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Cocktail Club

Tis’ the season of giving thanks.  Make a toast with this special craft cocktail, brought to you by B-Bar.

LADY IN LACE

Ingredients:

2 oz Earl Grey Infused Sipsmith Gin

.75 oz Lavendar Simple Syrup

.75 oz Lemon Juice

Egg whites from one egg

Lavender garnish

Directions:

Squeeze half a lemon, remove the seeds, and reserve the juice.

Crack one egg and reserve the whites only.

In a tall mixing glass with ice, add the gin, Lavender simple syrup, lemon juice and the egg whites and shake vigourously.

Strain into a martini glass and garnish with a piece of fresh lavender flower.

TO INFUSE THE GIN WITH EARL GREY TEA:

  1. Pour your gin in a jar with a lid and add the tea leaves. Allow to infuse for about two hours. ...
  2. Once it is infused, strain out and discard the leaves. Return the gin to the jar. ...

TO MAKE LAVENDER SIMPLE SYRUP:

· 1 cup water, 1 cup sugar, 1 tablespoon lavender blossoms.

· Combine water, sugar, and lavender blossoms in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil, stirring until sugar dissolves. Simmer for 1 minute. Remove from heat and let syrup steep, about 30 minutes.  Pour syrup into a sterilized glass jar through a mesh strainer to remove blossoms; let cool