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Gin Basil Highball
by MyBeverageGuide

Recipe & Ingredients

  • 40 ml: Niemand Gin (gin)
  • 30 ml: Lemon Juice Fresh (citrus juice)
  • 30 ml: Green Basil Syrup (basil syrup)
  • 100 ml: Schweppes Club Soda (soda water)

Preparation

Categories:
Aperitivo Summer Refreshing
Glassware: Highball
Ice: ice cubes for the serving glass

Technique

build in

Garnish

  • 1x lemon zest, squeeze and drop into the glass.

Drink Description

<<The Gin Basil Highball is a crisp, refreshing Highball with a herbal character and the touch of Basil.>>

Mixing Instructions

  1. Pour all the ingredients (except!) the carbonated filler into the serving glass.
  2. Pour the carbonated filler into the serving glass. You can also measure it before with the jigger.
  3. Add ice cubes.
  4. Add your garnish.

Detailed Recipe Instructions

  1. Prepare your garnish.
  2. Prepare your Mise en Place.
  3. Chill the serving glass in the fridge.
  4. Take the chilled glass out of the fridge/freezer.
  5. Pour all the ingredients (except!) the carbonated filler into the serving glass.
  6. Pour the carbonated filler into the serving glass. You can also measure it before with the jigger.
  7. Add ice cubes.
  8. Add your garnish.
  9. Clean up your working station.

Mixing Tips

General

  • Start with the cheapest ingredients (the syrup) first.

Ice

  • Try to add the ice cubes into the glass by the end. Do it carefully. Otherwise, you might spill the liquid, or due to the acid of the citrus juice, you will create a lot of foam that spills over.

Glassware

  • A chilled glass keeps your drink longer and more enjoyable. Your used ice will melt slower, and the taste will stay longer.

Non Alcoholic Ingredients

  • Make sure your carbonated filler is cold and fresh.
  • Try to keep the homemade syrup constantly refrigerated. It will often have a shorter expiration than store-bought syrups.

Mise en Place

Ice:

ice cubes for the serving glass

Bar Equipment:

Bottle Opener
Zest Peeler
Jigger

Garnish:

1x lemon zest

Editor Recipe Notes

We adopted the recipes from Jörg Meyers’s Youtube Channel “trinkabenteuer.”

We used 200 grams of Basil, and then we blanched it. After, we used the mixer and mixed it with warm sugar syrup. We used the highest speed for blending and did this for about 2 minutes. So the syrup gets a dark green color. After, we used a sieve to strain just the liquid.

It’s an excellent way to blanch the Basil. You can get more flavor and color out of it, and because of the heat, you kill many germs on the Basil, so you also have a longer expiration time.
We found an excellent Gin that fits perfectly with the Basil Syrup.

Essential Infos

Name:
Gin Basil Highball

Style:
Highball

Bar Technique:
build

Ingredients by Category:

gin
citrus juice
basil syrup
soda water

Garnish:
lemon zest

Color:
light green

Flavour and Texture

Aroma

basil green
lemon

Flavour

basil green
lemon
rosemary

Texture

bubbly
crisp
delicate

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Updated: 3. February 2023
  • 5 min
210 ml = 1 serving