Cucumber Spritz | Gin Cocktail

The mighty cucumber is often associated with refreshing summer drinks or as a garnish to a cocktail or in a Pimm’s. It is also one of the core ingredients in Hendrick’s Gin.

This cocktail showcases its freshness and is very easy to make in a number of ways, depending on how strong you would like the cucumber flavour to be. It is great on a hot day or with friends at a BBQ.

Ease of Making: Easy

Glass Type: Tumbler

Taste: Crisp, clean, fresh

Recipe:

• 50 ml Explorer’s Gin or Great Bustard
• 30 ml Lemon Juice
• 15ml Lemon Sugar Syrup
• 5cm of cucumber
• Soda Water
• Ice
  

Method:

• Muddle cucumber in the cocktail shaker or blitz it in a blender then add to the shaker.
• Add the gin, simple sugar syrup, lemon juice and ice to the shaker.
• Shake the cocktail shaker until its starts beading sweat.
• Strain into a tumbler which has ice in it.
• Top up with soda water.
• Garnish with either lemon peel, cucumber or mint.

Variations to Try:

• Cucumber Gimlet: This uses lime instead of lemon, no soda water.
• Cucumber Royale: Add Champagne instead of soda water.
• Use a simple mint syrup add freshness and that menthol kick.
• Use a coupe glass without the soda water to make it stronger.