Hope Distillery

Mixology

A more savoury take on a traditional Basil Smash, when you’re after something slightly longer and refreshing

Recipe created for Hope Distillery by Georgia East

ingredients: 25ml Hope Mediterranean Gin
1 packet of pitted black olives
A generous handful of fresh basil, washed
1 lemon, juiced
200ml tonic water
Garnish: Basil and a few olives
Preparation: In a mortar and pestle, roughly smash about 3-4 olives with a few sprigs of basil.
Fill a cocktail shaker with ice and add the basil-olive mixture, the lemon juice and the gin. Shake to combine and infuse the gin.
Pour into a tumbler filled with ice and top up with tonic water.
Garnish with fresh basil and a few black olives skewered on a cocktail stick
Serve: On the rocks