Vanilla

2 oz Sake

1 oz vanilla bean syrup

1 oz lemon juice

Add all ingredients to a shaker with ice, shake, strain into a bucket glass over ice or up, depending on your mood.

This drink is so simple and just a delight.

Pro tip: the magic is in the vanilla bean syrup, here's the recipe:

1 cup raw sugar

1 cup water

3 vanilla beans, split and seeds scraped

Add water and vanilla beans and seeds to a small saucepan over medium heat, bring to a very low boil before adding the sugar, stir until sugar is dissolved and the vanilla seeds have speckled the syrup - it's SO so beautiful. Let cool, bottle up with the beans too!

This drink was one that I would make at one of the first bartending jobs I ever had in Portland, Oregon at the Brazen Bean. Ah so nostalgic and would have been perfect for Acre too!