Sunday, Sept. 13, 2015 | 2 a.m.
Ingredients
1 ½ oz Kai Lemongrass Ginger Shochu
1 ½ oz Ty Ku Cucumber Sake
Fresh cucumber slice for garnish
Method
Stir the ingredients in a mixing glass filled with ice. Strain into a chilled, 7 oz. martini glass and garnish with a cucumber slice.
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Prepare for a delicious pairing of Japanese sake and shochu (or soju). Sake is a clean-tasting, slightly sweet rice alcohol made by a fermentation process. In this incarnation, the cucumber flavor gives the drink an extra crispness and smooth finish. Kai Lemongrass Ginger Shochu, a distilled rice spirit, has notes of lemon and warm ginger. The duo blend into a cocktail that is refreshing, light and pleasantly complex.
Cocktail created by Francesco Lafranconi, Executive Director of Mixology and Spirits Education at Southern Wine and Spirits.
