World Gin Day is Saturday, June 13, and what better way to celebrate than with a refreshing gin cocktail—or two?
We’ve rounded up some recipes from Barr Hill Gin for you to try below that are a fit for any summer gathering over the next few months or as a feature on your cocktail menu.
The Bee’s Knees
The phrase “bee’s knees” was prohibition-era slang for “the best.” This classic cocktail born from the prohibition era combines gin, lemon, and honey.
Ingredients:
2 oz Barr Hill Gin
.75 oz Fresh Lemon Juice
.75 oz Raw Honey Syrup (2:1)
Lemon Twist Garnish
Directions:
Combine ingredients in a mixing tin, add ice, shake, then double strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Add garnish.
White Negroni
With vermouth blanc and the quietly assertive Suze, a softly bitter French apéritif, in place of Campari, this White Negroni recipe is as irresistible as its Italian cousin.
Ingredients:
1.5 oz Barr Hill Gin
.75 oz Blanc Vermouth
.75 oz Suze (French Bitters)
Lemon Garnish
Directions:
Combine Gin, Blanc Vermouth and Suze in a mixing glass, and add ice. Stir until well chilled. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Add garnish.
The Dye House
By Sam Nelis (a play on the classic Clover Club)
Ingredients:
1.5 oz Barr Hill Gin
0.75 oz Fino Sherry
0.75 oz Fresh Lemon Juice
0.75 oz Blueberry Syrup
1 Egg White
Fresh skewered blueberries for garnish
Directions:
Combine ingredients into a mixing tin, add ice, dry shake without ice, then shake with ice, and double strain into a coupe. Garnish with skewered fresh blueberries.
Classic Gin and Tonic
A few interesting tid-bits about gin’s longtime BFF, tonic:
Tonic is made from a South American tree species called Cinchona. Quinine is extracted from the bark.
In the 1700s, a Spanish scientist confirmed that quinine helps fight malaria and Europeans started sending ships to South America to load up on the trees.
Since it is no longer used as a medicine for Malaria, tonic today contains much less quinine.
Ingredients:
2 oz Barr Hill Gin
Top with your favorite Craft Tonic
Garnish with a Lime or Lemon Wedge
Directions:
In a tall glass filled with ice, add gin, then tonic. Add garnish.
