Cucumber Mint Creole

Ingredients

1. 2 mint sprigs
2. 4 unpeeled cucumber wheels
3. 3/4 ounce fresh lemon juice
4. 1/2 ounce Simple Syrup
5. Ice
6. 1 1/2 ounces gin
7. 1/2 ounce Dry Sack sherry
8. 1/2 ounce cask-aged aquavit (caraway-flavored distilled spirit), preferably Linie

1. In a pint glass, muddle the leaves from 1 of the mint sprigs with 3 of the cucumber wheels, the lemon juice and the Simple Syrup. Add ice and the gin, sherry and aquavit and stir well. Double strain the drink into a chilled coupe and garnish with the remaining mint sprig and cucumber wheel.