Cherry Gin Rickey

60ml Noble Bootleggers Cherry Gin

20ml Freshly squeezed lemon juice

10ml Lemon and hibiscus sugar syrup

Soda (top up)

Garnish: Lemon peel and Luxardo cherries

Build ingredients in a Collins glass over ice. Top up with soda and garnish with lemon peel and Luxardo cherries.

To make the Lemon & Hibiscus Sugar Syrup:

1 cup water

1 cup caster sugar

50g Dried hibiscus flowers

20g Lemon peel

Bring water to a boil and add caster sugar. Stir until dissolved. Add hibiscus and lemon peel and simmer for 15 minutes. Allow mixture to completely cool before straining through a siev into a sealed container. Refrigerated, the syrup is good for approximately 3 weeks.

Kristin Lemura