Welcome to the first installment of the latest venture for us down here at Good Luck Bar, and my slow decent into alcohol-internet-blogging madness!
Well, we were refelcting on drinking culture, and thought- so often you go to a cocktail bar for a bevvy, drink some kick a** cocktails, and wonder how to make them. Well, naturally we're going to keep some suprises locked in the basement, but each week I'm going to share how to make a few of our classics over the years.
The Gambatte (said "Gam-Bah-Tay") has been a perennial fave on the Good Luck Cocktail Lists for 8 years running, so it seems fit to kickstart our 'How-To' with it! "Gambatte" means "best of luck" in Japanese, or more colloquially, something along the lines of "Go for it!"
So go for it- its a fantastic drink, tasty, and simple to make- it really on relies on three ingredients, Sake, Umeshu (or Plum Wine), with a tinned black doris plum to garnish. The sake you want needs to be relatively dry and a little bit crisp to counteract the mix of sweet-sour that the plum wine delivers.
Without further adieu... The Gambatte.
Ingredients:
- 30 ml Sake (We use our own brand, Debu Gaki)
- 30 ml Umeshu (Plum Wine)
- Black Doris Plum
- Chopsticks
- First up, chill down a Cocktail Glass by filling it with ice while you make the drink.
- In a Boston Glass, (for those playing at home, any large, tall vessel will do), put the sake and plum wine. Fill to the brim with fresh ice. With a long bar spoon, stir the drink for a couple of minutes. What we are doing is mixing both ingredients, while diluting slowly with water and chilling the drink too.
- Throw out the ice in the cocktail glass that has been chilling, and strain the drink into it. Put a black doris plum into the drink and a spoonful of plum juice to boost the flavour if you like.
- Garnish with chopsticks, and you're ready to go!
There are ways you could modify this too. In Japan Umeshu is served in heaps of different ways, including the popular "Umeshu Soda"... so why not try mixing umeshu with soda or lemonade, in a tall glass with ice? Again, simple, tasty, and great for summer.
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xx Rose
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