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Umeshu on the Rocks (Umeshu Rokku) Yashima Gakutei. Umeshu (梅酒) is a Japanese liqueur made by steeping ume plums (while still unripe and green) in liquor (焼酎, shōchū) and sugar. It has a sweet, sour taste, and an alcohol content of 10–15%. Famous brands of umeshu include Choya, Takara Shuzo and Matsuyuki.
Maesil-ju (Korean: 매실주; Hanja: 梅實酒), also called plum wine, plum liquor, or plum liqueur, is an alcoholic drink infused with maesil (plums). The exact origins of Maesil-ju are unknown, but it is thought to date back to the Goryeo Dynasty (918-1392).
Choya Umeshu Co., Ltd. (チョーヤ梅酒株式会社, Chōya Umeshu Kabushiki-gaisha), or Choya, is a Japanese company headquartered in Habikino, Osaka, Japan, which specializes in the production and sales of umeshu plum liqueur. Its other main businesses include brandy, sake, wine, and foods. The company started producing umeshu in 1959. [1]
Bottled awamori displayed in a shop. Awamori owes its existence to Okinawa's trading history. It originates from the Thai drink lao khao. [4] The technique of distilling reached Okinawa from the Ayutthaya Kingdom (roughly present-day Thailand) in the 15th century, a time when Okinawa served as a major trading intermediary between Southeast Asia, China, and Japan.
Combine the whiskey, lemon juice, lime juice, and syrup. Fill a cocktail shaker halfway with ice, and fill two-thirds full with the cocktail mixture. Shake for 30 seconds and pour into martini ...
Bourbon lift (bourbon, coffee liqueur, orgeat, heavy cream, club soda) [14] Old Fashioned (bourbon or rye whiskey, sugar, Angostura bitters) [15] Manhattan (bourbon or rye whiskey, sweet vermouth, Angostura bitters) [16] Scofflaw (bourbon or rye whiskey, dry vermouth, lemon juice, grenadine, orange bitters) [17]
Typically shōchū contains 25% alcohol by volume, [1] which is weaker than baijiu, whiskey, or vodka, but stronger than huangjiu, sake, or wine. It is not uncommon for multiply distilled shōchū, which is more likely to be used in mixed drinks, to contain up to 35% alcohol by volume.
Island Distillers in Honolulu makes 100-US-proof (50% Alcohol by volume) Hawaiian ʻŌkolehao, a re-creation of the original ʻōkolehao. [6] There have been several past and recent productions of an okolehao type liqueur which is made by blending extracts of ti plant root, or ground up and emulsified ti root, with sugar syrup, rum, neutral spirits, bourbon, and other artificial and natural ...