About
This cocktail was created by me at the end of summer, when I had lemon-basil shrub left over from The Oaxacan Brat and wanted to find another use for it. The name is a play on Buzz Lightyear and the seasonal shift when many native bees begin overwintering. Honey carries that theme into the glass, while the shrub’s tart citrus and fresh basil meet Green Chartreuse’s deeper herbal notes beneath a soft egg-white foam. The result feels like one last warm-weather buzz before fall sets in.Cheers y’all!
Ingredients
- 2 oz · 60 mlvodka
- ¼ oz · 7.5 mlGreen Chartreuse
- 1 oz · 30 mllemon-basil shrub
- ½ oz · 15 mlhoney syrup
- 1egg white
Method
- 1
Add all ingredients to a shaker tin.
- 2
Dry shake without ice.
- 3
Add ice and shake until chilled.
- 4
Strain into a chilled coupe or Nick and Nora.
- 5
Garnish with a basil leaf.
LEMON-BASIL SHRUB
- 500 g. sugar
- 250 g. lemon peel
- 40 g. fresh basil
- 500 g. fresh lemon juice
- 250 g. Champagne vinegar or white wine vinegar
- 1
Combine the sugar and lemon peel and cold macerate for 12–24 hours.
- 2
Add the fresh basil and gently muddle.
- 3
Macerate for an additional 4–6 hours.
- 4
Strain.
- 5
Add the fresh lemon juice and Champagne vinegar or white wine vinegar.
- 6
Stir until combined.
- 7
Bottle and refrigerate.
- 8
Ideally, rest for 2–3 days before using.
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