This cocktail is an homage to Li’l Rhody’s famed Moonstone Beach. This tangy sour is earthy, cooling and bright—precisely what I want to be sipping at the end of a good beach day. Strawberry jam works here as a substitute for hibiscus syrup, too.
Ingredients
- 2 ounces Industrious Spirit Company Structural Vodka
- 2 stalks fresh mint for muddle and garnish
- 1 ounce hibiscus honey syrup*
- ½ ounce fresh lemon juice
Instructions
Gently muddle the leaves from 1 stalk mint in your bar tin, add liquid ingredients and shake vigorously for 10 seconds. Fine-strain into a rocks glass with fresh ice and garnish with a sprig of mint. Makes 1 cocktail.
*Hibiscus Honey Syrup: Steep 2 bags hibiscus tea (I prefer the Traditional Medicinals brand) in 1 cup boiling water for 10 minutes. Discard tea bags, add ½ cup honey and stir to dissolve. Cool to room temperature. Funnel into a clean bottle and refrigerate up to 2 weeks. (Or substitute 1 ounce strawberry jam for the homemade syrup.)
