About
This is an original cocktail Oven and Shaker in Portland, OR. Their recipe calls for vodka, but gin can easily be used (and how I make them). This is the cocktail you need to be sipping on when the sun is shining; lemon, honey, and basil are the spring and summer trifecta.Cheers y’all!
Ingredients
- 2 oz · 60 mlgin or vodka
- ¾ oz · 22.5 mlfresh lemon juice
- ¾ oz · 22.5 mlhoney syrup
- 4–6 large basil leaves
- 2–3 oz/ 60–90 ml. soda water to top
Method
- 1
Add basil to glass.
- 2
Lightly muddle and press basil along sides of glass to release oils.
- 3
Add remaining ingredients.
- 4
Fill ⅔ with crushed or pebble ice.
- 5
Swizzle to mix.
- 6
Add soda water.
- 7
Top with ice.
- 8
Garnish with basil leaves.
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