Sake Highball
Japan's beloved highball tradition meets sake. Sparkling soda water opens up the rice wine's aromatics for a clean, sessionable serve.
- 1Fill a highball glass with ice.
- 2Pour in the sake.
- 3Add a small squeeze of lemon juice.
- 4Top with cold soda water and stir very gently once.
- 5Garnish with a lemon wedge.
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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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