Meyer Lemon Dark and Stormy

Ingredients:
2 ounces dark rum
One Meyer lemon
4 ounces of ginger beer
Basil leaf
Directions:
Pour the 2 ounces of dark rum into a shaker with ice.
Squeeze the entire Meyer lemon into the shaker.
Shake it up.
Strain the shaker into a glass filled with ice.
Add 4 ounces of ginger beer.
Garnish with a basil leaf.