A great use for your Appel’s Lemon Cordial!

A great use for your Appel’s Raspberry Lemon Cordial!

Gin, grapefruit cordial, and soda — it’s simple and delicious!

This cocktail can be shaken hard or light — or even stirred. How you enjoy it is up to your taste.

Back in 2010, fellow bartender Dan De Oliveira and I began a tradition here in Chicago that lasted three boozy years: the Beefeater Gin Boat Cruise.

We turned some classic cocktails (as well as a few originals) into frozen concoctions: gin gimlets, gin lemon ices, aviations, gin and bitter lemon.