Nikka cocktail challenge: Crunch time

Nikka cocktail challenge: Crunch time

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In the cocktail series by Japanese legend Nikka and VisitChef magazine, Filip Bureš, bartender at Prague’s Reason Restaurant, presents his cocktail. As he says himself, Crunch Time is a drink perfected to “perfection”.

“At the Nikka Perfect Serve world final, I had the task of making a ‘crispy or crunchy’ drink, and the first thing that came to mind was a combination with a nut biscuit, so I improvised in this style,” explains Filip. “Crunch Time is my take on this assignment, perfected to perfection, where the cocktail really tastes like whisky with a nut biscuit,” says Filip Bureš, bartender at Reason Restaurant.

Name: Crunch Time

Recipe:

30 ml Nikka From the Barrel

20 ml Kota Pandan

30 ml hazelnut and buckwheat cordial

Roasted buckwheat espuma

Glass: Nick & Nora

Garnish: espuma

Technique: stirring

Taste characteristics: nutty, full-bodied, slightly woody

Author: Filip Bureš

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