Post #816657 by arriano on Sun, Aug 17, 2025 3:40 PM

A recent Imbibe magazine had this recipe, which I made and found very good and refreshing.

Baiju Smash

1 1/2 oz Baiju

3/4 oz Lime Juice

3/4 oz Pineapple Juice

1/2 oz Basil Simple Syrup

Soda Water

Add baiju, juices and syrup into a cocktail shaker, and shake well with crushed ice. Pour into a rocks glass. Fill with soda water.

Rather than making basil simple syrup, I added 1/2 oz simple syrup to my cocktail tin along with the lime juice and a few basil leaves from our garden and muddled. Also, the recipe calls for a pineapple leaf for the garnish, but I used basil flowers.