Summer Rain

Name: Summer Rain
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 3 slice Cucumber (fresh); 45 ml Gin; 15 ml Amaro (e.g. Montenegro); 22.5 ml Lime juice; 10 ml Ginger syrup; 5 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 1 dash Celery shrub bitters

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Ingredients
3 slice	Cucumber (fresh)
1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Amaro Montenegro
³⁄₄ fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₃ fl oz	Monin Ginger Syrup
¹⁄₆ fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix
1 dash	Celery shrub bitters

How to make

Glass

Photographed in an Urban Bar Retro Optic Coupette 15cl

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of cucumber slice.

Method

MUDDLE cucumber in base of shaker. (Ideally, cut skin from the cucumber log before chopping).
Add other ingredients and SHAKE with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

Garnish with cucumber slice floated on surface.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Alcohol content:

1.2 standard drinks
16.64% alc./vol. (33.27° proof)
17.5 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Amaro (e.g. Montenegro) — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

History

Adapted from a recipe by Sother Teague and featured in his 2018 book I'm Just Here for the Drinks.

Summer Rain
Dash Bittermens Celery Shrub
3 thin slices cucumber plus one for garnish
.75 oz lime juice
.5 oz ginger syrup
.5 oz Amaro Montenegro
1.5 oz Plymouth Gin
Sother Teague, I'm Just Here for the Drinks, 2018

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Review

Bittersweet with a lick of spice and a savoury vegetal note.

Variations/similar cocktails

Omit the gin and increase the amaro to 60ml (2oz) and this becomes a Spring Rain, also by Sother Teague.

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Makes a minimum of 16.5 cocktails.
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