Sake Grapefruit Cocktail

Ingredients 

• 3 oz Junmai sake Nigori or Daiginjo or Ginjo Sake
• 2.5 oz gin pure, distilled. We use Breckenridge gin.
• 3 oz grapefruit juice Tropicana preferred
• 1/8 tsp grated fresh ginger root
• Tiny pinch ground nutmeg optional
• 4-5 medium size Ice cubes plus extra for serving
• Splash grapefruit sparkling water chilled
• 2 sprigs fresh rosemary garnish, optional
• 2 slices fresh grapefruit garnish, optional

Equipment

• Shaker with a strainer

Instructions 

1. In a shaker, add the sake, gin, grapefruit juice, ginger, a tiny dash of ground nutmeg powder, if using, and 4-5 medium size ice cubes. Shake 30-40 seconds.
2. Pour the cocktail through a strainer filter into two cocktail glasses.
3. Add a splash of grapefruit sparkling water. Garnish with rosemary sprigs and grapefruit slice, if using.