Ling spins a pen around his fingers. "Specialties are a choice of the bartender. The house Kusari is famous for it's sake, and I have a few mixes I could recommend, however sake by itself is a very nice drink, not unlike wine. It has an aroma of flower petals, and is pointedly smooth and sweet."
Ling motions to the bartender in what appears to be off-the-cuff sign language. Along with his drink, the bartender brings a variety of bottles, a shaker, a peeler, two different strainers and a tall spoon. "One of the first mixes given to foreigners like you and I, Drake, is a mixture that derives it's main flavors from a separate drink, and the sake is the mixed ingredient, not the mixer"
As he says this, he pours a little more than half a glass of Liberty Ale, and a little less than half a glass of sake into the shaker, along with a large piece of ice. After shaking it thoroughly, he puts the strainer over the top, and pours the drink into a clean glass that the bartender had just brought over. "The end result is a familiar flavor balanced with a foreign flavor. Something to ease you into a new land, you see?"
Ling slides the glass over to Drake. "Not one that I, myself, am fond of, but a beginning drink for the world of sake."
