Southside Cocktail
Fresh mint, gin, lime juice and simple syrup create the eminently sippable summer classic, the Southside.
Servings 1 cocktail
Ingredients
- 5 mint leaves, plus another for garnish
- 2 ounces gin (we used Bombay Sapphire)
- 1 ounce lime juice
- 3/4 ounce simple syrup
Instructions
- In a cocktail shaker, combine 5 mint leaves, gin, lime juice and simple syrup. Add ice and shake until very cold, at least 20 seconds.
- Strain into a martini coupe. Lay a mint leaf in the palm of one hand and smack it with your other hand to bruise it and release its aroma. Add it to the drink as a garnish. Serve.