August 14-Gin Basil Smash

You know when I think of cocktails and tghe countries they are from, obviously you have the US and Japan, but today we are talking about a lowkey big country for cocktails that no one thinks of. That country is Germany, the cocktail today was created by Jorg Meyer at La Leon in Hamburg German. When you talk about well known cocktails from Germany, you typically think of Charles Schumann’s creations, but Meyer is becoming a well known bartender in his own right with this one and the Mrs Hendrickx Lemonade Highball.#

This cocktail is a very satisfying and refreshing take on the smash categrory of drinks, only without the lemon wedges smashed in as well. This drink instead uses squeezed lemon juice in its creation. But the main star of this drink is the basil included in its specs. Basil was not used very widely in cocktails before Mr. Meyer put it in this one. SSince thenm other bartenders like Greg Lindgren have been using it in a lot of their creations like the Basil Gimlet.

Full judging here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1r8HgVCvLk7I4zv3WAzZXM_2T3C7I8SGM3wCUTgKuthU/edit?tab=t.0