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If You Like Palomas, Try This Refreshing Shochu-Based Cocktail

A riff on Japan’s beloved chu-hai (shochu highball), this Paloma variation features the mild, toasty flavor of barley shochu, lengthened with grapefruit “soda” and accented by a hint of chili pepper heat.

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Mugi Paloma Recipe

Adapted from Kyle Davis, Brooklyn Kura, Brooklyn, New York

Ingredients

  • 2 ounces Mugi Hokka shochu
  • 2 dashes saline solution (1 part pink salt: 4 parts water, dissolved)
  • 2 dashes chili pepper tincture, such as Addition Thai Green Chile Tincture
  • ½ ounce grapefruit juice
  • ¹⁄₃ ounce simple syrup
  • 1 large piece of grapefruit peel
  • Soda water, to top Grapefruit peel, to garnish

Instructions

In a cocktail shaker, muddle grapefruit peel and simple syrup. Add remaining ingredients (except soda water), and shake briefly, without ice. Strain into an ice-filled highball glass. Top up with soda water. Garnish with grapefruit peel.

This article originally appeared in the April 2024 of Wine Enthusiast magazine. Click here to subscribe today!

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