Chartreuse Smash

Name: Chartreuse Smash
Ingredients: 1 fresh sage leaf; 1/2 lime, cut into wedges; 2 tablespoons honey simple syrup (replace sugar with honey, everything else same); 2 tablespoons yellow chartreuse liqueur or 2 tablespoons green chartreuse liqueur; 2 tablespoons dry gin; sage leaf (garnish); lime, cut into wheels (garnish)

7 ingredients

2 steps

Ingredients

1 fresh sage leaf
1/2 lime, cut into wedges
2 tablespoons honey simple syrup (replace sugar with honey, everything else same)
2 tablespoons yellow chartreuse liqueur or 2 tablespoons green chartreuse liqueur
2 tablespoons dry gin
sage leaf (garnish)
lime, cut into wheels (garnish)

Directions

1

Using a muddler or handle of a wooden spoon, mash sage leaf, 1/2 lime, and honey simple syrup in a 16 oz mixing glass or cocktail shaker 5-6 times to release juices and oils (don't mash to bits).
2

Stir in liqueur and gin. Transfer to an Old Fashioned glass. Fill halfway with crushed ice, stir, then mound more crushed ice on top.