NWR Japanese cocktails

Question 1

Barley Highball

Answer 1

50ml Takara Shirashinken
150ml Marlish Soda Water

Takara Shirashinken is a barley shochu

Question 2

S.Potato Highball

Answer 2

50ml Takai Purple Whale
150ml Marlish Soda Water

Question 3

Awamori Highball

Answer 3

50ml Higa Zappa White Awamori
150ml Marlish Soda Water

Question 4

Toki Highball

Answer 4

35ml Toki Suntory
150ml Marlish Soda Water

Garnish: Lemon Wedge

Question 5

Nikka Highball

Answer 5

Nikka Barrel 35ml
Marlish Soda Water 150ml

Garnish: Lime wedge

Question 6

Hibiki Highball

Answer 6

Hibiki Harmony 35ml
Soda water 150ml

Garnish: Lime Wheel

Question 7

Umeshu Highball

Answer 7

Ume No Yado Aragoshi Umeshu 75ml
Soda water 150ml

Garnish: Lemon Wedge

Ume no Yado: Company
Aragoshi: sake based plum wine
Umeshu: Japanse ume plum

Question 8

Yuzushu Highball

Answer 8

Ume No Yado Yuzushu 75ml
Soda Water 150ml

Garnish: Lime wheel

Question 9

Melon Sour

Answer 9

Absolut Vodka 30ml
Midori 45ml
Lemon juice 25ml
Bunraku Pure Junmai ginjo (sake) 7.5ml
Kawatsuru Daikoku Nigori 7.5ml

Glass: Nick n Nora
Method: Hard Shake
Strain: Double

Question 10

Spicy Yuzu Marg

Answer 10

Glass: Cocktail

El Tequileno 50ml
Cointreau 25ml
Lime Juice 25ml
Togarashi Salt
Jalapeno muddled

Question 11

Japanese Bee’s Knees

Answer 11

Roku Gin 40ml
Honey + Peach oolong 50ml
Lemon Juice 15ml
Lemon Peel

Glass: Tumbler
Method: Hard Shake
Garnish: Lemon peel - express & rim

Question 12

Dark + Stormy

Answer 12

Glass: Highball

Toki Suntory 50ml
Ginger Cordial 35ml
Soda water 100

Garnish: Lime wheel, Angostura Bitters

Question 13

French Toast Martini

Answer 13

Absolut vodka 35ml
Solo Coffee Concentrate 8ml
Burnt Toast Syrup 55ml
Berry Cordial 10ml
Monin Vanilla syrup 2ml

Hard shake
Dry shake with foamer

Question 14

Kombu Gin Martini

Answer 14

Glass: Nick n Nora

Roku Gin 60ml
Kombu Awamori 10ml
Dolin Chamery Vermouth 5ml
Fb Plum bitters 6ml
Clearspring Ume Su 2ml

Garnish: Lemon twist
Method: Stir

Question 15

What is Sake?

Answer 15

Is a rice wine

Should be enjoyed cold
Dry sake: compared to white wine or sherry
Sweet sake: more fruity

Warm sake can be used to customers trying sake for the first time as it opens up the aromas to the drink.

Question 16

What is Shochu?

Answer 16

A distilled spirit: “Burned liqueur”

process of making shochu is like fermenting beer, and uses ingredients like sweet potato, barley, soba, or rice as the base.

Short-grained ingredients

Question 17

What is Awamori?

Answer 17

A distilled spirit

Made with long grain rice and using black koji mould

Question 18

What is black koji mould?

Answer 18

It’s a fungus used to make Awamori

Question 19

What is Umeshu?

Answer 19

A Japanese liqueur

Distilled with Ume
Taste like a mix between mandarin/lime
Same family as plum and apricot
Steeped in shochu or sake with sugar

Question 20

Shochu ABV range

Answer 20

25-40%

Question 21

Typical percent of Umeshu

Answer 21

10-15%

Question 22

Typical percent of Sake

Answer 22

16-19% Neat
15% watered down

Stronger than beer!

Question 23

Describe Aragoshi

Answer 23

Japanese plum liqueur

Aragoshi: “Roughly mash”
Plums are added to the umeshu at the end to give it a nigori-like texture.

Question 24

What is Nigori?

Answer 24

“cloudy sake”

Question 25

Batch Melon Sour

Answer 25

Batch 90ml
25ml Lemon Juice
1/3 Pippet Miracle Foamer

Question 26

Batch Spicy Yuzu Marg

Answer 26

Batch 60ml
20ml Lime Juice
3-4 Jalapeno slices

Question 27

Batch French Toast Martini

Answer 27

Batch 45ml
Burnt toast syrup 55ml
Berry Cordial 10ml