Gin Basil Smash
Do you love basil on your pasta? Then you should try this drink as soon as possible. You now have the opportunity to:
The Gin Basil Smash is now available in our Gin Cocktail Tasting Set .
And that wasn't it! Many more gin drinks await you in this tasting set, for which you get the best spirits and ingredients.
You need these ingredients for your Gin Basil Smash:
- 50 ml gin of your choice
- 30 ml sugar syrup
- 15 ml lemon juice
- fresh basil
- Ice cream for shaking and serving
You need these cocktail accessories for your Gin Basil Smash:
- a cocktail shaker
- a bar measure for measuring the ingredients
- a tumbler glass
Original recipe for the Gin Basil Smash:
- Fill the cocktail shaker with ice, gin, simple syrup, lemon juice and a handful of fresh basil.
- Briefly tap the basil in your hand so that the essential oils from the basil get into the drink
- Shake the shaker at full strength for about 20 seconds. Now you can probably imagine why the drink was called Gin Basil Smash.
- Now take the tumbler glass and fill it to the brim with ice.+
- Pour the liquid from the shaker into the glass. Use a strainer if you want to avoid small pieces of basil leaves in your drink.
- Decorate your cocktail with a sprig of basil.
The Gin Basil Smash comes from Hamburg?
It was a warm summer evening in 2008 when the Hamburg bartender Jörg Meyer went behind the bar of his small but fine cocktail bar "Le Lion". He had a special challenge in front of him that evening: A regular customer had asked him to mix a cocktail with basil that should be refreshing and spicy at the same time.
Jörg Meyer experimented with different ingredients for a while, but no combination really convinced him. Finally he had an idea: He took a few fresh basil leaves, put them in a jar and mash them with a pestle. He added gin, lemon juice and a little sugar syrup and shook the whole thing vigorously in the cocktail shaker.
When he then served the cocktail to the regular guest, he was thrilled by the refreshing taste and the special spice of the basil. This is how the Gin Basil Smash was created, which quickly became a real classic in the bar scene and is still enjoyed by cocktail lovers today.
Jörg Meyer himself says about the creation of the drink: "I wanted to make something that was refreshing and spicy at the same time, and that really succeeded perfectly with the Gin Basil Smash.
Would you like to hear more stories like this?
Then you should take a look at the Gin Cocktail Tasting Set . In addition to explaining the ingredients and the origin of the cocktail, we also go into all the flavors of the drink and taste the most delicious gin cocktails with you.
