Instructions
- Fill a highball glass with ice.
- Pour in the sake.
- Add a small squeeze of lemon juice.
- Top with cold soda water and stir very gently once.
- Garnish with a lemon wedge.
📜 History
The highball is one of Japan's most beloved drinking formats, typically featuring whisky and soda. Applied to sake, the highball tradition uses the effervescence of soda water to lift and amplify the rice wine's delicate aromas and flavors. Japanese izakayas and sake producers have long served sake with soda — sometimes called sake soda or sake highball — as a refreshing low-ABV alternative to the whisky highball.
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