Evergreen Gimlet
Energetic Alignment : Protection, Purification, Insight/Psychic Ability, New Beginnings
Sip in the seasonal, crisp winter flavors with this evergreen gimlet. As the name might suggest, this cocktail is inspired by the evergreen flavors that reign this time of year (in the northern hemisphere), as a sign of the ever-constant life and of renewal. Celebrating the Solstice – New Year time as a period of purification, this cocktail is packed with cleansing, protective, intuitive, healing, and positively renewing ingredients to cleanse away the year 2020 and usher in 2021 with positivity and success! Featuring the purifying, crisp flavors of juniper, rosemary, and bayleaf, with the uplifting hint of grapefruit and elderflower liqueur, this is a simply delicious concoction. You can choose to omit the quarter of grapefruit slice and/or elderflower liqueur. They add extra energies of positivity and healing for the new year, but you can still have a magically delicious cleansing cocktail without them!
Evergreen Gimlet
A crisp, refreshing herbal gimlet celebrating winter flavors, with rosemary, bay, grapefruit, and a tad of elderflower to cleanse away 2021 and celebrate new beginnings.
Ingredients1 large bay leaf1/4 of a slice grapefruit (optional)1/2 ounce simple syrup (preferably rosemary simple syrup – see note below)1 sprig rosemary (optional, if not using rosemary simple syrup)1/2-3/4 ounce fresh lime juice1.5 ounces gin1/4 ounce elderflower liqueur (optional)
InstructionsTear up bay leaf, and place it with the quarter of a grapefruit slice, and rosemary simple syrup (or rosemary + simple syrup) into your cocktail shaker. Muddle the ingredients together, so that the oils of the bay leaf mix with the citrus and syrup. Them add in lime juice, gin, elderflower liqueur, and ice. Shake and strain into a coupe glass. Add a bay leaf on top for garnish, and/or rosemary sprig.
NotesSimple Syrup is equal parts sugar to hot water. It keeps a level of consistency in sweetness from drink to drink. Simply mix equal parts of sugar and hot water, and allow to cool before use. For this recipe, I recommend pouring the hot water over rosemary (dried or fresh) and letting it steep like a tea for 5 minutes before mixing in the sugar. This allows for a fun and easy way to add nuanced and unique flavors to your concoctions.
Magical Addition
Bay Leaves are powerful ingredients, associated with various magical recipes and spells. Especially known for success and wishing spells, these can be just the ingredient to use to wish prosperity and abundance in the New Year – and it’s aligned with your cocktail for magic inside and out! There are many ways to do this, so I suggest a preliminary internet search, but you can also simply clear your mind, reflect on what you want for 2021, perhaps write the wish on the bay leaf with sharpie, and either keep it or burn it.
Ingredient Alignment
Magical correspondences of ingredients, as they align to this energy.
Bay Leaf (Sun)- Protection, Strength, Psychic Ability, Healing, Purification, Wisdom, Success
Elder – (Venus, Mercury) – Purification, Protection, Healing, Prosperity, Sleep
Lime (Sun, Fire) – Healing, Love, Protection, Hex-Breaking
Grapefruit (Sun, Water) – Purification, Positivity
Juniper (Sun, Fire, Earth, Water, Mars, Mercury, Moon) – Protection, Purification, Grounding, Psychic Abilities, Healing, Love
Rosemary (Sun, Mercury, Moon, Virgo) – Protection, Love, Lust, Mental Powers, Purification, Healing, Sleep, Youth
Works Cited
Here are the resources I used to help guide my work beyond what I already know! I highly recommend these reference tests 
