Annual Food & Drink Issue

Gimme the Blues Cocktail Recipe

Serving Up Sparkles

Every cocktail connoisseur has that one recipe in their arsenal that offers up opulence and has the power to make anyone who tries it feel like they are sipping something special. Here, area establishments share their favorite carbonated cocktail recipes so that you too can be serving up sparkles in style.  

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Gimme the Blues

By Valerie Welch  at Gate 11

 

Valerie Welch, bartender at Gate 11

 

Ingredients

  • 1 oz. Gate 11 Infame Blanche Absinthe
  • 1/2 oz. lemon juice
  • 1/2 oz. house-made lavender syrup
  • 1 oz. house-made blueberry syrup
  • Mineral water

Directions

Add absinthe, lemon juice, and syrups to a cocktail shaker with ice and shake to combine. Pour into a wine glass and top with mineral water. Garnish with skewered blueberries and a basil leaf.

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Gimme the Blues Cocktail from Gate 11

 

Gimme the Blues Cocktail from Gate 11

Gimme the Blues Cocktail

Valerie Welch at Gate 11
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Course Drinks
Cuisine American
Servings 1 drink

Equipment

  • Cocktail shaker

Ingredients
  

For drink:

  • 1 oz. Gate 11 Infame Blanche Absinthe
  • ½ oz. lemon juice
  • ½ oz. house-made lavender syrup
  • 1 oz. house-made blueberry syrup
  • Mineral water

For garnish:

  • 4 blueberries
  • 1 basil leaf

Instructions
 

  • Add absinthe, lemon juice, and syrups to a cocktail shaker with ice and shake to combine.
  • Pour into a wine glass and top with mineral water.
  • Garnish with skewered blueberries and a basil leaf.
Keyword Absinthe, Cocktail, Mixed Drink, Sparkling Drink
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