Cocktail Fridays / White Linen
Gin · 4 minutes · makes 1
White Linen
A light gin drink with lemon, honey, and cucumber. The grocery-store version of the linen-napkin cocktail, for the hour after bedtime.
Ingredients
- 2 oz (60 ml) Gin
- 3/4 oz (22.5 ml) Fresh lemon juice
- 1/2 oz (15 ml) Honey syrup (equal parts honey and hot water, cooled)
- 3 slices Cucumber
- 2 oz (60 ml) Club soda
Steps
- Put the cucumber slices in a shaker with the lemon juice and honey syrup. Press them a few times with the back of a spoon, just enough to bruise them.
- Add the gin and a handful of ice.
- Shake for about 10 seconds.
- Strain into a tall glass over fresh ice and top with club soda.
- Add a cucumber wheel.
A bar White Linen often uses elderflower liqueur. Honey, lemon, and a cucumber from the grocery store get you the same pale, quiet drink without a special bottle. Use the honey syrup from the Gold Rush if you already made it.
Make it a mocktail: Cucumber Linen
Skip the gin. Muddle the cucumber with 3/4 oz (22.5 ml) lemon and 1/2 oz (15 ml) honey syrup, shake with ice, strain over fresh ice, and top with 4 oz (120 ml) club soda.
Batch for two
For two: muddle 6 cucumber slices with 1 1/2 oz (45 ml) lemon and 1 oz (30 ml) honey syrup, then add 4 oz (120 ml) gin. Shake in two rounds. Top each glass with 2 oz (60 ml) club soda.
Pair it with an at-home date
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Get next Friday's drink
One email a week: a date for after bedtime, and a cocktail you can shop for at the grocery store.