But when you have a drink with minimal ingredients you can’t hide it when something goes wrong. You can make an amazing drink, perfectly stirred, and diluted. So, if it’s done right, it’s like art, simple and beautiful. Please share with other bartenders a few tips for making the perfect Highball.Ī Highball like a Martini has minimal ingredients. When I tasted Japanese Smooth and made a Highball with it, I thought it was so unique and it really reminded me, very delicately but very distinctly, of Japan and Japanese Whisky. Japanese whisky is so popular now and Japanese Smooth finishes Dewar’s Scotch whisky in Mizunara oak, which is found in Japan and is a very rare and special tree, making these casks much more expensive and scarcer than other casks.
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I was asked to try Dewar’s Japanese Smooth, which is a part of its series of experimental cask releases. Talk to us about making a Highball with Dewar’s Japanese Smooth. I thought the aroma of the Asian pear, like any orchard fruit, would pair well with the Japanese component in the whisky. I recently made a Japanese Whisky Highball using Dewar’s Japanese Smooth, hand cut ice, quality carbonated soda water and garnished with a Nashi pear. We have a minimal menu, it’s a conceptual menu and always has a Highball highlighted, using different or seasonal ingredients in the recipe.Īt Katana Kitten, we use a quality base spirit, very highly carbonated soda water and a garnish we want to profile. It’s a place that combines Japanese culinary and drinking culture in an American dive bar setting. Tell us about the Highball program at Katana Kitten. Chilled chatted with Masa about the best way to make the perfect Highball, every time. He also co-authored with Michael Anstendig a book titled The Art of the Japanese Cocktail. In his relatively short time as a bar owner, Urushido won some noteworthy awards and accolades including being named Best New American Cocktail Bar at the Spirits Awards at Tales of the Cocktail and landing on the World’s 50 Best Bars list. His expertise in Highball making along with his minimalist cocktail philosophy has led to his art being imitated globally. His Highball program has perfected the art of making the classic cocktail constantly and as it should be, extremely cold and exceedingly bubbly. In 2018, well-known bartender Masahiro Urushido opened craft cocktail bar Katana Kitten on Hudson Street in NYC’s West Village.
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