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The Botanist 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.

Photos by Rich Smith

The Botanist

By Maya Daley at Old Gilman Grill

Maya Daley, bartender at Old Gilman Grill

Ingredients

1 oz. gin
1/2 oz. lemon juice
1 oz. blackberry rhubarb compote
Sparkling wine

Directions

Add gin, lemon juice, and compote to a cocktail shaker and shake to combine. Strain into a coupe glass and top with sparkling wine. Garnish with a lemon twist.