These gin cocktails have a piney flavor and a slight sharpness thanks to the rosemary and ginger.
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 1 mins |
| Additional Time: | 1 hr 4 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 15 mins |
| Servings: | 8 |
| Yield: | 8 cocktails |
Ingredients
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup water
- ⅓ cup packed fresh rosemary leaves
- ⅓ cup coarsely chopped fresh ginger
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- 1 cup gin
- 1 cup rosemary-ginger simple syrup
- 1 cup sparkling water
- ½ cup fresh lime juice
- 10 ice cubes
Instructions
- Bring all syrup ingredients to a boil in a small saucepan over medium heat. Boil, stirring until sugar has dissolve, about 1 minute. Remove from heat. Let stand, covered, 1 hour at room temperature.
- Strain through a fine-mesh sieve, pushing down on solids to extract as much liquid as possible. Refrigerate until ready to use.
- Combine gin, 1 cup of the rosemary-ginger simple syrup, sparkling water, and lime juice in a cocktail shaker. Add ice cubes and shake until well-chilled. Strain 3/4 cup each into 8 glasses and serve.
- This recipe uses just 1 cup of the simple syrup. Refrigerate leftover syrup in a jar for a week or so.
Reviews
Love the syrup!! Came out great
Flavors are great, but it’s too sweet. I will use less syrup the next time.
Very good, a little sweet but the flavors are excellent. I loved the rosemary & ginger combination.
I just mixed the syrup with tonic for an alcohol free drink. Yummy. And it smells wonderful.
Such an easy, refreshing and complex drink. Great to make a pitcher of them in advance. I stirred rather than shaked it with ice because of the sparkling water.
4.5 Stars for this one. Great summer drink. Strong taste of ginger and rosemary. You barely taste gin. I followed the recipe very closely and it only made about 5-6 drinks; not sure why.
So good, we’re making them for Mother’s Day dinner. I didn’t change a thing…even added the pepper. Be sure to use a fine sieve.