Northern Rice
Refreshing and subtly sweet, with notes of pandan and sticky rice, custard, and shiso.
Inspired by: Saksey's
Lusty Nail
A tropical, smoky riff on the Rusty Nail, built with a sesame-peat fat-washed SONKLIN and lengthened with coconut water and lime.
- Complexity
- 3/5
- Alcohol level
- Light
- Type
- Highball
- Preparation
- Built
- Glass
- Highball
- Ice
- Fresh Ice
Ingredients
Sesame-peat fat-washed SONKLIN45 ml1.5 oz
Drambuie15 ml0.5 oz
Fresh lime juice15 ml0.5 oz
Coconut water60 ml2 oz
Garnish: Lime wheel
Steps
- 01Combine sesame-peat fat-washed SONKLIN, Drambuie, and lime juice in a highball glass with ice
- 02Top with coconut water and stir gently
- 03Garnish with a lime wheel
Notes
Sesame-Peat Fat-Wash (per 750ml batch): combine 700ml SONKLIN, 50ml peated whisky (Laphroaig 10 or similar), and 30g toasted sesame oil. Shake to incorporate, rest 2-3 hours at room temperature, then freeze overnight. Strain through a fine mesh and coffee filter once the oil solidifies and separates.
History
Adapted from the Lusty Nail at Saksey's, originally published on Punch, where a sesame-oil fat wash on Scotch is paired with Drambuie, coconut, and lime. Since SONKLIN doesn't carry Scotch's smoke or malt, a small dose of peated whisky is folded into the fat wash to restore the Nail family's signature backbone.
In the bottle
SONKLIN Original. Contemporary rice spirit from estate grown khao niew Sanpatong sticky rice. 6 plate reflux column still, coconut carbon filtration. 70 cL.
SONKLIN Original
