What I love about this sake cocktail
If you haven’t had a sake cocktail before, you will love them. I order them every chance I get (which isn’t all that often) and I especially love sake cocktails with ginger beer. They pair really well together, as does the gin in this recipe.
I’ve had these a few times already and I’ve used both lemon and lime juice. Whatever you have on hand works just fine, but I preferred the lime. It was just so crisp and fresh. Either way, you’ll love them.
More gin recipes: gin mojitos / gin basil smash / Clover Club cocktail / cherry negroni sour
Ingredient notes:
- Sake – Opt for a dry sake for this recipe, since the ginger beer has enough sugar to balance the drink.
- Gin – I love using gin for this sake cocktail, but you can substitute vodka if you don’t have any gin.
- Ginger beer – Tops the cocktail off with some zesty ginger flavor and adds a delightful effervescence.
Making changes to a recipe can result in recipe failure. Any substitutions listed are simple changes that I believe will work in this recipe, but results are not guaranteed.
The following is a detailed overview of the recipe steps with added tips and tricks for recipe success. For a simplified and printable version, including ingredient amounts and more formal instructions, see the recipe card below.
How to make a saketini
Shake the cocktail. Combine everything except for the ginger beer in a cocktail shaker with ice until it’s really, really cold.
Fill your glasses. Once it’s cold, divide the the mixture between two martini glasses and top each with ginger beer.
Garnish with cucumber. I used a mandolin to slice my cucumber super thin before weaving it onto the cocktail picks, but you can use a thin cucumber slice or just skip it all together.
Frequently asked questions
The saketini is a martini that uses sake instead of the traditional vermouth used in a martini. There are often other ingredients added to pair with the sake, like the ginger beer in this recipe.
Yes you could. Many saketini recipes are made with vodka instead of gin. You can easily swap them out in this recipe. Although the floral notes of the gin pair really well with the sake.
Sake is a low proof alcohol so it would take a large amount to make you drunk. Most of the time it isn’t the sake that makes someone drunk but the other alcohol that is paired with it, like the gin in this saketini
More cocktails you’ll love: Pimm’s cup / Eastside cocktail / French blonde cocktail / cherry vodka sour
Ginger Saketinis
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 ounces gin
- 3 ounces sake
- 1/2 ounce lime juice
- 12 ounce Ginger beer
- Cucumber slices, for garnish
Instructions
- In a shaker with ice, combine the gin, sake and lime juice. Shake until very cold.
- Pour into chosen glasses (over ice, if desired). Top with ginger beer and garnish with a cucumber slice.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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Yum!!
What kind of sake did you use in your ginger sakitini?
thanks!
Honestly, I have no idea. I haven’t made it in a while, but we don’t have much of a selection at our store, so I got what I could!
Best sake cocktail I’ve ever had. A lot of restaurants can’t get it right and now I’m glad I can make a good one in my own home. Thanks!