Cumbersome

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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
4 inch Cucumber (fresh)
2 oz Hayman's London Dry Gin
1⁄2 oz Strucchi Red Bitter (Campari-style liqueur)
1 oz Orange juice (freshly squeezed)
1⁄2 oz Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
× 1 1 serving
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Garnish: Float thin cucumber slice

How to make:

MUDDLE cucumber in base of shaker. Add other ingredients, SHAKE with ice and fine strain into a chilled glass.

Review:

Interesting and fresh as you like with a pleasant bitterness.

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History:

Created in 2002 by Shelim Islam at the GE Club, London, England.

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Difford’s Guide remains free-to-use thanks to the support of the brands in green above. Values stated for alcohol and calorie content, and number of drinks an ingredient makes should be considered approximate.

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Prithvi Vallabh’s Avatar Prithvi Vallabh
25th April at 04:42
7.5/10 if Aperol instead of Campari and I used a grapefruit-cucumber gin to mirror the citrus and cucumber and added a dash of lemon for more acidity.
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Michael Z’s Avatar Michael Z
24th July 2024 at 23:47
A bitter drink trying to be sweet. If making again, would reduce sugar.
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Myxo Gastrid’s Avatar Myxo Gastrid
22nd July 2023 at 01:27
Sweetened campari and cucumber. It works, but it's very strange to me somehow. Interesting but not something I'd make again.
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dan huff’s Avatar dan huff
27th November 2021 at 01:58
Light and summery. My spouse very much enjoyed it. I found the Campari aftertaste conflicted with the cucumber. Not my fav.
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