Mother’s Ruin

Mother’s Ruin 2 oz Tozai Snow Maiden Junmai Nigori Sake 1 oz Green Hat Classic Gin 1 oz cucumber juice 1.5 tsp rice vinegar syrup 0.5 tsp Miso Master Organic Mellow White Miso Pour rice vinegar syrup into shaker, use a bar spoon to muddle and stir miso into it, then add remaining ingredients and ice and…

Boulevardier for Cherry’s Sake

Boulevardier for Cherry’s Sake 1 oz Bulleit Bourbon 1 oz Martini & Rossi Vermouth Rosso 1 oz Don Ciccio & Figli Cerasum Aperitivo 0.5 oz Tozai Snow Maiden Junmai Nigori Sake Stir and strain into a chilled coupe. Garnish with 3 bourbon-soaked or Luxardo Marischino cherries. Today is the apex of DC’s National Cherry Blossom Festival….

Mango Sticky Nice

Mango Sticky Nice 3 oz Tozai Snow Maiden Junmai Nigori Sake 3 oz Mango Nectar 1 oz Tombo Shochu/Soju 0.75 oz Thai coconut syrup Shake the bottle of sake before measuring, then pour ingredients into a shaker filled with ice, shake for 20 seconds, then strain into a 12 oz collins glass filled with ice. Garnish…

Sake to me Punch

Sake to me Punch: 1 cup lemon oleo saccharum (recipe below) 4 cups Matcha Tea Syrup (recipe below) 1 L + 2 cups Hendricks Gin 12 oz Stirrings Ginger Liqueur 2 cups lemon juice 720 ml bottle Nigori Sake 750 ml bottle Prosecco Garnish with lemon wheels In case any of you are looking for…

Springtime in Kyoto

Springtime in Kyoto Recipe 2.5 oz Nigori Sake (I used Gekkeikan) 2.5 oz cucumber and sorrel* juice 1/4 tsp rice vinegar Scant pinch of salt Shake with ice and strain into a chilled Collins glass filled with ice and top with 1 oz club soda. Garnish with cucumber wheel. After several weeks of developing cocktails…