Gin Lemonade Cocktail
This Gin Lemonade Cocktail contains the ultimate mix of refreshing herbs, spices, and citrus elements to make it the perfect treat for hot summer days.
Ingredients
- 5 mint leaves
- 1/2 a rosemary sprig
- 1/2 inch thick lemon slice
- 1 teaspoon Lemon Zest Sugar with Cardamom*
- 2 ounces gin*
- 1 ounce Orange Shrub with Cardamom and Thyme*
- Club soda to top or to taste I used Fever-Tree Club Soda
Instructions
- Place a handful or two of ice in a highball glass.
- In a cocktail shaker, muddle the mint leaves, rosemary sprig, lemon slice, and sugar together until the mint is very aromatic and slightly bruised looking and the sugar is mostly dissolved.
- Add the gin and shrub and top with ice.
- Shake well, until the shaker is very cold and is sweating.
- Strain into the prepared glass, top with club soda and garnish. You can garnish with a lemon wedge or slice, mint leaves, rosemary, and edible flowers if desired.
Notes
*See the recipe for Lemon Zest Sugar with Cardamom here
*See the recipe for this Orange Shrub with Cardamom and Thyme here
Neat Version: Double strain into a chilled coupe or rocks glass and garnish
This Gin Lemonade Cocktail will taste different depending on what gin you use. Each distillery adds different botanicals, so the same cocktail made with another gin will result in its own distinctive version.
Gins I used with this drink & in the DIY Gin Bar:
- St. George Spirits, Botanivore Gin
- St. George Spirits, Terroir Gin
- St. George Spirits, Dry Rye Gin
- Young and Yonder Spirits, Hobb's Gin
- Griffo Distillery, Scott Street Gin
- New Alchemy Distilling, Fleurette Gin
- New Alchemy Distilling, Fleurette Vermilion Gin
- Sipsong Spirits, Indira Gin
- Sonoma Brothers Distilling Gin