Recipe for Freaks & Greeks cocktail

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Makes 1 cocktail

1 stalk celery, chopped

1½ ounces Skinos

½ ounce Lillet Blanc

½ ounce lime juice

3 fresh basil leaves, torn

8 ounces sparkling wine

1. Fill a pint glass about halfway with celery. Pour in Skinos, cover, and set aside at room temperature for two days. Strain.

2. In a shaker filled with ice, combine Skinos, Lillet Blanc, lime juice, and basil. Shake well and pour into a highball glass filled with ice. Top with sparkling wine.

Adapted from The Salty Pig