Sweet Potato Shochu 'Imo'
Sweet Potato Shochu 'Imo'
Ingredients
Sweet Potato
Koji-Black
Atmospheric Pressure 750ml
ABV 38 Proof 76
Otsu-rui/Single
Competition
Product
Few tasting experiences are as revelatory as discovering how sweet potatoes express themselves once distilled. Using two unique varieties grown in rich volcanic soil and immediately distilled upon harvest, this complex expression. An expressive nose of white flowers, pretzel dough, and wet bark evolves into a confident palate of orange zest and toasted oats. A kiss of caramelized brown sugar touches the tongue long after the finish recedes.
Sweet Potato Shochu 'Imo'
I Kumamoto, Japan
About The SG Shochu
SG Shochu is a lineup of Japanese Shochu curated by bar management company and industry powerhouse SG Group, helmed by Shingo Gokan. SG Shochu includes three distinct expressions: KOME, IMO, and MUGI, made from rice, sweet potato, and barley, respectively. In the past decade, Shingo Gokan has earned his place in the cocktailing firmament through success in high-profile cocktail competitions, global honors such as 2017 Tales of the Cocktail International Bartender of the Year, and recognition as one of the industry’s most influential figures by Bar World 100 in 2021. As founder of the SG Group, Shingo has continued to earn accolades by developing award-winning bar programs in both Shanghai and Tokyo. Pursuing shochu that could be simultaneously celebrated as unparalleled in standalone quality and transcendent in high-end cocktailing, Shingo and the SG team collaborated with three of Japan’s leading shochu producers, all based in the category’s historic home of Kyushu, the farthest southwest of Japan’s main islands. The three resulting variants of honkaku shochu provide cocktailing versatility while proudly conveying over 500 years of Japanese distilling tradition.