Cocktails Featuring

Botanivore Gin

  • Vesper

    3 oz St. George Botanivore Gin
    1 oz St. George All Purpose Vodka
    1/2 oz Lillet Blanc

    Stir all ingredients with ice to chill (or shake à la 007), then strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a thin peel of lemon.

    Recipe: classic
    Photo: The Weekend Mixologist

  • Spanish Gin & Tonic

    2 oz St. George Botanivore Gin
    4 oz elderflower tonic

    Fill a large goblet or wine glass 3/4 full of ice. Add gin, top with tonic, and stir gently. Garnish with grapefruit slice, fresh mint, and edible flowers—or as you like. Just make it pretty!

    Recipe: variation on a classic
    Photo: St. George Spirits

  • Gin Fizz

    2 oz St. George Botanivore Gin
    1 oz club soda
    1 oz fresh lemon juice
    3/4 oz simple sryup
    1 egg white (about 1/2 oz)

    Dry shake (no ice) all ingredients except the club soda for about 10 seconds. Add 3 or 4 ice cube then shake again vigorously. Pour club soda into a Collins glass, then double-strain contents of shaker into the glass.

    Recipe: classic
    Photo: The Weekend Mixologist

  • BEE’S KNEES

    2 oz St. George Botanivore Gin
    3/4 oz honey syrup
    3/4 oz fresh lemon juice

    Shake all ingredients with ice, then strain into a chilled coupe. Garnish with a lemon twist.

    Recipe: updated classic
    Photo: Neil Roche

  • California Negroni

    1 oz St. George Botanivore Gin
    1 oz Greenbar Grand Poppy Liqueur
    1 oz Vya Sweet Vermouth
    1/2 oz fresh grapefruit juice
    1/4 oz Bar Cart Cocktail Co. Spring Bitters

    Stir all ingredients with ice in a mixing glass until well chilled, at least 10 seconds. Strain into a cold, ice-filled rocks glass. Garnish with matchstick pieces of grapefruit peel and an olive branch.

    Recipe: Katie Blandin Shea, Bar Cart Cocktail Co.
    Photo: Katie Blandin Shea

  • The Botanist

    1 ½ oz St. George Botanivore Gin
    ½ oz St. Germain
    ½ oz lemon juice
    ¼ oz simple syrup
    2 mint leaves
    1 cucumber slice

    Shake all ingredients with ice, then strain into a rocks glass with 3 large ice cubes. Garnish with a lemon wheel and mint sprig.

    Recipe: Wil Schultz, Merchants, Nashville
    Photo: Nick Trull

  • California Citrus Vesper

    3 oz St. George Botanivore Gin
    1 oz St. George California Citrus Vodka
    1/2 oz Lillet Blanc

    Stir all ingredients with ice to chill, then strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a thin peel of orange.

    Recipe: variation on a classic
    Photo: The Weekend Mixologist

  • Bijou

    2 oz St. George Botanivore Gin
    1 oz sweet vermouth
    1 oz Chartreuse
    3 dashes Regan's #6 bitters

    Stir all ingredients with ice, then strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with lemon peel.

    Recipe: classic
    Photo: Cliff Hammerschmidt

  • Floradora

    1 1/4 oz St. George Botanivore Gin
    3/4 oz St. George Raspberry Brandy
    1/2 oz lime juice
    1/2 oz ginger syrup
    1/2 oz raspberry gum syrup
    seltzer

    Measure all ingredients except seltzer into mixing tin. Add ice, then shake and double-strain into an ice-filled Collins glass. Fill with seltzer, swizzle, and garnish with a long lime twist.

    Recipe: Waldorf-Astoria original adapted by Erik Carlson, Bastille, Seattle
    Photo: St. George Spirits

  • CLOVER CLUB

    1 1/2 oz St. George Botanivore Gin
    1/2 oz St. George Raspberry Liqueur
    3/4 oz fresh lemon juice
    1/4 oz simple syrup
    1 egg white

    Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker, top with ice, shake for ~30 seconds. Strain into fresh shaker, discard ice, and shake vigorously again for 15–20 seconds to build up a nice froth. Strain into a chilled coupe glass, garnish rim with orange zest.

    Recipe: Tyler Ridgeway, Khong River House, Miami Beach
    Photo: Laura Standley

  • Botanical Smash

    2 oz St. George Botanivore Gin
    9 leaves fresh herbs
    1/2 tsp superfine sugar
    seltzer water

    We like a combo of mint and tarragon for this one. Muddle herbs with sugar, then shake with gin and ice. Strain into a fresh glass filled with ice, top with seltzer water, and garnish with a whole leaf of each herb.

    Recipe: variation on a classic
    Photo: St. George Spirits

  • Dorflinger

    2 oz gin (we prefer Botanivore)
    1 oz St. George Absinthe Verte
    1 dash orange bitters

    Stir gin, absinthe, and bitters with ice until well chilled, then strain into a cocktail glass.

    Recipe: classic
    Photo: St. George Spirits

  • Peas and Spank You

    2 oz St. George Botanivore Gin
    1 oz muddled sweet peas
    3/4 oz fresh lemon juice
    1 oz simple syrup
    2 dashes Fee Brothers Celery Bitters

    Shake all ingredients with ice, then serve on the rocks garnished with a spanked mint leaf.

    Recipe: St. George Spirits
    Photo: Lauren Asta

  • SINGAPORE SLING

    1 oz St. George Botanivore Gin
    1 oz Benedictine
    3/4 oz Cherry Heering
    1 oz fresh lemon juice
    1/4 oz fresh pineapple juice
    2 dashes Angostura Bitters

    Shake all ingredients with ice, then strain into a Mason jar filled with ice. Top with 2 oz soda, mound with crushed ice, and garnish with a lemon wheel.

    Recipe: Julian Cox, Short Order and Bestia, Los Angeles
    Photo: The Minty

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