Umeshu Sour

Difficulty:
Moderate
Technique:
Shaken
Umeshu Sour
Scribe

Plum wine, otherwise know as “Umeshu”, is a popular drink in Japan. It is sweet with a little acidity from the fruit. Combined with the rice wine vinegar it replaces citrus juice to create the sour element in this cocktail.

Ingredients

25ml
Tenjaku Blended Whisky
20ml
Plum "Umeshu" Wine
10ml
Rice Wine Vinegar
20ml
Egg White
7.5ml
Gomme Syrup
1 dash
Lemon Bitters
1 pinch
Orange Zest

Glass

Tumbler

Instructions

  1. Pre chill your glass, the colder the better!
  2. Place all the ingredients (excluding ice) into a cocktail shaker and shake for 10 seconds.
  3. Add the ice, shake for a further 10 seconds.
  4. Strain into glass.
  5. Squeeze the orange zest to express the citrus oils over the drink and discard.
  6. Garnish with edible flower.
  7. Serve immediately.

Garnish

Orange Zest. Edible Flower (optional)

Blossom Branch

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