We’d find all kinds of ways to travel on business if the Per Diem were one of the daily perks. It’s a gin-lover’s dream that will transport you to the South Seas—even if you mix it up at a Holiday Inn in Houston. Sans alcohol, the Per Diem retains its cool bite.
- 1½ oz Beefeater gin
- 1 oz elderflower syrup*
- ¼ oz simple syrup
- 1½ oz fresh-squeezed pink grapefruit juice
- ½ oz fresh-squeezed lemon juice
- Grapefruit twist
*Available at BevMo or specialty shops like Sur la Table.
Shake all ingredients in a cocktail shaker. Strain into a chilled coupe glass.
Garnish with a grapefruit twist.
The nonalcoholic version:
- ½ oz elderflower syrup
- Tonic water
- Grapefruit peel
Fill a Collins glass with ice and add a shy ½ oz of elderflower syrup. Top with tonic water.
Garnish with a grapefruit strap.
To sample all 20 of our anniversary drinks, view the RoseRyan 20th Anniversary Cocktail collection recipe book. Each libation was lovingly crafted for us by the fine mixologists at the Bull Valley Roadhouse in Port Costa, California.
