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Lonsdale

Name: Lonsdale
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Gin; 15 ml Honey sugar syrup; 3 fresh Basil leaves; 22.5 ml Lemon juice; 75 ml Apple juice

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Ingredients
2 fl oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
1/2 fl oz	Honey sugar syrup
3 fresh	Basil leaves
3/4 fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
2 1/2 fl oz	Apple juice/apple cider (cloudy & unsweetened)

Garnish: Basil leaf & apple slice

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Collins glass

Method:

STIR honey syrup with gin until honey dissolves. TEAR basil leaves and add to shaker with all other ingredients. SHAKE with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.

Health & Nutrition

Alcohol content:

We don't have enough information to calculate the alc./vol., but based on known ingredients, this recipe contains at least:

19.5 grams of pure alcohol

History

Created by Alexandra Fiot at The Lonsdale, London, England.

Review

Not dry, not sweet, just balanced, long and refreshing.

Comments & Discussion

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Luca Sorriso Valvo 2 years ago

Increased basil leaves and replaced the honey sugar syrup with 10 ml of honey, slightly heated and dissolved in a few drops of water, then in the gin. Homemade apple juice made the rest. Excellent cocktail.