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Sugar My Plums

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (9)
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Measurements in:
Serves:
1
Ingredients
1 1/2 fl oz Akashi-Tai Daiginjo Genshu sake
1/2 fl oz Mirabelle (yellow plum) eau-de-vie
1/2 fl oz Akashi-Tai Shiraume Ginjo Umeshu
2 dash Fee Brothers Plum bitters

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How to make

Glass

Photographed in a Nude Savage Pony glass

Prepare

  1. Select and pre-chill a NICK & NORA GLASS.
  2. Prepare garnish of 2 red grapes dusted with icing sugar.

Method

  1. STIR all ingredients with ice.
  2. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

  1. Garnish with grapes rested on rim.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
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Health & Nutrition

Alcohol content:

  • 0.9 standard drinks
  • 16.48% alc./vol. (32.95° proof)
  • 12.5 grams of pure alcohol

Values stated for alcohol and calorie content, and number of drinks an ingredient makes should be considered approximate.

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History

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

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Review

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

Cocktail of the day:

12th February 2026 is National Plum Pudding Day

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Comments & Discussion

G Atabek
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.
score: 2

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$0.04 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 240 cocktails.
Shipping and applicable tax calculated at checkout.


Orders are processed by a licensed Fulproof retailer. The buy now button is added simply for convenience.

Checkout

* May not include all ingredients. Price per cocktail is an estimate based on cost of one cocktail with ingredients shown above and does not include shipping.

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