JAPANESE HIGHBALL (-ISH)
As we’re penning this latest recipe from the SLC Cocktail Laboratory (located 400-feet underneath Dunphy Park), it’s January and a lot of people are dabbling with Dry January or Damp January or various New Year’s Resolutions that call for moderation, austerity, and reinvigorated health. (Shortcut: eat berries.)
Hey listen, we’re all for it. Let’s all be healthy together. Let us consider the diversity of our gut biomes and let us stand up more than we sit down and let’s all collectively seriously consider air frying as a sensible alternative to traditional frying methods.
While we’re at it, how about a lower alcohol cocktail that is, at the same time, wildly refreshing, stupid tasty, and one that smacks of incredible global sophistication? But at the same time it can be assembled quickly with simple ingredients by a lightly trained chimpanzee monkey? LFG.
THE JAPANESE HIGHBALL (NorCal Style)
Some of the staff of SLC are obsessed with Japan and Japanese culture. We’re not saying who.
This cocktail beautifully showcases the precision and attention to detail characteristic of Japanese culture. It’s simple, pure, clean, orderly and delicious.
And it’s relatively light on alcohol and most of the damn thing is WATER, so let’s reasonably add this to our wellness regimens for Damp January and beyond.
For the purists: Yes, of course we’re not making this highball with Japanese whiskey. Obvi. We’re making it with Sausalito’s finest. And those are different animals, for sure. But you’re gonna love this NorCal spin on the classic, nonetheless.
Ingredients
1.5 ounces of Unsinkable Bourbon
5 ounces of good club soda or plain old seltzer water
Instructions
In a tall highball glass, add a couple of big boulders of clean, clear ice (or whatever you’ve got).
Add your Unsinkabe Bourbon and give a gentle stir.
Add your club soda gently so as to not drive off those bubbles.
One tender stir to combine and drop in a simple lemon twist, if you like.
That’s it. You’ve made much more complicated smoothies for a toddler. Sit back with your New Year’s resolutions intact and sip this fizzy bad boy without a trace of remorse.
If you’re missing the main ingredient, head on over to the Shop and we’ll fix you right up.