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Blue Grotto

Source: Instagram @empress1908gin

Beginner5 minServes 1Shake
Gin

Katie says: “This is kind of a lot of work but it's a nice refreshing drink and you really can taste the hint of ginger. For the cucumber part, we grated it and then muddled it and strained it using a mesh strainer; we didn't do the tea towel/cheesecloth part.”

Ingredients

  • 2 oz Empress 1908 Indigo Gin
  • 1.5 tsp simple syrup
  • 1 tbsp fresh ginger, minced
  • 1/2 large cucumber (1.5 oz cucumber juice)

Steps

  1. 1

    Finely grate the cucumber into a bowl. Strain the pulp and juice through a cheesecloth or a clean tea towel and wring the cucumber juice from the pulp.

  2. 2

    Add 1.5 oz cucumber juice, Empress 1908, simple syrup, and minced ginger to a shaker with ice. Shake vigorously.

  3. 3

    Pour straight up through a fine mesh cocktail strainer into a Nick & Nora glass.

  4. 4

    Garnish with a cucumber wheel.

Glass: Nick & Nora Glass

Garnish: cucumber wheel