Description
Blueberry and lavender mix in a fizzy concoction.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 oz Johnnie Walker Red Blended Scotch
- .75 oz blueberry lavender syrup (recipe below)
- .75 oz lemon juice
- 3 oz ginger beer
For the blueberry syrup:
- 77 g fresh blueberries
- 68 g water
- 68 g white sugar
- 4.2 g dried lavender
Instructions
For blueberry syrup:
- Place the water, sugar, and blueberries into a small saucepan over med-high heat.
- Once the sugar has dissolved, add the lavender buds and bring to a boil.
- Mash up the berries while stirring constantly.
- Boil for 4-5 minutes and then remove from the heat.
- Allow the mixture to steep in the pan until it is completely cool, about 1 hour.
- Strain the solids from the liquid using a fine-mesh strainer and discard.
For the cocktail:
- Combine scotch, blueberry lavender syrup and lemon juice in a shaker.
- Shake, strain, and serve over Ice.
- Top with Ginger Beer