Chartreuse Smash - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1 fresh sage leaf
    1/2 lime, cut into wedges
    2 tablespoons honey simple syrup (replace sugar with honey, everything else same)
    2 tablespoons yellow chartreuse liqueur or 2 tablespoons green chartreuse liqueur
    2 tablespoons dry gin
    sage leaf (garnish)
    lime, cut into wheels (garnish)
Preparation
    Using a muddler or handle of a wooden spoon, mash sage leaf, 1/2 lime, and honey simple syrup in a 16 oz mixing glass or cocktail shaker 5-6 times to release juices and oils (don't mash to bits).
    Stir in liqueur and gin. Transfer to an Old Fashioned glass. Fill halfway with crushed ice, stir, then mound more crushed ice on top.

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