Sipping on summer: Mixologist Tony Conigliaro's gooseberry and elderflower Collins

(Relaxnews) - To celebrate the full bloom of summer, two of the world’s top mixologists share their best “summer-in-a-glass” cocktail recipes for sipping languidly on a hot day and clinking with friends and loved ones.            

Every week throughout the summer, New York mixologist Jim Meehan, the man behind underground speakeasy PDT(short for Please Don’t Tell), and Tony Conigliaro of 69 Colebrooke Row in London will provide two cocktail recipes: one, a midweek, post-work, kick-off-your-shoes type cocktail, the other, an apéritif or beverage to accompany a sun-soaked meal during those lazy, hazy summer weekends.

Today, Conigliaro shares a recipe that requires a gooseberry-infused gin.

Gooseberry and Elderflower Collins

Ingredients

50ml gooseberry gin
25ml fresh lemon juice
20ml elderflower cordial
soda water

Method:

1. To make gooseberry gin, add 70 gooseberries to a bottle of gin and leave to infuse for two days then filter.
2. In a highball glass build the gooseberry gin, lemon juice and elderflower cordial over cubed ice and gently stir.
3. Top up ice and add the soda water, gently stir again and garnish with a lemon slice.    

As a former art history student, Tony Conigliaro approaches the art of drink-making as a chef, scientist and perfumer. He is the author of the recently released cocktail book "Drinks: Unravelling the Mysteries of Flavour and Aroma in Drink," and is also a regular contributor for "GQ" magazine. The Zetter Townhouse which he opened in 2011 in London was named Best New Bar in the World from Tales of the Cocktail for 2012. He also helms 69 Colebrooke Row, also in London, and Le Coq in Paris.