Gin Basil Smash
Bruised basil turns this green and gives it a peppery, herbal lift; underneath sits a lemon sour, tart with just enough sugar to round it off. The basil is loud, so the gin needs juniper and spine to be heard at all — softer floral styles tend to vanish into the leaf.
- 60 ml
- gin
- 22.5 ml
- lemon
- 22.5 ml
- sugar
- 10 leaves
- basil
Basil shaken hard with gin, lemon and syrup, double strained over ice.
From the collection — 1 bottle
Hendrick's
Hendrick's cucumber-and-rose infusion runs with bruised basil instead of fighting it, and 44% carries the sugar and lemon.