Name: Manhattan Goes Tokyo
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Bourbon whiskey; 30 ml Sake; 15 ml Ginger liqueur; 4 drop Ginger bitters

Manhattan Goes Tokyo
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Bourbon whiskey
1 oz	Akashi-Tai Junmai Daiginjo Genshu sake
¹⁄₂ oz	Ginger liqueur
4 drop	Bob's Ginger Bitters

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Prepare:

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist and skewered crystallised ginger.

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish:

EXPRESS orange zest twist over cocktail and discard.
Garnish with skewered crystallised ginger.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

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Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

A dry and delicately ginger-spiced Manhattan with a touch of Tokyo, courtesy of a slug of Japanese sake.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created by Josh Morton of Barrow's Intense ginger liqueur.
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Nutrition:

One serving of Manhattan Goes Tokyo contains 191 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
23.16% alc./vol. (23.16° proof)
20.9 grams of pure alcohol

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Simon Sedgley

26th July at 16:53

An unlikely recipe but Sake, mysteriously, always seems to gently cajole others into a complex and subtly elegant dance.

G. M. Genovese

8th December 2023 at 20:54

I was skeptical before trying it but, wow, is this good. I used Wild Turkey 101, Gekkeikan sake, Domaine De Canton. Top notch concept. (8 Dec 2023, 3:54p)