Wet Your Thistle
Wet Your Thistle is a spring-inspired cocktail blending gin, Cynar, grapefruit, and Meyer lemon. Its bright flavors and herbal aromas pair wonderfully with grilled artichokes, making it an ideal choice for sunny evenings.
Ingredients
- 4 ounces gin, Death's Door recommended
- 1 ounce Cynar
- ½ ounce lemon juice, preferably Meyer lemon
- 1 ½ ounces grapefruit juice
- 1 ounce sweet vermouth, Carpano Antica recommended
- 2 mint leaves
- 2 strips grapefruit rind, tied
Instructions
- Add the gin, Cynar, freshly squeezed lemon and grapefruit juices and vermouth into a shaker. Add ice and shake well till chilled. Pour into two old fashioned glasses that each hold a single large ice cube (here’s the time to show off your fanciest ice tray—a single round ice piece looks great, and melts slowly so doesn’t dilute the drink). Garnish each glass with a mint leaf; to make them even more fragrant, hold one in your palm at a time and clap on the leaf. Add a thin strip of grapefruit rind, tied, too, for more fragrance.
Nutrition
Calories: 188kcal | Carbohydrates: 7g | Protein: 0.2g | Fat: 0.1g | Saturated Fat: 0.01g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.01g | Sodium: 1mg | Potassium: 50mg | Fiber: 0.2g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 45IU | Vitamin C: 10mg | Calcium: 6mg | Iron: 0.2mg