When warm weather arrives, I love having friends over for dinner and cocktails. Creating and batching a signature cocktail for an evening is a great entertaining trick — you can make it in advance in a carafe and give everything a quick stir when your guests arrive. This recipe is for one gin drink, but it’s easy to double, triple, or quadruple the recipe for a crowd. If you do, go ahead and mix all your ingredients directly in the carafe or pitcher.