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Azabu Cocktail Menu 1.23 HIGHBALL DRAFT BEER AZABU HIGHBALL 13 ASAHI SUPERDRY 8 Azabu blend whisky, soda, lemon peel SAPPORO 8 HAKUSHU HIGHBALL 15 Hakushu , soda, mint FLORIDA CRACKER 8 NIKKA HIGHBALL 14 MEGA MIX IPA 8 Nikka taketsuru 12, soda, grapefruit perfume BOTTLE BEER SIGNATURE COCKTAILS ORION LAGER 22OZ 14 BUBU-SAN 14 LUCKY BUDDHA LAGER 9 Hannya spicy umeshu, prosecco, istring chili HITACHINO NEST WHITE ALE 9 15 HARU (SPRING IN TOKYO) SUIYOBI NO NEKO WITEBIER 9 Mizu Lemongrass shochu, umeshu, yuzu, matcha tea, egg white KAI 15 Pink peppercorn gin, chamomile NON ALCOHOLIC syrup, verjuice, strawberry sherry shrub COCKTAILS 15 SUMI Japanese savory vodka, charcoal, SHUWA SHUWA 9 lemon juice, egg white, chambord Apple juice, cinnamon, lemon, ginger ale 14 KURO Azabu blend whiskey, sesame orgeat, GOKU GOKU 9 bitters Raspberry thyme shrub, pear, orange MOMO PIRI PIRI 9 Calvados, saint germain, peach 13 Pineapple, strawberry, cream, brandy, green apple juice lime, pink peppercorn 13 KIKU Mizu Japanese vodka, SOFT DRINKS chrysanthemum & honey, Americano cocchi, campari NON-ACOHOLIC BEVERAGES 14 Lemonade, orange juice, pineapple, ANZU 5 Azabu blend whisky,kombucha, apple, Coca cola, Diet coke, Sprite, apricot olive oil jam, lemon ginger beer, ginger ale, tonic water, club soda 14 TIKI Evan williams, Citrus, coconut, Prosecco, shiso leaf 16 YUZUKI Botanist gin, calamansi juice, honey yuzu kosho, bergamote 14 NAHA Santa Teresa claro, poppy, banana, falernum, pineapple juice, lime KOI Soto,Vodka, rosemary sherry, strawber- 16 ry, lime, yuzu, agave 15 UMECHA Nikka coffey grain, Plum Umeshu AKANE Bombay Gin, campari, lime juice, 14 tatratea peach, pineapple SAKE CORAVIN SELECTION MASU SAKE ‘THE OVER POUR SAKE’ 23 LOUIS METAIREAU GRAND MOUTON, 30 Rotating Seasonal Sake Muscadet, Loire, France 2015 AZABU FLIGHT 22 REMOISSENET PÈRE ET FILS 35 Black Dot, Tozai Ginjo, Oze no yukidoke BOURGOGNE BLANC, Chardonnay, Burgundy, France 2015 DASSAI FLIGHT 33 Nigori, Dassai 39, Dassai 50 CASCINA BONGIOVANNI BAROLO, 42 Nebbiolo, Piedmont, Italy 2011 JUNMAI / HONJOZO (GLASS / CARAFE / BOTTLE) BODEGAS EMILIO MORO, 35 Tempranillo, Castilla y León, Spain 2014 BLACK DOT HONJOZO (AICHI) 10 / 22 / 58 Floral, clean and silky BUBBLES SUIGEI ‘DRUNKEN WHALE’ TOKUBETSU JUNMAI (KYOTO) 9 / 19 / 120 PROSECCO 12 / 50 Dry and robust Tenuta Ca’Bolani, Brut Prosecco DOC, Italy FERRARI BRUT 16 / 70 JUNMAI GINJO / Trento DOC, Italy GINJO (GLASS / CARAFE / BOTTLE) LOUIS ROEDERER 22 / 105 Louis Roederer Brut Premier FUKUJU BLUE (HYOGO) 12 / 26 / 72 Silky, fruity, medium dry finish PERRIER JOUET 25 / 120 Perrier Jouet Grand Brut, NV TOZAI ‘WELL OF 11 / 24 / 68 WISDOM’ GINJO (KYOTO) LAURENT PERRIER 27 / 130 Soft and silky with white pepper finish aurent Perrier Cuvée Rose Brut, NV KIKUSUI BLUE JUNMAI GINJO (NIIGATA) 13 / 29 / 85 Clean, crisp, bright, dry finish WHITE WINE SAUVIGNON BLANC, 13 / 52 JUNMAI DAGINJO / Witherhills, Marlborough, New Zealand (GLASS / CARAFE / BOTTLE) DAGINJO MUSCADET 18 / 72 Domaine Louis Metaireau Grand Mouton, SOTO JUNMAI DAIGINJO Loire Valley, France 2015 (NIIGATA) 13 / 29 / 80 Silky, fruity, medium dry finish BORTOLUZZI PINOT GRIGIO, 12 / 48 2016 KONTEKI ‘TEARS OF DAWN’ DAIGINJO (KYOTO) 14 / 34 / 93 RIESLING, 15 / 65 Soft, smooth, complex, pear finish Argyle Nuthouse, Willamette Valley, Oregon 2012 NANBU BIJIN SHINPAKU JUNMAI GINJO (IWATE) 18 / 40 / 123 VERMENTINO, 11 / 45 Fruit forward, bright, dry finish Rocca di Montemassi, Tuscany, Italy 201 NIGORI (GLASS / CARAFE / BOTTLE) CHARDONNAY, 13 / 52 Beckon, Central Coast, California DASSAI 50 JUNMAI DAIGINJO NIGORI (YAMAGUCHI) 14 / 31 / 85 Creamy, semi-dry, bright, lively RED WINE PINOT NOIR, 13 / 52 LUXURY SAKE(GLASS / CARAFE /BOTTLE) Riviera, Sonoma County, California OZE NO YUKIDOKE JUNMAI BARBERA, 13 / 52 DAIGINJO (GUNMA) 25 / 55 / 150 Vietti Tre Vigne Barbera d’Asti, Piedmont, Floral, elegant, balanced Italy MALBEC, 13 / 52 ROSE WINE Piatelli Premium Reserve, Mendoza, Argentina 2013 FIVE ROSES, 11 / 45 Blend Negramaro Malvasia, Puglia, CABERNET SAUVIGNON, 13 / 52 Italy 2015 Slingshot, Napa Valley, California 2015 CLOUD CHASER ROSE, 14 / 56 Cote de Provence, France 2015.
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