SALT LAKE CITY — In an effort to advocate for Great Salt Lake, one Utah bartender is mixing up a cocktail inspired by the Western Hemisphere’s largest saline lake.

April Long works for Post Office Place, a bar in downtown Salt Lake City. For this year’s edition of Salt Lake Magazine’s Farm-to-Glass Cocktail Competition, she’s mixing up a sweet and salty concoction.

“This drink is a very highly conceptual visual drink representing the lake. We have the body of the lake, which is that blue color and that red algae and that is represented by the foam on top,” Long said.

It includes locally-made ingredients, such as a syrup made from Utah-grown sage, juniper berries and blue verbena, and gin distilled by West Valley-based Waterpocket Distillery.

Additionally, the drink features some Japane

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