Lemon Verbena Smash
Lemon Verbena Smash is made from bourbon, lemonade and lemon verbena making the smash a perfect summer cocktail to pack in mason jars for a picnic.
Servings: 8
Ingredients
- 1 cup fresh lemon juice I used about 8 lemons
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- lemon verbena leaves or basil and mint leaves if you can’t find or grow verbena
- 2 cups bourbon
- ¼ to ½ cup verbena simple syrup or basil and mint… optional- for added flavor
- 1 liter club soda or seltzer
Instructions
- Place sugar and verbena in a mortar and pestle (or you can use a bowl and a spoon).
- Mash until the leaves become broken down and the sugar tastes like verbena.
- Juice fresh lemons and reserve the hulls.
- Add the juice, sugar leaves, and some quarters of the hulls to a large mason jar.
- Add the bourbon.
- Wait to add the seltzer until you’ve reached your destination to keep it fizzy and minimize the odds of a leaking jar.
- Don’t forget to pack the ice!
