Cumbersome

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Discerning Drinkers (22 ratings)

Glass:

Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
4 inch Cucumber (fresh)
2 fl oz Hayman's London Dry Gin
12 fl oz Italian red bitter liqueur
1 fl oz Orange juice (freshly squeezed)
12 fl oz Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix)
× 1 1 serving
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Prepare:

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

How to make:

  1. MUDDLE cucumber in base of shaker.
  2. Add other ingredients and SHAKE with ice.
  3. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish:

  1. Float cucumber slice for garnish.

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 in London, England.

Alcohol content:

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

  • 22.5 grams of pure alcohol

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28th March at 12:33
Love this combination of sweet cucumber and bitter. 10 cm of cucumber seemed a bit much and it was. My small shaker tin was half full after shaking. The flavor was perfect though! I will half everything for a single serving next time
Prithvi Vallabh’s Avatar Prithvi Vallabh
25th April 2025 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.
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.
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.
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.