This might be the most delicious thing I’ve sipped in a good long while. It’s a kissing cousin to the Basil Bliss, but the addition of fresh, juicy cucumber takes everything in a more refreshing direction.
While the cucumber strip garnish isn’t necessary, it’s easy to do and really helps make this drink visually impressive. Try it – I think you’ll like it.
The Drifter Cocktail
You’ll need fresh cucumber, fresh basil, gin, St. Germain and fresh lemon.
Start by cutting a cool cucumber garnish for your glass. Just run a vegetable peeler down the length of cucumber so you get long, thin cucumber slices.
Wrap one or two of these cucumber slices around the inside perimeter of your cocktail glass. A fairly straight-sided glass makes this a bit easier, but it’s doable even in a traditional cocktail glass. The cucumber should stick to the inside of your glass – no muss, no fuss.
Now….let’s get mixing.
The Drifter Cocktail
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Gin and St. Germaine is lightened up with fresh cucumber. A refreshing, dangerously easy to drink cocktail
Ingredients
- 1-2 long, thin slices peeled from an English cucumber, for garnish.
- 1, 1-inch long section of English cucumber
- 5 to 6 leaves fresh basil
- 3/4 oz St. Germain Elderflower liqueur
- 3/4 oz freshly-squeezed lemon juice
- 2 oz gin
Instructions
- To garnish, wrap the long, thin slices of cucumber around the inside of a chilled cocktail glass. Set aside.
- Add the 1-inch long section of English cucumber and the fresh basil to the bottom of a sturdy bar glass or shaker. Muddle until the cucumber and basil are thoroughly broken up.
- Measure the St. Germain, lemon juice and gin into the shaker.
- Fill the shaker with ice and and shake the cocktail hard for 15 to 30 seconds.
- Strain the drink into the prepared cocktail glass.
- Serve immediately.
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