If you keep sugar in your pantry, purchasing bottled sugar syrup for your bar is quite unnecessary. For most cocktails, white sugar is best, but brown sugar syrup pairs well with cinnamon and allspice- flavors often found in winter cocktails. Just be sure to make your syrup in advance because it will need to cool.
White Sangria with Lemon Balm
Lemon balm, mint's better behaved cousin, is a lovely and fragrant addition to any landscape. While it does best in full sun, my plant is prolific in partial shade. Being a perennial, lemon balm is up and ready for Memorial Day, a time when the annual herbs, such as basil, are just being planted.
This concoction is light and crisp, perfect for picnics and barbecues.
LEMON BERRY MIMOSA
LEMON GINEVER MARTINI
Herbaceous and smooth, Wigle's Ginever makes a lovely martini that pairs well with citrus. For a sweet martini, just add a 1/2 ounce of sugar syrup.