If you're a fan of refreshing and delicious drinks, you're probably familiar with horchata. This creamy, sweet, and cinnamon-spiced beverage is a favorite in many Latin American countries and has…
Serori Martini by The Minty Created by Shuana Der AKA The Minty for a cocktail contest, the Serori Martini is simple to make with only three ingredients but highlights how…
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…
Spiced Holiday Cosmopolitan A holiday version of a shochu-based Cosmopolitan with spiced cranberry juice and lower calories! Full of pumpkin spice and a perfect pre/post dinner cocktail. Spiced Cranberry Juice4…
Today's recipe is the Fig Daiquiri, which uses Nankai Shochu or Nankai Gold, muddled figs, honey syrup, and lemon. This fig cocktail captures the fruit's delicate honeyed flavors with a…
If you’re into cocktails, you’ve probably heard of Matthew Biancaniello. After his game-changing start in 2008 at the Roosevelt Hotel’s Library Bar in Hollywood, he’s earned a strong following for…
The Shiso-jito is really just a lower calorie Japanese mojito, which uses shiso leaves instead of mint leaves. It sounds delicious and summery right? It is, but there's also another…
The Nankai Calamansi Highball is a refreshing and Vitamin C-packed shochu cocktail that is perfect for summer, brunch or for enjoying with meals. But first, what is a calamansi AKA…
If you spend time browsing through cocktail photos on Instagram, it’s pretty impossible not to know the name Jason Yu. He’s a talented yet humble bartender who has been in…
One night in early 2018, some friends invited us to a dinner at the Gibson in San Francisco. We had been driving around the Bay Area all day, introducing Nankai…
