Thai Boxer

SERVINGS: Makes 1 drink

Cyrus • Healdsburg, CA

Scott Beattie, a third generation San Franciscan, maintains a 40-page, meticulously annotated cocktail and spirits list at the renowned restaurant Cyrus in Sonoma County. Some of the herbs for this drink come from La Bonne Terre, a tiny farm run by Bert and Mary Villemaire about a quarter mile from Beattie's house on the Russian River.

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10 Thai basil leaves, plus 1 Thai basil sprig
10 mint leaves
10 cilantro leaves
1/2 ounce Simple Syrup
Ice
1 1/2 ounces vanilla rum, preferably Charbay Tahitian Vanilla Rum
1/2 ounce unsweetened coconut milk
1/2 ounce fresh lime juice
1 ounce chilled ginger beer

In a cocktail shaker, muddle the basil leaves with the mint, cilantro and Simple Syrup. Add ice and the rum, coconut milk and lime juice and shake well. Strain into an ice-filled white wine glass or highball glass and stir in the ginger beer. Garnish with the basil sprig.

Thai Boxer

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