Japanese Highball (Mizuwari)
The Japanese art of whisky and water — precise ratio, massive ice, minimum stirs. Ritualistic simplicity.
Served in a Highball Glass glass · Garnish: None (or lemon twist, no squeeze) · Difficulty: easy
Ingredients
- 2 oz Japanese Whisky (Suntory Toki)
- 4 oz Ice-Cold Premium Soda Water
Instructions
- Fill a tall glass with one large crystal-clear ice column or sphere.
- Add Japanese whisky — pour slowly down the side.
- Stir exactly 3 times with a long bar spoon.
- Pour ice-cold soda water very slowly down the spoon.
- Stir once more — no more.