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GARARUDDO Imo shochu bottle

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GARARUDDO Imo

An oak-cask-aged sweet-potato shochu from Kokubu Distillery.

Sweet-potato shochu

Specifications

Ingredient
Sweet potato and rice koji
Region
Kirishima, Kagoshima
ABV
25%
Volume
1800 ml
Shochu · Kagoshima · Kokubu Distillery
GARARUDDO Imo bottle illustration

Original bottle illustration — Bacchus Global
GARARUDDO · KOKUBU DISTILLERY · KAGOSHIMA
GARARUDDO Imo
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A sweet-potato shochu matured in oak, with a pale amber colour and a rounded, cask-led profile. Its Kagoshima name adds a light note of local humour.

Oak-cask-aged imo shochu · 25%
StyleOak-cask-aged imo shochu
BaseSweet potato
MaturationLong maturation in oak
Alcohol25%
Format1800 ml
A second face of the house

Sweet potato through oak

GARARUDDO Imo matures sweet-potato shochu in oak, developing a pale amber colour and rounded, brandy-like depth while retaining its shochu character.

Food affinities

Where oak-cask roundness leads toward the table

The pairings below are not the producer’s own recommendations, but a reading of the recorded flavour characteristics. A pale amber colour and rounded, brandy-like depth, developed through long oak-cask maturation, guide four directions.

Leaning into oak-cask nuance with nuts and dried fruitA walnut and pear tart, massaman curry, and candied chestnuts in their skin. The warmth of cinnamon and roasted nuts sits alongside the cask-derived roundness.
Matching a rounded mouthfeel with creamy dishesA mascarpone-based dessert, green curry, and simmered pumpkin. The smoothness of dairy fat sits in the same register as the rounded depth.
Holding up against the char of live-fire meatA grilled ribeye steak, moo yang (Thai charcoal-grilled pork), and seared beef (aburi-style). The char of grilling resonates with the cask’s depth.
Sitting alongside caramel-toned dessertsPecan pie, khanom mor kaeng (Thai egg custard), and kuri kinton (sweetened candied chestnut). The sweet, caramelised aroma sits with the cask-matured profile.

The Science of Food Pairing describes cask-matured spirits such as cognac and bourbon as sitting alongside nuts, dried fruit and caramel-toned sweetness through their cask-derived aroma. GARARUDDO’s rounded, oak-cask character resonates with food in the same cask-maturation language.

A local aside

A name that means “you will be scolded”

The name comes from a Kagoshima phrase whose sense is “you will be scolded.” It gives the cask-aged expression a small flash of local humour against the composed character of the cask-aged spirit.

Kirishima, Kagoshima — Kokubu Distillery

Kokubu Distillery

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Brewery / โรงกลั่น
Kokubu Shuzo
Official website: kokubu-imo.com

GARARUDDO Imo sensory profile chart by Bacchus Global

ข้อมูลอ้างอิงผลิตภัณฑ์

GARARUDDO Imo เป็นโชจูมันหวานจาก Kokubu Shuzo ผลิตจากมันหวานและโคจิข้าว บ่มในถังโอ๊กระยะยาว และมีปริมาณแอลกอฮอล์ 25% ข้อมูลนี้ใช้เป็นข้อมูลอ้างอิงเชิงโครงสร้างของผลิตภัณฑ์

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