Sagely Advice Cocktail
Ingredients
Syrup
- 1 cup honey
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup lightly packed fresh sage leaves
Cocktail
- 2 ounces rye whiskey
- 1 ounce sage syrup
- 1/2 ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice ~ 1/2 lemon
- Garnish with 3 to 4 sage leaves
Instructions
To make syrup:
- Roughly chop sage leaves. Rinse in a colander.
- In a saucepan set over medium-high heat add water and honey. Stir until honey completely dissolves and mixture comes to a simmer. Cook for an additional 5 minutes. Remove pan from heat. Add chopped sage, cover and let steep for 2 hours. Pour syrup through a sieve into a clean jar and refrigerate. Syrup keeps two months or longer in the refrigerator.
- Makes 2 cups.
To make cocktail:
- In an old fashioned glass filled with ice, add rye, sage syrup and lemon juice and stir.
- Garnish with additional sage leaves.
Notes
* Use one big ice cube (instead of a few cubes) if available.
* Syrup can be made and frozen. Defrost before serving.
* Syrup makes 16 cocktails.
* Syrup can be made and frozen. Defrost before serving.
* Syrup makes 16 cocktails.
