Name: Eastern Standard (Soho House Tonic)
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 3 slice Cucumber (fresh); 3 fresh Mint leaves; 50 ml Gin; 12.5 ml Lime juice; 10 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1)

Ingredients

3 slice

Cucumber (fresh)

3 fresh

Mint leaves

1 ²⁄₃ fl oz

Hayman's London Dry Gin

⁵⁄₁₂ fl oz

Lime juice (freshly squeezed)

¹⁄₃ fl oz

Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.

Prepare thin cucumber slice for garnish.

Method

MUDDLE cucumber in base of shaker. (Ideally, cut skin from the cucumber log before chopping).

Add other ingredients.

SHAKE with ice.

FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

Float cucumber slice for garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Alcohol content:

We don't have enough information to calculate the alc./vol., but based on known ingredients, this recipe contains at least:

16.2 grams of pure alcohol

Comments & Discussion

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Avery Garnett 2y

It's very dry and very fresh and it's good but I find it uncanny. It's not quite a sour and definitely not a martini. I remade it at sour proportions (an extra mint leaf, and 2/0.75/0.5 gin/lime/simple) and I much prefer that, but that could be my tastes.

Adam G. Manning 1y

I was working for the company when these drinks (The House Tonics) launched.

It was definitely 25ml of lime and enough sugar to balance.
Oh, and of course we used Bombay Sapphire.

I think it needs to be something between the two, like yours.

Myxo Gastrid 3y

Good cocktail but needs a little practice to nail the precise ratio of muddled cucumber and mint. Probably better with a less juniper-forward gin, something with cucumber, floral, or citrus notes.

Kieran McCormack 3y

100%, Beefeater works best in this cocktail if you enjoy a citrus note; and Plymouth for a more earthy tone.

Ian T 3y

I used Cotswold Gin. There an initial mint and cucumber savouriness but this was later overpowered by the dryness of the gin. In the end I added 20ml of apple juice which partially improved matters. Interesting enough to try again with a more floral or citrusy gin.

Florian Ruf Premium Member 3y

Good cocktail, very refreshing. It has something of a Dirty Martini crossed with a Daiquiri. I used really thin cucumber slices which was enough. For a coupe glass it is not enough fluid, for a Nick & Nora it would be close or you have to lift the amounts.

Oleksandr R 3y

I really feel that this cocktail is great, but something is wrong with cucumber in my case. Either i shouldn't use cucumber in late October, or i add it to much. But flavour was like i accidentally drop pickle in a good cocktail.
But definitely i'll try to play with proportions in the future

Shona J 5y

This is a really refreshing cocktail, the cucumber comes through really well. I added a sugar rim to mine because I fancied it a little sweeter but I think it would be well balanced without it too.