Japanese Cocktails Simplified - 5 Easy Recipes

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On the bar I have 3 Japanese whiskies, a citrus umeshu, rice vodka and a sake infused with butterfly pea. I’ll kick things off with a few tasty highballs and I’ll save the most unique cocktail that uses a “secret” Japanese ingredient until the end.

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APPLE HIGHBALL
- 2 oz (60 ml) Japanese blended whisky - Daimyo-No Shinobu blended whisky https://bit.ly/jqws-blended-japanese-whisky
- 4 oz (120 ml) fresh apple juice

WHISKY HIGHBALL
- 2 oz (60 ml) Japanese whisky - Amahagan World Malt #4 https://bit.ly/jqws-amahagan-whisky
- 4 oz (120 ml) soda water

HOJICHA BOULEVARDIER
- 1.5 oz (45 ml) Japanese blended whisky - The Shin Mizunara Cask https://bit.ly/jqws-japanese-blended-whisky
- ⅔ oz (20 ml) Campari
- ⅔ oz (20 ml) Carpano Antica Formula

UMESHU HIGHBALL
- 2 oz (60 ml) Kabosu Citrus Umeshu - Taishi https://bit.ly/jqws-umeshu
- Top with soda OR tonic

CALPICOLADA
- 1 oz (30 ml) blue sake - Nawatoki Seilan https://bit.ly/jqws-blue-sake
- ¾ oz (22.5 ml) Japanese rice vodka - Chiyomusubi https://bit.ly/jqws-rice-vodka
- ¾ oz (22.5 ml) Calpico
- ½ oz (15 ml) lime juice
- ¼ oz (7.5 ml) simple syrup