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The Basil Beer Crusta is a refreshing cocktail for the summer. The combination of Rum, grapefruit beer and basil gives the Basil Beer Crusta an extraordinary taste.

INGREDIENTS

• 60 ml/ 2 oz. white rum
• 30 ml/ 1 oz. sugar syrup
• 30 ml/ 1 oz. freshly squeezed grapefruit juice
• 6 basil leaves
• 60 ml/ 2 oz. Schöfferhofer grapefruit beer

METHOD

1. Take about a tablespoon of sugar on a small plate. Rub a slice of grapefruit around the rim of the glass and then press the rim in sugar to sugar the rim.
2. Pour ingredients, excluding the beer into a cocktail shaker with ice.
3. Shake well and strain into prepared glass filled with ice.
4. Fill the rest with Schöfferhofer grapefruit beer.
5. Garnish with a slice of grapefruit.

NOTES

Schöfferhofer is a German beer brand. The Hofbierbrauerei Schöfferhof was a brewery based in Mainz, Germany. In 1921, however, the Schöfferhof brewery merged with the Binding breweries and the Frankfurt Bürgerbrauerei to form Schöfferhof-Binding-Bürgerbräu AG. Today Schöfferhofer is a brand of the Binding Brewery and therefore part of the Radeberger Group.

SHOPPING LIST

1. Bacardi white rum | USA* | UK* | Germany*
2. Schöfferhofer Grapefruit Beer | USA | UK | Germany
3. Cane sugar syrup | USA* | UK* | Germany*
4. Glasses | USA* | UK* | Germany*

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