Cocktails

Question 1

Bartender’s Choice

Answer 1

Ingredients: Kai Pandan Coconut Shochu, Appleton Estate Rum, Lemon, Lavender Bitters

Build:
Double Rocks
Ice
3 Dashes Lavender Bitters
0.5 oz Pandan Syrup
0.75 oz Lemon Juice
2.5 oz Batch
Shake, strain
Garnish 2 Cherries on Prism Pick

Question 2

Gaijin 75

Answer 2

“Our take on a French 75”

Ingredients: 1.5 oz Empress Gin, 0.75 oz Lemongrass Ginger Syrup, 0.75 oz Lemon Juice, Fever-Tree Lime & Yuzu

Build:
Coupe
1 oz Lemon Juice
2.5 oz Batch
Shake, fine strain
Top with Fever-Tree Lime & Yuzu
Express and swath Lemon Peel and discard

Question 3

Renewal & Hope

Answer 3

“Our take on a vodka sour”

Ingredients: 2 oz Hangar 1 Buddha’s Hand Vodka, 0.5 oz Joto Yuzu Sake, 0.75 oz Rare Tea Cellar Sakura Green Tea Syrup, 1 oz Lemon Juice, 1 oz Egg White

Build:
Coupe
1 oz Lemon Juice
1 oz Egg White
3.25 oz Batch
Dry shake
Wet shake
Fine strain
Garnish Expressed, Swathed, and Discarded Lemon Peel and Angostura Bitters Hearts

Question 4

Hibiscus Under the Tracks

Answer 4

“Paper Plane variant”

Ingredients: 1 oz Evan Williams Bourbon, 1 oz Aperol, 1 oz Lemon Juice, 1 oz Fruitlab Hibiscus Liqueur, Rare Tea Cellar Dried Candied Hibiscus

Build:
Coupe
1 oz Lemon Juice
3 oz Batch
Shake, fine strain
Garnish Hibiscus Candy on Prism Pick

Question 5

1919

Answer 5

“Our version of an Old Fashioned”

Ingredients: 1.5 oz Akashi White Oak Whisky, 0.5 oz Red Maple 2 Year Aged Namazume Sake, 0.25 oz Okinawa Kokuto and Ginger Syrup, 0.25 oz Baltamaro Szechaun Peppercorn Amaro

Build:
Double Rocks
3 Dashes Angostura Bitters
3 Dashes Orange Bitters
0.25 oz 1919 Sauce
2.25 oz Batch
Ice
Stir
Ice
Garnish Expressed Orange Peel and 2 Cherries on Prism Pick