Created by Jorg Meyer in 2008 in Germany, this cocktail has quickly become a smash WorldWide with the basil adding great herbaceous flavours to the libation.&nbsp; Bartender Tip:If you can get hold of Red basil instead of Green, it creates a fantastic twist to the cocktail

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Gin Basil Smash

Get your basil leaves ready and cut your lemon for squeezing

Knife

Prepare

Place your basil leaves and gin in your shaker

Jigger

Shaker

Basil leaves

Add ingredients

Using the muddler, press on to the basil leaves to release all the flavors.

Muddler

Muddle

Fill both your rocks glass and shaker with ice

Ice scoop

Whisky Tumbler

Pour in your lemon juice and sugar syrup in shaker

Mexican Elbow Juicer

Lemon juice

Sugar syrup

Close the shaker and shake hard for 9 seconds

Shake

Take off the small top off the shaker and fine strain out the mix into your chilled glass. Garnish with a fresh basil sprig.

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