Gin Summer Mixers Recipe

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Ingredients

For The Green Garter:
8-10 cilantro leaves
2 small serrano chilies
2 slices cucumber
2 ounces gin
1/4 ounce simple syrup
1/2 ounce lime juice
1 1/2-2 ounces soda
Long cucumber slice
For Gordon's Cup:
3-4 slices English cucumber (1/4-inch thick), snapped in half with your fingers
5-6 lime wedges
3/4 ounce simple syrup (or superfine sugar, to taste)
2 ounces gin
For Ramble:
3-4 muddled raspberries
2 ounces gin
3/4 ounce simple syrup
3/4 ounce lemon juice

Preparation

Step 1

For The Green Garter:
Add cilantro, chilies and cucumber to shaker and muddle. Add gin, simple syrup and lime juice and shake with ice. Double strain over ice into a rocks glass. Top with soda. Garnish with cucumber.

For Gordon's Cup:
Put cucumber, lime wedges and simple syrup in shaker and gently muddle. (Try not to tear apart limes or cucumber.) Add gin and ice. Shake 3 to 4 times and dump ingredients (do not strain) into a chilled rocks glass. Garnish with a pinch of salt and/or freshly ground pepper (optional). Serve with a straw.

For Ramble:
In a mixing glass, muddle raspberries. Add the rest of the ingredients and shake thoroughly, without ice. Pour the contents into a tall Collins glass filled with crushed ice.