On a side note, my husband hates basil, but I love it. And today when he walked into the kitchen and smelled the syrup I was making, he was like, "What's that?! I want to try it." (insert my evil laugh here) I told him it was basil and he still kinda wanted to try it. And you know what? He liked it. I guess it's my lucky day! I never thought I could get him to love basil OR any mixed drink besides a Bloody Mary. He's an evolving man, what can I say? 😀
Basil
Lemons
Sugar
Club Soda
Gin
St-Germain
In a tall glass, mix 2 ounces basil simple syrup (recipe below), 1.5 ounces gin, 1 ounce St-Germain, and the juice of three lemons. Add ice and top off with club soda and stir. Stir chopped basil into the drink as a (flavorful!) garnish. Enjoy!
Basil
Sugar
To make basil simple syrup, simply combine 1 part sugar and 1 part water in a pot and add 3-4 chopped basil leaves. I usually use 1 cup sugar and 1 cup water for a small batch, or two cups for a batch I want to use for a couple weeks or a party!
xo. elsie
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Mmm sounds so good! I definitely need to start making my own syrups 🙂
Love lemon! Favourite flavour 🙂
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Dear Elsie,
I love it.
It is kind of flue fighter that I need right now!
Thanks
Best,
Katty
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I love basil too! This sounds so good! Maybe I can convert my husband too! Love your blog. Have been so inspired and motivated at a time when that is so what I needed. Thank you!
I’m not much of a drinker, but I think I may have to concoct a virgin take on this!
Basil is so delicious when it’s fresh. I can only imagine how delicious this cocktail tastes with some refreshing lemon and a splash of alcohol! Mmmm.
M.
Gotta be honest, you girls are making me wish I was a raging alcoholic.
Just saying. 😉
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Mmmm! I just had Strawberry Basil Lemonade for the first time at a wedding last weekend and loved it! I’d be totally into making a spiked version ;D
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Beautiful!
xx
oh delicious! especially with some pesto:)
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This looks and sounds amazing! I love how you put it in the jars too xo
Looks so so delicious! Cheers!
um yum! So fresh and delicious! 🙂 I can’t wait to try this, especially in these last lingering warm days. Thanks for sharing.
YUM! Looks so refreshing! What a great little recipe!
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This sounds delicious. I love Hendricks and lemon, perfect!
Oooh. When I was traveling in Europe this past summer, they had a basil cocktail special at a restaurant I went to in Munich! They called it a Mingwa. Don’t know what it means. I think they used ginger syrup and club soda with gin and crushed the basil leaves in it. I’d forgotten about it until now, and now I really want to make it for myself! So good!
Thanks for bringing back good memories!
This sounds so ideal! All of my favorite things together!
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YUM! If you can find it, try Lemon Basil! It tastes exactly like the name says, and is delicious on just about everything (in my opinion).
I’ve had something similar in a restaurant before, but love the idea that I can make it at home!
oh my goodness this sounds absolutely delicious!
thanks for sharing 🙂
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Love lemon ! Think I´m going to try this, and the plus is that is very healthy
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How is it even possible not to like basil?? It’s the queen of all herbs 🙂
Num, I love fresh basil!
That looks perfect.
I don’t really drink, but I definitly wanna try this!!!
Love and good morning from Germany,
Bambi
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I love BasLem cocktails!
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OMG I have to taste it <3
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OMG I have to taste it
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I only tried sirup with fresh mint…. But I feel like experimenting with basil now! 🙂
Wow! Amazing post.. will definitely try it out.
Wow! Amazing post.. will definitely try it out
Yum! Will definitely have to try this.
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Ah! My speciality is Cosmopolitan 🙂
Where did you get those amazing straws that look like birch bark? Love them! The drink sounds yummy, too. 🙂
Looks really great! Enjoy your girls night 🙂
You make the best cocktails
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i never would have thought to put basil and lemonade together. i only think of basil with food not drinks.
Haha that story about Jeremy made me laugh a lot – he sounds just like me! I’ve always hated mushrooms, but sometimes a dish comes along that sneakily puts them in so that they taste good! (Can I just say that this event is rare – mushrooms are totally gross 99% of the time.) 😀
I can’t wait to try this out. And I love the fact that it’s a great way to preserve some of the summer basil glut for when the autumn nights start to draw in (assuming you can keep your hands of the syrup). A great reminder of summer!
I love those birch-print straws (it’s birch, right?). Where are they from?!
This looks delicious, so refreshing! 🙂 x
Looks really good. I can’t wait to try it.
Maybe it’s just perfect that it’s a Saturday, basil is my favourite thing in the world, and I have a fresh plant just sitting on the kitchen counter. There’s my night.
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I love basil lemonade!
Though I just make mine mojito style and crush up some basil in the bottom of a lgass before adding the lemonade (and rum,or vodka etc). I’m far to lazy to make the syrup.
Hmmmm this looks yummy! What a brilliant idea.
Made a mojito sorbet recently which worked really well…
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Yum!! Love the combination f this!
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Sounds refreshing! xx
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