Sake
Monday, April 30, 2007

Did you know that the word sake means "alcoholic beverage" in Japanese. It could be anything from beer, to cocktails to whisky.

The Japanese word that refers to rice wine is nihonshu.

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Saketini
Monday, March 19, 2007

If a sake bomb is a little too lowbrow for you, then how about a saketini? Bartenders are making Tini drinks out of everything now a days, so why not sake? If the sake is dry, then it will act like vermouth in your martini.

Saketini Recipe
Add the following to a cocktail shaker:
2 ounces sake
1 ounce vodka
Ice

Shake well and strain into a martini glass.
Garnish with a cucumber slice

You can also make a saketini using gin and olives but I prefer the vodka saketini. Try them both and see which one you prefer.

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Sake Bomb
Sunday, March 04, 2007

Fire in the hole! That’s something that you yell when you toss a grenade into a bunker. It’s also something that I yell when drop a shot of hot sake into a glass of beer. The name of this shout worthy drink is the sake bomb.

Traditionally, you’re supposed to suspend the shot over the beer by laying two chopsticks across the top of the glass. Then you slam your two fists on the table to drop the shot into the beer.

When you're a home mixologist, the presentation is less important. Even though I own a fancy set of sake cups, I'll usually drink sake from a coffee cup. Hey why not? Coffee cups have nice handles on them so you don't burn your hand.

If you have guests though, then by all means get them pounding on the table. It's a lot of fun.

You could use either warm or cold sake but I prefer it warm. And don’t forget that the proper temperature to serve sake is a little shy of 100°F (37°C).

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