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3 shared ingredients · also Gin
Gin Basil Smash
🥃 Serve in: Rocks Glass
Fresh basil gets muddled right into gin here, along with lemon juice and sugar syrup for a bright, herbaceous modern German classic. Invented at a Hamburg bar in the 2000s, it helped kick off a wider trend of muddled-herb cocktails in craft bars worldwide. That basil's peppery freshness plays beautifully against gin's own botanicals. Shaken hard to properly express the basil, then served over ice.
Ingredients
- Basil Leaves12 leaves
- Gin2 oz
- Lemon Juice0.75 oz
- Simple Syrup0.5 oz
Instructions
Muddle basil leaves in the base of a shaker. Add gin, lemon juice, and rich sugar syrup, then shake with ice. Fine strain into a chilled old-fashioned glass and garnish with a bouquet of basil sprigs.
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