Basil’s Bite
★★★★★
Muddle the basil leaves in a cocktail shaker. Add the other ingredients and ice, and shake. Double-strain into a cocktail glass. Basil leaf garnish.
Origin: Eric Alperin
BitterHerbaceousPreprandial
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The Negroni That Wasn’t
★★★★★
- 1 oz Bombay Sapphire gin
- ¾ oz Aperol
- ¾ oz bianco vermouth
- ½ oz Cynar
- 2 dashes orange bitters
Stir and strain into a cocktail glass. Orange peel garnish.
All booze and bittersBitterExpensiveNegroni-inspiredPreprandial
Archangel
★★★★★
- 2 ¼ oz gin
- ¾ oz Aperol
- 4 slices cucumber
Muddle the cucumber in a cocktail shaker. Add the other ingredients and ice, and stir. Double-strain into a cocktail glass. Lemon peel garnish.
HerbaceousMartinis and their likePreprandialVeggie
Cucumber Cooler
★★★★★
- 1 ½ oz gin
- ½ oz Aperol
- 1 oz lime juice
- ⅓ oz simple syrup
- 5 quarter-inch cucumber wheels
- tonic water
Muddle the cucumber in a cocktail shaker. Add the other ingredients (except for the tonic) and ice, and shake. Double-strain into an ice-filled highball glass and top with tonic water. Cucumber wheel garnish.
ComplicatedCoolers, collinses, highballs, fizzes, and swizzlesFizzyHot outsideVeggie