shochu

Ringo Soda

Force-carbonated, fresh-pressed apple juice takes the place of soda water in this modern highball.

January’s Best Reads on Drinks and Drinking

Welcome to The PUNCHbowl, wherein we share our favorite long reads on all things drinks and nightlife. This month, why British pubs serve Thai food, Italy's nearly forgotten aperitivo liqueur…

• story: Punch Staff
• photo: Lizzie Munro

Improved Shochu Cocktail

Kenta Goto's distant riff on the Improved Whiskey Cocktail that combines barley shochu, aged gin and hop liqueur.

Springy Chuhai

A bright, crushable and citrus-heavy highball.

Renai Revolution

A playful shochu highball flavored with white grape and pandan.

HiHou

Ring the buzzer on the unmarked door near Parliament House, at the eastern edge of the Central Business District (CBD), and you’ll be escorted into HiHou—a perfect little slice of…

Blue Calpico Chu-Hai

Tart and creamy Calpico meets the standard shochu highball.

Redefining What “Made in Hawaii” Means

The 50th state has had a complicated relationship with commercial agriculture for decades, but a crop of new spirits made from local produce is offering a fresh vision of what…

• story: Jennifer Fiedler
• photo: Robert Dawson

Sho Sho

A unlikely blend of carrot shochu and oloroso sherry topped with root beer.