A bright, elegant Sour riff with notes of stonefruit, citrus, and honey 🍹🍋🍯 The blended Japanese malt has notes of stonefruit, orchard fruit that combine with the vanilla custard notes of the Japanese grain whiskey and the roasted tropical fruit notes in the aged cachaca to form a flavorful base that works with the honey syrup to highlight the sweet/tart notes of ripe in season plums. Fresh lemon juice helps brighten the drink and adds needed acidity while a splash of the honeyed/floral Benedictine and a dash of Ume bitters helps boost the plum and honey notes Muddle 3-4 slices (about half) of a ripe plum (Santa Rosa and pixie plums are particularly good) in fat .5 oz Honey Syrup (2 parts honey: 1 part warm water; stir until honey is fully incorporated) Add: 1 oz Blended Japanese Malt Whisky (Suntory Toki is a nice option) .5 oz Japanese Grain Whisky (has creamier, vanilla and custard notes; Nikka Coffey Grain is a very good bottle) .5 oz Aged Cachaca (Avua Amburana, Novo Fogo Gold, etc) Scant .75 oz Fresh Lemon Juice 1/2 Tsp Benedictine (French liqueur with notes of saffron and floral honey) 1 dash Miracle Mile Ume Bitters Shake with ice and double strain into a chilled coupe. Garnish with a slice of ripe plum #readchangraelee