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Japanese Whiskey Highball

Its a whisky drink thats meant to pair with food. But here in Japan if you ask for a highball youll get a whisky and soda served over ice.

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This is a cocktail made with a fastidious attention to detail zen-like focus and the highest quality ingredients.

Japanese whiskey highball. Garnish with a lemon expression. It is simple yet highly sophisticated using only three ingredients whiskey ice and sparkling water. Most highballs in Japan consist of roughly two parts soda to one part whiskey though Yusuke Sasaki a representative of Japanese distilling giant.

In this article you will discover the most famous one made with whisky which was Japans most popular mode of consumption during the japanese whisky golden age from the late 50s to early 80s and recently returned on the front of the stage thanks to Nikka and Suntory. The Japanese Highball is not your average Whiskey Soda. Also you want everything very cold.

The Japanese Whiskey Highball is a cocktail that has baffled many over the last few decades except the Japanese of course. Shinjiro Torii left and Masataka Taketsuru right Whiskey combined with a non-alcoholic carbonated mixer served over ice in a tall glass is called a whiskey highball everywhere in the world. In Japan the whiskey highball known simply as a highball is so ubiquitous that you can buy one from a vending machine at most train stations.

Top with soda water being careful not to pour directly onto the ice. To get it right every time many bars employ a Toki highball machine which dispenses a perfectly calibrated ratio of chilled soda to chilled whisky at a high carbonation level. Japanese whisky is a popular option for whisky highballs in Japan because its a local produce.

2 ounces Japanese whisky soda water to top Garnish. In an ice filled highball glass pour the whisky. Think an Ardbeg or Laphroaig.

Technically speaking the word highball in English refers to an entire category of drinks. While its fine to use any whisky for a highball it really enhances the aromas of more smokey whiskies. How to make a Japanese Highball the Japanese way.

Having worked in cocktail bars back in the US I was confident that I knew how to make one. Mars Iwai and Iwai 45 Akashi White Oak Blended and Nikka Days are all good blended whiskies that are easy to find and wont break the bank. Yet despite its simplicity its surprisingly easy to miss the mark.

Marugin Highball made with yuzu ginger and honey. The Japanese have been making whisky since the 1920s. Pour out any of the water from the melted ice.

The most popular whisky in America for Japanese highballs is definitely Suntory Toki. It is said that the Japanese highball came about because the Japanese love to drink alcohol while eating and since it is difficult to drink whisky straight while having a meal the addition of the soda water tempers its strength and makes it enjoyable to have with food. Place the ice cubes preferably clear in a highball glass and stir for 30 seconds.

With just two ingredientswhisky and sparkling waterthe Japanese highball seems like an almost effortless drink to make. But to me its absolutely okay to use non-Japanese or even non-scotch whiskies to create. Alcohol lot of ice and a soft drink are the basic ingredients of a highball.

Another key to the Highball is the ratio of spirit to soda keeping the drink crisp and light. This is another fundamental tenet of the Highball says Barton. In Japan its Suntory Kakubin.

Its meant to be sessionable or repeatedly imbibed. Make sure your club soda is very well chilled and some people even chill the whisky.

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