Mugi shochu
Barley is the easiest shochu to hand to someone who has never had any. It behaves like a clean grain spirit with a little cereal sweetness, so a highball with lemon needs no explaining and no apology.
Across the bottles we hold
- bottles
- 58
- Strength
- 20–43%
- Usual koji
- White 13/20
- Mostly from
- Miyazaki, Oita, Kagoshima
- Runs higher on
- grain
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 Oni Shochu Red Devil 12Mugi (barley) · MiyazakiStart with Mugicha (barley tea), GenmaichaAokage 'Forty-One Genshu - Throughbred Stallion' Barley ShochuMugi (barley) · MiyazakiStart with Mugicha (barley tea), Coffee (cold brew)Ark JakuunbakuMugi (barley) · FukuokaStart with Mugicha (barley tea), Coffee (cold brew)Asahi MannenboshiMugi (barley) · MiyazakiStart with Mugicha (barley tea), Coffee (cold brew)Barley Shochu 'Mugi'Mugi (barley) · KumamotoStart with Mugicha (barley tea), Coffee (cold brew)Chingu Black Iki Barley ShochuMugi (barley) · NagasakiStart with Oolong tea, GenmaichaChingu White Iki Barley ShochuMugi (barley) · NagasakiStart with Oolong tea, GenmaichaFukiage Kura Cask Reserve ShochuMugi (barley) · KagoshimaStart with Mugicha (barley tea), GenmaichaGenkai "Iki"Mugi (barley) · NagasakiStart with Oolong tea, GenmaichaGinza No Suzume Aged 7YrMugi (barley) · OitaStart with Mugicha (barley tea), GenmaichaGinza no Suzume Barley ShochuMugi (barley) · OitaStart with Ginger ale, GenmaichaGinza No Suzume Black Barley ShochuMugi (barley) · OitaStart with Mugicha (barley tea), GenmaichaGinza No Suzume Tokkuri ShochuMugi (barley) · OitaStart with Mugicha (barley tea), GenmaichaGinza Suzume Barley ShochuMugi (barley) · OitaStart with Mugicha (barley tea), GenmaichaGinza Suzume Kohaku Mugi ShochuMugi (barley) · OitaStart with Mugicha (barley tea), Coffee (cold brew)Gokoo "Comfortable Sky" Mugi ShochuMugi (barley) · FukuokaStart with Ginger ale, GenmaichaHitotsubu No Mugi ShochuMugi (barley) · KagoshimaStart with Mugicha (barley tea), GenmaichaHyakunen No Kodoku '100 Years of Solitude' Barrel-Aged Barley ShochuMugi (barley) · MiyazakiStart with Mugicha (barley tea), Coffee (cold brew)iichiko FrascoMugi (barley) · OitaStart with Mugicha (barley tea), Genmaichaiichiko Kurobin (Kurobi)Mugi (barley) · OitaStart with Ginger ale, Genmaichaiichiko SaitenMugi (barley) · OitaStart with Hot water (oyuwari), Genmaichaiichiko SeirinMugi (barley) · OitaStart with Jasmine tea, Green tea (sencha)iichiko ShinwaMugi (barley) · OitaStart with Mugicha (barley tea), Genmaichaiichiko SilhouetteMugi (barley) · OitaStart with Mugicha (barley tea), GenmaichaIichiko Special Barley ShochuMugi (barley) · OitaStart with Mugicha (barley tea), Coffee (cold brew)IkiMugi (barley) · NagasakiStart with Mugicha (barley tea), GenmaichaJakuunbaku Barley ShochuMugi (barley) · FukuokaStart with Mugicha (barley tea), Coffee (cold brew)Kirishima Melt Barley 720mlMugi (barley) · MiyazakiStart with Mugicha (barley tea), Coffee (cold brew)Kohaku no YokaichiMugi (barley) · MiyazakiStart with Mugicha (barley tea), Coffee (cold brew)Mannen Boshi '25' Barley ShochuMugi (barley) · MiyazakiStart with Ginger ale, GenmaichaMannen Boshi 'Genshu' Barley ShochuMugi (barley) · MiyazakiStart with Mugicha (barley tea), GenmaichaMasakoMugi (barley) · MiyazakiStart with Ginger ale, Green tea (sencha)Mizu Green Tea ShochuMugi (barley) · SagaStart with Oolong tea, GenmaichaMizu Saga Barley ShochuMugi (barley) · SagaStart with Tonic water, GenmaichaMizu Sakura Cask ShochuMugi (barley) · SagaStart with Ginger ale, GenmaichaMugi HokkaMugi (barley) · KagoshimaStart with Mugicha (barley tea), Coffee (cold brew)Mugio Barley Shochu 900mlMugi (barley) · KagoshimaStart with Mugicha (barley tea), GenmaichaMugiwara Boushi Barley Shochu 900mlMugi (barley) · KagoshimaStart with Mugicha (barley tea), GenmaichaNaka Naka Barley ShochuMugi (barley) · MiyazakiStart with Mugicha (barley tea), Coffee (cold brew)NakanakaMugi (barley) · MiyazakiStart with Mugicha (barley tea), Coffee (cold brew)Nakanaka 'Pretty' Barley ShochuMugi (barley) · MiyazakiStart with Mugicha (barley tea), Coffee (cold brew)Nikaido Kitchomu Barley ShochuMugi (barley) · OitaStart with Mugicha (barley tea), GenmaichaSatsuma Kannoko Barley Shochu 720mlMugi (barley) · KagoshimaStart with Mugicha (barley tea), Black tea (Earl Grey)Satsuma Kohaku no Yume (Amber Dream) / Kohaku No Yume Shochu 720mlMugi (barley) · KagoshimaStart with Mugicha (barley tea), Coffee (cold brew)SG Shochu MUGIMugi (barley)Start with Mugicha (barley tea), Coffee (cold brew)Shiratsuyu Satsuma No Mugi ShochuMugi (barley) · KagoshimaStart with Mugicha (barley tea), GenmaichaWatanabe Shochu Bros 'Mugi' Barley ShochuMugi (barley) · MiyazakiStart with Mugicha (barley tea), GenmaichaYama no MoriMugi (barley) · NagasakiStart with Oolong tea, GenmaichaYanagita 'Aokage 24' Barley ShochuMugi (barley) · MiyazakiStart with Mugicha (barley tea), GenmaichaYanagita 'Koma 24' Barley ShochuMugi (barley) · MiyazakiStart with Mugicha (barley tea), GenmaichaYanagita 'Mizunara' Barrel Aged Barley ShochuMugi (barley) · MiyazakiStart with Ginger ale, Black tea (Earl Grey)Yanagita Aokage Forty One "Thoroughbred Stallion" Barley ShochuMugi (barley) · KagoshimaStart with Mugicha (barley tea), Coffee (cold brew)Yanagita Mizunara Barley ShochuMugi (barley) · KagoshimaStart with Ginger ale, Black tea (Earl Grey)Yokaichi Mugi Honkaku Barley ShochuMugi (barley)Start with Mugicha (barley tea), GenmaichaYufuin Black Label Barley ShochuMugi (barley) · OitaStart with Mugicha (barley tea), Coffee (cold brew)Yufuin White Label Barley ShochuMugi (barley) · OitaStart with Mugicha (barley tea), Genmaicha