St Basil

Name: St Basil
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1 cocktail
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 15 ml Simple Syrup; 45 ml Gin; 6 lf Fresh Basil; 23 ml Lemon Juice; 23 ml St-Germain

A shaken gin sour with lemon juice and a little sugar, where St-Germain and fresh basil add floral and herbal notes. Created by Matt Johnson at Feedback Lounge in Seattle in 2009.

Matt Johnson created the St Basil in 2009 at Feedback Lounge in Seattle. The bar closed in 2015, but the drink has outlived it.

Method

Shaken

Glass

coupe

Difficulty

Medium

Flavor Profile

Citrus

Floral

Herbal

Refreshing