Well its been a few weeks running that I’ve had to skip out on Thursday Drink Night over at the Mixoloseum, but here we are on Thursday night, with lamb roasting in the oven, my drink hand empty, and a TDN theme of Gin, just waiting for something to be mixed up!
We’ve had some wild weather here, with the odd power outage, high winds, and lots of fir branches down for the count!. Walking the dogs through the streets, there’s a gorgeous resin-y aroma of douglas fir branches wafting in the air, making me think of rosemary. So this week, rosemary ended up being the starting point, and a recently acquired jar of gooseberry preserves with its sweet/tart flavour looked like it would pair well with the rosemary and some citrus. Not to forget the gin — I ended up going with Beefeater 24: a little more citrus and less juniper forward to let the rosemary shine through. The addition of Green Chartreuse and Jerry Thomas bitters round out the herbal notes. The whole thing was very roughly strained so it would look a little blowsy and got topped off with seltzer.
So here you go, even though its Thursday: the Windy Wednesday
The Windy Wednesday
Muddle together:
- Leaves from 1/2 sprig of rosemary
- 1 heaping barspoon gooseberry preserves
Add:
- 2 oz. Beefeater 24 Gin
- 1/2 oz. fresh lemon juice (scant)
- 1/2 oz. Green Chartreuse
- 3 dashes Jerry Thomas bitters
Shake with ice, strain roughly into an ice-filled highball glass. Top with soda water. Garnish with a rosemary sprig