Wine & Dine – August 2019

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http://www.wnd.sg

It’s been barely nine months since Jigger & Pony
moved into its new home, but here they are with a
new cocktail menu. Then again, this is the bar that
jumped 33 spots to number 9 on Asia’s 50 Best Bars
2019—Jigger & Pony is not one to rest on its laurels.
Discovery is part of this menu’s ‘Let’s Drink
Better’ ethos, with a focus on showcasing spirits not
conventionally involved in cocktail-making: eau de
vie, rhum agricole (rum made from sugar cane juice,
instead of the usual molasses-based white and dark
rums) and shochu. Case in point? Williams Cooler
($23), a highball made elegant with subtle hints of
freshly cut pear, achieved by substituting whisky with
two Williams Pear brandies.
Barley Manhattan ($23) is another intriguing one
to consider, with pure barley shochu thrown into the

fray. The prominent toastiness and that dry shochu

buzz makes it not quite a Manhattan as we know

it, but also very intriguing: Keep nursing it, and it

starts to show an incredibly comforting, cocoa-like

maltiness.

June Bug ($23), typically a saccharine tropical

number, is finessed into a sour, with soju, awamori

(a rice liquor unique to Okinawa), coconut rum

and house-made midori. It’s remarkably clean

and refreshing, but the biggest reason to order is

to have an excuse to sample the midori—unlike

the artificial-tasting commercial variety, this one

brims with the natural sweetness of cantaloupe and

honeydew.

Lobby, Amara Singapore, 165 Tanjong Pagar Road.

Tel: 9621 1074

In the spirit of discovery