Celery Gimlet

Long gone are the early days of the pandemic where the craft cocktails coming out of our home bar were both numerous and exceptional, and our only other goal in the kitchen was to perfect homemade pizza. We are a family of health care workers and there was super charged stress on offer at work. Now things have largely into the haves and the have nots, the vaccinated and the unvaccinated, and while COVID and long COVID are still possible, it isn't at the level it once was. Be that as it may, the occasional great cocktail can be had and this is one such cocktail. 1 small rib Celery muddled with 3/4oz simple syrup; add 3/4oz lime juice 2 oz Bombay Sapphire Gin 2 dashes of celery bitters. Shake with ice and strained into cocktail glass.