The Lush Chef

It's just fresh ginger infused in a neutral grain spirit, and finished off with a little organic sugar cane and agave.  It smacks of spicy, fresh ginger, and as I tasted it, I began envisioning all the Moscow Mules and gingery punches I'd be making this summer.  Well, I finally got around to making a drink over a month later for some friends at a Sunday dinner, and this is what I came up with - the Gin Gin cocktail with gin and ginger liqueur.  The name is a play off of one of my favorite candies - Gin Gins.  I used St. George's Botanivore Ginger, which is heavier on the juniper, citrus, and floral notes, and added a little lime juice (in the words of a bartender friend, "drug lords, be damned") and simple syrup. I topped it with a mint leaf for another fresh, herbal hit.  My friends and I quickly realized that this drink may have become our spring/summer jam. I better order another bottle of this liqueur soon!