Shoga Highball

Difficulty:
Easy
Technique:
Stirred
Shoga Highball
Scribe

Shoga – translates as ginger. A widely loved and used spice in Japanese cuisines, ginger marries perfectly with the delicate smoky and oaky notes of Tenjaku blended whisky.

Ingredients

50ml
Tenjaku Blended Whisky
150ml
Ginger Beer
1 dash
Angoustura Bitters
1 splash
Soda Water (to taste)
1 slice
Blood Orange

Glass

Highball

Instructions

  1. Pre chill your glass (the colder the better) and add ice.
  2. Gently pour the ginger beer over the ice.
  3. Add Tenjaku Blended Whisky and bitters, stir with a bar spoon.
  4. Add a dash of Angoustura bitters, a slice of blood orange.
  5. Serve immediately.

Garnish

Slice of blood orange

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