Summer is officially over, so you have to autumnify your Gin and Tonics to make them acceptable to the cocktail snobs. If you can’t go another fall day without a G&T in hand, I have just the thing for you. This Pomegranate Sage cooler mixes the best of summer’s G&Ts with the colors and tastes of early fall.
Ingredients:
- 1/2 Pomegranate
- Sage Simple Syrup (See my How-To Post)
- 1/2 lime
- 2 oz Doc Porter’s gin
- 2 sprigs of rosemary (plus one for garnish)
- Soda water (or tonic water, if you want it to taste more like a G&T)
-Begin by slicing the pomegranate in half and juicing one of the halves. I found that one half makes enough juice for one drink. Collect the juice and the seeds (called “arils”). You will need roughly 1/2-3/4 oz of pomegranate juice per drink.
-Muddle some rosemary and add the pomegranate juice and 1 oz of Sage simple syrup.
-Squeeze half a lime and add 1/2-3/4 oz lime juice.
-Add 1-2 oz of gin, depending on the strength you prefer.
-Prepare your glass by crushing ice (I prefer ice from a Lewis bag) and adding a layer of pomegranate arils in between ice layers.
-Shake your cocktail and double strain it over the crushed ice.
-Garnish with a sprig of fresh rosemary and serve with a straw!
