Recipes Drinks Cocktails Lemon-and-Lavender Gin Fizz Be the first to rate & review! Leopold’s Summer Gin brings a smooth, floral flavor to this botanical cocktail with notes of cucumber, sage, lemon, and lavender. Be sure to use food-safe rose petals, not ones treated with pesticides or insecticides, for garnish. By Natasha Bahrami Natasha Bahrami Known as “The Gin Girl,” Natasha Bahrami is one of the world’s leading gin experts and the first American inducted into the Gin Hall of Fame. She owns and operates destination gin bar The Gin Room in St. Louis, Missouri. Bahrami founded the gin educational platform Ginworld and serves as the director of gin curation and education at the Museum of Distilled Spirits. Food & Wine's Editorial Guidelines Updated on June 1, 2019 Print Rate It Share Share Tweet Pin Email Photo: Victor Protasio Total Time: 5 mins Yield: 1 Ingredients 1 1/2 ounces (3 tablespoons) citrusy-herbal gin (such as Leopold’s Summer Gin) 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice (from 1 lemon) 1 tablespoon simple syrup 1 dash Scrappy’s Lavender Bitters Ice cubes 2 tablespoons club soda 2 dashes Peychaud’s bitters Lemon wheels, dried juniper berries, and fresh red rose petals Directions Combine gin, lemon juice, simple syrup, and lavender bitters in a Boston cocktail shaker. Fill shaker with ice cubes. Cover and shake vigorously until well chilled. Strain into a cognac snifter glass filled with ice cubes. Top with club soda and Peychaud’s bitters. Garnish with lemon wheels, juniper berries, and rose petals. Rate it Print