Copycat Strawberry Basil Smash Gin Cocktail Recipe

If you love berries, this Strawberry Basil Smash Cocktail is for you! Fresh lime juice, gin and basil combined with strawberries for the perfect, refreshing summer drink! You'll want more than one!

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This recipe was revised, photographed and updated 6/2021.

Hello Blog Friends.  

Sheena's sister Shannon here with a fabulous cocktail recipe!  A couple months ago, my husband and I went on an overnight getaway to Minneapolis and decided to stop at McCormick & Schmick's for happy hour.

I decided to try one of their seasonal drinks, a Strawberry Basil Smash, and it was so amazing.... but kinda spendy for this little drink.  

I was quite confident I could mimic it, and my version turned our pretty similar... and way more cost effective!

This drink is super refreshing on a hot summer day! The strawberry and basil are a great flavor combo, and it's so easy to customize using any berry or mint instead of basil. 

Now I can make one of my restaurant favorites at home for a fraction of the price and so can you!

Keep scrolling for tips, photos, additional fresh strawberry drink recipes and more! 

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What are the ingredients in this recipe?

• Fresh strawberries: Strawberries: The garden strawberry is common and widely grown and cultivated worldwide for their fruit. The fruit is appreciated for its characteristic aroma, bright red color, juicy texture, and sweetness. They're an excellent source of vitamin C and manganese. Eating eight large strawberries will give you one day's serving of fruit.

• Fresh basil: Also called sweet basil and is an annual herb in the mint family. It's a great source of vitamin k, vitamin a, magnesium and iron. It has a sweet smell with a peppery taste.

• Lime juice

• Simple syrup: Traditional simple syrup is made from one part sugar to one part water. It's then heated until the sugar is dissolved, then cooled and used in drinks from cocktails to coffee. You can infuse different flavors from herbs, flowers to fruit or vanilla. You can store in the refrigerator in a sealed container for up to one month. Store bought can be stored for up to six months.

• Gin

• Club Soda

• Ice

Full recipe located below

Recipe tips:

• If you don't have a muddler, you can also use the handle of a wooden spoon to mash the berries.

• You really can't over muddle in this recipe. Muddle for a shorter time if you prefer more chunky strawberries, or longer if you prefer less.

• This drink can be multiplied and served from a pitcher. I recommend making it fresh and not ahead of time.

More fresh strawberry drink recipes you might like:

• Strawberry and Blackberry Bellinis
• Strawberry Lavender Daiquiris 
• Strawberry Grapefruit Mimosas
• Homemade Fresh Strawberry Soda

You can add or substitute with these ingredients:

• fresh cherries, blackberries, blueberries or raspberries
• fresh mint
• fresh grapefruit juice
• flavored simple syrup
• whiskey
• fresh lemon juice
• fresh orange juice

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Strawberry Basil Smash Cocktail

Yield: 1 cocktail

Author: Hot Eats and Cool Reads

Prep time: 5 MinTotal time: 5 Min

Ingredients

• 4 small strawberries, quartered
• 5 small basil leaves, torn
• 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lime juice
• 2 ounces simple syrup
• 1 1/2 ounces gin
• club soda
• ice

Instructions

1. Put the strawberries, basil and lime juice in a pint sized glass.
2. Smash with a muddler. 
3. Add ice until the glass is 3/4 full. 
4. Add simple syrup and gin, then top with club soda. 
5. Stir to combine and serve immediately!

Nutrition Facts

Calories

210.16

Fat (grams)

0.11

Sat. Fat (grams)

0.00

Carbs (grams)

29.47

Fiber (grams)

0.66

Net carbs

28.81

Sugar (grams)

27.55

Protein (grams)

0.33

Sodium (milligrams)

4.35

Cholesterol (grams)

0.00

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