Cocktail Recipe: Banana Gold Fashioned
Banana Gold Fashioned The Banana Gold Fashioned is our take on the Old Fashioned cocktail, using Nankai Gold barrel-aged shochu and banana liqueur. In a word, it is HEAVEN. Mixing…
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Shochu Cocktail: Nakatomi Tower Josh Gates Tonight
Nakatomi Tower (from Josh Gates Tonight) Nankai Shochu was featured on the Discovery Channel's Josh Gates Tonight in a fun cocktail called "the Nakatomi Tower." Including Nankai in the same…
Shochu Cocktail Recipe: Trad Eggnog by Shuzo Nagumo
This is part 2 of our feature on legendary Tokyo mixologist Shuzo Nagumo, and this time we feature his Trad Eggnog cocktail recipe. We know it's not exactly eggnog season,…
Tokyo mixologist Shuzo Nagumo making Yu-wan
Shochu Cocktail Recipe: Yu-Wan by Shuzo Nagumo
As the city of Los Angeles locked down to slow the spread of Covid-19, we reluctantly cancelled our scheduled meeting with legendary Tokyo mixologist Shuzo Nagumo. Described as part-scientist and…
Bottles & Boxes
Bottles & Boxes: Shochu Pairing
If you wanted a crash course in kokuto, or, "black sugar," shochu, look no further than this Bottles & Boxes video from WSET Level 3 sake specialist Aaron Diec. An…
Video: Shochu is Japan’s Secret to Long Life
The folks over at Great Big Story just released a video titled, "Japan's Secret to Long Life." The video suggests that "brown sugar shochu," like Nankai, is the secret sauce…
