Balmy evening

Name: Balmy evening
Yield: 1 cocktail
Ingredients: ¾ oz (25 ml) Lemon juice (freshly squeezed); ¾ oz (25 ml) Tanqueray No. Ten Gin; Top up with Thomas Henry Soda Water; 2 spoon Giffard Sugar Cane Syrup (Sirop Sucre de Canne)

Balmy evening cocktail recipe, illustration

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Method: build
Glass: Collins glass
Ice: Ice
Garnish: Slice of lemon, sprig of lemon balm.
ABV: 6%

Ingredients

Lemon juice (freshly squeezed) — ¾ oz (25 ml)
Tanqueray No. Ten Gin — ¾ oz (25 ml)
Thomas Henry Soda Water — Top up with
Giffard Sugar Cane Syrup (Sirop Sucre de Canne) — 2 spoon

How to make it

Make a lemon balm syrup by dissolving 75g sugar in 75ml water with 8-10 lemon balm leaves.
Put the gin, lemon juice and 1-2 tsp of syrup in a cocktail shaker over ice and shake until chilled.
Pour into a glass and top with club soda.

A summer cocktail with lemon balm.

Updated October 10, 2026