The Herbalist
A herbal and sour gin cocktail ∙ Shake ∙ 3 min ∙ 13.4% ABV ∙
The Herbalist is a shaken gin sour built on celery dry gin, fresh celery juice, kummel liqueur, and lemon, served up in a coupe.
Ingredients
1
Servings
Garnish
Instructions for 1 serving
- Pre-chill a glass
- Shake all ingredients with ice: Celery dry gin 30 mlCelery juice 30 mlKummel liqueur 15 mlLemon juice 15 mlSugar syrup 5 ml
- Fine strain into the chilled glass
- Garnish with a celery ribbon around the inside of the glass
Tips
- Extract the celery juice fresh just before shaking; it oxidizes and turns dull-tasting within a few hours.
History
The Herbalist is a modern celery-and-caraway sour credited to Jiri Majerik, bar manager at Blixen, a restaurant and bar in Spitalfields, London, who created the recipe around 2018. The drink pairs a celery-flavored gin with kummel, a caraway-seed liqueur, a pairing that plays up the celery profile of the gin.
