Sugar My Plums

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Photographed in a Nude Savage Pony glass

Ingredients:
1 1⁄2 oz Akashi-Tai Daiginjo Genshu sake
1⁄2 oz Mirabelle (yellow plum) eau-de-vie
1⁄2 oz Akashi-Tai Shiraume Ginjo Umeshu
2 dash Plum bitters
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Nick & Nora glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of 2 red grapes dusted with icing sugar.
  3. STIR all ingredients with ice.
  4. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
  5. Garnish with grapes rested on rim.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 4/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 7/10
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Cocktail of the day:

12th February 2025 is National Plum Pudding Day

Review:

Complex grassy flavours of green apple, pear, red grape, and indeed plum. A light, cleansing and aromatic aperitivo.

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History:

Created by yours truly in May 2021 at the Clocktower, Rye, England.

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Alcohol content:

  • 0.9 standard drinks
  • 16.48% alc./vol. (16.48° proof)
  • 12.5 grams of pure alcohol

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G Atabek’s Avatar G Atabek
30th October 2022 at 21:40
I didn't have any of the ingredients except sake so I tried to adapt the recipe by using Hungarian Plum Palinka. I have never had Akashi-Tai but from what I read about it I assumed Maraschino would be a fitting sub.

In the end I went with 1 1/2 oz. Sake, 1/2 oz. Palinka, 1/5 oz. Maraschino and 2 dashes of Kewra Water which yielded a delicious drink.
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