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Shochu Cocktail Competition Finale 2022

On March 7th at Bar Goto Niban, seven incredible finalists came together to present their shochu cocktail creations to a panel of judges. The Grand Prize, you ask? To be ultimately crowned the winner and win a weeklong trip to Japan, touring and tasting some of the country's best shochu and cocktails. Over 100 original shochu cocktail recipes were submitted across the United States, showcasing a diverse range of flavors and creativity in their drinks. The assembled judges (Philip Duff, Kenta Goto, Don Lee, Julia Momose, and Robert Simonson) reviewed each finalist and their cocktail on the following criteria; Flavor, Balance, Presentation, Approachability, and how their knowledge and implementation of their chosen base shochu, tied all of the elements together. And the winner is..... Aidan Bowie wowed the judges with his cocktail, Red Clay Bamboo, to take first place. "The way the Akamaoh (Red Devil) shochu is produced gives it a real earthy and chalky feel, and I looked at using ingredients to amplify those characteristics," Aidan noted. Red Devil is a white koji-based sweet potato shochu that has been matured in an earthen pot for one year, giving it a sweet, mellow flavor.