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California Collins

Name: California Collins
Ingredients: 8 fresh lemon verbena leaves or one 1 1/2-inch piece of lemongrass, tender inner white bulb only, crushed; Ice; 2 ounces gin, preferably Junípero; 2 ounces unfiltered apple juice; 1 ounce chilled club soda

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Mixologist Ryan Fitzgerald created this drink for the 2009 San Francisco Slow Food Festival using only local ingredients: The gin came from Distillery No. 209 (located at Pier 50 on Fisherman's Wharf), the apples for the juice from a Sonoma orchard and the lemon verbena from an urban garden run by his cousin. Even the club soda was Bay Area–made, by the bottle-recycling Seltzer Sisters.

By Ryan Fitzgerald

Updated on May 9, 2021

Yield:

1 drink

Ingredients

8 fresh lemon verbena leaves or one 1 1/2-inch piece of lemongrass, tender inner white bulb only, crushed
Ice
2 ounces gin, preferably Junípero
2 ounces unfiltered apple juice
1 ounce chilled club soda

Directions

In a collins glass, gently muddle the lemon verbena leaves or lemongrass bulb. Add ice and the gin and apple juice; stir well. If using lemongrass, discard the bulb. Stir in the club soda.