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Warm yourself up this winter with these Roku Japanese Gin Cocktail Recipes

Retail 21 June 2022

Can you believe that it’s June already? It seems this year has flown by!

As we get closer to the chilly months, there’s nothing quite like enjoying a delicious winter-inspired cocktail to suit the season.

Meaning ‘six’ in Japanese, Roku incorporates six traditional Japanese botanicals which are infused, distilled and blended by the Japanese artisans of Suntory Spirits in Osaka, Japan.

Roku is carefully crafted by Japanese artisans with skillful precision and meticulous attention to detail to create a perfectly balanced gin. Roku’s flavour profile is achieved by balancing six unique Japanese botanicals with eight traditional gin botanicals*.

The six Japanese botanicals – Sakura flower, Sakura leaf, Yuzu peel, Sencha tea, Gyokuro tea and Sansho pepper – are harvested in accordance with ‘shun’, the tradition of enjoying each ingredient at its best by only harvesting at its peak of flavour and perfection.?

Here is a list of Roku cocktails that you can enjoy:

1. Japanese Bijou:

50ml Roku Japanese Gin
25ml Martini Rosso (Red Vermouth)
Tonic
Orange Slice for garnish
Add Roku Japanese Gin and Red Vermouth to a highball glass with ice. Top with tonic, stir gently and garnish with an orange slice.

2. Roku Sonic:

50ml Roku Japanese Gin
Soda Water
Tonic
Ginger sticks for garnish.
In a highball glass with ice, add Roku Japanese Gin and top with half soda water, half tonic. Stir gently and add ginger sticks as a garnish.

Eastside Grove:

50ml Roku Gin
15ml Triple Sec
2 Dashes Bitters
25ml Grapefruit Juice
Pour Roku Japanese Gin, triple sec, bitters and grapefruit juice into a whisky glass with ice. Top up with tonic water and garnish with grapefruit slices.

You can get Roku Gin at most retailers such as Game, Makro, Takealot, Checkers and Pick n Pay.

Supplied by: Roku Gin.

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