Do you love a great gin-based cocktail?

Hello, and welcome!

It’s time for Sippin Pretty Friyay!

And todayI have the perfect summer cocktail for you a Sour-Cherry Gin Sling!!

Sour Cherry Gin Slings may be the perfect summer cocktail and especially now that its cherry season here in Michigan (the state produces a lot of cherries so they are abundant!).

I am always looking for something just a little lighter this time of year and a bonus if I can use our farmer’s market cherries.

This drink is a lovely combination of tart and sweet with just the right amount of refreshing bubbles.

Let’s get started!

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Ingredients

1 pound of stemmed cherries

3/4 sugar

1 cup of water

Zest from 1/2 Lime

Zest from 1/2 orange

2 cups of gin

2/3 cup of Cointreau

2/3 cup lime juice

2 1/4 cup cherry syrup

Angostura bitters to taste.

Ice

La Croix or your favorite sparkling water.

Sour Cherry Syrup

Clean and pit your cherries.

Zest lime and oranges.

In a large saucepan, combine the cherries with sugar, water and citrus zests and bring to a boil.

Cover and simmer over low heat for 40 minutes.

This is the perfect time to turn up some summertime tunes. 🙂

After mixture calls

Use a fine strainer, gently press the solids.

This yields about 2.5 cups of syrup.

Store in the fridge for up to 10 days if you want to make ahead!

In a pitcher combine the gin with the Cointreau, lime juice, sour-cherry syrup and bitters to taste and stir well.

Pour into ice-filled glasses and add your La Croix or sparkling water.

Garnish

This recipe was made for a day on the lake and made 12 refreshing cocktails.

I am a total pushover for a pretty cocktail in a pretty glass. The glasses above are from Anthro.

Here are a few of my other pretty favorites (contain affiliate links).

I hope you are enjoying your summer! It’s #PureMichigan over here.

If you’d like to listen to my Sour-Cherry Gin Fling playlist find here.

Until next time,

-Libbie

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