Name: Watermelon and Basil Smash
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 1 slice Watermelon (fresh); 8 fresh Basil leaves; 60 ml Reposado tequila; 22.5 ml Limoncello liqueur; 45 ml Ginger ale

Watermelon & Basil Smash
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Serve in a Collins glass

Ingredients:
1 slice	Watermelon (fresh)
8 fresh	Basil leaves
2 oz	Patrón Reposado tequila
³⁄₄ oz	Pallini Limoncello liqueur
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Thomas Henry Ginger Ale

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Garnish: Watermelon wedge

How to make:

Cut watermelon into 16 segments, chop the flesh from one segment into cubes and MUDDLE in base of skater. Add other ingredients, SHAKE with ice and fine strain into ice-filled glass. TOP with ginger ale.

Strength & taste guide:

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Review:

Sweet and sour, long and refreshing with subtle hints of basil, ginger and tequila amongst the fruit.

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Florian Ruf

28th April 2022 at 14:21

Out of practical reasons ? I used Tequila blanco and Ginger beer, so it was more like a Mule variation. But this worked very well, maybe it was was less soft than the original.

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