagoshimaStart with Hot water (oyuwari), LemonKurenai Sango (Red Coral)Kokuto (brown sugar) · KagoshimaStart with Hot water (oyuwari), LimeKuro AmamiKokuto (brown sugar) · KagoshimaStart with Hot water (oyuwari), CinnamonMankoi 30Kokuto (brown sugar) · KagoshimaStart with Ginger beer, CinnamonNankai Shochu (Original)Kokuto (brown sugar) · Kagoshima (Amami Oshima)Start with Hot water (oyuwari), CinnamonSanshu no ShinkiKokuto (brown sugar) · KagoshimaStart with Hot water (oyuwari), CinnamonSeegoreKokuto (brown sugar) · KagoshimaStart with Hot water (oyuwari), LemonSelephantKokuto (brown sugar) · KagoshimaStart with Jasmine tea, KiwiShima Yusen 20Kokuto (brown sugar) · KagoshimaStart with Hot water (oyuwari), CinnamonShima Yusen 35Kokuto (brown sugar) · KagoshimaStart with Hot water (oyuwari), CinnamonShima Yusen Black Koji 20Kokuto (brown sugar) · KagoshimaStart with Hot water (oyuwari), LemonShoryu GoldKokuto (brown sugar) · KagoshimaStart with Hot water (oyuwari), CinnamonThe Ancient Black RabbitKokuto (brown sugar) · KagoshimaStart with Ginger beer, CinnamonTida Asahi Kokuto ShochuKokuto (brown sugar) · KagoshimaStart with Hot water (oyuwari), CinnamonTida Ichinojo Kokuto ShochuKokuto (brown sugar) · KagoshimaStart with Hot water (oyuwari), CinnamonYayoi 30Kokuto (brown sugar) · KagoshimaStart with Hot water (oyuwari), CinnamonYayoi Araroka Kokuto ShochuKokuto (brown sugar) · Kagoshima (Amami Oshima)Start with Ginger beer, GingerYayoi GenshuKokuto (brown sugar) · KagoshimaStart with Ginger beer, CinnamonYayoi Iriomote IslandKokuto (brown sugar) · KagoshimaStart with Hot water (oyuwari), Cinnamon