handful fresh basil
1 oz lemon juice
ž oz simple syrup
2 oz london dry gin
Garnish: basil sprig
Method: muddle the basil leaves and gin in a shaker. Let sit for two minutes to absorb more color. Add the remaining ingredients with crushed ice, shake, and double strain. Serve up or over a big rock.
This is a go-to on a sunny day, and half the reason I keep two kinds of basil growing on the balcony 𪴠I wanted to use the last of my purple basil before the nights get too cold, and was really pleased with the turnout!
It really irritates me how half-assed the storytelling is in #Stargate: SG-1 so far. Everything about this "There But 4 the Grace of God" episode seems #muddled đ