Daniel

The North Side cocktail at Restaurant Daniel in NYC
— featuring Cardinal Spirits' Terra Botanical Gin —

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The North Side featuring Terra Botanical Gin is the summer tableside cocktail at Restaurant Daniel, the NYC restaurant owned by the Michelin-starred Daniel Boulud. Terra is distilled by Cardinal Spirits, the craft distillery in Bloomington, Ind., and was created in collaboration with Lior Lev Sercarz, owner of the legendary La Boîte spice company in NYC and a Daniel alum.
THE COCKTAIL | Crafted by Daniel's head bartender Marcie Andersen, The North Side is made with Terra Botanical Gin, Suze, hosuemade watermelon-cubeb berry shrub, and lemon juice, then garnished with a watermelon ice ball and La Boîte Terra spice blend smoke. The name of the cocktail is inspired by the woodsy character of the spirit, referencing the adage that moss always grows on the north side of a tree.
- Prepared tableside, Terra is shaken with suze, a housemade watermelon-cubeb berry shrub, and lemon juice. It is then poured into into a crystal decanter filled with smoke of the La Boîte Terra spice blend. It is an aromatic and multi-sensory experience for the guest, evoking the heightened sense of discovery one finds in the wilderness.
THE GIN | Terra Botanical Gin is distilled by Cardinal Spirits, the craft distillery in Bloomington, Ind., in collaboration with spice blender Lior Lev Sercarz, who owns the legendary La Boîte spice company in NYC. Lior created the custom spice blend that gives Terra its fresh, outdoorsy profile — it's an unmatched and award-winning gin.

MORE ABOUT TERRA

84 proof / 42% ABV

A beautiful, botanical Indiana gin with unexpected spices from everywhere: Zuta, an unusual mint from Israel, is the star of the botanical blend, and it lends floral, herbaceous, pine and resin character; Indonesian cubeb berries add grapefruit bitterness. It’s wonderfully layered.

Think: woodsy state parks, secret streams, treasured hiking trails. Wilderness in a bottle.

Cardinal Spirits distilled this gin with a custom spice blend from Lior Lev Sercarz of the legendary La Boîte spice company in NYC.