The "Kyūri" - a Shochu cocktail by Benjamin Panek from the Hotel de Rome
Jan 17, 2022
As part of the last Bar Convent Berlin, Benjamin Panek, Bar Manager at the Hotel de Rome, created two fantastic cocktails with our Beniotome Sesame Shochus. The"Kyūri" is a delicious highball with Beniotome 101, which is made from white sesame seeds.
Kyūri
Ingredients:
- 40 ml Beniotome 101 Sesame Shochu
- 40 ml cucumber licorice syrup *
- Soda
* For the cucumber and licorice syrup:
Steep 1 liter of water together with a sliced cucumber for 24 hours. Then remove the cucumber slices and boil the cucumber water with 1 kg of sugar in a pot to make a syrup. When the syrup has cooled, add 50g citric acid (powder) and 10 drops of licorice extract. Then simply stir together.
Serve in a long drink glass over ice and garnish with a slice of cucumber.
