NØLO Recipe: The High-Functioning Ginger

Bright, botanical, gingery, and tart. The High-Functioning Ginger is what happens when St. Juniper, fresh lime, and fiery ginger syrup get together and make very good choices.

Little Saints St. Juniper brings the juniper and herbaceous backbone, while fresh lime keeps everything sharp and ginger syrup adds sweetness with a little heat.

Three ingredients. A proper cocktail. And verrrrrry little actual work.

THE STORY

The gimlet has always been beautifully simple: gin and lime, with just enough sweetness to pull the two together.

This is our take on a gimlet. We swap in Little Saints St. Juniper, a zero-proof functional spirit built around juniper, cucumber, and herbaceous botanicals. Our take gives the usual lime-and-sugar combination a little kick with ginger. Add Little Saints' good-for-you functionals, sustainably sourced, to help you relax without any impairment. 

We like that. A lot.

INGREDIENTS

Makes one drink.

• 2 oz Little Saints St. Juniper
  
• 1 oz Liber & Co. Fiery Ginger Syrup
• 1 oz fresh lime juice
• Lime wheel
• Ice

MAKE IT

• Add St. Juniper, fresh lime juice, and ginger simple syrup to a shaker.
• Fill generously with ice and shake hard for 10–15 seconds, until super-chilled.
• Strain into a chilled coupe glass.
• Garnish with a fresh lime wheel.

That's it! Three ingredients and one shaker standing between you and a surprisingly sophisticated little drink.

🍸 Lazy Barkeep Verdict: Welp, there is a shaker involved, so we're not calling this completely effortless. But three ingredients, no muddling, no obscure garnish, and a cocktail that looks like you tried much harder than you did? Worth it, you lazy genius, you. 

Now, if washing the shaker feels like one task too many tonight, just pour St. Juniper over ice instead.

We celebrate both versions of you.

Cheers! 🍸