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Gin / 7.16.15

Currant Affairs

Currant Affairs — Photo by Kieran Wagner

Serves
1 cocktail

From Josh Seaburg of Twist Martini & Associates, Virginia Beach, VA

Ingredients

1½ ounces Hendrick’s gin

1 ounce red currant cordial
(equal parts red currant juice and sugar, by weight, fortified with 2 ounces vodka per quart)

¾ ounce lemon juice

5 sage leaves, plus more for garnish

Directions

Combine all ingredients in a tin, shake hard, and double-strain into a Nick and Nora glass. Garnish with a sage leaf.