morning drink (of sake); morning sake
Refers specifically to drinking sake in the morning, often with a nuance of indulgence or a hangover cure.
Some people enjoy a morning drink of sake on their days off.
With a hangover, I downed some morning sake.
Compound of 朝 (morning) and 酒 (sake/alcohol). The reading あさざけ is a straightforward combination of the two words.