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Recipe ArchiveWeek 06 of 8 · Evergreen

Evergreen

The season's most-ordered highball: rosemary, lime and soda under a tree tall enough to need its own zip code.

gin, rosemary syrup, lime, soda top · served highball · No. 16 of 24, season 2026

Evergreen gin and rosemary highball with a towering frosted rosemary tree and sugar snow rim

Method

  1. 01

    Rim a highball with sugar “snow.”

  2. 02

    Build gin, rosemary syrup and lime over ice.

  3. 03

    Top with soda and stand the rosemary tree upright.

Garnish

Towering rosemary “tree” with sugar “snow” dusting on the rim.

Also on Week 06 · Evergreen · opens December 7

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