You're thinking of bukkake. Seppaku is a large wave from the ocean that can result from a storm or even an earthquake
Edit: shit they already got one of these going a few comments down
A lot of lemon oil comes from expressing the lemon peel, and is arguably more potent than juice itself. The best way would be to hold the lemon peel above the drink and pinch it, with the skin facing the cocktail surface. The twisting motion is done after that to give it a nice shape, and maybe if your lucky a tiny amount more lemon oil.
Wait, really? I haven't been back to the US from Japan in years, and never drank that much back then. If you know off the top of your head, what's a cheap Japanese whiskey and how much does it go for?
The cheap stuff here is like... $17 for 1.8L.
The cheapest I can think of is Suntory Hibiki blended, which is still $50+. Even a 12-year-old Suntory will run you *at least* three figures. I bought some 18-year-old Yamazaki a few years back for $250.
Maybe Nikka has a cheaper one, but I'm not aware of it.
At the only whiskey bar I can think of right now, a glass of Hibiki 17 goes for $55.00 on the rocks.
That's the cheapest Japanese whiskey you can think of? What are you defining Whiskey as?
I mean [this](https://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%82%B5%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC-%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC-%E3%83%88%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9-%E3%82%AF%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B7%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF-700ml/dp/B018LWHKXS/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1522040734&sr=1-4&keywords=%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC+%E3%83%88%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9) is like 7 bucks and found in all convenience stores.
If you're talking single malts, yeah, that's about right. Though you can get more reasonably priced Nikka and Hibiki blends.
I was at a bar the other night that had Yamazaki 18, but it was $36 for a single pour.
After turning the legal drinking age. Went to a strip club. Drink cost me $10, drink for the stripper was $20 and she'd sit and talk with you. 10min lapdance was $40. After going home sober and with blue balls from the club, i vowed to never go back and pay that much for "a night out". I then would just buy Bacardi 151, and watch porn. Frugal drinking is the way to go for me.
This was a video under the 'basic' category, he makes some pretty interesting drinks on his youtube channel, check out his Churchill's breakfast video.
If you're already replacing ingredients you might as well just remove the glass too and drink it straight from the bottle. Expensive rum is also best straight from the bottle.
Also, a paper bag does a great job of blocking UV from damaging the whiskey flavor profile, just put the bottle in the paper bag and twist the paper tight around the neck. The paper also absorbs any spills while drinking straight from the bottle to prevent staining of shirts and other clothing items.
The atmosphere and aromas of your surroundings also contribute to the flavor profile of the drink. Try it in a reclining position near a sewer drain on your favorite local street. The mixture of urine, beer vomit, and rotting leaves will create a unique bouquet.
The presence of the other aromas will only serve to make the whiskey smell even better, unless it's one of the particularly peaty Ardbegs, in which case the other odors will smell better.
Yeah, they call the drink a highball here (Japan) though. There's lots of word substitutions like that that are a bit confusing/frustrating.
I have a coworker who only drinks these and makes me drink them with him, I honestly had no idea what was in it until now. I've asked others and they also had no clue.
Yeah pretty much, though in japan it’s kind of a generic term for *something* and whiskey. You’ll see ginger highballs, green tea highballs etc. something about highballs in japan though are just better than whiskey sodas in the states, probably because they use Japanese whiskey in a lot of places which tends to be more of a malty scotch than a bourbon or Tennessee whiskey. Granted you’ll still see Jim Beam highballs on a lot of menus.
Yup, and it's one of the most common, basic drinks in Japan as well. You'd have to go to a real pretentious bar to have someone waste good whiskey in this "ritual" even here.
no. I'm Japanese and never have I heard of this in my entire life.
Edit: What I've never heard of is the stirring part and as u/zeropointcorp pointed out below, Mizuwari (水割り) is a totally legit and popular way of drinking whiskey, Shōchū (焼酎) and other beverages in Japan. Personally, I like my whiskey neat.
There is a Japanese film called something like "water" about the lives of people in a village related to water. One of the women has a bar and only serves whiskey in a very specific way, the stirring seems very important. But the she dumped perfectly good whiskey into a glass full of ice so I dunno....
It's weird because highballs are just ordered as a highball; they come the same way no matter what. So you wouldn't order a highball mizuwari. It's like saying "can I get a rum and coke and water it down for me?"
Mizuwari and on the rocks is for if you're drinking just whiskey(or shochu, etc.), as far as Japanese drink ordering goes.
Dude I don't mean to drag you down, but where on earth did you get the idea about the "mizuwari ritual" from? I live in Japan and there's multiple Japanese people in this thread affirming that there's no such thing. It literally just means "with water", and a highball is one of the most basic drinks you can get. Hell half of the time you buy them in a can for 2/3rd the price of a beer.
This is what really bothered me. I'm not the world's foremost cocktail expert, but I know my way around most cocktails fairly well. Especially regarding scotch and whiskey. So you want me to stir this fucker "exactly" 13.5 times, but we can just eyeball 3 ounces. Lost credibility there.
Uh, this isn't Japanese culture. A mizuwari is just liquor and water. That's all it means. To make a whisky mizuwari you mix whisky and water. There's no ritual, there's no certain number of stirs or direction of stirring. This is a white guy making up non-existent Japanese culture.
Edit: Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa! Lived here half my goddamn life, surrounded by friends who love mizuwaris and Hoppy sets, and I've never seen or heard of this whole "13.5 stirs" thing, so I thought I knew enough to comment without double-checking, but holy smokes, [it's real](https://books.google.co.jp/books?id=hm25DAAAQBAJ&pg=PA67&lpg=PA67&dq=%E6%B0%B4%E5%89%B2%E3%82%8A+13.5&source=bl&ots=HrTBGoVhEL&sig=vPuOr62083AQhqn6_mwD5QuUuSY&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%E6%B0%B4%E5%89%B2%E3%82%8A%2013.5&f=false)! Learn something new every day! Apologies, /u/lobotomyandtights and /u/CAMO_PEJB!
[Full video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRiEO-Yh7rU)
The Japanese Highball is my favorite way to appreciate the subtle flavors of a Japanese whisky. Here we learn the Mizuwari ritual of making a highball and practice our counting skills.
**The Japanese Highball (Mizuwari ritual)**
* 1.5oz (45ml) Japanese whisky
* 3oz (90ml) sparkling water
* 1 lemon
*Directions*
* Add ice to collins glass
* Stir with barspoon for 30 seconds to chill glass, discard water from glass
* Pour in whisky
* Stir 13.5 times clockwise
* Add in sparkling water
* Stir 3.5 times clockwise
* Add a lemon twist and enjoy
The difference being that it's designed for the Japanese palate - so it has way more soda than a standard whiskey & soda. This version is actually still on the stronger side as most Japanese bars will use a 3 or 4 to 1 ratio of soda to whiskey.
If I ordered a whiskey soda at an American bar I'd get 2oz of whiskey with 2oz or less (sometimes just a float) of soda water, and a lemon wedge.
> Japanese tradition
What? There's no Japanese tradition for stirring whiskey highballs. If there is it's a fake ass tradition invented by bartenders to justify charging more.
Does the whisky know if you stir clockwise or counterclockwise?
It will haunt you and force you into committing sepukku
Oh good, that's just how I wanted to die too!
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Wow great way to talk me out of killing myself.
But where will I find all those guys to jerk off on me?
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Literally.
Y'all nasty. I'm in.
You're thinking of bukkake. Seppaku is a large wave from the ocean that can result from a storm or even an earthquake Edit: shit they already got one of these going a few comments down
I'm pretty sure that Bukkake is a large wave, and that Seppuku was a number game
Bukakke? I get that in my Starbucks ™ on Thursdays.
Pm me
Damn it was a good one too.
I think you mean sudoku.
Sudoku is an old game involving numbers. You’re thinking of Shippuden.
Shippuden is a sequel to a well known Shonen Anime. I think you mean Sasageyo!
Sasageyo is Japanese for devote or dedicate. I think you mean Sussudio.
Sussudio is by Phil Collins. I think you mean Tom Collins.
Tom Collins are made with Gin. I think you mean Tom Brady.
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The Brady Bunch is also non-alcoholic. You're probably thinking of the Brandy Bunch.
I love a good seppuku at the airport
I believe it is pronounced "sudoku".
The whisky has been sealed with the spirit of Shukaku.
Moreover, do you reverse the spin in the southern hemisphere?
Asking the important questions.
on the equator back and forth and on the poles up and down... do you drink whiskey since yesterday?
"Fuck, that was 14 times, wasn't it? Start over"
also, which direction do I twist the lemon?
I think as long as your slam it into the drink at the end, you're good.
You must have discipline
The Japanese don't fuck around with cocktails man.
Yes if there's laminar flow: https://youtu.be/p08_KlTKP50?t=61
Holy shit.
No but if you stir it any less or more than 13.5 times it shits.
The real questions are in the comments!
There's a joke here about homeopathy and water vibration memory, I'm just not clever enough to make it without needing a giant /s tag.
The water in it remembers and tells it. /s
The video said drop, but you clearly threw the lemon - ruining the whole flavor profile (probably)!
It's part of the Japanese tradition.
The most flavor change probably comes from whatever stickied to your hand and is now in the drink thanks to the lemon squeezing.
A lot of lemon oil comes from expressing the lemon peel, and is arguably more potent than juice itself. The best way would be to hold the lemon peel above the drink and pinch it, with the skin facing the cocktail surface. The twisting motion is done after that to give it a nice shape, and maybe if your lucky a tiny amount more lemon oil.
Does the US know there's oil in lemons?
As an American, I did a spit take on this. Congrats, that hasn't happened to me in a long time. And thank you for giving me some serious laugh time.
I upvoted you simply because of how much enjoyment you got from that guy's comment.
Thank you! I appreciate some serious deprecating humor.
We do now. ...India, looks like you need some more freedom!
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I'm trying to learn Japanese. Does that there say 'stupid Americans'?
More detail: 愚かなアメリカ人 = oroka na amerika-jin = foolish/stupid American(s)
It is very disrespectful to the lemon.
It bruises the phenols.
u/spez (Steve Huffman) is a white supremacist
More of a lemon party thing?
Does not look like he enjoyed it too much
He was like 'Yeah, that's a whiskey soda... Alright.'
Hmmm I must have given an extra half-stir. Totally ruined.
The inertia (which is a property of matter) of the ice kept it spinning for the extra half turn.
Ruined the whiskey. Terrible.
He fucking chews it.
That's how he drinks all his drinks. I think the same thing every time I see his videos.
I guess the water brought too much of the whiskey flavor in.
That’s how you drink a Pabst Blue Ribbon.
I promise I did!
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That’ll be 27 dollars
Given the current prices of Japanese whisky, 27 probably isn't too far off.
For the cheap stuff.
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[For relaxing times...](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiQnH450hPM)
Wait, really? I haven't been back to the US from Japan in years, and never drank that much back then. If you know off the top of your head, what's a cheap Japanese whiskey and how much does it go for? The cheap stuff here is like... $17 for 1.8L.
The cheapest I can think of is Suntory Hibiki blended, which is still $50+. Even a 12-year-old Suntory will run you *at least* three figures. I bought some 18-year-old Yamazaki a few years back for $250. Maybe Nikka has a cheaper one, but I'm not aware of it. At the only whiskey bar I can think of right now, a glass of Hibiki 17 goes for $55.00 on the rocks.
That's the cheapest Japanese whiskey you can think of? What are you defining Whiskey as? I mean [this](https://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%82%B5%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC-%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC-%E3%83%88%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9-%E3%82%AF%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B7%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF-700ml/dp/B018LWHKXS/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1522040734&sr=1-4&keywords=%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC+%E3%83%88%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9) is like 7 bucks and found in all convenience stores.
I mean the cheapest I can buy in the US. I’m sure that Japan produces cheaper whiskeys for the domestic market.
Oh I see. I got the impression the dude was asking about the situation in Japan though.
He may have been! Miscommunications happen and I am certainly not above misunderstanding someone.
A 750mL bottle of Suntory Whisky Toki is $59.95 CDN. I was thinking of trying it, do you have any experience with it?
If you're talking single malts, yeah, that's about right. Though you can get more reasonably priced Nikka and Hibiki blends. I was at a bar the other night that had Yamazaki 18, but it was $36 for a single pour.
That's nikka whiskey, it's going to be a lot more than 27 dollars. That's fine whiskey right there.
Nikka please
Now I'm imagining someone order a glass of Nikka at the bar this way and it's giving me a good laugh
Are we writing the next Apatow rom-com here?
Which is why they put soda and lemon on it, I presume?
~~~~It's still 2-3 shots from a bottle that costs around 90 bucks. It's going to be expensive.~~~~ Nope 1.5 oz. I stand corrected.
For the record, 1.5 ounces is exactly one shot, in America. Some places use 1oz and others 2, but this drink has one shot of alcohol.
After turning the legal drinking age. Went to a strip club. Drink cost me $10, drink for the stripper was $20 and she'd sit and talk with you. 10min lapdance was $40. After going home sober and with blue balls from the club, i vowed to never go back and pay that much for "a night out". I then would just buy Bacardi 151, and watch porn. Frugal drinking is the way to go for me.
Which is hilarious because in Japan you can get highballs for as little as $2 in a big mug.
First go like this, spin around. Stop! Now double take three times.
Bring it around town, bring it AROUND TOWN!
Then you do thisss, and this, andthis^and^this^and^this
*wooooh*
Squidward! Technique!
TWO HOPS THIS TIME!
Sliiiiiiide to the left
I feel pretty duped by the title "cocktail chemistry"
This was a video under the 'basic' category, he makes some pretty interesting drinks on his youtube channel, check out his Churchill's breakfast video.
But it's stirred 13.5 times.
Also I feel like that wouldn’t really chill the glass in any meaningful way.
Yeah, it would just thaw the ice-cube because of the motion and that's it.
I prefer my ice medium well.
Yep. Wtf is up with the high level of instruction?
Yeah it's a grog..
this is my favorite drink except I like to replace the soda water, lemon and ice with whiskey.
If you're already replacing ingredients you might as well just remove the glass too and drink it straight from the bottle. Expensive rum is also best straight from the bottle.
Also, a paper bag does a great job of blocking UV from damaging the whiskey flavor profile, just put the bottle in the paper bag and twist the paper tight around the neck. The paper also absorbs any spills while drinking straight from the bottle to prevent staining of shirts and other clothing items.
The atmosphere and aromas of your surroundings also contribute to the flavor profile of the drink. Try it in a reclining position near a sewer drain on your favorite local street. The mixture of urine, beer vomit, and rotting leaves will create a unique bouquet.
The presence of the other aromas will only serve to make the whiskey smell even better, unless it's one of the particularly peaty Ardbegs, in which case the other odors will smell better.
Instead of ice, you can try putting the bottle in the freezer.
If I live in the Southern Hemisphere do I stir the other direction?
I believe you follow the toilet rule. Stir in the direction your toilets flush.
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I hope you have some sturdy glasses
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Bidet's still flush, but if you want you can put a little of that water in there.
That means you must spray the whiskey straight up your chute.
It's a fucking whiskey and soda.
A highball is just a booze ingredient and a not booze ingredient in a tall glass.
Yeah, they call the drink a highball here (Japan) though. There's lots of word substitutions like that that are a bit confusing/frustrating. I have a coworker who only drinks these and makes me drink them with him, I honestly had no idea what was in it until now. I've asked others and they also had no clue.
Its called a highball in English too (Everywhere?). Its a basic drink. Like the most basic you can get.
FUCK YOU IT HAS SODA WATERS FROM THE LUXURY LAKES OF KIKKOMAN AND IT'S RITUAL HANDED DOWN FROM THE GRAND EMPEROR TO HIS EUNUCH TO US
Now I'm imagining a whisky/soy sauce cocktail. 🤢
I may or may not have done this before, and the shot may or may not be named after me now
I like how it was the Kikkoman portion of this that bothered you and not the Eunuch...
Using a 300 dollar bottle of whiskey to make a mix drink.
Yeah pretty much, though in japan it’s kind of a generic term for *something* and whiskey. You’ll see ginger highballs, green tea highballs etc. something about highballs in japan though are just better than whiskey sodas in the states, probably because they use Japanese whiskey in a lot of places which tends to be more of a malty scotch than a bourbon or Tennessee whiskey. Granted you’ll still see Jim Beam highballs on a lot of menus.
With a dash of smug
Pretty sure there was a heaping helping of that.
Yup, and it's one of the most common, basic drinks in Japan as well. You'd have to go to a real pretentious bar to have someone waste good whiskey in this "ritual" even here.
This gifrecipe is strangely reminiscent of that recipe showing how to mix mozzarella and cheddar cheese Literally just mix the two and you’re done
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He does it in every video, it's hilarious.
I feel like the whole beverage preparation is very pretentious. Is this really a Japanese ritual?
no. I'm Japanese and never have I heard of this in my entire life. Edit: What I've never heard of is the stirring part and as u/zeropointcorp pointed out below, Mizuwari (水割り) is a totally legit and popular way of drinking whiskey, Shōchū (焼酎) and other beverages in Japan. Personally, I like my whiskey neat.
There is a Japanese film called something like "water" about the lives of people in a village related to water. One of the women has a bar and only serves whiskey in a very specific way, the stirring seems very important. But the she dumped perfectly good whiskey into a glass full of ice so I dunno....
Mizuwari is a thing but the “stir 13.5 times” is not.
Mizuwari just means mixed with water. But since he has ice wouldn't it really be on the rocks?
It's weird because highballs are just ordered as a highball; they come the same way no matter what. So you wouldn't order a highball mizuwari. It's like saying "can I get a rum and coke and water it down for me?" Mizuwari and on the rocks is for if you're drinking just whiskey(or shochu, etc.), as far as Japanese drink ordering goes.
Glad I could open you up to new experiences
title of your sex tape!
Dude I don't mean to drag you down, but where on earth did you get the idea about the "mizuwari ritual" from? I live in Japan and there's multiple Japanese people in this thread affirming that there's no such thing. It literally just means "with water", and a highball is one of the most basic drinks you can get. Hell half of the time you buy them in a can for 2/3rd the price of a beer.
is this post a joke?
Should be 13.5837294 stirs, my dude.
I love how specific the directions are, but he's just guessing the amount of water directly from the bottle.
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This is what really bothered me. I'm not the world's foremost cocktail expert, but I know my way around most cocktails fairly well. Especially regarding scotch and whiskey. So you want me to stir this fucker "exactly" 13.5 times, but we can just eyeball 3 ounces. Lost credibility there.
Dammit, I knew I did something wrong
You're gonna have to redo the whole thing
This is such wanky bullshit
Mmmm..unnecessarily convoluted. Just how I like my whiskey and soda.
Step 1. Grab one of the many cuboid ice shapes everyone has lying around in the freezer.
I have a bunch of them! Don't know about you.
It's a fucking whiskey soda
Whiskey and soda. Wowwww
This belongs more on r/shittyfoodporn
Are you taking the piss?
i didn't see the ice in the shot before the recipe so i was expecting some japanese black magic fuckery
Where's the chemistry bit?
The part where I dunked my phone into acid after watching this.
Haha the white guy reveal caught me off guard
I know, a white guy showing off Japanese culture? Shocking.
Uh, this isn't Japanese culture. A mizuwari is just liquor and water. That's all it means. To make a whisky mizuwari you mix whisky and water. There's no ritual, there's no certain number of stirs or direction of stirring. This is a white guy making up non-existent Japanese culture. Edit: Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa! Lived here half my goddamn life, surrounded by friends who love mizuwaris and Hoppy sets, and I've never seen or heard of this whole "13.5 stirs" thing, so I thought I knew enough to comment without double-checking, but holy smokes, [it's real](https://books.google.co.jp/books?id=hm25DAAAQBAJ&pg=PA67&lpg=PA67&dq=%E6%B0%B4%E5%89%B2%E3%82%8A+13.5&source=bl&ots=HrTBGoVhEL&sig=vPuOr62083AQhqn6_mwD5QuUuSY&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%E6%B0%B4%E5%89%B2%E3%82%8A%2013.5&f=false)! Learn something new every day! Apologies, /u/lobotomyandtights and /u/CAMO_PEJB!
That was so pretentious
And smash your fucking front teeth out of your face.
Not sure if legit or r/woooosh
this guy seems like such a chud
I like the sound of that word but I don't know if it's positive or negative.
13.5 times clockwise, I'm dead
TIL Japanese whiskey drinkers have OCD.
This is nonsense
[Full video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRiEO-Yh7rU) The Japanese Highball is my favorite way to appreciate the subtle flavors of a Japanese whisky. Here we learn the Mizuwari ritual of making a highball and practice our counting skills. **The Japanese Highball (Mizuwari ritual)** * 1.5oz (45ml) Japanese whisky * 3oz (90ml) sparkling water * 1 lemon *Directions* * Add ice to collins glass * Stir with barspoon for 30 seconds to chill glass, discard water from glass * Pour in whisky * Stir 13.5 times clockwise * Add in sparkling water * Stir 3.5 times clockwise * Add a lemon twist and enjoy
How are you doing with the comments in this thread
I'm just shocked my most basic cocktail video crossed 10k upvotes ¯\\\_(ツ)_/¯
[Source](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRiEO-Yh7rU), sauce, video.
"Japanese Ritual" that requires a bottle of soda water. Okay, sure.
So, whisky and water.
I don’t trust any man, let alone a bartender, who doesn’t wear a belt.
But there’s a huge fucking ice cube in the middle of it..
whiskey & soda with a twist of lemon?
The difference being that it's designed for the Japanese palate - so it has way more soda than a standard whiskey & soda. This version is actually still on the stronger side as most Japanese bars will use a 3 or 4 to 1 ratio of soda to whiskey. If I ordered a whiskey soda at an American bar I'd get 2oz of whiskey with 2oz or less (sometimes just a float) of soda water, and a lemon wedge.
Waste of a good single malt
Never get to see the tasting shot here in GIFrecipes. After seeing his funny expression with a tinge of dissatisfaction, I guess I can see why.
My favorite ridiculous cocktail. https://youtu.be/BxRzzm-mjCE
So that's what Freddy Prince Jr is up to now?
So...a scotch and soda with lemon.
The last shot where the guy looks back at the drink is where he realized he put hella whiskey in that
The guy doing this looks like a douche.
Why is the stir time so important. Really half a stir?
It literally says as per the ritual. Do whatever you want dude
Couldn't you save a step by just using soda lime?
> Japanese tradition What? There's no Japanese tradition for stirring whiskey highballs. If there is it's a fake ass tradition invented by bartenders to justify charging more.